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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1938
Page
9
The Diller School News argues that ignorance about marijuana laws is widespread among the public and even by some enforcement officers. It calls for a broad civic coalition including educators, clubs, and religious groups to join federal efforts and act now against the spreading narcotic threat.
Office notes describe 83 entries from seven schools for Friday March 8 with Diller High School showcasing talent after adding Harbine. Teachers relay physics and science topics, class notes cover respiration electricity and fractions, plus memory gem and spelling perfects.
The document lists student leaders including President Keith Hudson and Vice-president Robert Glathar with secretaries Fern Nippert and Mildred Krebs, plus various officers such as Sophomore President Carolyn Clark and Freshmen sponsor Mr. Ludington, among others. The fragment shows multiple roles: Secretary-Treasurer positions, sponsors, and class-level presidents.
The text lists senior and junior glee club officers including presidents Cas Fern Nippert and Delpha Wiemere, secretary treasurer Gladys Garton, librarian Arlene Schnuelle, and junior president Yo. Cas Fern Nippert.
The document lists Lee High School faculty including Superintendent Linkey and Principal Carl Ludington. It notes department heads in science, shop, social science, biology, English and music, and part time teachers for junior high grades and dramatics. Names include Russell McCreight, Dorothy Weidauer, Margaret Grant, H. C. Kelley, LaVerne Heyne, and Flossie Raymond.
Eeditor in Chief 73, Scott Miller Assistant Editor. Max Hall sponsor Miss Weidauer gade Wiese He.
The editor portrays marihuana as a virile stimulant harming heart function and mental state. It allegedly causes delirium rage and crime, including assault and murder, labeling it the killer drug and loco weed. The piece warns of widespread ignorance across various social groups and regions.
Della Roelfs notes cover adverbs usage and time place and degree. A report on barter economics compares early money need and direct exchange. English 12 reviews Dryden Pope Swift and literature's role. Advanced Typing studies legal documents drafts invoices contracts for display.
Junior Notes outlines units for a publication including life of the author and summaries. The American History class studied World War issues and prepared papers on canceling war debts owed by other countries.
The World History unit covers Italian and German unification with Garibaldi Mazzini and Cavour named as key figures. Geometry discusses loci concepts such as concentric circles and circumcenter while English class explores telephone role play on party lines. Business Arithmetic tackles percent increase and decrease, discounts, and selling prices.
Julia Diller reports that the poem The Ancient Mariner centers on a wedding guest hearing a tale of a cursed albatross killed by the mariner, leading to desert winds, a ghost ship, and shared guilt among the crew with death and life aboard.
Calendar shows little time left to practice for the music contest. The local contest at the schoolhouse Tuesday evening has sixteen entries. The Girls Trio works on Sylvia. The Boys Glee Club rehearses The Song of the Zetland Fishermen and The Song of Robin Hood and His Huntsmen. The mixed chorus performs The Vesper Hymn and Beneath the Stream.
Paul F Born president of Elgin Illinois Board of Education unveils a whiteboard for classrooms using chalkless white material that may replace the traditional blackboard. Joe Harrison of Kitchener Ontario claims the world nonstop chair rocking record with 55 hours 15 seconds. In Chestertown Maryland ambulances charge 25 cents per mile. In Illinois monkeys can be jailed for shoplifting. Rabbit teeth require constant gnawing to wear down and can cause serious dental issues if misaligned.
A garbled note references Mavis Holle Merelyn and Merelyn-Cta cats, duties to notify Dale Close and Serenus Viers at the high school laboratory about fixing steam engines, asks about think tenses, and warns about a shadow while advising doctor notification over teachers.
The excerpt notes honor roll recipients Irene Dorothy A Carolyn Ina Shirley Marilyn Rosetta Stanley De nice and Mary Lou. Miss Heyne reads Huckleberry Finn for opening exercises. Irene Greider brought orange blossoms from California. Language classes make bird booklets and art class drew animals plants. Fifth and sixth grade geography studies possessions of United States. Perfect spellers last week include Dorothy Jean Carolyn Lynn Dorothy S Terrill Darrell Dee Irene Gloria Rodger Shirley Ina.
First third and second graders including Junatta Anderson Irene Greider Darrell Green Carolyn Moore Dorothy Anderson Gloria Miller Lynn Thompson and Johnnie Sailing recited The Children's Hour by Longfellow for the Primary room last Friday afternoon. Dwaine Green Norma Lee Allen Faye Garrels and Mavis Holle earned perfect spelling grades last week. Robert Stahl Dean and Loris Moore and Dixie Jennings were absent due to illness. Second graders are studying multiplication and finished Health Stories now reading Hunting a nature and science reader.
Mona Island lies between Santo Domingo and Porto Rico with 200 foot rock walls and surrounding reefs. Landing is limited to three small beaches and the base is honeycombed with caves up to six miles in circumference. Its isolation and position on the Spanish Main trade route drew pirates in the buccaneering era.
The world’s oldest stained glass is believed to be in the parish church of St Paul in Jarrow England. A window cleaning exposed an inscription indicating it was installed 1252 years ago per Collier’s Weekly.
A brief notice describes a concert tour linked to the Silinseunsant venue associated with P T Barnum, highlighting touring acts and venues.
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