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tl lhi PragiMt'Index. P*t«rsburg-Coloiiial Heights, Virgipkb Sunday, April 1, 1956Bolling School NewsJirrs take a lookHave you looked at the water fountains lately? If you have, youhave noticed the students congregating around'them, Many classesoccupied and helps him to delve deeper into some of his interests such as science, debating, music, and dramatics. There are organized clubs, in this school which an interested person may join to learnare now being , interrupted by stu- lnore about chosen hobbv. dents moving in and out for water jTht.se C)Ubs do not meet during•or groups of students that hove joined in a talk at: the fountain. This not only Interrupts classes, but when a teacher has to, leave the, class to stop this, the time Jost.. is taken off the period.. Then, too, courtesy at the water fountain jVirapprtant. If everyone lines up and. takba-his turn, there would '• be, Jess talking, and no pushing.. Thiiik before voir push someone’s 'head into a fountain while she:is:taking a drink of water. This c^uld cause a broken tooth as well as be very disagreeable. From now on let’s use the water fountains only when neces-sarv and then use them in anorderly quiet manner.—CAROLYN RILEYIS IT VALUABLE?Is extra-curricular work valuable? Does it help to develop a«tud exit’s character? There are many sides to these questions.Extra-curricular work is -worthwhile because it helps a person to learn how to get along with other people and gives people something to do in their spare time, after school, and over the weekends. Extra-curricular work keeps oneschool classes, but usually assemble during homeroom periods or after school.However, extra-curricular- work also has its disadvantages. A club for carrying on these activities may attract people only interested in the number of points they can obtain from it anti not willing to work with the club’s other members or the sponsor. Furthermore.aperson may. become so involved In extra-curricular activities that he has no time for anything else and. his grades 'may begin to drop.; The writer believes that if a person can become a member of one of these clubs and. not .sacrifice too much of his time to it, he will benefit greatly from its activities,- .—SAM JOHNSON when possible. Boys or girls are taken to the principal. Mr. J. 0. Scott, if they are caught smoking.This writer thinks that if pupils are caught smoking a note should be sent home or a call made' to the parents. Many parents ’ may think it is foolish to tell them that their child Is smoking when theypermit him to smoke. However, parents should think of the school and Thp smaller pupils from the lower grades. The smaller pupils, will go to the washrooms and see the bigger boys smoking, and they think they can start smoking too.'Parents should tell their children if they are going m smoke, .not. toj smoke in \ the washrooms or on1the school grounds. The school has a rule prohibiting smoking on the premises..... —nancy NEWTONTRY THISIt is a well known fact that some smoking goes on in the washrooms at Bolling Junior High. Pupils can not be watched over like hawks all day. It's impossible-for teachers to run out in the middle of a class to see if pupils are smoking, They do go out at recess, studv periods, and at other timesFLAY Cl VEX IX . ASSEMBLY i, On March 28 at the regular assembly Miss Pat Donnan’s second period English ■. class ‘ gave a one act plav called Nothing To Wear. The .cast included. Virginia Gibson Lewis as Hilda Johnson, the mot»-er; Tommy Woolridge as Phillip Johnson, the father:; Betsy, Vaden as the oldest daughter, Ruth Johnson; Linda Edwards as the youngest daughter, Ellen Johnson; Russ Gill as the college freshman. Jerry Johnson: and Marilyn Sheffield as Mrs, Palmer, the Sunday School Superintendent. . ■The • plav was directed by LeiaHawkins and Jcrrv Kvasnicka. Others assisting aret'Munny Yates, Dorcas Lewis, Herbert Sieger, Bobby Roberson. Fraocine Snider. Happy Juer, Dwight Fuller, and Sant Johnson.The play tells bow the mother and father bought new Easter outfits and end up.giving them to their children. All ends well when Mrs, Palmer asks them to wear funny suits at the Easter party.The program was in ehdrge' of Mrs. Isabelle • Gatling and Miss Pal Donnan. Before the ploy, Harold Ford read the Bible.After the play, Mr. Scott, the principal, dismissed the assembly.—HANK ALPER1NOUR MRS. BEST IS THE BESTMrs. Joseph Best, the teacher in roOm 207 who 3s also our school’s SCA sponsor, is one of the best liked teachers in our school.Mrs. Best was born here in Petersburg and was schooled at Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg. • where she received a BS degree in education.She began her. teaching career at Fairfax, Virginia, but soonj came back to Petersburg where; she has been teaching for the last: 13 years in our school. While here she has taught both English and vocational civics, but she says, I■ like English best.Mrs. Best has been head of the Student Council in, our school for no Jess - than five continuous years. During this time the Student Council, or SCA, has done many things to benefit our school. Under Mrs. Best's supervision it has procured
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