The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-12-09


The 7th grade teams will decide
their championship Tuesday wher
they play their finishing games
The "Clod Hoppers' have won I
games and the 'sBlue Derbies" have
won games and the score stands
8 to 5.
The names Of the tournament
teams have been chosen by the girls
themselves. The girls will spend the
next weeks on Stunts" and Folk
dancing"
The History classes have made
notebooks, time graphs, and a mar
showing the acquisitions of the
United States since 1776.
The Conservation classes are
studying Minerals. They are deal
ing with various types of mining
and the conservation and importan.
ce OF minerals.
The Seventh grade classes are
studying our government, the var,
ious branches of 1t and their pow.
ers, and duties. They will make a
chart ON how bin becomes a law
Miss Swope's 9th grade English
class is reading the Knave od
Hearts by Louise Sanders. The fol
lowing people are characters:
Vera Lovesee 5000. King Pompdebile
Aileen Ethun --.-.--.-... Lady Violetta
Vivian Rasmussen nave of Hearts
Ruth MCGEE -..-......-- The Little Cir
Ruth Lux and Marion Hill-Pastry
Cooks.
Christeen Koterba ..........-.. Ursula
Margaret Spraeue ...----.. Chancellor
MUSIC
A new room has been made from
the bus garage in the Senior High
School building. This room will
hereafter be occupied by Mr.. Kitz-
berger's music students. 1t will be
used for all chorus work, orchestra
and instrumental lessons, both in
dividua1 and group. 1t provides a
more convenient place to have mu-
sic and Is roomy enough for orches.
ira rehearsal. BY having ANEW
music room, 1t leaves more room In
Junior High for classes.
LIBRARY
Introducing the Consultations by
Robert H. Baker.
Have you ever slept on a noun,
tain top on q starry night? The
grandeur of the stars Is breath
taking. You feel nearer to them
than ever beforehand smaller, and
you glimpse the marvellous rhythm
of the universe in their perfect
march westward across the sky.
You wonder about these stars
how big they are, how far away
and how they differ from our earth
In this book you will discover many
fascinating true facts about the
stars their magnitude, their make
I'D, their motion and their place In
the universe. You will glimpse
more wonderfully than from the
mountain top, the marvellous sys-
tenn behind the universe. DR.. Rob
ert Baker, the author of this book
Is Professor Of Astronomy at the u
OF Illinois. 1t Is his great pleasure
to bring to boys and girls the won
ders Of the sky. He has given talks
on the stars over the radio many
times. Vivid sky maps in blue
make this book double clear. Anc
legends about the constellation.
add interest. Boris Artzybashefi
one of the foremost illustrators O
today, has made exquisite decora
tions for this book.
| Portraits of the Iron Horse D,
Otto Kuhler.
The first locomotive in regula
service In America was called tn
Best Friend of Charleston" Tha
was in the year of 1880 and
could reach the breathtaking spee'
of twenty miles an hour! Befor
that, experimenters had teste'
everything from oxen to sails in al
attempt to find the best means
locomotion. Compare this earlies
American train with the stream
lined Zephyrs and Hiawathas OF tn
present day, built to reach a spee'
| Of 120 miles an hour!
| IL Is dIIluSiiLS " ACoa 0SOos 49,
| inconvenience that the passenger
underwent while riding in thes
pioneer trains. They were jerke'
from under their hats while cloud
of black smoke and cinders poures
over them. Even innocent bystand
ers suffered, for their carriage
were overturned when the brighten
ed horses fled from these black
snorting demons.
The development OF the locomo
tive, from the tiny Tom Thumb
built in 1928 out Of such strang'
| materials as busket barrels to tn
| powerful streamlined models OF to
day, is an amazing story Of man!
progress in improved methods o
transportation. Portraits Of thu
Iron Horse not only traces the his
tory of locomotives, but describe.
many details Of engine construc
ton. It Is illustrated with man.
vivid pictures OF historic and mod
ern locomotives, by Otto Juhler, q
nrominent designer of StreamMne(