The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-12-08


IS, IIildegarde Schley 40, Laura
Simmer 40, Ralph Steffes As, Rose
Weiss IS, Vivian Walker IS.
Bookkeeping classes are work.
ing on journalizing, posting, and
making trial balances.
The students Of the stenography
I class started writing in shorthand
this week. The first day they
wrote in shorthand they were SO
overly thrilled that they could
hardly quit.
The chart for tipping I classes
has already been put up to mea-
sure the advance Of the typin
speed. A speed test was given Fri
day. All students who write 10
words will have a colored dot put
on the chart after their name. Next
week the names of those people
who have dots will be published in
the Main Street.
The economic geography class
has been studying Domestic Animal
Industries and Fishing Industries.
For extra work they are drawing
maps of different countries show
ing on the maps places of the fish
ing industries and what fish are
caught and where.
HOME ECONOMICS
The advance class is working
on the cheer leaders suits; they
plan to have them completed soon.
The freshman are stu d y n 6
gelatin salads. They have also
made snow pudding, and quick
breads. Ginger bread and hard
sauce are some Of their latest &C
complishments.
The eighth graders can tell you
the proper breads to serve at all
time. They have made date muf-
fins and baking powder biscuits
in class too.
Several members of the younger
group have completed their aprons;
the rest will be completed soon.
AS soon as they are finished each
girl will begin her Christmas pro-
ject. This will be something she
wishes to use as a gift.
ART
The eighth and ninth graders
are competing to have their illus
trations reproduced in the Christ
mas edition of the Schoolmaster.
Competition is keen because good
number of talented students can
be found in both classes.
The ninth grade have just fin
ished the first two plates Of what
will eventually become a lettering
booklet. Thus far they have almost
mastered the upper case block let
ter.
The junior high classes are also
working on a Christmas motif to
be carried out in the decoration of
the assembly before the holidays.
The art classes three thru nine
inclusive are working on their
choice of the following Christmas
projects: Decorated tea tiles, beach
sandals, footstools, wooden letter
openers, stenciled luncheon cloths,
and the painting and decorating of
these wooden objects: wooden
plates, bowls, bracelets, ring s
book-ends, candle-holders, an d
neckerchief slides.
ELEMENTARY BUSYBODIES
The kindergarten children have
started to decorate their room for
Christmas. AS you enter their
room you feel the spirit of Christ
mas with their fireplace and CHM
ney and their playhouse decorated
with wreaths. The picture frames
have Christmas pictures mounted
on them including the picture
books they made for Christmas.
They have covered their flower pots
with red tissue paper and tied them
with green ribbons.
Miss Henkels' first graders made
Thanksgiving baskets for Thanks
giving and are now decorating
their room for Christmas. Each
one Of the children is making
presents for his parents. Several
absences have been causd by colds,
but we hope that they will be back
before Christmas.
The first graders in Miss Har-
ris' room have just completed a
unit on "The Family Booklets
illustrating the various members
Of the family were made in con-
nection with it. Under each picture
they wrote the name of the men,
Der which It was about. They have
just begun their Christmas plans
which include the decorating Of
their room, and learning Christmas
sonsg, stories and poems. Miss
Bone has completed the eye sight
tests in their room and the re-
suits were put on their report
cards.
In Miss Beck's room the follow
ing were neither tardy nor absent
for the last six weeks: Ralph
Determan, Bernard Kennedy, Elsie
Peterson, and Dorothy veeder. In
their library reading contest,
Evelyn Thornbloom and Gerene
Aldous were first, having read 20
books each. Ralph Determan was
next with q books to his credit.
Those who received a star for ex-
cellent work in Spelling the past
six weeks are Ralph Determan,
David Zieger, and Jerome Read
ing.
Miss Murphy's Geography class
es are now studying the South
Atlantic and South Central States.
They are studying the cotton plant,
and the different steps that are
necessary for manufacture. In
regard to this study they erected
a small plantation on their sand
table with pickers on the cotton
plantations.