The Olsburg School News from Olsburg, Kansas • 4

THE OL9BURG SCHOOL. NEWS CORRESPONDENCE Thanksgiving program. 7 Mrs. Pearl Bahret, Teacher. $he ffsbiirg (State ank Kansas Our officers are Theo Johnson, Pres.

John Velen, Vice-pres D. W. Johnson, Cashier Bertha A. Moore, Book-keeper Our Capital is $10,000. oo and Surplus and undivided profits $10,000.

oo When in need of Dental work call on Mrs. C. E. McGrew at Hotel Wednes day and Thursday, ever other week. Phone for appointment.

PRIMARY DEPARTMENT The youngsters spent their busy work periods on Hallowe'en da making jack o'lanterns, witches, cats, to decorate the Sand Table. After all the lessons had been said in the afternoon they enjoyed making "sack faces" for themselves. The next morning they were filled with stories of how '-hey had frightened their mamma and papa. Teacher and pupil3 are busy making preparations for the Thanksgiving program. We were all glad to return to the school room Monday morning after two days vacation and every one came back with renewed vigor to do better work through tne coming months.

children have now begun the study of "The Pilgrim Fathers We found one little boy so "Dutch" thathe brought us a pair of wooden shoes. The circus has come to The best 'trained aimals in the world. One show -each day this month. Admission free (side shows; included.) In our Nature Study we have made a collection of all the products of corn. Our display will be ready the last of the month Perhaps the farmers would be in- tprootpH in sfiPinn- t.ha fruit nf their One little girl thinks that all the short sound letters with "half moons" above them must have been, r-ade at night.

Of course she lmnws thai thn mnnn doesn't shine! in the day time. Miss Elsie Johnson. INTERMEDIATE ROOM I Out motto this is one who knows all your faults and keeps them to himself." We are all trying to be friends and we have to keep wide awake in order to be a true friend. Division is now the main attrac- tion in the Fourth Grade and we were becoming somewhat discourag- ed until we found out that we were not the only Fourth Graders on the globe that were battling with this problem, but there have been others who have considered long division a bug-bear. We are now busy plannning and practicing for our Thanksgiving pro- gram.

One of our little boys is very proud of the fact that his birthday is to be on Thanksgiving this year. Grammar 'Department We have received the maps, globe and dictionary that 'were ordered by the school board. The reading and classic classes have been making goo(J. use of them. A seventh grade pupil's definition for fiercely, 'see under:" This was what he found in his small dictionary, fiercely, see under fierce.

TViq nlocDca Vi 51 VP hpPTI lirJn7v ow behind in their work' so have been having two recitations a day. Part of the time we don't have re cesses and dismiss at 3:30. Air neither absent nor tardy for al month are to get a quarter holl- DRY CREEK. Two months of school have gone by, closing with the bi-monthly ex animations as usual, sent out by the County Sutp. The pupils of our school did not have a two days vacation as the teacher did not attend; the State Teachers convention.

The Misses Doris Anderson, Har riet Curl and Nellie Samuelson visited the school on Friday afternoon. County Supt. R. C. Waldon vis ited our school one day last week.

Pupils neither absent nor tardy from school during month ending October 26 were Elfie Johnson, Roland and Marguerite ouibe, Peterson, ueorge jonnson, Jtennetn and Wilma Fultz A Trip to the Mountains. A few years ago we took a trip to the mountains. It was a hot day in August when we started. As we did not get off until in the afternoon we did not get but ten miles the first, day. Night was coming on as we un- hitched the hdrses, watered and fed Having gotten a bucket of water at a near by spring for ourselves we prepared supper.

After building a huge bon fire we cooked some food over it and enjoyed our evening meal, 'men we went to bd because by this' time it was quite dark. We all slept well and were up bright and early next mornmg. we managed to get nr- teen miles by noon. After dinner we went, a mile to a stream to see if we could catch any fish there but there were none. We got back to camp where mamma and the children were waiting with a nirp hot snnr.pr Wa wpirp.

vprv noinfpd. After eatin? our siinnfir we tumbled into bed and in half an hour had forgotten our troubles, Next day we came to another stream, dashing and foaming down the mountain side until it came to sort of a step, here it was not so wild and in these quiet shady places we found the trout we had been seeking. They were about, and when we dropped in the line, we had hardly put it in till out it came, with a fine large fellow so we stopped here and stayed a week. None of us cared to" go hcnie because it was so cool and shady under the pines. On the way.

back one of the Worses took sick but fortunately we nad some meaicme ana could start out again in a few hours. Wo were three days getting home and arrived on Friday; having been gone two weeks. It was such a rleasant trin thaKwe rienidprl in tm again some time. Louise Peterson, (Age 11.) Nina Samuelson, Teacher. Carnahan Creek Notes, Dist.

