Theresa Public School - Milestone Yearbook (Theresa, WI)

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WORLD NEWS CLUB Every Friday afterncon from three thirty until four o’clock the pupils of Grades 7, 8, 9, and 10 have a meeting of the World News Club. We discuss the current events or important news from all over the world. We have a presi- dent who takes charge of the meet- ing and a vice-president who takes charge when the president is ab- sent. We also have a secretary who'write 3 the minutes of all meetings held. The officers for the first semester were: Russell Bandlow, president; Hallie Grauba, vice-president; Rosemary Gerlach, Sec, , The officers for the second semester are: Hallie Trauba, presi- dent; Ma ry Jane For3tner, vice president; Emogene Schiebe, Sec. The paper which W9 take and use for the basis of our dis- cussion is called Ever Week”. Thi3 paper is published by the American Education Press There is usually one main point which the paper speak3 about. Every week there is a series of Civics articles by Pahlow. There are usually about throe big current topics discussed every week. On the last p age there is a oection on book reviews, humor, and the movie of the week. There is also a section called Streamlining the News which includes brief mention of many interesting events. At the beginning of the meeting the president calls the meeting to order. Then .the secretary reads the minutes of the pre- vious meeting. Aftsr that is finished we di3cus3 from cur paper •and from an outline that has been previously made cut by the secretary and placed on the board to guide cur study. We usually have p re tty good discussions during which people make ccntri- butione from other sources than cur paper. Every Friday morning instead of having regul?.r music class we read our current events paper so that we can have good discus3ion3 in the afternoon. Ry of our Social Science time i3 al30 devoted to reading and discus- sions in the afternoon. This Club is valuable to us because by means of it we keep up with the latest news. We also are made to realize that history is being made every day. Besides keeping up with the latest news, it gives U3 the ability to take part in a meeting thus learning the essentials of Parliamentary practice. It gives us experience In getting up in front of a group of pupils and talking. —Marvin Hahn

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MUSIC CLASS S • ' 7 o ULj % -• a: On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday wo have our regular music period from. 9:00 to 9:20. In this period this year we have been studying nusic by, means of plc.oing the-.various son s in their dorrcct historical period. The unit is called Ancricah History Through Song. V e have learned soveral new songs that we already,, knew belonged in a definite historical period as well as sor:o . songs that we had never hoard before. V e began with a .study , of Indian and Negro iiusic. Then we studied r.usic of tho Cowboys, the Colonial Period, the Revolutionary Period, Sea Songs and Chanteys, Songs Inherited from ‘Other lands, etc. - V e spent several weeks studying the songs of Stephen Collins Foster and the way in which • he cane to write.then.. This study helpod us to nore fully appreciate the riovio Swanoe River.11 -• In nusic class v e have also learned much'of • the noxc technical part of nusic. . Vo have studied the various key signatures, tine signatures, signs and symbols, and have learned hpw to.follow tho directions of a. loader in chorus work.. . Dictation v prki song • recognition, etc. all forr.'a part. of our nusic work; .' Every six weeks wp have a, test to measure our accomplishments. ' ' - • -' • u.'; •••••.' ‘ •••; y . . • , On Thursday naming ye. have a liuslc 'appreciation lesson. During this period we listen to recordings of tho more classical selections by well-known conposors.• ’• Wo have learned.to find the pattern.upon which tho conposer based his .selection, the typo of accompaniment used, trhe tnstmneiits.playing,' etc.- wo can recognize the nones of these selections;.no when we:. hear-then played. Vo nado a detailed study of the Peer Gynt Suite; by ilendrik Ibsen and Edvard Grieg as well as studying such selections as'the LSarch..f ron oy and bx vpto| Herbert, ILarch iaiitairer by. Schubertwaltz in E Evelyn Koll-

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GIRL ACTIVITY PERIOD In the fall when the weather was too cold to play outside, Miss Scoville went to Waupun and got materials for our various activities. Virginia, Annette, Evelyn, Pearl, Hedwig, Gladys and Miss Scoville made belts of wooden blocks. Skippers were made of wood for beach wear by Rosemary Hallie, Betty, Mary Jane, and Emogene. Pearl, Evelyn, Virginia Rosemay, Alice, and Emogene male pictures by woodburning with an electric pen. Hallie, Mary Jane and Gladys made metal tapping pictures with an electric tapper. Hedwig, Arlene, Ruth, Pearl, Virginia, Annette and others did some form of fancy work. This wa3 usually embroidery or tatting. These are only a few of the many activities carried on. We had this activity period in the afternoon from 3:30 to 4:00. It occurs on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. This period is of great value to the pupils. We learned how to do many different kinds of things and to better ourselves in activities which we already knew how to do. We plan to enter as many different projects in the fair as we can. Our goal is to make our booth much better than it was last year. During the summer the projects which are to be ta .en to the fair are kept at school and in the fall a group of children with one of our teachers goes to the fair to arrange our booth. ---Virginia Serwe ---Pearl Reklau