Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-09

| 8-A-2.
The Wilson school girls glee
club is now working on three part
songs. The girls are fond of this
work and are in hopes that there
/ will be more of it.-Betty Surface,
49,.
The w. C. T. U. is having a con-
test for the school children to write
essays, prologues, letters or dia-
| logues on why Sensible Young
People Should Not Smoke" We
hope to have some prize papers
from Wilson.-Louise Shaw, 8-A-2.
In English we had test that COW
cred all the work we have had this
year. Helen DoWd was the only one
to receive 100 per cent.-7-8 Glass.
Our newest folk dance is the
polka" The girls are very inter-
ested in this dance and can do it
as we'll as the ones they have COM
pleted.-Mary E. Greed. 8-3.
This week the 8-A-3 class are
studying transitive and intransitive
verbs. Some are getting along fine
while others do not understand it.
Roy Sexton, 8-A-3.
The three pupils who received the
highest grades in the English tesf
were Jack Morgan, Naomi Wood.
bury, and Charles Wegelin.-Heler
Nakogawa, 8-B.
In arithmetic the 8-B class were
pleased to start in the eighth grade
arithmetic books last Wednesday
Our first lesson was to decide
whether or not we could do eighth
grade work. Three fourthS OF the
class passed so we were allowed to
go on.-Dorothy Lou Gillian, 8-B.
Last Wednesday in public speak
ing the 8-B class elected new Off
GERS. which were: Rex Richards,
president; Lee Edgar, vice-presi-
dent; Pat McKeighan. Sergeant-at-
arms; and Charline Mack, secre-
ltary-Lucille Beynon, 8-B.
The 81 had debate in public
speaking last week. The question
was, Resolved: THAT the 8-A-1 class
is capable at the present time of
having a play The affirmative
side lost.-James Carter, 81.
The classes of Wilson school en-
ioyed an assembly Wednesday af-
ternoon. The entertainment was
given by the 8-A-2 class. Those
taking part were: John Clements
Timmie Collins, Myrle Tinker. AL
lyene Pyle, Gwendolyn Bibbins
Ruby Schultz, Marguerite Hurst
Percie Thacker and Ethel Cross
Ruby Schultz, 8-A-l.
In arithmetic the TAPS are
working percentage. After that We
took up discounts. Thursday we
took up invoice. We are findinp
percentage very interesting.-Marv
Williams, 7-2, Marguerite Yeary. 7-2.
Last week Robert Graves of the
7-A-2 class brought newspaper to
school that was published Sunday.
February 81, 19l6.-Juanima Jarni-
gan. To.
The Girl Reserves are making
silver bracelets. The girls put the
design on with pencil and Miss
Patterson is going to dip the brace
let's in nitric acid for the Girls
i-Kathryn Jane Henderson, 7-2.
Lincoln School
| This morning during physical ed
ucation our squad did stunts. Mrs
voss was our teacher. She had US
10 the duck walk, the rabbit-hop
and the human rocking chair.
was one of the best rockers, al
though it was hard work-Lorene
Self, GA.
We are having decimal races.
| tI,t,,l- Inoit,,olc ocinr fhQo
fractions. We know how to add,
divide, subtract, and multiply them.
l-Richard Lee, SAL.
The boys with Mr.. Tenwolde' S
help are making a basket ball court
They remind us of g chain gang.
The court is on the girls side but
it will be used by both boys and
oirls.-Pearl Robertson. GAP.
Joshio brought an asparagus plant
to scholo. 1t is growing so fast. 1t
grows an inch over night. If il
grows like that much longer we will
have asparagus to sell.-Virginia
Tackett, SAL.
We had just finished 90 themes
when we were kindly assigned an
other set. Evidently our first ones
were so good that more were want
cd. This time we have to write
only two a week. Before. we had
70 write one every day for month.
| We should know how to write sent
ences by the end of the year. Don't
YOU think so? Dorothy Wood,
l5-A-2.
We have won the Bank of Am,
erica picture seven times to the
other rooms five. We hope to keep
It all the time.-Bill Elliott, 6-A-2.
Tuesday afternoon we had an in
ieresting visitor in our room. I'll
bet no one could guess who the Wis
tor was. 1t was little bird. an
FneliSh sparrow. The screen was
out and the window open, so we
think that was the way it came in.
It flew into the closet so we had a
boy open the closet window and
finally the bird flew out. We
thought it lots of fun to entertain
the little visitor and hope he'll come
again.-Gwendolyn CHM, GA.
In art we are painting a picture
of a little old lady selling flowers.
In the picture is a cart full of flow
ers, several flower pots, and she is
holding a bouquet in her hand.
Several pictures the children have
drawn and painted are almost as
good as Miss Clay's. - Katherine
Clements, GA.
We are studying the continent Of
Asia. 1t is very interesting partly
because it is SO large. We have
studied China as a whole first, and
| then the divisions Noy we are