SEEDFORU M3TTJ TttlBTJtfE, BEDFORD, OftEflOK. STJNDAY.'-APRTL 21,-1929.
PXGE FIVE
School Notes From the City and Valley
Uncle Sam's Nine Thousand Islands
Roosevelt School
T
t RRporters
The' fnfjnwlng. sixth gradft pupils
enjoyed writing these Items:1 Billy
Shepard, Moli'ie Browne, Cathe'ririe'
Brandt, Russell 1)1 rich. Clara Beth
Powell, Stanley Kunaman. Doph
Janes, Wary Thompson,' Kathleen
Knox.
Ranking ' .
The Roosevelt school banking
record went down rtealn lust
weekt The percent wan quite good
though. The hulldlng average was
94.3-per cant. . The banner rooms
follow,: CB-SH, 106.7 percent; 1A,
103.4, Aj 03.2; 3B-SA, ,100. , ,
wek, ana thet students having! ;,
oWreomet their Sears,' aro'contem- ' 1' F-,I,- CiIia
plating weir marked report cards.: JaCRSOtl OCIOOI
WASHINGTON. O. C. Accep-
tnnce by conRi'ess of the Samoan
Howard School
1 Hanking. Bti.l percent. 100 per
; rent rooms: Mrs. J.aid ley's, Ali'M,
Taylor's, Miss-Hansen's, Mrs. Gus-
tin's. Miss MaoXiven's.
' Health, 92.7 percent. 100 per
cent rooms: Mrs. Taylor's, M is.
The P. tT. A. held their annual
election of officers Friday, with
the following result: President,
Mm W. fi.- Crawford; vice prsi-( LaMley's, Miss Hansen's and Mrs. next September,
dent, Mrs. Geo. Hogue; secretary ) dunlin's. j The sixth grado art classes arc
and treasurer, . Mrs. Ml mi la Wll- uui 'en me Wimhini-'ton l c. Kontilnely interested in their Win-
Jackson 4.
1. T. A. meeting next Friday,
April iifl. .
Health Honor Roll growing
daily.
i school. Se has the measles,
Miss Williams returned from the)
, Xort Invest Music Teachers' con-!
jternce, which was held at Spokane.,
i 'Wash, She reported that she had
(health and another . in bunking 11 very nice time.
' i Mn tWrin tin Wn sliKat Wilt,
n.i.n .J anh ing for .Mr Ilrown. Mrs. JlrownV Islands as part of Pho United States , islands behind
nbsent member of their class motner nas been sick.
Thursday. If the sick ones enjoyed j ' ' ' ' "
rending thee leiiers one-haif as i
much as the class enjoyed writing i j f C JL I I
them, our lungungo time was well j lltCOlT OCIOOf
spent in their preparation. j I I
The 3A's hove, been preparing nn ' 1
iriM bonier in mi the imst week. "caitn banner ye.4 per cent
Tnia is to be used as a fair exhibit
surveys. Then, down in the pan- j
handle of .Alaska lie many more
3 Test
The week of tests , has .rolled ,
.around again. We are having many
hard questions. Our report cards
wtU be received next Wednesday.
They will tell the tale of the result
of the last six weeks work. ; j . ,
Sorrow u Jloowvlt
More sadness came to the Roose
velt school the past week. A little
2A girl . died Thursday morning.
Her name was Dorothy Schuman.
The -pupils of the . 2 A brought
mone.y for flowers.' She died of
branchial pneumonia. . AH .who
knew her will miss her greatly.
' , Student Body
The following program was
given at the third meeting of the
Roosevelt student body- Friday,
April 19. 1929 The-flrst number
on the program, was a piano solo
by Vlra Hale; next a. reading by
Jeanne Piatt; -a piano solo by Vir
ginia LlndleyfMlss Morrison gave
a talk, on why we should study
spelling.. A selection was, played
nn the piano by Janet Mann. Every
body enjoyed the program, very,
much., ,
Now Books' .
Roosevelt has some nw books.
