Seward High School - Ess Aitch Ess Yearbook (Seward, IL)

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-nig- INTERMEDIATE ROOM Back Row: l.eroy Asher. liugene Carson. Seymour Cleveland. Edward Jones. Kenneth liickman. Arnold Rankin. l.awrence Moth. Second Row: Dwight Ashton. Cletus Reilly. l.aura Wliitneyt. l,ucille Berglund. Marie Crull. lfarl Jones. Alva Hooker. Miss Moore tteacherl. liirst Row: .lohn Dove. Arthur l.ee Studebaker. lithel Toms. Richard Speilman. XVallace Ran- kin. Ralph lidward Speilman. lfraneis Reilly. .lohn Marlin. Absent: Donald Smith. The year started with a bang as might be expected of a group consisting of nineteen boys and lour girls. A candy sale early in the fall in co-ordination with the Primary room enabled us to add to the playground equipment. Then along came lrlallowe'en with a spooky party. Marie Crull won the costume prize. Thanksgiving gave us a holiday but Kenneth lfickman winning fourth in drawing. l.ucille Berglund a special award and .lohn Martin honorable mention in the Registerfflazette county conf test made it even better. Kenneth lfickman managed to hold a position on the Grade Basketball Team. Our Christmas entry in the Register-Gazette contest was a success. Ralph lidward Speilman and lllhel Toms' works being exhibited at the Rockford l.ibrary. The Grammar Room entertained us in .lanuary because we had a higher perfect attendance average than they. February was a busy month because we were energetically writing our specimens for the Illinois State Penmanship Contest and for our Palmer buttons. The fourth grade formed the .lunior farm club and next year perhaps will have new and interesting things to record. The fifth and sixth grades joined the 4-H club. Witli the year drawing to a close the pupils are still on the look-out for interesting and exciting things to do. Page FI'l.lt'.'l7

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GRAMMAR ROOM Back Row: Samuel lirey, Calvin Toms. lfrancis Rankin. Marion lfrey, Miss Althof tteacherl. Wlendall lfickman. Robert Sartorios. Second Row: Naomi Crull. Doris Spielman. lVlaijiorie liielsman. Richard Chambers. Robert Aurand. XValter Reemstina. Charles l.abre. liirstRow: Arlene Highbarger. lflva Cleveland, llalel lirv. Cienevieve Riellv. Charles Moth. Absent: .lean Scott. Ida Mae lficlxnian, ilihis room is composed ol' two grades, with a total ol' eighteen pttpils. each one full of ambi' tion and interested in school worls. lileven of these pupils being in eighth grade are worlsing for hnal examinations, 'lihis year Miss Althof assisted in introducing the Cirammar Room News. for which various pupils talte turns in furnishing material. Robert Aurand' sends news from this room and other rooms to the Junior Star. Another interesting feature this year was the attendance contest between the Grammar and Intermediate rooms. The room with the highest percentage in perfect attendance was Io be given a party by the losing side, Our room was unlucky, so we were expected to do the entertaining. We are taking an active part in art. and the boys are especially interested in the carving ol objects out of soap. Wlaile the boys are proud of there record in baslostball. the girls are showing keen interest in County Cilee Club and Declamatory contests. .lean Scott is representing the grades in the County Deelamatory contest, The seventh and eighth grades laboring under the motto Hard work with a generous mixture of fun have enjoyed this year together very much, and would like to spend another year together, but the time is at hand for us to be separated for a year. Pain' Ifourteen

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Xl lf llf xx X. 5: a-P 1 ' PRIMARY ROOM Back Row: Vvlalter Asher, Ernest Moth, Robert Moth, Marcella l.ahre. Dorothy Asher. Ray- mond Asher. Katherine Jones, Miss lftnyre tteacherl. Bertha Asher. Roberta lfoster, George Cfrull, George Calhoun. Donald Whitney. Doran Spickler. l7ront Row: Iva .lean Highbarger. Ada Mitchell. Shirley Martin. lifrwin Mitchell, Donald Jones. l.averne Mattson. Dorothy Crull. Mary Cleveland. Thomas Calhoun, Howard l.ahre, Mildred Smith. Mary Smith. Arthur Grawe. Absent: Willi.im Hooker. l.eora Hickman. Oran Mitchell. When school opens in the primary room we have a very interesting time with the beginners. This year we had five. later one moved away leaving only four in the first grade. The first weeks are always hard for these little lots. for there is so much to learn and school ways are very new and confusing. Gradually. however. they forget their shyness and we are all able to work and play together. Our second grade is the largest of the three. lt boasts of fourteen members. Vwle have very exciting arithmetic races and spelling blanks fairly shine with stars. During the chicken-pox epi' demic. we did our best to cheer up the boys and girls at home, by writing letters to them, Some of the second grade art work was on display at the Rockford Library at Christmas time. The third graders are the big people in our room. They are very busy getting ready for the fourth grade with their hard subtraction and punctuation. they End less and less time for bean bag and chalk games. We couldn't get along without them, however. because who would help clean house twice a week or take care of little folks? Page Stfvleen