The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-04-15
RURAL SPELLING
CONTESTS HELD

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composed of Theo Wright, Elid.
Smith, C. w. Hamblin and F. H
Livingston sang for the services
Laura Penner also gave a solo
Following the spelling contest re
citations were given by Rober
Penner and Jesse Toavs. TIL,
Wide Awake quartet of Laura
Lillian and Tena Penner and thu
Wide Awake teacher, Miss Ten;
Funk, furnished several vocal Sc
lections during the evening.
The other contestants were
Wide Awake, Lillian Penner, Ro.
sella Toavs, Tena Penner and vii
liam Sand; Pioneer, Hilda Bartel
Dry Fork, Clara Kjelstrup, Ar.
mold Kjelstrup and Arthur Kjel.
strup; Warmbrod had no represen-
tative.
Ruth Herman gave a reading.
"The Dutchman's Snake"
Those who furnished music for
both contests were Keron Chap
man, Lawrence Poulson, Dean Her
man, Russell Burnison, James
Stevers, Roland Thorn, Russell
Huxsol, Serafn Lenz, Wilmar
Burnison. Ivan Butler furnished
his a for the Wide Awake trip.
Athletics
Baseball is in full swing this
week. The two games scheduled
for the week are between the
seventh and eighth grades and
between the sophomore and jun
Iior classes of high school.
The seventh grade won 10 to
.16 and the Sophomores won 33
Ito 80. The seventh grade will
meet the sophomores in the semi
finals. The freshmen will meet
the seniors next week. The cham
.pionship Of the girls baseball tour
nament will count 90 points to-
wards the pennant on display in
the window of The Fad.
The inter-church basketball
tournament will be held Wednes-
day, May 8. A handsome pen
nant will be awarded the winner.
Senior Talks
Sadie Mechanical gave a talk
in Tuesdays assembly on Geo
nomics." Madeline Strachan's
subject for her assembly talk was
"Intelligence begins where super
stition ends" She spoke of many
current superstitions and dealt
with her subject in a capable man
ner.
Municipal Aid
a recent article appearing in
the Great Falls Tribune tells Of
a progressive trend in the recog-
milton of school needs by city Of
fcials. It deals with the action
Of the city council of Lewistown
in voting $500 from the park fund
to be used at intervals for adding
equipment to play grounds. The
Kiwanis club Of that town had
given money for a wading pool
for school children to use during
the summer months. At the
same time the Kiwanis club called
the play ground needs to the at
tention of the city council.
Penmanship Records
In the third grade the follow
ing penmanship awards were made
this week: William Weeks, Cath
crime johnson and Edna Sethne re
ceived progress pins; Seine Huso,
James Holderman. Kirk Booth and
Milo Odds received Palmer method
buttons.
Rural Attendance
Rural attendance records have
not all been received yet. The Lib.
erty school reports six cases Of
hardness and III days of alb
sence. The Wide Awake school
has a good record for the third
month with no cases Of hardness
and 30h days of absence.
Test Records
In vocal tests taken this week
the following records were made
by the high school classes. Senior.
average, 1913, should have been
1877; Junior average, "A, should
have been rs; Sophomore aver
age, 1894, should have been
60; Freshman average, GOT,
should have been As; eighth grade
average. 52.2, should have been
SO.
In the second pronoun test the
Seniors ranked 80 1O-11; Juniors.
SO s-13; Sophomores, 81 1887:
Freshmen, 80 1885; eighth grade,