White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-12-18
SCHOOL NOTES

COLEMA ANS CASH SlORE
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SCHOOL NOTES
The seventh and eighth grades have
already earned quarter day vaca-
ton. They now have twenty half days
of perfect attendance to their credit
and will be enjoying an outing some
day next spring when the rest of the
school is indoor studying.
rooms of the grade school will be
assured that Christmas is near. Bright
colored stockings, Santa Clauses, REIN
deers and Christmas trees decorate
the walls. Miss Friedrick's room is
going to have a Christmas tree and
the children are making paper orna-
ments at odd moments.
"A spelling contest has been carried
on in the fifth and sixth grades between
the boys and girls The agreement
was that if the boys lost, they were
to give the girls party and visa
versa. AS it happened the boys lost
and they will entertain the girls on
the day before Christmas. William
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highest spelling averages this year.
A similar contest was held in the
third and fourth grades, and again
the girls have won and will be given
a party by the boys.
The third and fourth grades have
been practicing Christmas Carols this
week.
The grade school has made re-
cord for speed. At their last fire
drill every child was out of the build
ing in half minute. This shows good
team work on the part of the stu
dents and teachers, and as we hold
efficiency and cooperation among oul
aims we feel that this is an accom-
plishment toward desired end.
Our debating team again won the
decisions of the judges. Friday Dec
ember II, the White Bluffs High
School defeated the Richland High
School, at Rchland on the negative
side of the state question, Resolved
that the Constitution of the United
States should be so amended as tc
empower Congress to regulate, re-
strain, and prohibit the labor Of chill
dren under fifteen years of age. Oul
debaters were Marie Houk, Jerome
Clarke and. Edna Johnson. The Rich
land debaters were Edith Ford, Ilens
futile and Doyle Mowery. Mr.. ]. w
Scott acted as chairman. Miss Ruth
Gritman and Miss Olga Hoggem
teachers of Kennewick and Mr.. w
M. Roop, superintendent of Benton
City acted as judges. Nineteen en-.
thusiastic supports from the school
went with the debaters to Richland
After the debate, a lunch was served
to the teams and all those from White
Bluffs by the Richland girls. On Jan
uary 9th we will debate the Hanford
High School at White Bluffs on the
affirmative side of the state question
A teachers meeting was held Mon
day, December 4th at the grade
school. The Governors proposal for
the state publication of grade text
books was discussed at some length.
School will close Thursday, Dec
ember Gath, at two o'clock, for the
Christmas vacation, to reopen on
Monday, January 4th.
During the past weekend the &C
quarium in the science laboratory of
the high school received an addition
of number Of gold fish.
The first scheduled basketball game
of the season was played between
Hanford and White Bluffs last
Thursday evening. The game had
been scheduled for Friday evening,
but since both schools had debates
on Friday evening the basketball
game was moved up one day. Both
boys and girls games had scheduled.
but in accordance with previous habit
Hanford called up Thursday afternoon
to cancel the girls game. Some Of
their girls, however, wanted to play
and by borrowing center from
White Bluffs they made up a team
and played. Only five minute quarters
were played. yet the final score was
80 to in favor of White Bluffs.
The boys game proved to be hard
fought affair with the final score "a
to II in favor of Hanford. The White
Bluffs boys. out-played their oppon-
ents continually but failed time after
time to connect with the basket. The
experience of the team in this re-
spect is illustrated by the experience
of Charles English who was given
nine free throws and converted but
one. Altogether White Bluffs was
given 81 free throws and only five of
them were converted. Charles English
for White Bluffs and McCready for
Hanford were disqualified on account
of personal fouls. The outstanding
work was performed by ARTHUR An
derson and Minor Slingsby as guards.
These diminutive players virtually
kept Krug and McCready of Hanford
helpless, Neither of the latter made a
field goal during the game. The
White Bluffs players were Carl Wag-
ner, Russell Blair, Charles English,
Arthur Anderson and Minor Sings
by. Robert Remlinger and Lloyd