Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-04-25
FINLAYSON SCHOOL NOTES
Editor: Lydia Ojala.

The English III class is Industrious
ly working on its autobiographies.
Themes were written concerning
events in our own lives. We are put
ting these into booklet form and are
securing snapshots or pictures for il
Illustrations.
The freshman and sophomore econ
omic geography class is starting to
write long themes from 400 to 500
words in length, on various subjects.
The English II class is now study
ing Charles Lambs essays of Ella.
Two of the English ii class have
made model stages for Julius Gaze
sar." Also nine stages have been
made by the English l class for 1.-The
Merchant of Venice" Extra credit
will be given for them in their Eng
lish work.
The girls who played basketball
during the last season had a hike and
| picnic Monday night.
The senior class play, 'Yimmie
YOnson's Yob," will be given May TO-
The cast for the play is as follows
WINNIE, Gregorie Buggie; Pal, Armas
Hannu; Frank, Bill Arth; Micky, Dale
Bergseth; Mr.. Kent, Glen Arth; Belle,
Mary Bosch; Sylvia. Grace Dignan;
Peg, Ethel Molloy; Kitty. Janice Car
roll; Mrs. Kent, Hilma Mattson.
In the eighth grade English essen
tials test given last week, Harry
Greenspan received the highest mark
"a. Bob Arth and Lyle Bergseth
were second with the mark of 92.
Bertha Hellman and William Lund-
gren have had a perfect record in
spelling the past six weeks.
The fifth and sixth grades are work
ing on project maps in geography.
Many important facts have been dis
covered by the use of these maps.
Everyone in the fifth and sixth
grades is working with new interest
as this is the beginning of the last
six weeks period.
Many of the members of the third
and fourth grades received highest
honOrs in more than one subject dur
ing the last six weeks period.
The third and the fourth grades are
studying Minnesota's common wild
flowers. The birds of Minnesota have
already been learned
The following pupils have had per-
feet attendance for the past six weeks:
Florence Belling, Edwin Delaney, in
the fifth grade; Lorene Bishop, Flea
nor Carlson, Bernice Frohreich, Ber-
tina Hellman, and Jean Arth in the
sixth grade. Jean is the only pupil
in the fifth and sixth grade who has
had perfect attendance so far this
year. We are hoping she will have a
perfect record.
Penmanship booklets are being
made by the members of the third and
fourth grades.
Carl Carlson, Marion Hannu, and
Sylvia Carlson, of the first and sec
ond grades, have neither been tards
nor absent so far this year.
The second graders have just COM
pleted their Dutch Life" posters.
The English III literature class has
studied Emerson's essay on Hero
ISM" They have written essays on
"The Heroes of Today" One of the
best selected follows:
''TOday's Heroes
1--WE seldom hear much of the true
heroes of today. They hardly ever
enter the headlines. They seem to do
little to stir the peoples interest.
They are left strictly alone by the
rest of the world. Little matters to
them but the satisfaction of helping
others to find more comfort or happi-
ness. Service is the keynote of their
lives.
"One is inclined to think little of
these men because of their obscurity
In most peOple'S ODiniOn a man muSt