The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-04-25

THE LITERARY FORUM.
Original stories and poems by
Junior High students.)
A Bit of Old Japan.
Entering the screened in portion of
the school gymnasium, now occupied
by the Variety Fair, one may see, sit
ting on black Oriental chair, Jap
anese doll CARRIED in the native dress
of Japan. Her hair is full in front and
she has a large knot behind She is
typical of the average maiden of old
Japan.
Wandering over to the next table, one
sees a black statue of a Japanese god.
He is leaning forward His eyes have an
! angry CLEAN. His fists are clenched. He
| looks as if he is about to condemn an
| unfortunate mortal to some awful
, doom.
Grouped around the statue of the god
are small wooden models. Some are of
jinrickshaws, people, animals and many
other things. They are made of some
light wood, and carved almost perfectly.
| As one walks along, a black box,
| which looks like radio, may catch
his eye. 1t is used in Japan on New
Years Day to store the delicacies. 1t
is used SO that people can pick out the
kind of food they wish.
| On the wall is hanging screen which
has scenery painted upon it and figures
of people are attached to it. Perhaps it
has hung in Japanese temple and has
| looked down on Buddhist priests per-
| forming their sacred rites.
| Gazing on screen decorated by a
| fierce dragon, one perceives, draped
over the screen, few native japanese
robes. They are richly decorated with
| peacocks, flowers and other designs in
brilliant colors
But now one may hear the ringing of
Japanese bell telling the people to
60 to the assembly In one minute a
person has come from a Japanese
temple and is Witnessing an American
| fashion show.
Truly Variety Fair!
RAYMOND RUBARD.
| Two Junior High students, Sarah
Hunter and Marjorie Moody, have been
| given poetry awards for their pro-
1 ficiency in this art. Sarahs selection
which won first place at Variety Fair
was Smoke" and Mariorie's poem was
entitled "Only Dog This work was
under the direction OF Mr.. Beardsley.
SMOKE.
Smoke, drifting lazily up to the clouds;
Smoke, belching from factory smoke
stacks
Smoke, thin and threatening above a
forest fire
Creeping along among the grasses.
Tall columns of smoke rise above cliff,
| Beautiful signals fraught with meaning,
Smoke, intangible, portentous,
| Drifting, lingering above ruin.
SARAH HUNTER.
ONLY A DOG.
Only a dog, yet the boy stood still
Ger his old friends grave
On the windswept hill.
Only dog; yet the rough-clad boy
Priced his friend more
Than a gilded toy
Only a dog; and the days gone by,
Crowd into his mind
From the cloudless sky.
Only dog; but his memory still
Hovers over the grave
On the windswept hill
MARJORIE MOODY.
Hilda Rolseth and Alice Peterson
gave interesting and instructive talks
before the assembly last week. The girls
recounted some of their experiences
at Kinman Business University and
again stressed the value Of making the
most of ones opportunities while in
high school Libby High has number
of representatives in Kinman, SO many,
in fact, that Libby club has been
formed
Gastropods and ripple marks made
up the conversation of the Geology
class on Tuesday when they took their
field trip to the claybanks. Grabbing
hasty lunch at noon they took the
bus for the field and managed to get
back for their two o'clock classes. The
big trip of the year for this class is the
one to Kootenai Falls, The class has 43
members and SO part Of them had to
ride on the top Of the tally-ho.
The Senior class has received accept
ances from Rev. G. Gabrison and Atty.
John G. Brown to give the Baccalaur-
cate and Commencement addresses re-
spectively.
WHOSE ENIGMA A blonde Junior
girl speaking reminiscently of Honey,
the ritzy knight Of the road" and wish
ing there were~@more travellers who
asked for directions.
GRADE HONOR ROLL.
Sixth grade, Mr. DeSonia: Jean Ikeda.