Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-12

poor as they moved too much. The
children are sure they did much
better this week and are looking
forward to finding the result and
getting the pictures. ~'
WILSON SCHOOL
Mother. where did your grand
mother live?" When was she
born?" How old was she when she
died and what was one of her ex-
citing experiences"
These are only a few of the
many queries the exhausted moth.
ers are being asked, for the eighth
grades are writing autobiographieS
of our ancestors.
They mustn't have had such
dull time in the good old days.
from the descriptions In some Of
the reports.-Elizabeth Tagg, 8-B-
2, Allyene Pyle, 8-B-2.
| It's always money but this time
it's for banking The class who
| has the highest percentage every
| Wednesday gets a picture. Last
! "Wednesday the 7-B-l class won the
picture. We took the picture away
from the 8-B-2s.-Dorothy Larson,
7-B-2.
Lee Edgar, boy in the 7-DA2
English class, wrote a letter to
! Havana, Cuba. The letter he re-
ceived in return was written in
Spanish; consequently it fell to
the lot of the 8-B-2 Spanish class
tc translate the letter for his ben
efit.-James Southworth, 8-B-z.
In English the 7-B-2 class is
reading short stories and then
telling the story as near like the
book, to the class. When one Of
the boys told his story he said,
las badly as I was frightened
was not scared" The book said.
Badly as was frightened I was
not scratched" He had the class
laughing for quite while.-E. J.
: Afford, 7-B-2.
The eighth grades are now stu
dying about the Civil war. This
is one of the most interesting SUBJ
1ects. Everyone Is enjoying this
topic and We are also trying to
understand both sides. Ruby
Schultz 8-B-1.
Tn Toys and girls indoor teams
played Brawley last Wednesday at
Brawley. The girls team was VIC
torious with score of 81 to IL.
The boys lost hard fought game
with score of to 3.-Mary Arm
1 strong, 8-B-2.
In sewing the girls are making
pajamas. There are gay beach
pajamas, brightly colored loungihe
pajamas and milder sleeping pa
Jamas. There are many smart col
crs and patterns.-Lorena Cass, g.
b..
In English the 7-B-2's arc COL
lecting pictures and writing stor-
les about them for magazine we
are going to print.-John Feeney.
7-B-2.
In Mrs. Walkers room In arith-
metic we are working on percent
age.-Marguerite Yeary, 7-B-2.
In our spelling room the pupils
are improving their posture great
ly, because we are working for the
second seat in our row. When ever
you are not sitting up straight you
have to go to the last seat in the
row and the others move up
Kathryn Jane Henderson, 7-B-2.
In arithmetic we are receiving
percentage. AT first we found it
little difficult but now Miss Dun
lap is helping us along with it and
We are doing much hetter.-Phyllis
Anderson, 8-B-l.
The 8-B-l class in Miss Lippin-
colts room has chosen books to
read to make report on.--Ray
Robertson, 8-B-1.
In Mrs. Smiths writing class we
are working for our writing cer-
tificates. Some will receive their
certificates sooner than others
Ada Trimble, 8-B-l.
LINCOLN SCHOOL
The 6-B-2s are to have a map
contest soon. We had one on Eur
ope before Christmas. Our teach-
er makes map of the continent
We are studying. We fill in the
names of the countries and their
capitals. I like this method very
much: for 1t Is fun II you know
how.-Faye Kerr. 6-B-2.
Lincoln school pupils are study
ing homes for art. In our 5-A room
we have some pictures OF grass
huts. Some of them look like hay
stacks on stills, with ladders rum
ming up to them. Tuesday We
made castles. Some OF them were
lovely. Daisy, Georgia Frances.
Flora Mae. Marie. Jesus, Thomas,
and Ernest had the best.--Glyna-
dean Utley and Rudy Elder, 5-A.
Our room Is in the midst OF
geography project. Each person Is
in q group; and each group Is taxi
ing different country in Europe.
Many have maps on card board
and covered with clay. Others
have found a large map OF the
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