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Newspaper
Wilmette Life
Location
Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1929
Page
7
Stanley Cochran recalls a tense South America assignment in Mrs. Groves' class at New Trier. A crowd including Mr. Todd and teachers heard his recitation, and laughter from the audience unsettled him as he fumbled his speech, ending oarely okay.
George Green reports Miss Scheidler's sixth grade at Howard School is writing a Rome themed play. Every pupil contributes scenes with best parts merged into one performance set for spring. Teachers Miss Madsen and Miss Scheidler assist with writing, scenery, and costumes.
Mrs. Stalling, the reading teacher, asks students to write a book review on February 19. After initial progress the class questions who is writing. She asks the class to decide and they resume work. Most reports turn out well. another review is planned. George Green of Howard reports.
Stolp School eighth grade girls hold elimination basketball matches with five captains Betty Southwick Helen Winslow Francis Ellis Alison Burge and Jean Munro drawing teams Fighting Warriors play Basketball Boobs 0-Getters face the Badgers Horse feathers meet the winners of the other games Al Kvale returns to Norshore theater after vacation. George Green cheers homecoming for tickets
George Green of 6B reports tardies dropping in the 6B Howard class and Miss Scheidler praises the progress. He hopes to reach a hundred percent attendance this month.
George Green of 6B Howard notes steady progress in spelling with early year averages improving to about 87 percent. He expresses optimism for continued good performance.
Howard 7A defeated Howard 7B on Monday February 18 at the Howard gym. 7B teams faced 7A squads in both games with 7A winning both contests, per Walter Foslund.
Miss Stevens the Howard science teacher asks 6B to study birds with a focus on robins observed in Wilmette. Kenneth Rahn notes the presence of robins as the measurable detail.
Eleanor Lewis a pupil in Mrs Glen non s room at Central School left March 8 for California she expects to be away three weeks Nancy Pickard 4th Grade Central notes they miss her a lot.
The 8B Fighting Warriors defeated the 8C Badgers 13 to 0 on Tuesday February 19. The halftime score stood 7 to 0 in favor of 8B with Helen Booz of 8B Stolp reporting.
Marshall Doose has been elected captain of the Wilmette Featherweight basketball team. The selection remarks he is from Howard school and plays right forward. Report by John A. Osborne of 7A Howard.
Francis Marion Arnold spoke on paintings of the Italian Renaissance to the Wilmette Woman's Club afternoon session. He traced how Florentine Venetian and Umbrian schools brought art to the people, noted progress from catacomb symbols to Gothic and Renaissance works, and highlighted artists from Cimabue to Michelangelo and Leonardo.
Less than a month after publication three titles The Sealed Trunk by Henry Kitchell Webster Queen Cleopatra by Talbot Mundy and The Spider and the Fly by Clive Arden each reach their third large printing signaling strong public interest and rapid sales.
Mr and Mrs Edwin Knudtson of 1141 Chestnut avenue and their nephew Don Mathieson of Linden Wisconsin returned Monday from a three weeks trip to California.
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