Glee Clubs Picnic at Glenview Forest Preserve
Howard school juniors from the Boys and Girls Glee clubs held a joint picnic at Glenview Forest Preserve. After a 1 15 PM departure and class day exercises, students danced and walked the trails, enjoying marshmallows, sandwiches, and ice cream with each attendee eating at least two cones. Some boys reportedly ate 10 cones each before the event wrapped at 6 PM.
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Glenview Forest Preserve
Forest Preserve
George Jones
Howard
Frederick Enjoys Fourth But Is Very Careful Lad
Frederick Strauss recounts a Fourth of July with cautious celebration. He describes waking early for breakfast, lighting fireworks, shooting from a gun and skyward, and safely ending the day with his father present.
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Frederick
Frederick Strauss
Miss Smith
Howard Summer School Students Recite Current Events
Seventh and eighth grade pupils at Howard School practice daily current events recitation to build confidence for the next grade. Jimmie DeWar 7B notes the effort aims to help students express themselves clearly and stand on their own two feet.
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Jimmie DeWar
Howard Summer School
Budding Poets and Regional School Verse Gems
A New Glarus school collection features budding poets from Central and Elkhorn areas. Students Georgiana Grignon Billy Spinney and George Oakley contribute playful rhymes about weather beach scenes rain and a Fourth of July fireworks outing alongside a Girl Scout trip by Carol and Ann Linn.
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Northwestern Stadium
Billy Spinney
Carol and
Ann Linn
Fifth Street
Juniper Knoll
Elkhorn, Wis
Josephine Balhatchet
Public Speaking Tips From Seventh Grade Class
The Howard 7B class shares pointers for speaking to crowds. Teacher Mrs. Jones guides students to stand erect look at listeners enunciate clearly and project loudly while avoiding halting and excess conjunctions.
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Mrs. Jones
Wells
Marshall Doose
Howard
Fond of Mr Todd in Summer School Class
Jessie Murchison writes of fondness for Mr Todd the summer school teacher. Her class has 14 students, Mrs Jones' room 15, and Miss Loftus' room 10. She notes flash cards and spelling, and that summer school is pleasant.
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Mr. Todd
Summer School Review From Howard Class 8A
Joe Kraus promotes summer education at Howard School praising 9 am to 12 pm sessions. He notes Mrs. Jones teaches in both current and previous summers and reports cards arrive weekly. He argues summer classes provide more learning than idle time at home.
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Howard
Joe Kraus
Howard Summer School
Margaret Learns Summer at Howard School
Students at Howard School, taught by Mrs. Jones, enjoy Current Events lessons. The class of 150 pupils learns while catching up on back studies and practicing public speaking in a lively, educational daily routine.
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Margaret
Howard
Jones
Fourth of July Advice From Dad for a Boy
George Oakley recalls his father forbidding firecrackers for safety reasons and permitting a toy cap gun instead, noting the difference in risk between real explosives and a harmless replica.
Drain Ball Field Lets Play Ball Next Week
In the last week heavy rain stopped games at the ball field. Workers dug a ditch from the field on the hill to drain water so play can resume next week. Enoch Hoskins, Howard school.
Playtime Interrupted by Rainy Day Build-er Visit
George Oakley recounts a rainy day in Miss Smith's 4th grade room when friends arrived to play with a build-er toy. The group played continuously until supper.
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Miss Smith
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Harringer
Miss Hull
Scheffler
Evanston Academy OF Fine Arts
Goth
Carl Scheffler
Carlson Bldg
Tower, Church
Orrington
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