School Staff and Grade Assignments Listed
Speech plays and staff names appear with grade assignments. Robert Thompson and Gerald Garrels noted in drama. Carolyn Clark and Scott Miller listed among 7th grade staff. Robt Glathar and Sybil Fasnacht assigned to elementary grades.
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Robert Thompson
Gerald Garrels Pong Cacy
Carolynn Clark
Scott Miller
Keith Hudson
Rob’t Glathar
Sybil Fasnacht
Earnest Garrels
Clara Achtemeier
Athletics Triumphs and Values Highlight Month of Meets
The piece celebrates track meets across schools, stressing participation over winning. It emphasizes athletics as a path to physical and mental fitness, sportsmanship, friendliness, health, and alertness, framing track as a core developmental field.
Educational Day Brings Rural and Town Support
A rural teachers' art display at the Diller school house capped Educational Day. Friday morning programs ran 9:30 to 10:45 with scholastic tests from 10:45 to 12:30, followed by a picnic lunch at the gym. The band performed at 2:45 and athletic events closed the day with about 500 meals served.
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Diller
Diller School Ranks Well in Scholastic Contest
At Reynolds on April 20 Diller placed third in the Scholastic Contest with Steele City first and Reynolds second. Diller students earned top marks across subjects including Ist in 9th English, 1st in Latin I, 1st in English Literature, and multiple 3rd and 4th places in typing history algebra and more.
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Diller School
Reynolds
Diller
Steele City
Arlee Roseman
Verna Meyer
Scott Miller
Max Johnson
Lawrence Clark
Arlene Roseman
Hope Benz
Elda Krebs
Jean Bond
Bobby Green Heads to Hastings for State Contest
The high point in music this week is Bobby Green traveling to Hastings for the state contest to compete in the boys lower voice section.
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Bobby Green
Hastings
Titanic Sinking Remembered On Maiden Voyage Tragedy
On April 14 1923 the Titanic on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York collided with an iceberg near Newfoundland at latitude 41 46 north longitude 50 14 west. Captain E J Smith went down with the ship as 1635 lives were lost and 705 saved while women and children were saved first and the band played Autumn as the vessel sank.
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New York
Southampton
Newfoundland
E J. Smith
White Star
S.M
Sociable Seniors and Class Activities Highlight 1937 Seniors
The Drawing Reviews class works on color wheels shades and tints while seniors ponder future design careers. English 12 expands vocabulary with ten words from The Mill on The Floss. Senior class of 1937 sharing big word talk. Professional Training students discuss Play and Recreation.
Juniors study Shakespeare and world events in class notes
In English 11 students enjoy A Midsummer Night's Dream. Hallam calls the fairy machinery original and beautiful. American History covers World War outbreak. Chemistry surveys metal from sand and clay. Clay pottery noted as ancient container. Typing students took a test this week.
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Shakespeare
Hallam
Classroom Highlights on History and Geometry Topics
Sophomore notes cover Italy and Austria after the French Revolution and Italian unification of Prussia. current events include the English king’s coronation. Geometry studies similar polygons with proportional sides and equal angles. English class describes pictures and reads The Tale of Two Cities by Dickens. Agriculture notes spadvike beef cattle and Herefords noted as top beef breed.
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Italy
Austria
Prussia
Germany
Charles Dickens
Nebraska
Freshman Class Reports Study Highlights and Readings
The Latin class reads The Combat of the Horatii and Coratii and reviews Latin pronouns. Algebra begins Equations containing Fractions with monomial denominators. General Science covers how telephone telegraph and radio operate and Light and Man's Uses of It. English classics stress correctness clarity effectiveness and pleasing style. Treasures shows exciting reading.
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Horatii
Coratii
Rome
Wisconsin letter spurs track meet at Fairbury
Mr Kelly's seventh and eighth graders received a letter from Elden Henrichs about their school work in Wisconsin. The students prep for a Fairbury track meet on Friday and review last week's exams to tally errors. They posted art from Fairbury Educational Day and earned several prizes. Penmanship drills are nearly finished for submission before school ends.
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Kelly
Elden Henrichs
Wisconsin
Fairbury
Fifth Grade Geography Class Studies Climate Effects
The fifth grade Geography class took a short true false test and is now studying the United States climate effects on life. They were inspired by a splendid talk on Nova Scotia by Rev. Pyche last Wednesday. The class also continues a study of Canada and lists perfect spellers: Betty Grabber Shirley Garrels Marg ery Nippert Ina Nicholson Esth er Lamb Mary Cunningham Marilyn Miller enice Anderson Joyce Johnson Robert Dale Clark Mary Lou Thompson Stanley Diller Rodger Arntt.
