The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-02-17
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.

The teachers arestill very anxious
t at the tardy marks should be re-
duced 10 nobe and No have been re-
uuested TO write the following rule.
Any pupil VINO shai DO absent
from school two sucreesi'e days, or
three gay $ IN OF wee, y Six days
in one month, uul So ic.ve of absence
has been previously granted, or q
satisfactory excuse gwen by the
parent or guardlan-Ur WHO shall be
frequently IA dy-shail bsIeported to
the superintendent Tor suspension"
Hall No. 5 had u most entertaining
"Geog MMcn" last Friday.
Each pupil brought u trophy to pre-
SEN 10 the successful contestant.
William Wbi'e proved himself
"chanp'on" aud went home loaded
with laures.
Hall No. we comes Charley Green
back after several eeks absence.
Eddie Hill, a second grade boy, has
drawn a map of Team s-ee on the
b,ard, whicu is very cr,ditaLle in
accuracy and neat in eX,cU ION.
The pupils of Hail thr e viii cele-
brare Washington birthday on FRI
day, Feb. 24th. The lurlic aIe in
viled 10 attend.
Mlsst IAllian Cant and Lucy GOad
are back in hall two AFTER q few days
absence.
Mise Fol bes visited the school on
Monday aud seemed much pleased
with our work.
The pupils Of hall three are paying
considerable attention to spelling
Low They are going to have SPELL
ing mstch AZ tue euu Vf every month
and the b 4st speller will be allowed
to wear medal which the pupils
have bought
Miss Ellen Friel had to 60 home
Monday OF account of sickness.
Miss Katie sheppard Is teaching in
her place. We hope NJ iss Ellen will
, soon be ut school again, ss the little
ones always miss her when she is
absent.
e Some ear ut hulls were scattered
around thu stow" at recess during q
rainy day lat week, bUt our teacher
cOuldn'( iiud tut who scattered them
The ninth grade insisted that Ham
let's ghost did the mischief, but ouI
teacher saId a. size couldn't get hold
OF the ghost she would u AXE the
innocent suffer for the guilty one
time. So ali who were in the room
g at recess were kept in and required
s to write composition on the subject
e TEL the Truthp They were reaC
Z aloud by the tescher and nearly all o
J. them were excellent, especially a.
there Was no means of getting an
= help on them. We copy one OF then
II for the notes this week.
J, 'FTELL THE TRUTH
o Truth Is mighty and will prevail.
; So says the Coco Book Truthful
D ness is essential to he real formation
n of good character. Take hoy tina
v is truthful and his word is good
i Take II boy THAI habtually deliver
e falsebOOd aud his word will not b
V accepted even when he tells the truth
! The best way to begin is to begin Of
q little things. then you will not be @
a apt TO tell lie OD large matters. /
d little girl once went to her mothe
If with a solemn 10 * on her face
"mamman rad she, which is tn
Is worse, to tell lie or TO steal Z?
le (Which do you think is the worse
aaid her mother. She studied a FEY
minutes and then said, at you stes
anything you can take 1t back, but,
aud her little lace btcsms suddenl
y solemn, "a lie is fOrFver!' Better
is to tell the truth aud be punishe
than to be punished by your cor
science afterwards two told. Now
think from these few words I hav
written, you viii see thst "Ten tn
R. Truth" il a good motto.n