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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1929
Page
6
A compact page item from The Trail lists editor roles and notes, including editor in chief and assistant editor positions, personal items, convocation notes, and various notes from the east ward and agriculture sections, with brief music box and poems sections and a sunny side advisory.
Senior members of the normal training class spent five school days in rural Nebraska schools under County Superintendent Gertrude Nelson. Each girl led part of the program from observation to full class responsibility and submitted reports to the normal training department. Names include Hazel Bales Adelaide Meyer Evelyn Zuhike Lucile Waddell and others. The project aims to strengthen rural education through cooperation among teachers administrations and boards of education. A judging contest in North Platte is planned for April 25 and 26. Virginia Johnson visited Denver while P T A met for school night.
The Aggie Garden club organized on Monday April 15 with Robert Morris as president, Donald Baker as vice president, and Victor Nelson as secretary treasurer. The group will appoint a news reporter and share weekly club plans covering germination seed testing soil preparation and planting throughout April.
Prof Bright addressed Chadron State seniors on Tuesday morning. Davis from Denver visited Sidney to discuss a school building program with Supt Liebendorfer and the board. McCormack spent the weekend in Lincoln. Ethel Irwin toured Wheatland Wyoming by motor last Sunday. Robert Harper, a 8. H. S. student, joined Sidney broadcasters to Lincoln. Liebendorfer spent Friday in Alliance. Lomila McCleneghan left for North Platte to compete in the national oratorical contest. Kenneth Johnson spoke at Bayard extemporaneous contest but did not place, yet showed notable potential. The district music contest will be held at Alliance on Friday, April 19, with Kidney High School entering boys and girls glee clubs, chorus, piano solo and contralto solo. The agriculture program is forming judging teams under Prof J. W. Nielsen, about 16 boys enlisted.
This week featured varied programs including debaters earning victory, talks by American Legion members Dilley Martin Pindell and Judge Kratz on Citizens Military Training camp, a class in advanced Spanish presenting a one act play with Muriel Riggs Kathryn Grabill Ethel Irwin Lois Hiett Lucille Hiett Earl Hammond and Donald Ship participating.
Kenneth Johnson and Virginia Johnson led an all day meeting with a play for the assembly. A ballot on selecting a national flower and possible school color change was taken. The wild rose won as national flower and colors will remain unchanged.
A school poem by Thomas Daniel describes the California Gold Rush in verse. It follows Sutter’s mill to Forty-niners arriving, mining, transport by ships and rail, and the pursuit of deep gold while frontiersmen rush west.
Lawrence Portrey was elected president of the Aggie Wheat Club, Vern Hawkins as vice president, and Harold Meyers as secretary treasurer. The group also chose Lewellen Nelson as news reporter to keep both clubs informed about activities.
The seventh and eighth grades of the manual training classes opened the kite season with a morning contest supervised by L A Carper. Cash prizes went to Junior Walker first Neal Atkins second and Elmer Ladine third.
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