Iowa River
School notes, 1935
Anna Quanrud, Teacher
We had a grand time going to school today! Do you
remember the morning you awoke to find reflected glory in
the light of the room and the first snowfall stayed all
day long? Outside it was slushy and soppy and slippery,
but what fun! Everyone had overalls and an inclination to
sit down every other minute. It was as much of an
accomplishment to get down various hills to work in the
valley as to get up the proverbial hill of triumph. Even
at that, Alf and Owen were the only ones that reported
real falls.
So much for being slippery. We have been trying to be
diplomatic lately also. We finished hygiene before
two-thirty and decided to write letters to Premier
Mussolini, giving him a "piece of our minds,"
as it were. Oh, yes, we used tact and were careful not to
say anything that might further arouse his belligerent
nature. If we had sent them, would their final
destination have been wastebasket, or what do they call
it in Rome?
Vivian Quanrude, is president, Bernice Nelson, secretary,
Ernest Opheim, treasurer, and all the rest of us honary
members. We are talking about C.C. It is alternately
Cheer Club and Citzenship Club Friday after recess each
week. Citizenship topics so far have been
"Sportsmanship," "Smiling," and
"Thanksgiving." The Cheer Club had a Hallowe'en
party the first time it met and its next meeting was game
day. Original numbers for a program are part of C.C.
"Sometimes it won't write and sometimes it writes in
spots. Oh, look at that blot!" Hazel was talking
about her fountain pen during penmanship. "Find Mrs.
Whalen's blotter" it was suggested. And that
reminded us again that we did not say "Thank
You" for the blotters we got that rainy morning our
superintendent stopped into our room. However, we learned
a new word "mortified."
For Nov. 11 we had a battle. Oh, it was only a leaf
fight! After a white flag (well we gave it a very
dignified name - "The Flag of Truce") was
raised, Marshal Foch (Vivian), Von Hindenburg (Bernice)
and General Pershing (Lilah Ann) signed a peace treaty
with President Wilson (Miss Quanrude) looking on. The
porch was Versailles.
~Source: The Allamakee Journal and Lansing Mirror,
Wednesday, December 4, 1935, Lansing, Iowa, Page 3
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