Laclede High School - Lincola Yearbook (Laclede, MO)

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SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADES Our group consists of seventeen seventh grade pupils, and twelve eighth grade pupils. In the year 1939-1940 seventeen of our group began our education together. We welcomed others one by one, but they soon dropped out. While we face the future, many happy remembrances come back to us of our early school days. We recall our First Grade spelling class when a new pencil for headmarks looked like sticks of gold. We recall our picnics that we looked forward to from year to year, and the moving picturesg the big carnival, which included the funeral of a negro in whose casket we could see our own re- flections. We recall the chilly days and our crowding around the radiators to keep warm. This year we have been busy but happy. We have learned much. We have followed our course of study as outlined for seventh and eighth grades. We have done much research work, have worked many projects, made booklets on agri- culture, science, social study, and music. Our hobbies are craft work, basketball and softball. FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADES When school began, there were eleven pupils in the fifth grade and seven- teen pupils in the sixth grade, making a total of twenty-eight pupils. In October we went to Donald Kling's for a wiener 1-past. Everyone had 3 nice time. The refreshments were wieners, buns, pickles, and pop. At Christmas we presented the playet, Toby's Christrnas Box . In the afternoon on the day before Christmas, we had a tree and party in our room. Everyone received a comic book. On Valentine's Day we had a Valentine box. Everyone received a treat of heart shaped cookies and pop. We organized a Missouri Nature Knights Club. This was discontinued dur- ing the winter months and in its place we had gym classes. Everyone in the room read the required number of books this year and will receive Reading Circle Certificates. During the year we lost three of our pupils. Paul and Hardy Rinehart moved to Cameron in November Everett Riddle moved to Brookfield in January, leaving a total of twenty-five pupils.