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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1948
Page
7
Senior Esther Bauer reports for WMT while the team readies for the Kalona Cubs with a scrimmage against Lone Tree Tuesday night. Classroom notes show growing typing progress and upcoming tests across subjects as students balance daily drills and studies.
Chicago dispatch reports that John Harvard, founder of the oldest university in the United States, was baptized at Southwark Cathedral. The church houses a chapel dedicated to his memory and stands at the south end of London Bridge.
The report covers the start of the term with Mr Calkins’s steady work and students writing Autobiographies in English. In home economics students canning peaches and preparing fruits for breakfast. They anticipate Thursday’s initiation and a party hosted by the Honorable Seniors.
The eighth grade stage a Better English skit on Monday September 3 featuring a mock funeral of bad English. Jeni Lee Anderson and Janet Augustine demonstrate correct and incorrect phrases. The article lists student names, grades, and a class project on citizenship charts and maps.
In Iowa the tight race between Sen. George Wilson and rival Gillette draws national attention as President Truman plans to speak near Dexter at the National Plowing Match and Gov. Dewey schedules a Iowa stop. Analysts note potential shifts in Senate control with GOP strategizing to boost straight party votes.
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