River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1925-05-07
WORK OF PUBLIC SCHOOL PUPILS
EXHIBITED IN STORE WINDOWS

1AS liildS WHICH Tie JuDllC SCHOOL
pupils put on Tuesday afternoon,
while it was severity handicapped by
the wind and cold, was received well
by spectators, and was a grand af-
fair for the kids" The wind blew
so hard that number of the floats
We're ruined before the start, and
others were badly damaged. The
thermometer refused to rise above
so degrees, which made it necessary
to cut out the May pole float and all
others in which overcoats and heavy
sweaters could not be worn.
In spite of these handicaps about
twenty organizations were represent
ed. In addition to the organizations
and inter-schooI activities there were
floats calling attention to the school
exhibits in a number of down town
stores.
A prize Ga trip to Madison with the
glee elub) was offered for the best
individual float, the test to be the at
tention it attracted. Mr.. Paynter was
the Judge and gave first place to Don
Smith and Charles Gallup. who drove
a white mule, hitched to a buggy that
had seen better days. They were in
costumes, (their own conception of
the styles of 1S60) and carried sign
bearing the legend, Official car of
1860" The outfit was very realistic,
with a halter hanging out and a bit
of hay protruding from under the
seat. A number of old men in the
crowd were close to tears, as the re-
called days of their courtship, in the
good old days of the horse and. buggy,
and no doubt, it was also great day
for the mule. He is old enough so
that his memory runs back to the
10th century, and those who looked
closely and sympathetically, noticed
that he was shedding tears as well
as hair.
Byron Baily (as a COW boy) took
second prize. Third prize, a mop and
a bucket Of furniture polish, went to
the float, consisting of the H. S.
wood cart, propelled by boys who are
sentenced to help the janitors when
they break the rules of the school.
The janitors rode just behind, on
balloon tires in a new buick six.
These fellows who continue to break
school rules certainly do make it
soft" for the janitors.
The plans of the parade called for
float advertising the exhibits in the
store windows, but twixt the wind
and cold number of these were mis-
sing. Following is a list of the ex-
hibits and the name of the place
where they can be seen.
Upper Grades-Kandy Kitchen.
Lower Grades-Johnson' Variety
Store.
Manual Training-Newcomb's Fur
niture Store.
Manual Training -Wadsworth's
Shoe Store.
Athletics-Freeman's Drug Store.
Public Speaking-Kulstad's Cloth
ing Store.
History. w. Allard & Son.
Home Economics-Stewart Mer-
camille Co.
H. S. Annual-Stewart Mercantile
Co.
English--Public Library.
Commercial-Weld Book G. Art
Shop.
We are informed that these exhib-
its are not expected to show much of
the work of the school. They only
show the parts that appeal to the
eye. Many of them represent activ-
tiles that take only small fraction
of the pupils time. They do show,
however, that no one activity is being
over emphasized, and also that the
work in extra-curicular activities is
not being done at the expense of the
regular work. Your attention is es-
pecially called to the English exhibit
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