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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1929
Page
6
The first six weeks exams are over and Miss Crawford is pleased by rapid progress in Latin and Spanish. Her students will work to maintain the improvement in the next six weeks and make her even more elated with continued results.
Enthusiastic first and second graders begin a rhym b and work program this week. Proper instruments are bought and a six member reed class meets Wednesdays with room for three or four more. Sidney awaits Katherine Krech’s upcoming concert with details to follow next week.
In a busy class week Miss Gillette assessed correct weight while Julie Bicknell was noted as just right and students work toward their perfect weight. Mr Moore demonstrated painting vases in varied colors along the art line.
The American history class shows strong interest in prohibition and anti prohibition themes over two weeks. Last week focused on six weeks exams review. World history discussed prohibition and flexible tariffs using material from the Weekly News Review.
The normal trainers did not observe this week due to six weeks exams on October 10 and 11. They spent most time reviewing for the exams and completed three arithmetic observations. Topics covered included addition subtraction multiplication fractions decimals and upcoming denominators and mensuration. They learned about colonial life in school study effectiveness and how to give achievement and intelligence tests.
Freshmen start The Lady of the Lake while sophomores read The Magic Spear. Another freshmen group works on descriptive writing and the sophomores devote a day to the order of the elements of descriptive writing. Oral English covers parliamentary law before a one act play.
In East Ward the first and second grades staged short plays last week. The first graders performed the Three Bears while the second graders presented Little Red Riding Hood. Some participants then acted out Jack and Jill. Mesdames Livingston and Hutchison organized and arranged the stage.
The fifth grade received flower boxes from The Palmer Company and Miss O Hara taught penmanship. New playground gear arrived. Miss Spindler joins the fourth grade in room 1. Several seventh graders won spelling awards. The week featured six weeks exams and a message urging students to work beyond bare minimum to prepare for college or future employment.
Evelyn Tompkins Varena Lairds and Glenis Pearson donate time to type the weekly Trail notes finishing after six o'clock on Mondays. The article notes reader patience as the Trail column is prepared for publication.
The article credits that publication requires the efforts of staff and volunteers and thanks Varena Glenis and Evelyn for their time and help.
The article discusses Prof. Davis introducing a practical geometry teaching method in a high school. Students solve problems independently with teacher intervention only as needed, and six week tests track progress. The writer notes improved outcomes and endorses the method as a step toward broader adoption.
Mr and Mrs Albert Johnson and son visited E A Johnson home on Wednesday. Several residents shopped in Sidney on Thursday and Friday including Huffaker and family, Roberts and Clarence, and Wasrum families. E A Wickard family traveled to Denver for a visit. The Helping Hand club met at Mrs W Wise home with a large crowd. Ethel Dorothy and Lester Theis joined Sunday dinner at Charles Welton s home. Community club attendance included Theis, Wasrum, and Johnson families. Alfred Block of Gothenburg visited relatives. Lemoyne Johnson spent the weekend with E A Johnson s family. Lester and Ethel Theis stayed at E A Wickard home during their parents absence.
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