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United States
Pyche
Nova Scotia
Betty Grabber
Shirley Garrels
Margery Nippert
Ina Nicholson
Esther Lamb
Mary Cunningham
Marilyn Miller
Enice Anderson
Joyce Johnson
Robert Dale Clark
Mary Lou’ Thompson
Stanley Diller
Rodger Arntt
Third Grade Honor Roll and Educational Day Gifts
Ast 20d and 3rd Grades Mavis Holle and Dean Moore earned A in spelling last week. Third grade pupils work on Better English booklets. Irene Greider and Darrell Dee Green brought bouquets to decorate the room for Educational Day.
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Mavis. Holle
Dean Moore
Irene Greider
Darrell Dee Green
Dream Boat National Music Week opens with Lincoln Cathedral Choir
Sunday afternoon at two o'clock the Dream Boat National Music Week opens with the Lincoln Cathedral Choir of Nebraska and the city of Lincoln performing over the Columbia Broadcasting System. Wilbur Chenoweth plays supplemental organ and carillon numbers. Dr. Charles H Patterson will comment. Chenoweth serves as carillonneur for the bells in First Plymouth's Singing Tower in Lincoln. The program lasts thirty minutes beginning at two and features Wagner’s Holy Grail music.
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Lincoln Cathedral
State of
Nebraska
City of
Lincoln
Columbia Broadcasting System
Wilbur Chenoweth
Charles H.patterson
Philosophy Department
The
State University
Chenoweth
America
Plymouth of
Cathedral Choir of Nebraska Yeams for Campus Great Nible
Composed largely of Nebraska University students the Choir has earned praise from Eastern critics as the finest a cappella group in the country. Artistic director John Rosborough has trained them for years without pay and dreams of a Great Cathedral Choir on the campus.
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University of Nebraska
Aeapell Choir
John Rosborough
Nebraska
Piano lessons offered after school by Nelson Ingalsbe
If you are interested in piano lessons after school closes see Nelson C Ingalsbe on any Monday. Tuition is reasonable.
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Nelson C. Ingalsbe
Yarmouth Port Founded by 80 Cape Cod Pioneers
A late 18th century wave of settlers from Sandwich Massachusetts established Yarmouth Port Nova Scotia in 1761. The initial pioneers led by the Landers Perrys and Ellises arrived by fishing shallop, endured a harsh first winter, and the settlement grew into a prosperous fishing village and shipbuilding hub with famed clipper ships.
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Yarmouth
Cape Cod
Nova Scotia
Massachusetts
Champlain
Quebec
Wolfe
New
Landers
Perrys
Ellises
New England
Seven Seas
Earliest Ohio Railroad Echoes From 1830s Era
A Cleveland Plain Dealer account recalls Ohio’s first steam line the Erie and Kalamazoo built 1836 37 linking Toledo to Adrian. Chartered by Michigan on a fanciful premise it used iron strapped wood rails and Adriana No 1’s June 1837 debut. The Mad River and Lake Erie followed, reaching Dayton by 1844 after 1832 chartering.
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Ohio
Pioneer Railroad of the West
Erie & Kalamazoo
Samuel O. Comstock
Toledo
State of
Michigan
Comstocks
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Adrian
Adriana No
Mad River
Lake Erie
Sandusky
Bellevue
Dayton
Route of the Pony Express Through Untamed Frontier
The Pony Express route stretched from St Joseph Missouri to Placerville California a distance near 2000 miles. It crossed hostile Indian country and vast prairies through Kansas Nebraska Wyoming Utah Nevada and the Sierra Nevada testing endurance and frontier logistics for ignition of rapid mail.
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Pony Express
Genghis Kahn
Hungary
China Sea
St. Joseph
Missouri River
Placerville
California
Prairies
Kansas
Nebraska
Wyoming
Utah
Desert
Nevada
Sierra Nevada
Oregon Country
According to Hoyle a 17th century game authority
Edmond Hoyle born in 1672 in England became a noted writer on games and card play in London. He codified whist rules and his name became a standard for fair play according to recognized rules. he died in London in 1769.
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Hoyle
Edmond Hoyle
England
London
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