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HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
The first six weeks of the second
semester will end Friday. ■
Students in the Orientation cla^ss
are interested at this time in the
frontier histbry of O’Neill. Each
class is writing a his'torical story
on the information they have col
lected about the early frontier and
development of this community.
Students who have not been
trady during the first semester are
as follows:
Freshmen—La Vern Borg, Lydia
Halva, Wayne Bowers, George
Dahlsten, Merrill Hicks, Bonnie
Kurtz, Donald Lowery, Eileen
Robertson, Gertrude Worford, Ed
ward Young. i 1
Sophomores — Bob Allendorfer
Delores Bachman, Ralph Bfown,
Alexander Chimel, Howard Graves,
Davene Loy, Frank Petti john,
Betty Puckett, Alice Whaley.
Juniors—Robert Clift, Woodrow
Helena, Lucille Penland, Iioxanna
Mae Puckett, W’anda Spangler,
Mary Welsh.
Senors—Robert Bergstrom, Cleo
Crabb, Eleanora Bredeholft, Eu
gene Donohoe, Leroy GrandorfT,
Lois Lindberg, Melvin Lorenz, El
eta Meaner, Vernon Spangler, Max
Wolfe, Maxine Burnps.
Post Graduate—Margaret Pruss.
The library class has now com
pleted its study of classification
numbers and author numbers for
books. The next unit of study is
on the card catalogue.!
The Rural Sociology class ftas
been discussing the rural adjust
ment problems of migration from
the farm, and health.
Six week’s examinations are be
ing given in all English classes.
Interesting book reviews are be
ing given by students of American'
Literature. This Is ft pari of the
required work of each student.
Elizebeth Graves and Hugh Mc
Kenna have been chosen as the best
clerks in the Public Speaking class.
After examining overalls, lubricat
ing oil, an eversharp pencil, vac
cine and shells, each member chose
one article and gave information
which would help to sell it to the
customer.
“Sylvia” by Oley Spepks, and
“The Big Brown Beai^’ by Mana
Zucca, are the contest1 humbers on
whicn the Girls ^ an • e work
ing.
The Pep Squad play, “Where’s
Grandma?” scheduled to show this
Thursday in the O’Neill high school
auditorium, has been postponed
until Monday, Feb. 28. This prom
ises to be a good play. The mem
bers of the cast art; Nprandma,
Nadine Kilpartick; Qietehen Blake,
Maxine Barnes; 'fcob Blake, Virgil
Johnson; Jack Worley, Joe Curran;
Lucy King, Martha Switzer; Ar
line Trusdale, Margie Wyant; Car
ol Worley, Maybelle Osenbaugh;
Midnight, Leonard Young; Dahlia,
Gloria Warner. This play is being
staged to defray the expenses of
the girl’s Pep club to attend out of
town basketball games.
The typing students are address
ing envelopes and folding business
letters for mailing.
In bookkeeping the class is work
ing on beginning and closing mer
chandise inventories, handling mer
chandise discount on purchases an<:
sales. The profit and loss state
ment is getting a little complicated
Eleanora Bredehoft, a senio
commercial, is doing secretaria
work at Downey’s studio afte
school.
An electric recording of “Stra
dlla Overture” was received b
Mr. Durham and the Band mem
bers are checking up their passage
and mistakes by hearing it playe
by a real band.
The shop classes are studyin
the effect shut metal plays o
transportation and. building—th
uses of the harder and softer shi
metals — the short history of ti
possibilities and uses of tin, bot
in its pure state and amalgams.
The orchestra at St. Mary
academy, conducted by Mr. Dui
ham of the high school, just n
ceived a 3et of new orchestra book
and are enjoying a large collectio
of new pieces.
The Band Benefit show held a
the Royal Theater was very we'
O
attended considering the night. The
show was a very clever comedy anci
was appreciated by all who at
tended. The Band wishes to thank
the people who attended.
Robert Yantzi just completed a
project of a series of booth cost
racks which he installed in the
Johnson drug store.
Junior Harris is reconditioning
some dining room chairs which
came in to the shop over the week
end for repairs.
The Art class students are copy
ing free hand crayon work using
the charcoal pencil for only black
and white effects.
The band has started their even
ing rehersals. The regular nights
will be Tuesday and Thursday.
This will only be changed when
conflicts occur at the building. Stu
dents report for rehersal at seven
and will leave the building at eight.
Junior Toy has quite a caravan
! of camels. One of the small ones
does quite a bit of wandering
around at times, but with digilent
training he might be made to keep
to the straight and narrow path.
Ask Junior.
The Band is giving another bene
fit show at the Royal theater on
March 8, “Breakfast for Two.”
You will be visited by band mem
bers selling tickets.
Grade School Notes
Washington’s birthday was ob
served in the various rooms this
week. A visit to each room showed
a variety of interesting pictures
and clippings on display. Many of
these were brought in by the stu
dents. Decorations carried out the
patriotic feeling which this month
suggests. The activities of the
classroom were correlated with
Washington’s birthday also. The
First grade students are learning
the flag salute to show their love
for their country.
