Big Stone City: Manual training is offered
again after two years. A high school orchestra is
being organized.

Bridgewater: An F. F. A. chapter has been or-
ganized. The home room plan has been instituted.
The high school paper is a department of the local
paper.

Bonilla: An additional grade room is used this
year.

Buffalo: Marjorie Evenson and Hoadley Dean

won 6th place with their history of the high
school in the national contest sponsored by Scho-
lastic Magazine.
_ Canistota: Special violin instruction is given to
prepare students for the orchestra. A new dra-
matic course includes building and painting scen-
ery, directing and taking part in plays and in
make-up.

Canova: The high school is reorganized upon
the 6-year plan. Credit in music, sports and
clubs is given. .

Castlewood: A full program of dramatics is
offered.

Cavour: Bookkeeping, typing and shorthand
are new. Commercial equipment has been pur-
chased. Salaries of teachers have been increased
10-15%.

Centerville: Because of increased enrollment
a part-time teacher has been employed.

Clark: An additional high school teacher has
been employed to teach Spanish and journalism,
new subjects.

Conde: Six-man football is being played this
fall.

Corona: A commercial department has been or-
ganized.

Corsica: Salary increases of 2/,-5% have been
granted.

Cresbard: Two new busses have been purchased.
A combined community and high school orchestra
will present a fall program. A school band is
being organized. Busses transport 146 pupils
daily.

Custer: The high school PWA building pro-
ject has been approved.

Dell Rapids: “The Scholastic Echo” is a new
departmentalized school paper in the local

. “Tribune.”

Delmont: A dramatic club, “Masquers,” has
been organized.

Egan: Shorthand is new. A new bus has been
purchased; transportation service is extended out-
side the district. Seven busses are used.

Elkton: Business information and typing are

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new offerings. A student handbook was issued
for the first time.

Eureka: Journalism is a new offering. “The
Trojanite” is a new monthly mimeographed school
paper. Six-man football is played. A band is
being organized.

Faith: Increased enrollment has necessitated em-
ployment of a half-time teacher. A band has
been started. Additional commercial equipment
has been purchased.

Flandreau: The Spafford Booster, school paper,
is in its 6th volume.

Frankfort: A teacher has been added to the
staff. Band enrollment totals 59.

Florence: A school band has been organized.

Freeman: Typing and band are new.

Fulton: A high school assembly stage has been
built and a series of one-act plays are planned.

Garretson: The hour-period plan has been
adopted; each teacher has four subjects.

Geddes: New courses this year are advanced
mathematics, shorthand, Latin, 3rd year agricul-
ture.

Glenham: New subjects are bookkeeping and
journalism.

Harrold: Bookkeeping is new. Post-graduate
work is offered. Student government has been
established.

Hetland: Additional library books have been
purchased.

Hitchcock: Agriculture and French are new.
The high school band gave concerts during the
summer. High school classes meet for 1 hour.

Hot Springs: A third of the high school teach-
ers have M. A. degrees.

Hudson: Wm. Sprick, band director, has been
appointed high school principal. Supt. L. T.
Uecker is president of the Lincoln county plan-
ning board.

Huron: A new high school athletic field was
recently dedicated.

Hurley: Grades 3 to 8 have been fully depart-
mentalized.

 

 

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