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1. The Spotlight, Volume 6, Number 2, Thomson High School, Esko, Minnesota
- Creator:
- Thomson Township High School
- Date Created:
- 1939-09-29
- Description:
- Students corresponded with foreign students. The band played for the Boy Scout Jamboree held at Jay Cooke Park. Health examinations were given to everybody. Superintendent A. L. Winterquist wrote an editorial about teaching democracy. Junior High school and Washington School news items were given, along with the observation that a few of the boys and girls stayed home from school to help pick potatoes. The industrial arts department had a page devoted to class projects, with auto mechanics being offered to twelfth grade boys. A touch football league was organized by the physical education classes. A page was devoted to FFA news, including their field trips to Mr. Sota's experimental potato plot and Seikkula's farm.
- Contributing Institution:
- Esko Historical Society
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
2. Thomson Township Spotlight, Volume 2, Number 2, Thomson High School, Esko, Minnesota
- Creator:
- Thomson Township High School
- Date Created:
- 1935-09-27
- Description:
- A former member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Arctic explorer, Sydney R. Montague, was scheduled to speak at the Lincoln School. Constitution Day was observed by the social problems class giving a program with student speeches as well as an address by Superintendent A. L. Winterquist. There was an article about the reorganization of the Spotlight and the beginning of a commercial department at the school. Also included were high school news items, which included news about the senior class rings as well as the agriculture class and an FFA field trip centered around potatoes. The school bought Keystone Stereographs and stereograph pictures to use as study helps. It was noted that many boys were out of school to harvest potatoes. The 4-H Club made plans to give a musical. The FFA grew to 68 members. The Girls Athletic Association held a meeting a wiener roast at their outing to Jay Cooke Park. A letter of appreciation to Mr. L. B. Olson and the band for the performance at the Labor Day activities was printed. In community news, a Farmers' Club meeting was set. A rural electrical committee meeting was to be held at Washington School.
- Contributing Institution:
- Esko Historical Society
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
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