The Nome nugget., 1930-10-18
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 On Monday. September 15. school opened. Due to the fact that Miss Rambow had not arrived, classes in tAe high school did not begin until the. following day NJ Beck. is our superintendanJ Miss Rainbow, from North Dakota. is the high school teacher Miss Kinney is teaching tLe sixth. .eyenia and eighth grades Miss Johnson is teaching the third, fourth and fifth grades; and Miss nrenth has charge of the first and second grades.
 The Nome High school has an enrolment of tw -nty-rhree pupils. The curriculm consists of geometry. economics, physical geography and algebra I and II which are taught by Snpt. Beck: Spantsh II. type writing. and English II anl III. are taught by Miss Rainbow.
 The first meeting of the High School Student Body Association was held on Friday. September 19, with Aaron Johnson acting as pres iGent. The old business was settled and report of the publication of the Aurora BoreaHs'' was given The following officers were elected for this semester Robert Sears. President; Wilfrid Nelly. Vice-Pres- dent; Hugh 0 Farrell. Secretary Margare, Ullrich. Treasurer: and Mario1Y Braa fiadt, Librarian.
 Plans for work in athletics are being made new basket ball is expected to arrive on the last boat after which teams will he. organized, and practice will begin under the direciirn of Mr Beck
 Mrs. F G. Forester is planning a gym class in which instruction in folk dancing and claisthenics will De given. The class will meet once or twice each week.
 w. are 4li pleased with the i'm proyement in appearance oI the school house. bu, due to adverse conditions of the weather the work is progressing slowly
 Mildred Maynard, a student of the Nome school, left on the Sep tember sailing of the steamship "Victoria" for Portland Oregon, where she will reside with her aunt and attend school. Hugh O'Farrel, secretary of the High School Body, was absent from school last Tuesday on account of illness.
 Prof and Mrs H. D. Anderson of Stanford University were visitors at school this week.
 The study of the weather for the past six weeks has been very inter- eStins for the physical geography class. Mir McGregor, the local weather bureau operator has lent Us several meteorological maps which have given us valuable in formation.
 Marjory Braafadt has been absent from school for the past few days. Last Friday she underwent a slight operation and is improving as rapid ly as can be expected.
 The first six-week period of school is nearly complete and everyone is studying hard for the examinations which will be given next week. On September 26 the Student Body Association passed some cruel laws which the Freshmen had to obey. The date set for the punish ment of any offenders was to be the following Thursday night, but they prolonged the agony one more day for the defenseless Freshmen On Friday night they were initiated and they are now full f1edged nigh school students.
 The primary grades under the supervision of Miss Drenth, are learning many interesting things Last week in geography they took up the study of wheat. and went through the process. of making flour in Indian fashion. They also visited the chicken ranch owned by Inhp