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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1937
Page
7
Dorotha Darwin and Mary Dale King reflect on exemptions during exams. Some students had never faced final or mid term tests, yet they were required to endure them. Marie Badgett and Mrs D M Roddy contribute to the discussion on student work and support.
The Grammar School adopts a child centered curriculum starting next semester. Teachers will tailor activities to each pupil’s predominant skills, linking language arts social studies science and math into correlated groups. Fifth to seventh grades will have 90 minute classes and reduced homework to encourage hands on learning while children read newspapers and listen to educational programs to broaden liberal education.
The second grade is busy making airplanes including a rideable large plane. Children pretend to ride it while others sing. Last week they sent invitations to the fourth grade to come and see their plane. Betty Lee and Betty Margaret wrote the invitations and Betty Margaret delivered them. Many pupils made airplanes resembling real ones and a flying field was created. Mary Lee Wilson.
In a school project Lydia M. Arney notes third graders collected orange crates to make chairs. Students contributing materials included Betty Journey Eugene Reeves Ernest Sanders Billy Christian Don Newman and others while Don Newman Eugene Reeves Kenneth Spangler Ernest Sanders Homer Coffman Billy Christian Joe Ves tal and Howard Ross helped assemble. They sold home made candy to raise funds for cushions and paint, with buyers including Don Newman Edyth Biggerstaff Betty Nell Yeager Billy Christian Homer Coffman Henrietta Jackson Eugene Reeves and Miss Sallye. The candy sale yielded 1.55, and new names join the Toothless Club: Henrietta Jackson Margaret Ann Burnham Ruth Lightford Betty Jo Pierce.
A fragmented line lists numerous individuals with contrasts in behavior and appearance. The tone feels like a playful or cryptic survey of people and traits with no clear event or resolution provided.
The fourth grade had small attendance this week with only twenty four present on Friday. In geography the class studies North America and learns new facts about our country, sparking interest. A list honors those who scored a hundred in Spelling this week: Margaret Hanna, John Rufus Taylor, Billy Rhom Pennington, Imojean Kuykendall, Joe Cook, Hugh Tim Atterbury, Monty Atkinson, Dorothy Nell Hall, Bobby Montgomery, Joanna Harrison, and Charles Bradshaw.
Fifth graders enjoyed a visit from Mr Key in their English class last Wednesday. Ben Robert Jones hosted the visitors and welcomed everyone, while the students reviewed material and expressed their happiness.
Wallace Reeves was appointed history teacher Tuesday. The fifth graders brag about beating the sixth in poetry 41 to 35 while canceling numbers in arithmetic. Students report teeth lost in the quest to master counting with Vestal leading. Nicknames emerge in class as Pattie Everheart returns after illness. The fifth grade unveils a new art gallery with booklets and stories on famous artists.
Otto Russell quotes Mr Manning as removing his shoes in a classroom to smell his feet while others near the stove hold their noses. The strange moment highlights odd schoolroom behavior and student reaction.
G W Ford reports that seventh graders reviewed for the mid term with a postponed start due to absent students. The arithmetic tests covered subtraction multiplication addition and division. Mr Manning assigned geography questions to study for a forthcoming test.
Senator Royal S. Copeland argues that Congress should fund flood control works already authorized to curb devastations in Cincinnati Pittsburgh Louisville Wheeling Portsmouth and other Midwest points. He says the Budget Bureau’s 30 million next year is too low and that doubling the amount could complete the program in 10 years, with the Copeland and Overton bills funding reservoirs and projects from Pittsburgh to head streams below the city and across the Ohio Valley.
Typhoid vaccine for 70 000 inoculations was rushed to Louisville Ky after the Texas Legislature approved a surplus donation by State Health Officer George W Cox. Rep R L Reader of San Antonio and Rep J C Davis of Rule supervised the shipment to Randolph Field for air transfer to Kentucky.
Dr J J Taylor longtime editorial staff member and State Press columnist until 1908 becomes editor in chief of the Dallas News succeeding the late Dr James Q Dealey who died Friday The transition marks a high point in Taylor’s 33 years with the publication and its allied papers
Sherman report shows half of indigent hospital cases could be handled at home as county cuts rising charity costs. County auditor Whiteacre accuses doctors of routing unable-to-pay patients to hospitals. Officials note WPA funds delays and seek faster Old Age pensions while approving a vegetable grant and using dismantled jail brick for road work.
A Senate committee warned the 50 year old Texas capitol is a danger to lawmakers as sky lights may collapse during sessions. The building is called the biggest fire trap with leaks, damaged roof, lathes, plaster, a leaky dome, and urgent needs for painting and ironwork tightening.
Boake Carter is mailing regret cards to those who wrote for copies of his radio addresses. He notes four million requests, postage could reach $96,000. He’ll publish a book, This Is Life, featuring major events and new stories since 1932, available soon at leading bookstores.
Dallas report says employers may cover both the employer and employee shares of old age pension tax without considering the extra tax as part of wages. Commissioner Guy T. Helvering stated the ruling, issued to W A Thomas, Collector, clarifying that gifts or bonuses remain taxable as wages, but taxes can be paid in full by the employer.
A court settlement ends a Christmas Day find in New York as a dozen families fought over a $10 bill. Magistrate Gustav Wieboldt ruled to turn the found money over to the Red Cross flood relief fund, with all claimants satisfied.
A description of speed indicators using two light beams to gauge a car’s rate as it travels highway posts. If a beam is broken at excessive speed, warning signals flash and a policeman may be summoned. The device, shown before the AAAS, aims to deter speeding motorists.
The Katy Railroad will spend 15 million dollars this year on upgrades. Five million funds new equipment and ten million covers maintenance of track and equipment. Chairman Matthew S. Sloan announced the plan, citing last year's traffic gains and strong Southwest prospects. Advices indicate purchases include 500 stock cars 500 coal cars 250 automobile cars and 25 air conditioned chair cars along with three new diners and one lounge car.
President Roosevelt sent a lengthy list of postmaster nominations to the Senate for confirmation. In North Texas the nominees include David P. Slaughter of Howe Carlyle Benton Moore of Van Alstyne Volney D. Phillips of Celina.
The First Baptist Church colored will present a program at 7:30 p.m. on February 5 with a Sherman choral club and other singers. Lawyer Durham of Sherman will speak. A fat hog contest will raise church funds. Special seats reserved for white people. no admission charge.
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