Show monticello MONT SCHOOL EIGHTH GRADE by ralph hunt th monticello eighth grade have been playing in the school series we did our best although we were beaten by the bigger high school schoolboys 1 I boys th first gamb we played yas vas with the freshmen the score was W aa 29 24 to 11 in favor of us then we played the seniors and the score w was s 69 59 to 11 in favor of the seniors the last game we have played was with the juniors and the score was 53 to 10 in favor favol of the juniors next wednesday the we will play the sophomores Sopo mores nores we will play our best an try to make a good score blanding ninth grade failed to coma coin saturday and we dont know if we will get a game from them or not SECOND GRADE by alene redd on friday mrs gave us some new numbers tablets and we like them very much miss bass read us some uncle ben stories about holland we are going to have a ceasr party we are going to color easter eggs fol foi our party ive we arc sorry that patsy is in the hospital ho wo we hope that she will soon be home and back in school OUR BIRD CAGES the fifth and sixth grades are arc now making plans for bird houses we are arc all ery happy that we may use the shop and the new tools we are arc making a house for the robin and phoebea phoebes phoc pho ebes bes tile the sixth grale grade are making these science mr larsen comes in our rodin on Blon monday day wednesday and fridays we will go in the shop friday then we will start them THIRD GRADE A jinrikisha sa by margaret redd in japan the people do not have cars like we do they have a thing called caled a jinrikisha they do not hav motors in them some of the men pull them they have little bars on each side they hold the bars and run neaily as fast as a car i FOURTH GRADE OUR TRIP TO EGYPT by betty dalton dear mother i we are now in egypt we came up the river nile there were big tall palm trees all up and down the bank there were locks flocks of geese in the river nile mile there are great big pyramids I 1 just found out what they were buit built for long ago the egyptians built these pyramids to bury their kings the kings thought the king that could build the strongest tomb was the best king and now ill tell you something I 1 bet you didn dian t know this river nile on which we came up on is the second longest river in the world I 1 did not know this until yesterday at the head bead of nilo nile valley is a sphinx this was built to guard the valley and another thing it is used for foe they worship it it just like our god I 1 think of worshiping a stone statue well goodby good by with lots of love betty jane dalton continued on page 8 SCHOOL NEWS f S I 1 continued from paize pace 4 FO FOURTH GRADE I 1 by bobbie Pe celii hison son egypt africa march 16 1937 dear folks boat is going slowly down the stream we are riding close to the banks and we sec many mud brick houses aso farms where date P palms ilma cotton and many other crops are grown Is some places the steamer stops so that tourists ni may ay visit old temples arid and tombs we are arc now upon cne of the oldest countries upon the earth long long lone ago egypt was a 1 land of and palaces in many places between the mud houses are the arums rums ruins ct these temples arid and of egyptian kings long ago people would bury spices with the bodies of kings and qu ens they were aso wrapped up in it winding chotas in the cairo museum we ave see many thy hy bodies which are called inu mummies bobbie reh pehrson |