They are as follows: "Tales and
Plays of Robin Hood," "The Weav
er's Children," "The Child's David
Copporfleld and .Oliver. I'wist,"
"Two Great Southerners," "Stories
of Dixie," "White Patch," "Robin
son 'Crusoe" and "Antoino of Ore
gon.' These books are enjoyed by
all. - . t. .. .
Pet Show
-The Med ford Humane society
held a pet show Saturday, The
first? prize Is five dollars. The
prizes are awarded on best eared
for. and unusual pets,, There were
a great many pets of all kinds.
Many children took their pets to
the armory In hopes of getting the
prh(U, . It's r; too bad every one
couldn't have prizes. Many went
homo disappointed.
Boys Baseball
.The hoys' fifth and sixth grade
ha pe ball team does not seem to
take much Interest in the game
this year as they have lost three
straight games. The school spirit
among .some' of these players must
be weakening.. ..In the last game
which was with Lincoln our team
started out- with only ,x men.
They fought their . hardest hut
coiild not hold them under control
Very well,, lacking four players.
The score of. the Lincoln-Roosevelt
game was- Lincoln .22, ' Roosevelt
15. . .... '
Now Pupils-and Pulls Leaving
, There were :. three k now pupils
who entered the Roosevelt school.
They were: Velda Uoduffer, CA,
frqm the, - Washington school;
Frank Hull, CA, and Dnnny Hull,
4A from I'Qrtland- There were two
pupils who! left ,., he Roosevelt
school. Tiwy were: Betty Dynan,
6H and Bobby. Dyaan. 4B. They
went to Jackson school. We were
sorry to lose them.
Morf New Bodge
Miss Vanv Meter sent nway for
more Roosevelt badges this week. I
Those who , did .not get uny Inst I
time are free tn. buy them now.
They sell for. five cents apiece the
same as before.
Spelling
The spelling percent fr the
Roosevelt school was 96.4 percent.
The OS's have hud the highest per
cent for a long- time. They also
obtained It tills time. Their per
cent was 119. ly
Visiting Principal.
We had n lot : of visitors last
week. Among them were, Miss
Cox, from the Lincoln school, on
Friday, the 12th; Mr. Gusten, from
the Jackson school, on Monday,
the 15th; Miss - Van Meter, our
principal, visited all the schools of
the first six grades on Tuesday,
the 1 6th. Mr. Finch came from
Washington school Wednesday, the
17th. All the Roosevelt children
enjoyed these visitors Immensely.
The Pled Piper of Roosevelt
Mr. Cripps,, caretaker of Roose
velt school, does not aspire to the
popular office of dog-catcher, hut
holds the championship as mouse
catcher having nine to his credit
for this week. He cannot account
for this sudden Invasion of mice.
Kindness to Animals Posters
We all want to be kind tnl
mals. As .we were afraid .hat
some people would forget about
them we, i the 6 A clnss, made
"Kindness to Animals" posters.
Some were full of colors, some
were black and while. But all the
pictures were very appropriate.
The Roosevelt pupils love nnimals.
Hcallh
The banner room in health for
last week was the 5A with 93.7 per
cent. The building percent was
3.S, which was better than the
week before. We expect more
rooms to be banner rooms next
week.
lidms. Much credit for a very suc
cessful year Is dun to tho retiring
president, Mrs. M. J. Swing. The
entertainment , and refreshments
were In charge of Miss Owen and
pupils.
.The .following pupils are on the
honor roll for the past six weeks:
First grade, Christine DeVanoy,
Zetta Dean, Roland Hofuie, Donald
Walker, Virginia Ricks.
dow pictures; We'd .have aft for
every period if we could. It is so
much fun! f
We hope Jack Henthcott and
Robert Young will he back Mon-
Spelling 99.4 percent.
Athletics
A few well directed errors on
tho pari of the Jackson players on
one chilly afternoon resulted In a
one-sided score for the Washliig-
' day. They have been absent j
'long time, quarantined with scar
' let fever.
Second grade, Louiso Chapman, jton school, it was lfl to 4.
Dorothy Smith, Ruth Starkey.
Third grade, Kverett Chapman,
Robbie Kent, Ruymond Miller,
Muriel Stocks, Leaella Williams.
