White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-10-30
SCHOOL NOTES

A teachers meeting was held Thurs
day, October %, at tour o'clock in the
stuay hall Of the high school. Reports
were made on the Teachers Retire
ment Fund and l.. S. Mills "Obser-
vatons on Intelligence Tests" A gem
eral discussion OF the intelligence and
achievement tests which have been
given and of the use to which they
can be put followed. The meeting was
very instructive and helpful to those
present.
The White Bluffs High School will
debate the Pasco High School at
White Bluffs, November Is. We will
have the negative side of the state
question: Resolved, that the Consti-
tuition Of the United States shall be so
amended as to empower Congress to
restrain regulate, and prohibit
the labor of persons under
fifteen years Of age" M arie
Hauk, Jerome Clarke and Edna John
son compose the team with Margari:e
Tromanhauser acting as alternate.
The White Bluffs High School chal-
lenged the Hanford High School to a
preliminary debate on the state ques-
ton. The challenge was accepted and
the debate will be held at the Hanford
High School Wednesday afternoon,
October 28th.
where's my wife? Produce my wife,
sir!" beloved the major. We'll, what
man wouldn't below if the train pull
ed out with his wife and a handsome,
young Frenchman on board and left
him at the station? This is the situa-
ton Of Major Regulus Ration in the
play, "Ici On Parle Francois" 1t may
be good sport to see group of boys
and girls caught at their pranks, but
it's much better sport to see them
outwit their superiors and that is just
what happens in "A Case of Suspen-
sion" Sholnaes, Battles and Crennedy,
three Of the cleverest of detectives,
are sent for to unravel mystery sur
rounding the disappearance of LODI
ger. "A Watch, "A Wallet and A Jack
Of Spades" enter into the mystery to
the great confusion of the detectives.
The only way to find out the conclu-
sion Of the whole matter is to see the
plays which will be presented by the
high school, November s.
The pupils Of the fifth and sixth
grades brought gunny sacks to school
which were washed and then dyed
dark brown. THEY are now used on
the walls as bulletin boards on which
current events and other items of in
terest were posted.
The seventh and eighth grades have
been putting their art period to prac-.
teal use. Under the supervision of Mr.
Kirkpatrick, they are making posters
to advertise the operetta which is
now being rehearsed.
Inez Gabe, a former White Bluffs
student, who is now living in Spok-
ane, visited the grade school this week.
Mrs. Keal visited the primary room
at the grade school last week.
The teachers will attend the Joint
Institute to be held at Yakima Oct
ober Zo and 80. There will be no school
on these days.
Mr. Kirkpatrick took the Boy Scouts
to Priest Rapids, Friday. October Is.
They arrived and made camp at eight
o'clock that evening. Saturday they
climbed one of the hills and practiceo
flag signals. On Saturday they
made camp two miles further down the
river, utilizing the dam as a wind
break. They practiced tracking but
none Of them were able to follow the
tracks mad. by the supposed fugi-
tives. Later in the day the boys went
thru the Priest Rapids Power Plant.
They arrived home at four o'clock
Sunday afternoon. Mr. Wilkinson very
Kindly leaned his truck to take the
boys up to Priest Rapids.