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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 21, 1919

Page

3

Exemption list drawn for Washington schools

A long list is announced of students exempt from final examinations in Washington due to grades above ninety in any subject. The names cover High School, Grammar School and grades VIII and VII with exemptions across six to one subjects, reflecting department satisfaction and honoring prior marks.

Washington Florence Cunningham Helen Cunningham Herbert Ass Martha Godfrey Lucile Hartman Isabel Lemmon Grace Mauck Theodore Allen Viola Birch Margaret George Rice Arthur Swift Hazel Swisher Esther Welsh Opal White Fern Benn Myrtie Boice Lois Brown Ruth, Bushy Esther Hay Marguerite Hicks William Livingston Rodney Mayhew Mary Louise Minick Dorothy Wilson Mabiel Nelson Ruth Palmer Jeanette Rothechild Bernice Shields Blanche Sutherland Arthur Tucker Franklin Waggoner Dorothy Ward Lewis Warren Marie Wenger Helen Wood Ruth Peterson Muriel Radda William Reister Anna Wolfe Lorene Young Ethel Beatty Virginia Cunningham Alma Leeper Trene Pierce Stanley Thompson Harold Anderson Rosa Derby Lloyd Foster Ralph Jones Derby Lloyd Foster Bessie Love Richard MecCleery George Pallis Tressie Phillips Feta Pratt Ralph Reid Marjorie Schulty Joukeye Winga Glayds Knupp Glen

Mickey to Perform at Graham for Two Days

Graham attractions announce Mickey from Mack Sennett's Tillie’s Punctured Romance will play June 27 for two days. The comic heroine promises thrills romance and youthful charm that fans will remember long after other features fade.

Mickey Graham Tillie Mack Sennett

Exemption list notes omissions for grades five and six

Manatt Campbell McCartney Mil dred Paul Robert Went three subjects Teddy Duke Mildred Guinn Wm Knottnerus Ralph Martin Robert McGugin Merle Simkins two subjects William Bragg Milford Dusenberg Ned Haney Louise Smith Clarence Springman Robert Turner Everette Wilkin one subject Rosa Brewer Myrtle Buntenbach Maranda Blick Carlos Burris Earl Busby Velda Brown Effie Chance Zenna Earl Edna Fetters Cleora Hartman Florence Hall Pauline McClellan Stanley Maxwell Darrel Ross Francis Rhodes Erna Spera Edith Spera Olive Wallace Haldene Williams. The omitted names will be printed Monday.

Cleora Hartman Florence Hall Pauline McClellan Stanley Maxwell Darrel Ross Francis Rhodes Erna Spera Edith Spera Olive Wallace Haldene Williams William Boice Beatrice Baird Lena Haney Helen Libe Jessie Lyon Marion McLaughlin Leona Minick Keith Molesworth Edna Morrow Olive Peterson Helen Reister Juanita Rosenberger Robert Sage Harold Reynolds Helen Beal Hubert Beal Earl Busby Maranda Blick Edna Fetters Ned Fisher Harold Jones Carl Kunath Walter Manatt Ellen Morrison Mildred Paul Esther Perry Robert Rhodes Ruby Reed Louise Smith Marjorie White Everette Wilkin Mildred Guinn Heights Helen Lucile Helwick Oral York Mildred Brammer Evelyn Reister Clarence White Frank Langworthy Dimple Edmondson Marguerite Reister

Washington schools list 119 pupils not absent or tardy

Superintendent C J Smith releases the roster of Washington schools students who were neither absent nor tardy for the year ending yesterday. The 119 names include 32 in the high school across Freshmen Sophomores Juniors and Seniors with entries from Heights Lincoln Centennial comme Club and Wallace Schools and multiple teachers.

C. J. Smith Washington

Teachers Plans For The Summer

Washington schools prepare for a summer of departures as most out of town teachers head home or to other posts. Superintendent C J Smith and several high school staffers map extended absences while others stay local.

