The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-05-14
Rural School
Meet Draws
Large Crowd
Iowa Flats Wins Mental
Events, Glen Lake First
in Athletics.
MUCH ENTHUSIASM
BY PARTICIPANTS

EUREKA, May 1.-THE most beauti-
full day of the season welcomed con-
testants and friends to Eureka on Sat-
urday to the annual rural school meet
This event has come to mean much to
the people of Eureka as well as to the
rural people as evidenced by the in
creasing number who attend each year
This is especially true of the stage and
music productions as well as exhibits.
Stage Productions.
The meet was started at $50 by the
presentation of stage and music pro-
auctions in Roosevelt gymnasium The
gym was nearly filled by an interested
audience. Each year the children show
marked improvement in poise and stage
presence. This year, as in many pre-
vious years, Pinkham school placed
first by a beautiful presentation of
Arrival Of Spring" The singing of the
three little heralds of Spring and of
Spring was especially fine, while the
bright costumes and clear voices oil all
the characters captivated and held the
interest of the audience. Mrs. Ethel
Long is the teacher.
The little ones in the primary room
at Rexford gave a clever skit of Mother
Goose rhymes, Mother Goose and many
of her little friends being presented in
costume Little Bo Peep and Boy Blue
were especially attractive Miss Mont
gomery is the teacher
Warland school depicted in splendid
manner the old legend of Rip Van
Wrinkle The Characterization of Mrs
Rip and Rip being very realistic Mr.
Ryburn is the teacher
Music Productions.
Tobacco Siding is another school that
has captured many honors in recent
years. They again took first in music
production. Their act showed ex-
ceptional merit in correlation with
other school subjects. They included
marching, the Virginia reel history,
geography, tap dancing, modern music,
and patriotism; yet the act did not lack
in unity. George Gasahl is teacher.
Rexford upper grades gave very
finished and beautiful production in
Guiding the Highland Fling in costume,
tap dancing by two eighth graders in
lovely green attire, quartette of sweet
voiced girls accompanied by the harp
and beautiful harp solo. All of the
pupils appeared at perfect ease and
seemed to enjoy their parts. Francis
Mcclure is teacher.
The fact that Stryker school has but
five pupils failed to curb their enthus-
iasm and four of the pupils gave an
unusual arrangement of school life in
song entitled, Good Morning Dear
Teacher"
Both teacher and pupils sang in
structions and recitations. The chill
dren had never practiced to piano ac-
compartment before, yet their rendition
was very good and they showed what
can be done in small school in spite
Of handicaps. Miss Mary Moses is
teacher
Art Exhibits.
The most finished work in exhibits
was on display this year that has been
seen in rural work The two largest
were those Of Tooley Lake and Fortine
schools while Tobacco Siding and Edna
Creek had splendid displays. 1t would
be hard to find an exhibit to equal that
of Tooley Lake for it showed Skill cor
relation and a range of subjects which
indicates a field Of education given by
the teacher covering every phase of
work given in the course Of study-both
required and optional A series of cut
work posters showing progress in COM
munication, including Indian runner,
drums, smoke signal, wigwagging, car
rier pigeons, pony express, railroads.
telegraph, telephone, cable, wireless,
radio and air mail was displayed. A
pageant by the boys of the sixth grade
displayed on long table, showing the
development of water transportation,
was very striking and showed ingenuity
in display as we'll as knowledge Of
subject. Another pageant depicting
Wagon Wheels showed the develop
ment Of wheels to the covered wagon
stage. A display of twenty different
kinds of knots by an eighth grade boy
made with pieces of small rope will be
of invaluable and practical benefit to
him. The pencil sketches and shadings
were all but perfect. The paper cut
work was surprising in quality for
children SO young, one copy of Lincoln
being of outstanding merit. A
large display of booklets, no two alike
in subject, were on display-some were
Tracks of the Wild, Consultations
Brands, Coffee. Montana. Statues, Birds
Inventors. There were rugs, relic
maps, baskets of native branches, ane
posters on bug and rodent control.
is expected this display will be taken tt
the County Library in Libby so tina
more people may enjoy it. Mrs BLANCHE
Salter is teacher at Tooley Lake. Thu
following poem selected from bookle
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