The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-11-22

found in pa of S31 rural home
in Cullman county, Alabami
There is a general lack of book
magazines and newspapers i
most of the S31 homes-23 hav
no reading matter of any kline
The county library books whic
the children are carrying to thei
homes from the schools T beini
read by persons IN tn
homes than in the schools, and o
these Mother" Is the most FIRE
quent reader. These are among
the outstanding facts shown by
reading survey of rural homes II
Cullman county made by the rur
al teachers of the county under
me direction of the county super
intendent Of education. The infor
nation was obtained by teachers
from private conferences with pu
pills in the advanced school grades
and is reported in a recent issue
of the Alabama School Journal.
Rural schools offer e~xtra-curric-
ular activities. Extra-curricular &C,
tivities are important features OF
the program in the modern rural
school, judged by information re-
bealed by a survey of $50 Iowa
consolidated schools recently made
by the superintendent of public
instruction of that state. Accord
ing to the report of this study,
the schools surveyed encouraged
all pupils to participate in n
or more of the following activities:
playing basketball, declamatory,
baseball, musical festivals, track,
football, debates.
3. 9. Schedule
Basketball schedule in gym for
the week of Nov. 1928 is as fol-
lows:
Monday-4:10 grade boys select
ed by Mr.. Johnson.
7:30 mems volley ball.
Tuesday-4:1O H. S. girls. Miss
White.
7:3O-s;OO Boy Scouts, Mr.. John
son.
Wednesday 4:1O sophomore
boys. Mr.. Doe.
7:109:OO-H. S. girls, Miss
White.
Thursday-4:1O grade boys Sc
lected by Mr.. Johnson.
7~:0O-9:OO freshman boys, Mr..
Boo.
Friday 4:1O junior and sen
Tor boys, coach Doe.
7:0O-9:00 Brockton 2 grade
boys games here.
Saturday a. m.-s:3O-1O:3O group
c boys, Mr.. Johnson.
1O:3O-11:3O group D boys, Mr..
Johnson.
Week of November $3.50.
Monday-4:1O H. S. girls. Miss
White.
1880 mems volley ball.
Tuesday-4:10 sophomore boys,
Mr.. Doe.
1880 Boy Scouts. Mr.. Johnson.
Wednesday-4:10 H. S. girls,
Miss White.
1880 junior-senior boys, Mr.. Doe.
Thursday. Friday and Saturday,
no basketball, Thanksgiving vaca-
ton. +
= Sociology |, 300 Word Theme
1. Taxation for schools in Roose-
welt County.
2. Aerial Transportation.
3. Employment of children in in
dustries in general and especially
about Wolf Point.
4. The need of more national
parks in America.
5. The government should spend
more money on the vast stretches
of transcontinental roads in the
Rocky Mountain States.
6. More aid, state and local,
should be given to Montana rural
schools.
7. Children are often started
wrong by the bad opinions and
practices of their elders.
s.. Crime in Wolf Point can be
reduced through stricter law en-
forcement.
g. The evils of tuberculosis.
10. The evils of scarlet fever.
II. The evils of typhoid fever.
u. A Safety First" campaign
should be held in Wolf Point.
-. Wolf Point needs a building |
ior its city library.
IA. Roosevelt county is not pay t.
ng enough Cor is paying too
nuch) to pensioners.
Is. The dangers OF public amuse-
nent.
Is. The farmers of eastern Mon
n needs better homes.
II. Divorces are too easily Sc
,ured.
Is. immigration laws.
These r topics for themes in
Sociology. People who have old
magazines containing articles re-
Iating to the above subjects can
of great help to the class.
The program for the teachers
meeting after school on Nov. q
is:
Character Training Through
.eading-Miss Randall.
The lob of the Pnhlin Schnn1-