Fourth grade, Frances Benson,
Maxine Trye, Bernice. Moon, Nellie
Moon, Avonno Rae, Frank Sparks,
Gail St. Arnold.
Fifth grade, Irene Shroyer, John
Cummings, Milton Starkey.
Sixth grade, Evelyn stump, Lc
roy St. Arnold, Minnie Putman.
Ruth Frye, John Chitwood, Mc
Donald DeValey.
seventh grade, Arvello, Cooper.
Eighth grade,. Genevieve DoVa
ney, Russell Hogue, Kenneth
Shroyer.
Mrs. . Susarine Carter visited our
school Tuesday afternoon.
Our school banked 100 percent.
The county nurse and doctor
were hero Friday nftornonn to vac
cinate for smallpox.
Penmanship awiyds were given
the following children during the
past six weeks:
The Palmer method button:
Raymond Miller, Leaella Williams,
Monroe McGonagle, Loren Croueh-
er, Nellie Moon, Neva Ross,
McKee, Kverall Dean, Byron
burn, Harold Croucher,
Frye, Loren Thornton.
The Merit button: Mabel Parke,
Raymond Miller,. Muriel Stocks,
Jesse Cummings, Avonne Rae,
Shirrell Doty, Frances Benson,
Bessie Dean, Leah McKee, Byron
Thoburn, Gail St. Arnold, John
Chitwood. - -
The Progress pin: Bessie Dean,
Leahj McICee, John Chitwood, Shir
rell Doty," Maxine Frye, Irene
Shroyer, McDonald D e V a n e y.
Everall Dean, Milton Starkey,
Helen Dickson.
Improvement certificates: Ruth
Thoburn, Evelyn Stump, Ardo
Stocks, Dorothea Dean, John
Sparks.
Final certificates: Kenneth
Shroyer, Lucille Croucheiv Arvclla
Cooper, Helen Llles, Leroy Llles. -
All men are out working hard
for a place on tho track team, that
is to have a tneiti soon.
Kxainltmf Ions
' The teachers have been (pi lie
busy giving exams and grading
papers aiul fixing up grade cards.
Spelling exams were given nnd all
showed tho unusual ability to spoil
tho words correctly. Tho grade
cards will be sent out next Wed
nesday noon and as a rule they are
much improved'ovor last term.
Teachers Absent
St. Mary's
Academy
(Ueporlor, Jean Rice).
Girls' League -The
Girls' league program Mon
day was conducted by room three.
There were several clever numbers
which tho girls gave. Tho play,
'The Gathering of tho Nuts," was
put on by Joyce ltnnlsh and Cath
erine Cham-v. Bethel and Ethel
The doors of the building will j siagle sang a song entitled "Hono-
More than 5000 California boys
act as traffic officers at school.
open Monday with two of the
teachers absent. Miss Smith Is at
present suffering the ill effects of
bad tonsils and will have them re
moved Saturday. Mrs. Coffin will
.substitute for her.
Miss l-iilggs left for her home in !
Ilermiston Frida yovening to bo :itl
the bedside of her father who Is
very 111. Mrs. Russell will substl- l
tllie for :vfiss Hrigs. f
Monthly Report j
9.1.8 penen t was the average
percentage on last month's report, j
This is a very good vi-port consul-
eahtwing so much contagion during j
'ho-the month. Five cases of scarlet
Marine J fever are still out. Other interest- !
ling items on the report are: JTli i
boys and, 17ti girls have been reg-.
istered since the beginning of tho I
school year. There were 24 tardics
and Hi pupils neither absent nor I
tardy.
Contest Work
The 5 A class completed their
first relay in the arithmetic contest
with Marion's side leading John's
by only ten points. The losers
treated the winners to a party Fri
day . evening nt ,'Miss Hansen's
apartment.
As to our other divisions, we are
coming right along. Scores ore:
CB, Verne, 71, Wauneta's, 72; CA,
Earl, 2UK. Hazel. 197.
Class Room Xcwa
Just three more to be admitted
nnd then the fiA class will havo
l"00 percent on the honor-roll.'
