The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-10-30
Plentywood School Notes
Crowded Out Last Week.

NSEOWued Gut Last Week.
The boys and girls of the Plenty
wood High School are certainly eniov-
ing the opportunity of playing basket
pail In the Farmer-Labor Temple.
Even the women teachers of the fac
uICy have organized a team. Every
one is plad to see the young folk en-
JOY themselves but sometimes we
question the value of this entertain
ment as a real contribution to the
students education. Some feel that
book learning is the only activity
which the school should recognize and
encourage.
All recognize that conditions have
changed tremendously since the par
ents OF this generation went to school.
linen the Spelling Bee. Play-Parties
and Taffy pulls were justly popular.
1t was customary for parties to be
held IN the various homes at regular
intervals and these parties were at
tended by the old as we'll as Young.
The home with its open fireplace was
the most attractive place to which a
person could go. Now ordinarily is
used only as a place to eat and sleep.
The Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Education, has issued
Bulletin, The Cardinal Principles of
Secondary Education. In this Bulle-
tin the main detectives of an educa-
ton are set forth as follows: health.
command of fundamental processes,
worthy home membership, vocation,
civic education, worthy use of leisure.
ethical character. The modern school
is achieving only a part of its pur-
pose if it fails in any of these depart
ments.
Basket ball as a wholesome recre-
alton certainly improves the health
of those participating. Several of the
Plentywood boys have voluntarily
gone to the Coach and stated that
they have stopped smoking since tax
ing up basket ball. They have come
to the realization that health is nee
essary for success in sport.
Basket ball playing is very
worthy use eff leisure, another of the
detectives of education. 1t isn't the
purpose of the school to teach the
boys and girls nothing but play
there are six other important ends. |
But we all have leisure time and this
time should be so used that it builds
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The seventh and eighth grades have
bought the Victrola for which they
have been planning and now have it
IN the room. They are very grateful
to the Plentywood Pharmacy for the
gift of so many fine records.
Mrs. VIM. Erickson and Mrs. Riba
visited the seventh and eighth grades
on Wednesday of this week.
The blue ribbon, symbol of the first
prize won at the Sheridan County
Fair, is proudly displayed in the sew
enth and eighth grade assembly room.
The fourth grade geography class
are making posters illustrating all
the different means of transportation. !
George Robinson enrolled in the
third grade on Monday of this week.
Mrs. G. G. Johnson was a caller at
the school house Tuesday.
Miss Carlberg, representative of the |
A. N. Palmer Company visited the |
grades this week. She taught a |
model penmanship lesson in each
room.
Animal booklets have been the sub
ject of interest in the second grade
this week. The animal was studied |
in language and cut free hand in
drawing.
The sixth grades is anxiously
for the time when Charlotte
Bennett and Lucille Lindgren will be
back to school.
Ada Carlson has been absent a /
week from the fifth grade. She is
with appendicitis.
Karamine Peterson has been absent
for some time because of Scarlet Few
er in the family.
Mrs. William Erickson visited the
Fifth Grade Wednesday.
The series of talks just finished by
the Seniors in Oral English emphasiz-
ing the five general ends of speech,