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very popular with the students.

very popular with the students.
Miss Eich spent the week end at
her home in st. Cloud.
Thursday of last week the North
Western Bell Company gave a dem
onstration in the High School. The
demonstration consisted of a switch
board and three telephones. A Min
. neapolis operator, by the use of this
equipment explained the common mis-
takes made in telephoning, and the
method to use to get the best service.
Miss White, the head of our local
system, and two gentlemen assisted
j the operator in the demonstration.
Miss Borg of Minneapolis accompan-
| the demonstrators as entertainer.
Miss Borg whistled and sang.
A large tarantula is now on exhi-
bition in the chemistry laboratory of
the High School. The tarantula was
found in a bunch of bananas at Dali
ems store. It is about the size of
a dollar, and has the ability to jump
from seven to eight feet. The taran-
tula's bit is very poisonous; if man
is bitten by it death is inevitable un-
less medical aid can be had immed-
lately.
A junior golf tournament under
the supervision of w. B. Morgan is
being played. At the present Joe
Frank, James Cliff, and Philip Stein
er eliminated Kenneth Mortensen,
Ronald Degree and Bob Schoenhoff.
Joe Frank will play James Cliff and
the winner will play Philip for cham
pionship. Those in the consolation
game are: Hines, Markson, Arneson,
Whitehead, Robinson and Paul Mark
son.
The Sophomores in Miss Eich's
geometry classes have been doing con-
struction work for the fair.
Friday night school was dismissed
at three o'clock so that the teachers
could help with the school exhibition
at the fair.
School was dismissed three days of
the fair at noon both in High School
and in Junior High. Wednesday
morning the afternoon classes were
scheduled for morning in order to
balance the work missed.
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/ Junior High Notes
Tuesday night after school the
Third and Fourth Grades had sur
prise party on their teacher, Miss Rae
bine. The party was a great success
of course Miss Raebine was very
much surprised.
All the Kindergartens have turned
farmers, at least for the present.
Three miniature tractors have been
the cause of great deal of excite
ment in this department. Under the
supervision of Miss Bye the children
are very busy constructing farms of
their own.
Miss Finney spent Saturday and
Sunday at her home in Glenwood.
Surprise parties are very popular
in the Grades just now. Miss Shell
tons Third Grade surprised her We'd
nesday night after school.
Mr.. Edward Bye and family of Fer
/ 3 eo oIio Nln1tCu hlSS Dye, Lille hln-
dergarten teacher Sunday.
Miss Houbolt and Miss Finney's
Sixth Grade classes have completed
baseball tournament. The boys
played boys and the girls, girls. The
champion boys team and the champion
girls team then played. The boys won
the tournament. In the consolation
game the boys also won.
Thursday the Freshmen General
Science class visited the Senior High
to hear the telephone demonstration
given by the Northwestern Bell Com
pany.
The Seventh Grade English classes
under Miss Sundae have organized
two clubs, the object to promote bet
ter speech. The "Speak Better Eng
lish Club" has for its chairmans Leta
Childs, Thelma Cummings and Jack
Hansen. The "Junior Speaking
Club" has for it's chairmen's Julian
Larsen, Jane Strebel, and Oral
Wruck.
Mr.. Olson is conducting a contest
/ in VOIuntaarino cfor 20 ,.;.,a, L.