It is a habit with the RA cluss to
always average 100 percent In
lulu Moon." "The Two Dutiful
Daughters" was another play put
on in which Jean Qulsenberry and
Marjorie McNalr took part.
Spelling
Tho spelling average for tho
building was 97.4 per cent.- The
1113 made 99.7 per cent, tho 112
100 per cent, tho HIl 100 per cent,
III Olt.ij per cent, tho I 99.6 per
cent, tho il 100 per cent, the 1112 j
99.0 percent, HI 99.7 per cent,
Banking
All romos banked 100 per cent j
except room five. It banked 97 1
per cent. The overage for the j
building was 99.4 per cent. We
hope to get 100 per cent next week.
G. A. A.
The G. A. A. held a business
meeting in room two. The names
of the members were read. . j
AUdcllCM
Tho' boys' baseball team of
Junior high played , the Talcnt
high school. The score was three
to two in favor of junior high. Out'
school played the . Talent team
Tuesday and won, six to four. Tho
gnmo for Saturday with the Grants
Pass junior high was called off on
account of bad weather.
, Practice Is being heid dally for
track. The semi-finals havo been
held and the squads have been se
lected. The finals will bo held next
week.
Personals
David Moore returned to school
after his period of illness.,
Evelyn I fermnn Is absent from
Mrs. Newberry
Spelling, 99.3; 3R.
Ba n k i ng ba n n,er room s, M rs,
Scott, Miss Tucker, Mrs. Newberry.
Miss Webber, Mrs. Conslneau and
Mrs. Harrison.
Richard Scott .of tho 4B and
Ben Dietrich of the 4A won the
prizes offered by Miss Webber for
making the most words from the
; words "transportation" and "cir
I cumstances."
The 2A and 3B grades are work
ing hard these days tn get their
names on the Health Honor Roll.
All whose names are thorn get to
march in the parado May Day.
Wo had over 100 percent In our
banking this week.
Wayne LaTotiretto is back in
school after" un absence of threo
weeks.
Eleven children In tho 2A and
2B room havo qualified for the
Health Honor Roll.
Tho lA's met at Mrs. Scott's
home on Saturday nnd wont to the
let Show. They learned a poern
this week about tho care of their
pets.
Kindness to Animals Week has
been observed in tho department
by posters and stories, ,
The I.Vs are studying spring
flowers. A daffodil poster was
made and a poem and song about
the dandelion were learned.
The interest in tho number nnd
word contests is keon In tho 1A.
The winners get to read books nt
the library table.
none; . finning, .excellent although,
many species are poisonous. New
packets of ten selected books CQUhl
b -obtained:- by tho small (toot
which comes to Rose Island an
nually to deposit emergency store.4
of fou!and Water for. the use ht
whose protecting sailors who. might be thipwreckefl.
territory definitely adds six more , flanks steamers thread their way; "The Samoan Islands loom large
bits of hind to tho thousands
iNKiiiuH in nation now ownn. i i
"The Hnlted States has acquired i eluding a famous little sandbar of j ment of Great Eritnln, tho United
some 9000 Islands outside the j an island behind which. Wilkin j States and Germany to establish a
boundaries of the 4$ states." says and Eielson took off to fly across protectorate oVer the Islands, rep
a bulb-tin from the Washington, j the top of the world. resents, it was said, the first de-
D. C headquarters of tho Nation- I' "How large Is Hawaii? That all I parturo from, our nation's historic
of up the Inland Passage. Other I in the- history of the .United! State'
I i.. i i.. ri... i.. 1 fiipi.lfrtt n.illi.tr Thn in nt. nrroA.
Newspaper Story
at I sis Today
al Geographic Society.
"This, host of territorial Islands
is scattered from tho South Pacific
north across , the Arctic circle.
They sprinkle the seas of both
hemispheres for a distanco of 15.
