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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1937
Page
11
Sixteen students and teachers attended the Geneva music contest with Friday vocal groups and solo events and Saturday large groups. Twelve entries earned placements including Bob Green and several ensembles. sponsors praise the effort and urge continued practice and study across the summer.
Speech plays and staff credits include Robert Thompson assistant drama Gerald Garrels and Carolynn Clark books and clipping Scott Miller 7th and 7th grades Keith Hudson assistant 7th 8th Rob't Glathar athlete 5th 6th Sybil Fasnacht assistant 4-5-6 Earnest Garrels 1st 2nd 24 grades Clara Achtemeier.
A father and son banquet is described as more than a gathering. It is a medium that forges a close bond between fathers and their sons, enabling mutual understanding and shared humor as they face life’s challenges together.
Carnival at Diller Gym on Thursday April 15 opens at 6 30 PM with free admission and a short program at 8 00 PM. Tickets provide chances on a blanket for prizes. Main concessions include Bingo prizes grab bag fish pond lunch stand athletic show basketball free throw and more for community fun.
Examinations continue for six weeks with relief that this is almost the penultimate testing period of the year.
The senior class visited District No. 4 Max Logan teacher District No. 39 Frances Axtell teacher and District No. 62 Grace Gately teacher to witness demonstrations aiding practice teaching. Reviews studies earth origin seasons latitude longitude and time maps and map reading while Public School Music covers music appreciation and biographical reports on Nevin Foster Bach and Gadmen. An A Bower 90 day note discount inquiry is noted.
The Advanced Typing class is getting its share of straightening out as it integrates office problems. The course includes much tabulating material and exercise of the gray matter.
The article blends a discussion of Portia in The Merchant of Venice with class notes on caskets and a chemistry review. It raises a hypothetical about Roosevelt and a third term after McKinley and ponders if 1912 would have made him a real three term president.
The Geometry class covers proportions and proportional line segments while the English class shares jokes. Exams are this week with a test on Thursday. World History studies German unification and themes on governments of England France and Germany. Nebraska Agriculture and Geography focuses on corn planting methods, listing land checks being common locally.
Freshman English completed The Merchant of Venice and a six week test on both English and the play was given Wednesday and Thursday. General Science students studied magnetism and electricity with demonstrations proving new facts.
An Algebra class studies reducing mixed expressions to fractions as common problems emerge. The Latin class discusses the tale The Toga Virilis and notes Roman boys gained citizenship at age fifteen becoming free men.
British writer and World War veteran F Britten Austin warns a second great war looms with Europe preparing for a death struggle. He questions Britain and United States neutrality and predicts the axis of power could determine civilization’s fate.
Track notes report Diller travels to a three way meet with Steele City and Hollenberg on April 14 as the season opener. A 35 man squad seeks strong competition and a hard test is anticipated.
On Friday April 2 Endicott hosted a ping pong event with participants Endicott Dale Garrels Robert Maw Calvin Novotny and Gerald Bowen. Maw with Bowen and Novotny with Garrels tied for third in doubles while Endicott claimed first and second.
The Mental Arithmetic class finished studying multiplication tables and is mounting exhibit work on cardboard for the exhibition.
Seventh and eighth graders study The Vision of Sir Launfal about a man seeking the Holy Grail. The quest ages him rather than renews him, making the reading both difficult and rewarding.
Fifth grade pupils study United States possessions and display an April calendar on the front blackboard. Notable dates include April Fool Day the 1st Fathers and Sons Banquet on the 8th Fireman's Play on the 10th Carnival on the 13th and Educational Day on the 23rd. Perfect spelling awardees listed: Margery Nippert Betty Grabber Esther Lamb Wilma Thompson Marilyn Miller Denice Anderson Rodger Arntt Dale Weaver Shirley Garrels Ina Nicholson Mary Ann Cunningham.
The art work includes free hand letters of the alphabet and flowers for upcoming exhibits. Donna Jean Folkers was absent Tuesday due to illness. A short program The Coming of Spring is planned for Saturday evening at the opera house and again at the school carnival.
President Clark of the National Restaurant Association notes wait staff seize menus to prevent patrons from changing their minds after placing an order. This practice aims to stabilize the order flow and preserve service efficiency.
Mardi Gras, meaning fat Tuesday, marks Shrove Tuesday the day before Lent. It recalls an old Parisian rite with a fat ox parade and evolved into carnival spirit. pancakes and feasting followed in England. New Orleans popularized the modern pageants after 1850.
The piece surveys beliefs from medieval Satanic cats to June weddings and opal misfortune. It links black cats to Satan, seven-year life myths, June as marriage luck via Juno, opals to plague, Friday the 13th, and the unlucky third light from a match with wartime caution.
The fighting cattle of South France resemble the extinct aurochs and live in the Rhone delta especially the Island of Camargue. They are small fast and active used mainly for bloodless bull fights in Provence. They are black with long winter coats and have horn shapes like ancient aurochs. They are bred to preserve wild traits and show few domestic cattle characteristics.
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