27 Out of a total enrollment of fifteen, thirteen were neither absent 01" tardy for, the month of. October School was dismissed Thursday and November 8 and 9, so that the teacher could attend the annual State Tearhera' AHsnrlaUnn at Topeka. Hallowe'en night eviedntly was Meats Come in and get some of our good lunch meats. The Meat Market J. B.

Coots, Prop. the door. Every pupil of the age willingly signed' the food pledge and thus became members of the United States Food Administration. A volley ball has been purchased and that game will soon instituted permanently. Misses Nellie Yantis and Alva Blain of K.

S. A. C. visited our school last Friday. They were out grading the school house in connection with some educational work they are' studying.

They awarded our school a grade of 750 out of 'a possible 1000 points. Note- they did net grade the teacher. jsecona urauer. A tod has four legs. It has two eyes.

"It hops and jumps when it' walks. A 'toad don't have hair on it." A toad will jump in the water if you throw him The regular bi-monthly examinations were held Thursday and Friday, November 1 and 2, and though a majority of the papers were exceptionally good few interesting answers must necessarily appear. Some of the best follow: 1. Commerce is the name of a city. 2.

Harbors are the kinds of peo pie in a country, 3. The "Great White Plague" is a large white mountain; 4. Wheri'we speak of the "Community Standard," we mean a bunch of Standard Schools. 5. La Salle was an American poet.

He wrote "Quivera." 6. Cornado was an Indian who an American. 1 7. Pike was a Frenchman who came over to this country and founded a peak. In Physiology Class.

Tea cher, What is the name of the digestive juice? which acts upon the-food in the stomach?" Pupil, Gas Gas Clifford H. Roach, Teacher. FAIRVIEW. The two day vacation given this month was enjoyed by both teacher i and pupils. Seventeen pupils have been neither absent or tardy this" month.

Howard Shehi was absent three days due to illness. His classv mates for a language lesson wrote letters which were addressed and delivered to him. This week for construction work, we made, canoes, jack O'lanterna, ships and grand fathers' clocks; We are now-studying the habits, manners, of the Pilgrims. We will dress small dolls in the Pil-C grims costume 'for our, san'd table. We are busily engaged in prepay ing an to be given the day beforo Thanksgiving.

Little Geneva Shehi spent a day with us this month. "Belling the Cat," has proved interesting to our third graders. Teacher; What word is pronounced like too, but has a different mean-ing? Second graders; two t-w-o, Teacher; Johnny use it in a sentence Johnny I see two toos. sThe floor is kept clean and the desks are kept clear of ill litter siiice Vur "Dust Pan Brigade" was The have each contributed a small amount to be used for the purpose of senidng "Our. acldiei Boys" candy for Thanksgiving.

The following composition was written by a second grader. A picture having been given or from which- she "make up" a Poor Bunny. These little girls and boys had a nice pet bunny-rabbit. When they would call Bunny would come. They gave him warm milk, green grass, and beet leaves to eat.

One day it drank too much milk, got sick and died. The little girls and felt very sorry so they got a nice little box to bury it -in. They dug a little hole out In the corner of the yard under a red rose bush and laid the rabbit "In it. They planted flowers on the grave. ALICE HAINEY, (Aged 7.) Vida Fagerberg, Teacher, SHANNON CREEK.

County Supt. Walden made us a nice little visit November 1. school enjoyed two days vacation during the Teachers' meeting at Topeka. A program will be given yyWdnesday afternoon, November '28- by the pupils of the school. Patrons and visitors are cordially invited to attend.

The following were neither absent nor tardy during the' second month of school: Eunice and Viola Velen, Carl and Agnes Nelson, Kenneth and Royal Peterson. Teckla" Carlson, Teacher. aay on me msi rnuay ui muuiu. ot)servGd with appropriate cere-We have had fewer absent and tardy monies at the school house by since they know. this.

I young blood of the distrust, as -we All the pupils in the room signed found our "pointer" whittled into the Food Pledge when it was passed several minute fragments, glue among them showing they were will- spread tastefully over the bottom ing to help win the war in' their of the chair of authority; pieces small way. of stove-pipe adorned the room in As our time to give the next pro- various places and attitudes and last-gram comes near Thanksgiving, we ly a huge stone, which taxed all are planning on giving a short our strength, to remove, lay across.