In the Third grade a Washington
stamp picture was put on the best
spelling paper. These spelling
papers were very special ones as
they were the first to be written
with ink.
Silhoutte plaques of Washington
and Lincoln were made in the Fifth
grade.
For opening exercises jn the
Seventh grade each student con
tributed something of interest on
Washington. Mr. Carroll, who was
visiting in the room at that time
told many interesting things about
Mt. Vernon. He had been there
so was able to give some first hand
information.
The First grade pupils are glad
to have Patricia Bruensback in
school again.
The pupils of the Third grade
are studying plants from which
clothes are made. Stories of cot
ton, linen, silk and rubber are
proving of interest as well as pic
tures and stories of people who
produce these things. A silk co
coon, obtained from the Real Silk
mills, is of great interest to the
class.
The Fourth grade has been dis
cussing the harmful effects of tea
and coffee. The large milk bottle
on the board contains the names
of those who drink milk each day.
Penmanship is being practiced
daily. Our goad—To earn a Pal
mer Method pin.
Vincent Cunningham and Mar
vin Rieken of the Fifth grade made
models of flat boats of the type
used in early river traffic before
Fulton invented the steamboat.
The study of the Hawaiian Is
lands shows them to be a great pro
ducer of pineapples. According to
Beverly Matthews this is the best
thing to remember about them.
The Sixth graders have set their
goal in English to master the parts
of speech. They have completed
the study of Europe, and Africa
will be the next unit to be studied.
Basket weaving is an interesting
,part of the Art period in the
Sixth grade. 1
The Seventh grade has shifted
the emphasis from China to Japan
this week. After completing the
study of both countries they will
try to arrive at some conclusions
1 concerning the struggle between
■ these two countries.
Insurance is the topic for study
in Arithmetic this week. If theii
! knowledge of insurance is an in
- dication, the Seventh grade cer
s tainly has some promising materia
1 for the future of the insurance
business.
r Wednesday evening of last weel
i the Eighth Grade club held a part]
e in the gymnasium. All member!
t were present. The time passee
n very quickly and pleasantly ii
ti carrying out a well planned pro
gram of entertainment. Credi
s goes to the refreshment committei
- for preparing more food than i
. was possible to consume.
s The cold weather last week sen
i our perfect attendance down t
eight.
t Reading class will finish th
1 study of Evangeline this week.
THE NEBRASKA
SCENE
By the Lowell Service
The volatile and energetic Terry
Carpenter provided the political
sensation of the month in demo
cratic circles. Terry means to go
for governor. Along with Mayor
Butler of Omaha, Terry recently
engaged in gestures of abnegation,
intimating that Governor Cochran
would not be opposed for a third
term. Mayor Butler stands pat;
Carpenter is off the reservation.
He will carry the old age pension
banner.
Friends of Governor Cochran ex
pect that his filing for the demo
cratic gubernatorial nomination
will be made at an early date. So
far all the close Cochran advisers
disclaim any first hand information
and they will not be quoted. They
do not conceal sigrys of their hopes
and expectations. The advent of
Samuel Freeman of Jefferson coun
ty into the situation has not at
tracted much attention.
Charley Bryan is one of the busi
est men in the state. Into his
Lincoln office men prominent in
both parties come and go. Mr.
Bryan, so far, has said little. His
lieutenants are doing much. Such
redoubtable politicians as Ed Luik
art and Cecil Matthews are in the
game. Straw polls are drifting in.
While the Bryan advisers will make
no statement for publication there
are signs of elation. Veteran
democrats suspect that Mr. Bryan
has a rabbit or worse yet—several
rabbits—in the political headgear.
Honjestead exemption is Mr. Bry
an’s major issue. ,
The verdict of guilty in the em
bezzlement case brought against
Lieutenant Governor Jurgensen
will undoubtedly bring several can
didates into the race for that posi
tion. Ed McKim of Omaha, got
into the game several months ago
and filed for the democratic nom
ination.
Before the trial, Mr. Jurgensen
expressed intention of filing in
order to test public opinion. His
attorneys expected acquittal. Since
the trial the lieutenant governor
has not made any statement as to
his intentions and there are sev
eral ambitious democrats feeling
out public sentiment.
Approval of $550,803.32 in state
and federal funds for allotments
to counties for February assistance
payments has been announced by
the state board of control. Of this
amount $10,779.81 was marked for
assistance to the blind; $107,812.29
for aid to dependent children; and
$442,216.21 for old age assistance.
Frank B. O’Connell, secretary of
the Nebraska game commission,
will preside at a general sports
men’s meeting to be held in the
city auditorium at Columbus March
6. The chambers of commerce of
Columbus and Grand Island are co
operating in promoting the con
ference in the hope of obtaining
concerted action by state sports
men in asking for an open season
in 1938 satisfactory to the majority
of state hunters of waterfowl.
