The Wrangell sentinel., 1928-11-08
SCHOOL NOTES

taking up equations. They have just finished a course in subtraction, and i if the remarks of the pupils may be judged from, the majority of the class are interested in this work.
 High school orchestra has finished the first two books of special orches- tra drill work and is now working on "The Patriot" a snappy march. The members of the orchestra expect to have this selection in good shape before many weeks. Due to the weeks of drill, the orchestra shows marked improvement.
 MT. Fabricius was absent from school Monday morning, November 5th. Being away from his work is a very unusual occurrence with MT. Fabricius.
 Freshmen who picked out seats at the back of the room when school started have been assigned new seats for the remainder of the year. These students were unable to keep them selves from talking without obtain ing permission. It is believed that they will be able to obey rules the remainder of the year because they are now placed considerable dis tance from each other.
 Total enrolment at the end of the first six weeks indicates that Wran- gell schools are growing. Enroll ment in the high school has grown from last years total of twenty-six to thirty-six. In grades one to eight, enrollment increased from one hun dred twenty-four to one hundred twenty-five.
 Number of absent and tardinesses have shown a remarkable decrease this year over that of last year. Some of those who were chemically ab sent or tardy seem to have lost the proclivity. This is thought to be due to the requirement of excuses from the parents when students are either absent or tardy.
 October 24th, fourteen young boys turned out for basketball. They ex- pect to practice twice week. Last year these boys played in overalls, but this year few of them have the regular basketball suits and those who haven't the suits will play in bathing suits. All these boys are husky little players and can't be beat when it comes to speed. Three cheers for the future teams of basketball for the junior basketball players!
 Nadine Dobbins, who has been att tending school here for more than year, left November 3rd for New burg, Oregon, where she will enter school.
 Halloween passed this year with no great damage to the school build ings. Perhaps the chief reason for this apparent laxity on the part of the children was the very evident presence of the janitor at the grade school and a watchman at the high school.
 November 9th, being the day for general election throughout the country, the high school students de- cided to also vote. Teh day before election the most interesting topic among the students was Democrats Republicans"
 The polls were in the assembly hall with Marjorie Johnson acting as judge and Wilfred Gartley, clerk. The pupils voted during their study hall period. The election was car ried on with the same methods used at the territorial polls. If a pupil had not been a resident of Alaska for year, could not read nor write, or had not been a resident of the pre- cinct for 30 days prior to the election he was not allowed to vote. The only qualification not abided by was the age requirement. It is hoped that the pupils have derived good deal of benefit from this practice at vot- ing and learning the voting machin- cry. Thanks are given to MT. J. W. Pritchett who kindly donated the ballots used in the election.
 The election resulted as follows:
 For Delegate to Congress: Grigs- by, 16; Sutherland, 27