OOoo miles from St. John, in the
Virgin Islands, to Balabac Island
depends upon how the territory is altitude toward alliances. The joint
measured. By squarn miles of ! protectorate did not work out well,
land the Hawaiian islands havo an . y treaties In 1900 and 3904,
area equal to Connecticut and tho United States took control over
Rhode Island. Fly their spread
over tho Pacific ocean tho islands
occupy a region as long from oast
to west us the United States Is long
While 9000 islands nre few, j and as wide as tho United States is
perhaps, beslile the island eollee- wide. Wake Island, of tho Terrl-
an uninhabited
li
tions of Great Britain. Holland auditory of Hawaii,
Franco, yet American territorial ! atoll lx feet above sea level,
islands decorato the oceans like nearly
star galaxies ornament thn heav- ' Island of Hawaii,
ens. j "To American citizens who wish
"The Philippines are tho 'Milky ;m be marooned on nn uninhabited
Way' of the United Stales' Island I Island with ten selected books, tho
constellations. They atono com-j United States offers endless oppor
prise approximately eight, thou- tunlties. In tho West Indies there
sand islands. Everyone knows are some very nice islands on
the eastern half of the Islands con
taining Pago I'ago . harbor,, the
finest in all tho South Seas. Con
gress, after nil these years, - has
passed a resolution accopting. the
29-year old gift of the islands from ,
tho Samoan chiefs. i ;
"In thn lists of American terrt-
3 A flit miles nway from tho ; torlnl possessions ono group of
islands seldom appears. The statqs
or 70 guano islands scattered all
over thn Pacific Is indefinite. Even
tho position and existence of some
of them Is Indefinite. By a luW
passed In lN5ti the United States
extended temporary protection to
about Luzon, the monster Philip-I which Nature, barring occasional I American citizens exploiting guano
pine Island, as largo as Ohio in i lapses, maintains the quietness of
area. Almost nothing Is known of j a good library. Wako island, pre
tho seven thousand Islets In the vlously mentioned, assures almost
Archipelago having an area, of j perfect privacy. The nearest bit
one-tenth of a square inito or ! of land is 300 miles nway.
more. "Rose Island, in thn Samoan
"Then there Is tho scarf of Aleu- group has unusual advantages for
tians swung across the blue sea 1 the seeker of literary leisure. It Is
void toward Asia. The United
States Coast and Geodetic Survey
does not know for sure how many
Lleutinus there are hut It is en
deavoring to find out byViirplane
HO miles east of its nearest neigh
bor; climate, equable; real estate,
' one island half a square mile in
j area comfortably situated within a
coral ' breakwater; Inhabitants.
deposits on bird islands. Whila
the United States Is not obliged to
maintain sovereignity over guano
Islands, neither has sho surren
dered all rights. Over some lslets
nnd banks such as Navassa Island,
between Jamaica and Haiti, Quit ,
Sueno Hnk, Roncndor Bay, Serranu,
Bunk, and Swan Inlands, nil In the.
western Carrlbbean, nnd Gente
HoDinosa or Swains Island near
Samoa, the Amoricnn flag Hlea
without question. " ;
Tom Rickelts, a veteran of the
legitimate stag and with countless
splendid screon roles to his credit
is at the Isis today In "Tho Law
and the Man." .
Mr. nicketts Is cast as tho Irasci
ble editor of a newspaper, whoso
fearless attacks upon tho activities
of the political boss of the town
make him a man whoso power to
sway public opinion is not to bo
treated lightly.
His journalistic scoops do much
to keep trie story moving at a
rapid pace. 1
Hit by Taxi
PORTLAND, Ore., April 20. (P)
T Farquher Gibson, 50, was criti
cally injured today when his auto
mobile was struck by a toxical),
driven by Chester n. W. Moats. Ho
roceivod abdominal Injuries and se
vere lacerations on Uie tace. Moats
was not held.
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Junior High
Sister MarRherltft, former upe
rlor, was with us this week, havinu
come lo attend the dedication of
the church. Sister MarA rlta is
now superior at Sacrea Heart
academy, Salem, and her vl.lt was
a ;reat pleasure to us. -
The senior Klrls had thHprlvl
lege of chanting the Oraduaff .f the
dedication mass Thursday jniorn
inf. r
8iz envied sophomore . $ 1 1 1 s
served the banquet for the. visiting
priests Thursday afternoon. '
Jesti were tse order of the
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