The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1935-12-19
SCHOOL NOTES

AZ q meeClng FflQay, MI. Grdy
presented each patrolman with
complimentary basketball ticket.
The boys have worked hard help
ing the children Of Lincoln school
to make Safety First habit. Mr..
Gray gave a talk on school sports
manship and courteous behaviour
at the games. Those receiving the
tickets were Dean Muetzel, James
Finn, Wayne Wuetzel, Maurice
katzenberger, Leslie Muetzel,
Kimball Glassco, Robert Cook,
Rodney Clark, john Lauterbach,
Elroy Novak, Billy Farrell, Harold
Kayser, Phillip Tenney, Harold
Cuff, Robert Regnier, Billie Hillig,
John Weis, Ernie Ahrens, Billie
Inglis, Cletus Zitzman, Francis
Dwyer and James Gallea.
In the second grade, we are
busy making Christmas gifts for
our fathers and mothers. We
have to work with clay, paint and
bronze, but what we are making
is sacret.
Sally Feigal and Margaret
Muetzel celebrated their seventh
birthdays at school this week.
The fourth grade has been max
ing scenery to be used in the
Christmas play. Children in the
grade have been studying Christ
mas in other lands. They are MAX
ing wall hanging showing
Christmas scenes in various coun-
tries. This week they are writing
letters to be sent to the fourth
grade at Juneau, Alaska. Some Of
the best letters were written by
Harland Routhe and Nadeen
Wendt.
Miss Tronson's pupils have
learned to write friendly letters
and address envelopes. AS a pro-
ject we are writing to Miss Alex
ander's fourth grade pupils at
Juneau, Alaska and we hope TO
get letters from them sometime
this year. In the fifth grade Geo
GRANNY class, we are discussing
minnesota as the National Play
ground. We hope that some day
we can actually visit these points
of interest in beautiful Mime
sofa.
The Junior high school news
editor, Juanita Weithoner has
been i'll for the past few days and
the department will not contribute
to the regular school news items
this week. However, we wish our
readers to know that the junior
high boys and girls are giving
their Christmas tree and many
gifts away to less fortunate boys
and girls. We take this opportu-
nifty to wish you all a very Merry
Christmas and happy New Year.
The Junior high school boys
and girls glee clubs will sing
Christmas carols around their tree
in the lower corridor of the Lin
coin school from S:15 to $3.50 a. m.
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
Of this week.
The German Club of the senior
high school made up of the men,
bers of the German classes met
Wednesday, December II during
the second period. Rev. E. A.
Birkholz of St. Johns Lutheran
church gave short speech on the
advantages and good qualities of
the German language. German
songs were sung and a committee
was appointed to prepare future
programs. Miss Chaplin is advis-
Gr.
The English III group has taken
up debating. The class is divided
into groups of six, each having its
own affirmative and negative
sides and the students have been
searching through reference books
in the building, at the library
and at their ohmes for mat
erial to help win their special de-
bate. One of the questions is Gre
solved, that automobile produc-
ing companies should be pro-
hibited from manufacturing cars
that travel faster than so miles
per hour. All questions are
chosen by the pupils themselves.
During an assembly held Fri
day, December Is, the pep band
played and the group sang "On, o
Redwood" Mr.. Gray gave short
talk on the basketball games
stressing school spirit and atten-
dance at games. With Noble Starr
as master of ceremonies, the band
played several German numbers.
Mr.. Obermeyer gave short snap
by speech in which he discussed
the new basketball rules and Dick
Cole gave short talk on Friday
nights game. School yells were
lead by the cheer leaders.