The Sauk Centre herald., 1941-01-30

Last Saturday the Scouts had an
outdoor hike to work on fire build
ing and cooking.
G.A.A.: The girls took a bus tc
the game at Alex last Monday.
Wednesday night the sophomores
and juniors played a basketball
game and the game ended q tie
IL to IL. The scoring was evenly
distributed throughout the game
1t was a very successful game out
side Of a little bad luck which was
when Vivian Rasmussen spraine6
her ankle and Mary Ann Hylamar
her finger. Envy Of all the teach
ers! Miss Ellis is getting younger
every week. Last week she was 9
junior and this week q sophomore
They are still waiting for the
seniors to get up team and play
them. We wonder are the seniors
afraid of too much completion?
They are planning to have an
other Fem Frolic soon.
Girl Scouts: Catherine Litchy's
patrol had a skating party last
Monday night at TOO. After skat
ing Mrs. Besser served them a del
icious lunch at her home. Miss
Jones was their leader.
The whole troupe had a skating
party last Thursday evening and
went to the Coffee Shop FOR hot
chocolate afterwards.
The Scouts are planning a Val.
entine Tea for February Is "a little
late but the spirit will still be
there) at which the Senior Scouts
will wear their new uniforms II
they are finished.
Junior High Classes
The seventh grade history class
es are still studying how Mime
sofa became a state, its rapid
growth, and development with ear
ly leaders, the many important hap
penings and the formation of the
states government. The eighth
grade has begun a new unit or
events leading up to the Civil War
One day last week Clifford Gardne,
and Wesley Fink were student
teachers under the supervision Of
Mr.. Clough. He reports they die
a very good job Of it too.
The conservation class is still
working on American Red Cross
First Aid. The day I visited the
class they were learning about ar
tificial respiration.
The seventh grade geography
class is studying about the darl
continent-Africa. They are find
ing out a lot about explorers In
Africa and also about the import
ant rivers and their discoveries. Ir
science they are about to take 9
test on how substances change.
This week the business methods
classes are studying arithmetic
problems in connection with theil
unit on Personal Records and
Budgets"
The ninth grade classes were
starting "Ivanhoe" and now they
have finished the study of Scott!
life. I asked one what he knew
about Scott and this smart little
lad said, Born, lived, and died.
In spite Of this most Of them pass
ed the tests. The room is decorat
ed with pictures Of knights, lad
les and castles. Some of the more
ambitious ones have already start
ed their special drawing projects
The seventh grade mathematics
classes are still studying percentage
but now they are studying pei
cents larger than 1000. The eighth
grade is studying taxes and equa
tions. Mr.. Smiths and Miss Ever
hart's classes in Algebra are study
ing division of radicals, terms witt
exponents, and equations with frac
tions involving expansion.
Miss Klobe's ninth grade classes
are beginning the posters for tn.
operetta. They will be done ir
many ways; by temper paint, or the
air brush, and will be done on col
ored paper. Seventh grade boys
are building looms that is, wher
they aren't bandaging up sore
thumbs. The girls are going tc
make samplers out of burlap, ant
are going to try to get a lot o.
different kinds of stitches in them
The eighth grade kids are still
working on their monograms.
Electricity is being taken up by
the ninth grade science classes
This includes the static and cur
rent electricity, effects as far a!
magnetism and measurement Of Il
are concerned, uses of the motor
and dynamo, and the general use
of the electro magnet.
Elementary Busybodies
The kindergarten has started 6
transportation project and have
drawn pictures Of trains. The best
ones were posted on a large sheet
and put up in the room. They
plan on going to the depot to see
a train. The class was treated two
afternoons when Jerome Pedersor
brought cookies and the Gallup
twins brought doughnuts for lunch
There are quite a few absent be
cause of colds and one case Of the
mumps has been reported.
Miss Chapman's second grade