Washington C. J. Smith F. K. Williamson Earl Whitford Edgerton Wis L. T. Smith Ames State College R. M. Visquain Newton Iowa H. E. Case Ruth Neeley Grinnell Ohio Eva May Willer Columbus University New York Tipton Lois Bronson State Teacher's College Cedar Falls Jeannette Lemley University of Chicago Alice Atchison Pennsylvania Fairfield Margaret Doolittle Della Patton Lillian Minick Ella Woodford Edith Shields Miss Bronson Atchison Shields Christine Sehneider School of Applied Arts Chicago Flossie Lewis Batavia Ida Iverson Stanhope Town Alberta Willson Burlington Schneider Miss Willson Miss Iverson McKee Minnie Conner Jane Beechler Omaha Ruth Armstrong Randolph May Winter Duncanville Ill Katheryn Latta Boulder Colorado Gertrude Kendall Rhua Armstrong Ethel McCreedy Maude McCreedy Elizabeth Bell Helen Wylie No ‘Ica Wells Rhea Ford Clear Lake Mildred Martin California Carol Forgey Margaret Godfrey Kansas City Mabel Newby Harlan Lucy Mercer Dallas Clara Meade Ashton Meade Elizabeth Irwin Abellene Kansas

Realizing Ideals Through Active Application

The text urges pursuing ideals with energy and disciplined effort. It contrasts high plans with productive work, noting that even modest ability shines when devoted to a definite purpose. It links daily effort to future actions, shaping character and development.

Community club meetings and a school district mass meeting

The Priscilla club meets with Mrs. D. J. Ross next Tuesday at 2 30 PM. The Just Us club meets with Mrs. Ed Bambrick on Tuesday June 24 moved from Wednesday. A joint mass meeting for voters in the Haskins and Ainsworth consolidated districts occurs at the Ainsworth Methodist church Monday June 23 at 8 30 PM with J A Woodruff, state inspector, speaking.

Priscilla Club D. J. Ross Just Us Club Ed Bambrick Haskins and Ainsworth Methodist Church of J. A. Woodruff

No Written Chinese Music Preserved Through Memory

Article notes that Chinese music largely exists in memory rather than written form. It describes how melodies survive through generations by oral transmission and hand down from father to son with interpretive variation. Performances lack fixed notation and may deviate as instruments or players change.

Boy Adopts Forsaken Child Finds Joy With Toys

A Chicago Tribune clipping reports a neighbor's son entering a house with a child in hand and announcing he adopted her after seeing her crying. He vows to share all his toys except his bicycle, highlighting a tale of unexpected generosity.

Chicago Tribune

Making Friends Through Quiet Acts of Kindness

A reflective note urges people to prove friendship by selflessness. It discourages grouchy behavior and encourages putting self aside to make others feel valued and respected as potential friends. The piece emphasizes mutual happiness and helping others feel alike.

Self New York

Fourteen puzzle with even figures and sum trickery

A puzzle asks for five even figures that sum to fourteen. The solution involves flipping the number 11 into two figures, then arguing 11 counts as two figures. If challenged, another approach adds four ones totaling fourteen by placing one in front of four.

Daily Thought Satire Cites Today’s Weakness

A brief aphorism notes that tomorrow’s satire mirrors today and exposes its flaws, attributed to Young. The item presents a concise, reflective quotation suitable for a daily quote column.

Daily Thought

Fragmented Thought on Beginning and End

The passage reflects on starting and progressing step by step while unsure of the ending. It imagines guidance shaping the journey from the visible start toward an unseen culmination, and notes a sense of waiting for events to unfold before us.

On Probation As It Were Preparatory to Rent

A fragmentary dialogue shows a father asking about renting a new baby for their home. Elmer considers the idea, thinking to test how it goes, citing his friend Jimmy who complains his own baby cries constantly.

Sonny Elmer Jimmy

And What Would the Papers Do If Not for Our Mistakes

A compact note from the Boston Transcript ponders how journalism would lack color without missteps. It highlights the playful tension between error and lively reporting in press history.

Mfe Bostom

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