Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-30


health inspection. So far the girls
have been the most careful The
other race is a flash card drill
which we like The blues are ahead
/ 1t the end OF the second week.
Apparently the Ethiopian situa-
ton is penetrating the homes OF
our people. for Friday a small third
1 Grade child was interested enough
/ OF bring a picture OF Halle Selassle
for the rest of the boys and girls
! to see.
Tuesday. enc Of Miss Angers
fourth grade boys was the proud
capturer OF q large desert turtle.
On its back was printed the words:
Death Valley Scotty." Since most
/ of the class did not know Of Scotty,
/ Miss Ikenberry. who had visited
Death Valley and had had the
! privilege Of meeting Scotty at both
his ranch and castle, told them the
story of this colorful character and
his home III Death Valley. Pictures,
maps ana discussion by the group
made it doubly interesting.
Many Of the children n our room
went to the circus last Monday. We
have learned several circus songs
and drawn pictures OF many circus
anlmalS.-MrS Varney's First Grade,
In our room We have a California
Indian Museum. in which are many
things the children have brought to
school. Indian dolls with papooses
On their backs were brought There
are pottery dishes and I brought o
little pair Of mocaSsins.
Rocks with gold in them, petritied
oyster shells and other things found
n California, are in our museum.
Winifred Anderson, As
Wilson School
Soon tennis will be started. The
regular classes are not ready, but
soon will be. Even now enthusiastic
players are practising for the tour
nament which is to be held soon.
Their practice shows that they will
give a hard game to the other
teams.-Darrell Hatch, Sd.
We have a new principal whose
name is Mrs. Armstrong. She
teaches music and can sing marvel
ously. She is a very good teacher,
and the children all like her-Bette
Dutton. 9-4
We can hear the slam of locker
doors at last. Until today We have
had to carry our things around with
Us as they We're moving the lockers
20 different parts Of the building,
but they finally got them settled.
We don't have enough Of them
to 20 around SO two have to share
each locker, but we don't mind as
We are so glad TO have them.-Var-
nell Knight, 8-3.
What started out to be merely an
individual reading record is fast de-
yeloping into class competition.
In the eighth grade literature room
are four large charts, each one
containing a class reading record.
Each pupils name is at the top OF
his own row Of squares. Each square
represents 25 pages. Whenever a
pupil has finished reading SO pages,
ne is entitled to fill in two squares.
The competition is fairly even so
far, with the eight-fours and the
elght-threes a little in the lead
Bob Weakley, 8-3.
Mr.. Weakley has for the boys
we'll fitted manual training room
this year It is fitted out both for
manual training and mechanical
drawing. For the past week and a
malt we have been having just me-
chanical drawing, as the manual
training tables are not quite ready.
In mechanical drawing we use these
three main tools: a $3.50 square, o
4O-45 square, and d IT. square We
nave also a pencil, ruler, and an
eraser. Our teacher, Mr.. Knarre-
borg, is the very best-Bob Eyer.
The Wilson school girls are very
happy to be able to learn to cook
and sew this year. The seventh
grade girls are going to do more
sewing than cooking, and the eighth
Grade girls are doing more cooking
than sewing. Each girl has an
apron, a small hand towel, pot
holder. ana a hair ribbon. The
apron is, as you know, to keep the
dress clean. The hand towel is to
dry your hands on. The pot holder
is 10 use when lifting hot things.
The hair ribbon is to hold your hair
back 50 it won't fall over the food.
j Inc firN week We didn't do any
cooking at all, instead We learned
about foods, and how to set table.
, This week all the eighth grade
! girls, except the eight-three girls,
made sandwiches. The sandwiches
were made for the local schools, in
Guiding Wilson school. The eight
three girls made a sunset salad
which was used in the Wilson
school cafeteria. The girls are very
proud that they have the privilege
OF cooking for the schools. We are
all looking forward TO the time
when we can prepare a luncheon
for the faculty.-Virginia Hutson,
2-3.
Wilson school received their lock-
ers Thursday. TWO people OF the
same class use the same locker. The
Lockers are of q good size so they
VIII hold your notebooks, lunches,
and other needed things.
We have not received our tennis
lockers yet. We shall have to keep
the rackets in the class closet. -
Betty, 73.
Before, school has been interest
ing. The majority of US have en-
ioyed school. But this year-school
I lust doesn't seem real This going
10 different rooms and different