The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-01-17

yells and songs the past week. Or
lando Paske is cheer leader and is
sure sdoing his stuff J" Miss Scott al
so is doing good work directing the
songs. In spite of the yells the root
is still firm.
Topic of the hour-''I wonder il
flunked?"
Harold "I've got to work hare
the next six weeks
Irvin-"Why, aren't you coming
to school?"
Alice Wruck gave an interesting
defamation, entitled "The Twenty
ninth of February" before the AS
sembly Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Richards evidently is OF the
opinion that the Public Speaking class
has not been working hard enough SC
she is making up for lost time. I'll
never raains but it pours. ]"
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Miss Willoughby has been testing
the knowledge of the Chemistry class
es by giving them four tests. The
results of the last test were not as
encouraging as some of the students
had hoped for.
Mrs. Richards spent the week end
at the, home of her parents at Long
Prairie.
"Say, grandpa, make noise like a
frog" coaxed little Tommy.
"What for, my SOM"
'Why papa says that when you
croak we'll get five thousand dol
lars.
d.
On Thursday and Friday of jan
uary II and 18th the Switchboard
examinations in the semester subjects
will be given.
n
Time was turned backward to 1887
last Friday and constitutional con-
ventions were held in the two sec
lions of the eighth grade history.
II
The Junior High Audubon Society
held it's fourth meeting on Friday,
Jan. II. Roll call was answered by
giving the description of bird.
d.
The 5th and 9th Grade start a
spelling contest Monday, Jan. IA to
continue until Friday, Jan. 18. The
object of the contest is to see which
grade will get the most one hundreds
for the week.
The children m the kindergarten
are studying time. Miss Thomas
plans to take her boys and girls to
the jewelr's one day this week to
see the different kinds of clocks.
y
The pupils of the Normal depart
ment are doing practice teaching in
the End and 9Th grades this week.
At the beginning of the second Sc
mester Little Mother" classes will be
started in Junior High for the eighth
grade girls. Miss Gilkey, the school
nurse, will conduct these classes which
will continue over period of eight
weeks.
Edward Peterson of the eighth
grade won first place in the local
contest of the National Safety Essay
Contest. The essays were written on
the subject: safety Habits Should
Learn. (" This contest is open only to
elementary pupils. Three national
awards are made, the first being q
gold watch and trip to Washington
The results will be known after Feb
1.
The infant brother of Pear Huston
a student in Miss Swanson's room died
Jan. IL from an attack of Group.
d
The third graders of Miss Filing
sons rooms are very interested this
week in making Good Health posters
d.
The pupils of the 3rd and 4th
grades in Miss Wilson's room are
giving some interesting oral discus
sions of "Good Citizenship on the
Play Ground" These boys and
girls can give some of the high school
boys and girls pointers on good citi-
zenship.
Il
A series of debates will be given
this week in the sixth grade. Whether
skiing or coasting is the better sport,
whether basket ball or base ball is the
better all round game will be decided.