Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-10-04
Attendance.

A weekly check of the attendance
is being taken of each of the grades.
The percentage of attendance in the
week ending Sept. % was rather poor.
The seventh grade rated the highest.
The rating was as follows: High
school, 1915; eighth grade, 915; sew
enth grade, 96.5; fifth and sixth grade,
94.5; third and fourth grade 94.4; and
first and second grade, 93.4
DIR. Dstergaard Speaks.
Tuesday, the high school had the
great pleasure to hear DR.. 0stergaard,
from far-off India, speak to us. Before
Mr.. Nielsen introduced the speaker,
we sang two songs, Lead Kindly
Light" and praise God From Whom
All Blessings Flow"
DR.. 0stergaard gave very interest
ing talk on the schools of India. Be
fore the missionaries came, there
were no schools. The speakers mis-
sion is located in Santal. The first
thing he had to do was learn the
language of the Santals and Bengals,
WHICH, dIc vel ullIC1 Git, Tic OdltdiS
using letters as we do and the Ben
gals using characters and symbols.
He then gave an illustration in both
the Bengali and Santal language of
How are yOu?" In the Santal Ian
guage it resembled this, "Am do Get
menak' tamana.'
The schools in India are influenced
by the English. This in turn serious
ly handicaps the children because
they are forced to learn three Ian
guages, the Santal, Bengal, and Eng
lish, in order to learn anything. The
colleges and universities use the Eng
lish language to a large extent. AS
it is not compulsory for the children
to go to school, very few take the OPP
portunity.
After DR.. 0stergaard's speech, stu
dents were free to ask questions,
which were answered to the satisfac-
ton of all.
Seventh and Eighth Grades.
The election of officers for the
Girls Athletic Club" in the seventh
and eighth grades occurred Friday,
Sept. 81. The officers are as follows:
Josephine Petersen, president; Oda
Jensen, vice president; Emily Feldt-
NOSE, secretary; and Miss Gjertson,
advisor. The teams for basketball
were also chosen. A committee of
four was chosen to find a suitable
name for the club. Business meetings
for discussion will be called from time
to time, by the president, during noon
hours.
People coming into the eighth
grade will be shocked and frightened
at the various skulls, pirates, beetles,
ETC., being made into posters to il
lustrate "The Gold Bug" by Poe,
which we have just finished studying
in literature.
For English we are having a syn
thetic banquet to test our ability in
oral speech making. Four groups
have been chosen consisting of a
POSTMASTER and four speakers. Each
group is carrying out different
theme with the talks corresponding
to it.
The class officers for the seventh
grade have been elected. They are
as follows: Harry Mortensen, presi-
dent; Carl Sandahl, vice, president,
Fred Degerstrom, secretary, and Miss
Gjertson, advisor. At the next class
meeting a room librarian will be
elected.
The seventh grade English class is
working out postal service" pro-
ject. Interesting outlines with illus
trations are being made and reports
are being given by a committee chosen
to secure first hand information from
the post office and depot.
This year in the seventh and eighth
grades the boys have organized a re-
creational club, the purpose being to
encourage those activities which will
build up the body. 1t is our plan to
carry this throughout the entire year.
Sports are to be engaged in, hikes to
be taken on week-ends, and general
get-togethers to be held to stimulate
good friendship. Friday, Sept. 81,