The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1929-02-27
SCHOOL NOTE STAFF
This Week


This Week
Editor-in-Chie Mildred Nafsinger.
Assistant Editors - Frieda Voeltz,
Marian Alexander, Mildred Ste
wig, Mabel Muetzel, Edna Rus
sci and Lucille Pape.
Typist-in-Chief ------ Ethel Freyer.
Assistant Typists - jeanette Ruder,
Viola Lauer and Mildred March.
Boys Basketball
Our boys basket ball team came
through with their tenth straight vic
tory Friday night, defeating the st.
Peter team 33 to II. 1t was well
played game showing some real team
work.
The red, blue, and green hats add
ed bit of color to the visiting team
Defeating his home town team
didn't seem to hurt Mr.. Stockton's
conscience at all. AS it was, ne SEEM
ed quite elated over the fact.
Girls Basketball
At 4 80 Monday, Feb. II, the Sem
Tors met the Sophomores. The Sophs
were defeated although both teams
put up a good fgth for victory. The
Juniors also met the Freshmen, the
latter being defeated.
The final game was held Friday
night at 7:45, before the game in
which st. Peter and our boys clash
ed. A good stiff fight was put up by
both the Senior and the Junior with
the final outcome of FL for the Jun
iors and 20 for the Seniors. This is
the first time in some years in which
the Seniors have been defeated. Both
teams have received compliments on
their good playing.
Awgowan Gang Meeting
Monday evening, at 7:30, the Aw-
gowan Gang (the newly named Girls
Club) "put over" successful party
at the Lincoln school. 1t being in
honor of George Washington. Paper
hatchets were used as guides to the
cloak and entertainment rooms.
New and attractive games were
played after which delightful
luncheon was served by the hostesses.
Rah! Rah! Meeting.
The Rah, Rah Girls met at the B.
H. Clark home with Mabel Muetzel as
hostess last Thursday evening. The
time was spent in playing progress
sive touring. Nellie Mccoy held high
score and Mabel Muetzel held low
score. Several Valentine features
were presented. At the close of the
evening a delightful luncheon was
served by the hostess.
Junior High Notes
The Girl Scouts had a "Silver
. Tea" last Tuesday. 1t went off very
successfully, and they are quite
pleased with the amount of money
they received.
Classroom Activities
The Eighth A reading class has
been studying Rip Van Wrinkle. Last
Monday we pretended we had just
awakened from a sleep twenty years
from now. Here are some of the
things predicted to take place in
1850:
1. Mrs. Brown wanted new hat
so she hoped in her air launch and
went to Paris to get one. She left
word that she would be home in time
for dinner.
2. Ships will be going across the
ocean without any drivers to guide
them as perpetual motion will be
solved.
8. At school, pills of history, mu-
sic, and mathematics will be pre-
scribed to educate you.
A. Men will be wearing short pants
and straw hats.
5. Cars, once a proud thing to
own, would be old fashioned. Every
one will own a plane.
6. A new kind of dish was invent
ed which was thrown away after
each meal.
z. Redwood Falls was not sub
urb of st. Paul.
8. A woman whistled and all at
once the dishes came out of the cup
board and jumped on the table This
was another electrical invention.
9. There were traffic cops up in
the air trying to prevent collisions.
The General Science classes are
making booklets on land, water, and
air travel. In these booklets we are
also putting in drawings of the steam
and gas engines. Some of US are
showing what skilled artists we are.
The aftermath of the Civil War
including political reconstruction and
past war problems proves to be an in
teresting topic for study in the
American History classes the past
week.
Writing descriptions and adding
new descriptive words to their vocab-
ularies have been the activities of the
English III classes as we'll as finding
material on the extemporaneous
speaking topic, "Home."
The French II class have finished
the reading of romantic story and
are now concerned with the studying
from their grammar books.
A test based on Milton and Bacon
and their works was given to the
English Nv students last week. They
are hoping for good results from