The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-03-07
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graders pretty busy as the six
weeks Is ending, you know. Don't
we all know 1t.
The pupils of Miss Nestande have
finished Ivanhoe, and are starting
grammar once more, which the
kids think is pain in the neck"
"Evangeline" is the topic Of study
in Miss Swope's classes. In her
seventh grade the business letter
is being studied and some are be-
ing brought in for samples. A let
ter was received this week from
Valparaiso, Chile, which tells of nj
trate and the way they mine it.
Upon asking Mr.. Knutson wheth-
er he had any news to report this
week he stated that "they had quit
Business Methods" OF course I
was somewhat shocked to find they
have quit Business Methods, but
my opinions were soon changed.
You see they have finished their
Business Methods books and have
started unit on Occupations, US
ing reference material. Oh yes,
they have also had a test. It wasn't
a very popular thing, but what test
is popular.
In Mr.. Rasmussen's classes the
ninth grade girls are studying a
unit on clothing. This includes
experiments with different fibres,
tests for different kinds of mater
ials. and different weaves. The
boys classes are still on electricity.
They are on their second group of
This time they work
with electro magnetism which will
lead up to communication. The
radio and telephone will be the
subject of the next experiments.
The eighth grade is on the unit Of
The projects are due
very soon and some have already
started coming in. They are from
bug collections to the making of
radios. The boys especially like
to use electricity in their projects.
And now for Mr.. Clough's class
es. Shall we start of with the
seventh grade Social Studies class
es who are studying Minnesota's
economic growth. They are study
ing the factors which contributed
to it and what each contributed.
With this unit goes the study Of
the various occupations of the Min
nesota pioneers and the develop
ment of the system Of transport
tation and communication. The
eighth grade are beginning a unit
on economic development and the
political issue following the Civil
War. The ninth grade Conserva-
ton classes are on the study of
water, the controls and use Of it.
They are also going to make book
let's on this topic.
In Miss Schmitz's classes we find
the seventh grade using lines in
home decoration. They are using
geometry in arranging furniture.
In addition to this they are learn
ing to read the gas and electric
The eighth grade are
learning the ratio in proportion and
indirect measurement. They are
also using the hyptotenuse rule. In
the Algebra classes factoring poly
and quadratic equations is
the work outlined for this week.
MUSIC
The dawn came on that event
full day. The hearts of members
Of the Mixed Chorus beat faster as
the event that was to take place
that day, March 2, drew closer I'm
til they fairly shook with fright
Or maybe they were just shaking.
Music teachers from all the dis
tricts were there to study and crit
Icize. Music teachers from other
schools directed our chorus and
orchestra. AS YOU know, all direc-
tors have a little different manner
Of directing and only if the stu
dents are alert will they be able
TO follow the director.
A director the students like quite
we'll was Mr.. Carr from Glenwood,
who directed Rain and the River"
The general feeling among the
students was that though they
could have done it better they also
could have done worse. I have
heard that some doubted the pos
sibility Of the later statement. AS
! whole though, the program was
good.
AS an after thought I may add
hat owing to the splendid new aud
forum the music department had
IN ideal place to give their pro-
gram. Tone carries very well in
he new auditorium.
With the program over the stu
dents can relax, but only for a lit
lie while. Practice win soon be
getting under way for the Music
Festival in the spring.
LIBRARY NEWS
A number Of new books have
been added to the lists Of good
books, recently. A few Of them
are: Tall Timber Tales; AL G.
Barnes, Master Snowman; Sand
appers; Gotch; Indian Stephan
Tales, and The Eskimo and His
Reindeer in Alaska.
I will give you a short review
Of these books, and am sure you
will find them even more interest
ng if you read them. This week
will tell you about Tall Timber
Tales-or More Paul Bunyan Stor-
es, by Dell ]. Mccormick.
The stories of Paul Bunyan and
Babe the Blue Ok comes straight
from the heart of America. These
stories are told from the rolling
woods Of Maine to the timberlands
Of Washington, from the cypress
,wamps Of the South to the red
woods of California. Behind the