Sewickley Academy - Panther Yearbook (Sewickley, PA)

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Fourth Grade When we tell you about the very mterestmg t1mes the Fourth Grade had you'll be sorry you were not 1n our grade the past year The most unportant thmg, of course, 18 that we learned qulte a b1t Telev1s1on 18 not only some thlng you watch but the word 1tself 18 a noun, as used here We also beca.me acquamted w1th pronouns, verbs, adverbs, and adgectlves as well In fact, we learned enough about usmg these correctly, we thlnk, that even our parents can understand us Our sk1lls 1n speakmg and wr1t1ng complete sentences were unproved One fourth 15 not only the part of the p1e we all want to eat, but 1t's one of the fract1onal PICCCS you get when you davxde a whole 1nto four equal parts Th1B was part of our ar1thmet1c We learned how we must f1t mto th1s world of ours through socmal stud1es how we must work together 1n commun1ty, county, state and nat1on Why other people, whether far away 1n hot, wet Braz1l or 1n the cold la.nd of the M1dn1ght Sun l1ve as they do th1s we read and d1scussed A V1S1t to the Allegheny Observatory taught us to appreclate how small the earth 18 Here we saw the telescope that sc1ent1sts use to take p1ctures of away We could alrnost feel as we toured Old Economy the p1oneer sp1r1t that made our country great Th1s exh1b1t was just a short dr1ve from our school Here we saw the homes, clothlng, and craft tools, and even how the boys and g1rls 1n Father Rapp's commun1ty of one hundred th1rty f1ve years ago got the1r three R's Mr Dav1es Mr Hurd 9 . , . . . , . - . . . the moon, stars, and planets. Some of these heavenly bodies are so far, far ' 'Q ' ' i . Q ' xx . 'N . A 'r x 3 1 x , ' ' --0'