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Show Woodward School Notes Armistice Day Program The second student body monthly program will be given Monday by the sixth grade under un-der the direction of their teachers, teach-ers, Miss Linda Larson and Kenneth Ken-neth Cannon. A playlet, "America, "Amer-ica, the Melting Pot", will be presented. It is after the idea of a radio program with the following follow-ing characters: Announcer, Uncle Sam's Little Niece, Jona Blazzard. Emigrant Boy and Girl, Wilmer Kemp and Ester Olds. Pilgrim Boy and Girl, Elmer Pickett and Itamona Cannon. Dutch Boy and Girl, Heber J. Reid and Doris Atkln. French Girl, Alma Morris. Irish Boy and Girl, Mason Barton and Delia Cottam. Scotch girl, Virginia McAr-th McAr-th nr. Group of boys representing the Spirit of '76, playing Yankee Doodle on harmonicas, Edgar Beacham, Floyd Eardley, LaRae Stock. German Girl, Aileen Worthen. Swedish Girl and Boy, Mau-rine Mau-rine Gardner and Earl Hafen. Russian Girl, Mildred Bentley. Polish Boy, Lester Riding. Italian Boy, Jay Seegmiller. Hungarian Girl, Ruth Woodbury. Wood-bury. Ideal American, Howard Morris. Mor-ris. Liberty, Maxiue Snow. The program will be given in the tabernacle at 11 o'clock on Monday morning, and all parents par-ents and friends of the student body are invited to attend. Democrats Win Again Campaign speeches for the various candidates for city of-ces of-ces were given Tuesday in Miss Mishie Seegmiller's fifth grade. The following were "elected": Mayor John T. Woodbury. Four-year councilman Wm. Brooks. Short term councilmen A. K. I'Jafen, A. B. Andrus and Mrs. Vivien Woodbury. Recorder G. E. Miles. Treasurer Alice Milne. Baseball Tournament Boys and girls of the sixth, seventh and eighth grade registered regis-tered to play baseball last week, and from the list eight girls' teams and ten boys' teams were selected. The best players were chosen to captain the teams, and elimination contests have been played each day this week, with the big game scheduled for Friday Fri-day afternoon. The girls' team captains are: Maxine Hafen, Minnie Lund, Nettie Net-tie Lund, Helen Hafen, Esther Woodbury, Roma Larson, Naomi Fordham and Noma Cox. The boys' captains are: Dean Gaidner, Wendell Gardner, Ru-lon Ru-lon Whitehead, Malin Milne, Bob Morris, Reed Anderson, Charley Pickett, Therol McArthur, Blake Empey and Boyden Fawcett. On Tuesday afternoon at recess re-cess there were nine baseball games in progress on the playground. play-ground. Of that number five were tournament games. At the same time there was one game of basketball, as well as marbles, kick ball and children chil-dren on the giant stride, slide and in swings. It is the aim of the school to have every student stu-dent occupied with some form of activity during the recess periods. pe-riods. The closed streets are policed po-liced by boys with red flags. Miss Lena Nelson's seventh grade made the Halloween masks for Miss Harmon's first grade last week. Some very clever clev-er and funny faces were made, and it made the boys and girls very happy to do this for the smaller ones. Miss Tillie Winsor, district primary supervisor, has spent this week at the Woodward school. Miss Ruth Sorenson's fourth grade started Tuesday to learn long division. In geography they are making Utah booklets, cut the shape of the state, which will be filled with pictures and stories of the settlement, rivers and canyons, important cities, products and industries. The third grade, taught by Mh-s Crosby, entertained Miss Seegmiller's fifth grade at a Halloween party Friday. Also j Miss Atkin's fifth grade enter-! tained Miss Sorenson's fourth. ! i A record of students' cfficien-j cy in reading is kept on a chart by Mi:;. Atkin in the fifth; grade. Tests arc made with the I Weekly R-vader, and Ir t week j Ernest Lradshaw had 100 per' cent. Students of the junior high school English classes have been making Coed English posters, j and some very fine work has' been produced. When all are I completed, the boys and girls! will choose what they think is t1"'. bun poster to represent; their class. A parade, consisting of 180 pupils of the first and second grades, and some of their small brothers and sisters went through the Woodward rooms into the college and science buildings, and up the business streets Friday, celebrating Halloween. Hal-loween. They were costumed and masked, and nearly scared the whole town to death. After the parade they had popcorn balls and then went home. Smoking, Swearing Survey Made A list of questions relating to the use of tobacco among the boys and girls of the Woodward school, and the number who swore has been made by Principal Prin-cipal Vernon Worthen. The students stu-dents were not asked to sign their names, but state whether boy or girl, and answer the questions with "yes" or "no". The questionnaire was given to the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades, and the following answers given: Have you ever smoked? Eighty-nine boys and 12 girls, yes. Do you smoke now? One boy, yes. How old were you when you took your first draw of tobacco? Ages ranged from 4 to 13 years. If you have ever smoked, did tobacco make you feel better? Two boys said yes. Do you admire the fellow who smokes? Four boys and one girl said yes. Have you ever smoked when asked to by other boys? Twenty-two boys and three girls have. Do you swear? One hundred five boys and S8 girls do. Is swearing a habit with you? It is with 3S boys and 36 girls. Do you think you could accomplish ac-complish as much without swearing? swear-ing? Ten boys and six girls think they could not. Do you enjoy hearing anyone swear? Six boys and two girls do. Do you hear swearing in your home? Forty-six boys and 64 girls do. Would you like to see swearing swear-ing stopped on the school ground? Eight boys and two girls would not. Will you do your part to stop swearing. Two boys and two girls will not. Mrs. Robbins' second grade have started to learn the multiplication multi-plication tables. They are working work-ing on a circus project, and will make animal toys for small brothers and sisters. The second grade's doll house is finished, and a family of two dolls have moved in. In the kitchen is a stove, cupboard, table ta-ble and sink; dining room has chairs and a table; the living loom has a piano, davenport, floor lamp and table, and the bed room has a bed with real quilt:; and blankets, and chairs and a dresser. All of the furniture was made by the boys and girls themselves. The outside of the housa is papered with "bricks.' Thirty-five pupils of Miss Win-sor's Win-sor's third grade took their wreekly spelling test Friday, and 29 had 100 per cent, three had one mistake, and two had two mistakes. Twenty-one words were given. An exhibit of work from all the primary grades in Washington Washing-ton county will be on display in Miss Winsor's" -room in the college col-lege building during the two days of institute Friday and Saturday. Sat-urday. All parents and friends are invited to call. As the close of Parents' week the Woodward school faculty will entertain the parents at a social in the gymnasium tonight. |