Since the refusal of the heirs of
the Freeman estate to accept the
offer of the government of $11,000
for the Gage county land compris
ing the Daniel Freeman homestead,
the first homestead in the United
States, it seems likely that the
department of justice will institute
condemnation proceedings in order
to acquire the land for a national
park. A request for such action
has been made of the department
of justice by Secretary Ickes of the
department of the interior.
Leo Swanson, capitol custodian,
has granted permission for the
cutting of a new door thru the west
wall of the south corridor on the
ground floor of the state capitol,
thru marble wainscoting, providing
that the expense is paid out of
state highway funds. The door
will give the state automobile driv
ers’ registration bureau direct ac
cess into the room used by the
highway department for its sta
tistical and bookkeeping machines.
A total of 47,880 sacks of po
tatoes has been bought in Nebraska
l since Jan. 1, by the federal surplus
’ commodities corporation, mostly
from the region about Scottsbluff
^ and in Custer county. The potatoes
are shipped to key points and are
distributed as surplus commodi
1 ties to the county relief agencies of
i the state.
t Gasoline tax collections are do
' dining in Nebraska, according to
t State Treasurer Walter H. Jensen
He says that he believes that mo
t torists are buying all the gasoline
o they can in other states, because
surrounding states have lowei
e rates. The total received from
gasoline tax collections in January
was $789,665, as compared with
$870,961 a year ago.
Nebraskans are to vote this fall
on an amendment to the state con
stitution which, if carried, will do
away with double liability on stock
ownership in state banks.
Forrest B. Spaulding of Des
Moines, la., who has been conduct
ing a survey of the Lincoln City
Library under the direction of the
American Library association, has
reported to the Lincoln city coun
cil that the library has reached a
size that demands a well function
ing organization, rather than a
one-man type of management. A
capable administrator, trained in
an accredited library school and ex
perienced in modern methods, must
carry on from this point, he de
clares. He recommends that Miss
Lulu Horne, whose work as li
brarian for the last 28 years he
commends, be granted a leave of
absence at full pay from now until
Sept. 1, and that Magnus K. Krist
offerson, who has been assistant
librarian since 1937, be appointed
librarian. Recommendation is made
that Miss Horne, on her return on
Sept. 1, be employed as librarian
emeritus at a reduced salary, and
that this arrangement should con
tinue until she “can voluntarily re
tire with financial security for her
future.” Dr. Spaulding emphasizes
the fact that the Lincoln city li
brary owes Miss Horne more than
it can ever pay, and urges that the
community do her honor with fit
ting ceremonies when the time
comes for her retirement. Mr.
Kristoffersen, who was for three
years head of one of 27 central
libraries in Denmark, since 1929
was head of one of the larger
branch libraries at Detroit, Mich.,
and came to Lincoln from Detroit.
Dr. P. H. Bartholomew, state
health director, has announced the
resignation of Dr. J. Warren Bell,
who came to Lincoln from New
York about a year and a half ago
to take charge as head of the Ne
braska maternal and health pro
gram, a branch of the state health
department supported by the fed
eral matching plan. Dr. Bartho
lomew says that he himself will
direct the maternal and child health
program, assisted, part time, by
Dr. E. W. Hancock, diagnostician
for the crippled children.
Captain R. F. Weller, director of
the state highway patrol, states
in reply to a question of the author
ity of II. D. Robinson, state high
way patrolman, to arrest the Les
hara bank robber, that the patrol
man was entirely within the scope
of his duty and says in addition,
“We believe it is illegal for a person
to use highways to escape from a
major crime; but particularly, in
this instance, the robber was driv
ing recklessly, had wrecked his car
and was fleeing from the scene of
the accident. Besides, the patrol
man had every reason to believe
that the robber was driving a
stolen car.”
The Federal Deposit Insurance
corporation has taken charge of the
Farmers’ Security bank of May
wood which closed last week. State
Banking Director Ben N. Saunders
says that he has not been informed
as to whether the liquidation of the
assets of the bank will be handled
by the Federal corporation or by
the state banking department.
That dust storms are a part of a
normal cycle that is now drawing
to a close is the encouraging belief I
of Dr. A. F. Lugn, geoligist at the
University of Nebraska. He af
firms that Nebraska is not entering
another dust era. He states that
a slow increase in soil moisture
since 1935 is responsible, and he
points out that recent dust storms
were aggravated by harmful farm
ing practices, most of which are
now rectified.
The cost of operating the state
board of cosmetology was less
during the year 1937 than during
1935 by $5,113, according to a re
port made to Geovernor Cochran
by State Accountant W. H. Pan
sing. The saving was made by
combining type operation of the
board of cosmetology under the
direction of Mrs. Clark Perkins,
chief of the bureau of examing
boards.
Governor Cochran and State En
gineer Tilley have been urged to
take steps toward completion of
the Oregon Trail highway west
from Gering to the Wyoming line
by a resolution signed by about
one hundred men representing
towns and farms on the south side
of the North Platte river from
Bridgeport west in Nebraska and
to Yoder in Wyoming. A link of
about 67 miles is needed, from Ger
ing, Nebr., to Wheatland, Wyo.
State Entomologist 0. S. Bare,
at a conference at Wayne last
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