Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-10-25
FINLAYSON SCHOOL NOTES

The third and fourth grade room
has new picture. 1t is Cant You
Talk?" by Holmes. 1t was earned by
the children through the selling of
magazine subscriptions.
The third grade history class fin
ished it's last unit of work, Famous
Heroes" by a series of very interest
ing floor talks.
The fourth grade geography class
has just completed a sand table pro-
ject of an African village. The pupils
greatly enjoyed creating a village
from their own ideas. This class is
now working on illustrated booklets,
showing the products of the Mediter-
ranean countries.
The fifth graders have been giving
special reports on the different in
dustries of the Pacific states.
Very interesting stories have been
told of some battles of the Revolu-
tionary war.
The sixth graders have been strug-
Cling with the industries carried on
in the six divisions of France. They
are now completing the study of that
country.
The fifth and sixth graders are en-
joying new books in reading since
they have finished the Learn to
Study Readers"
The seventh graders are anxiously
watching the ups" and downs" on
their progress charts in arithmetic
The coming election is the topic of
interest in the eighth grade Current
Events class. They plan to hold a
mock election November 6.
The geography class has completed
the study of the ABC countries of
South America. They have found the
comparison between these countries
and our own a very interesting SUBJ
ject.
The equipment for the chemistry
class was given out last Monday
Judging from the number of casual
ties which have so far happened it
seems we'll to adopt such a phrase
as BE careful of your flask for
warning.
An initiation party for the fresh
men was given by the sophomores,
juniors and seniors September 12 AL
though it was rainy night most of
the "freshies" turned out to take
their medicine"
Friday evening, October -, the
high school students and the teachers
were entertained at the second party
this year. The entertainment was the
result of the campaign for selling the
three Curtis publications-The Ladies
Home Journal, The Saturday Evening
Post, and The Country Gentleman.
The Red side, led by Dale Bergseth,
triumphed over the Green side, led
by Glen Arth. Thirty-seven subscrip-
tons were sold. An Eversharp pencil
was the reward given to the follow
ing people who each sold three sub
scriptions: Eleanora Shafer, Evelyn
Fredrickson, Ethel Molloy, Oscar
Mattson, Glen Arth and Dale Berg
seth. Grace Dignan, sales manager
lOl IuC SuIllS SCuipdlSli, dloO lllCi llCu
one.
The English II class will begin it's
study of the novel, "Silas Mariner" by
George Elliot.
| Members of the English III class
are beginning to feel rather literary
since they have written their first
short story. The scenes for some of
the stories were laid in deserted vii
lagos, ruined houses, swamps and
theaters. At least ten new words
were used in each story.
An honor roll has been established
in our high school. Anyone's name
that appears on the roll has an av-
erage of B. or above in his studies
and not less than c. in department.
The freshmen who won the honor of
having their names inscribed are:
Gladys Faudskar, Lucille Martin and
Ralph Wallio. The sophomores: Glen
Arth, Edwin Kari and Elmo Raunio.
The juniors: Janice Carroll, Eliza
beth Kaeder, Hilma Mattson and
Ethel Molloy.
The Boy Scouts have taken over the
paper sale started by the American
Lutheran Ladies' Aid. The amount
of paper collected by one family
would not bring in enough money to
make it worth while from the stand
point of one family. However, the