Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-05-04
School Notes.
Miss Flora Terry was sick yester-

MISS SEIOfa Terry was SIGN. yeStef-
day.
Miss Sadie Barton came to heclty
yesterday to attend the meeting OF i
the Literary society.
Ned Fluff and William Gross left
school, having secured work.
Mrs Thatcher taught school in the
Columbia this week in place Of Mrs.
Ward.
Miss Lulu Hoffman had charge Of
Miss Smiths school at the Columbia
Wednesday afternoon. the latter be-
ing sick.
Arbor day was observed yesterday
by the children in some OF the lower
grades. A number of trees We're
planted on the Columbia grounds.
At the meeting of the Literary
society last evening Leigh Tanner
gave declam ton entitled & The lit
tie dog under the wagon" and Miss
Muncy read an essay on 'Naples.
The business before the society occu-
pied such a length Of time that the
motion was made and carried that
the society adjourn. The debate
"Resolved. that home rule is best for
Ireland' will probably be given next
Friday.
Prof. j. L. Thatcher went to st.
Cloud yesterday afternoon and de-
livered a lecture before the Normal
school at that place. His subjtc
was 1.-THE City uperintendent."
Wednesday a small girl Of the
primary department at the Lincoln
school tripped ON a stone while run
ming and fell down, breaking her leg.
The accident was due entirely to her
own carlessness.
Last Monday being Shakespeare's
birthday, the "A' class OF the gram
mar room, instead of having 1hetOr-
icals, spent part Of the afternoon
with the following exercises:
Shakespeare, the Boy........ Nellie Baxter
Shakespeare, the Man .... Marie Richard
Shakespeare the Dramatist.. .... Hattie Harting
What the World Thinks OF Shakespeare
......Cora roster
shakespeare and Bacon Controversv.......::..
SYNOPSIS of Hamlet .......... =. Olive Patterson
Synopsis of Merchant of Venice. Ernest Merrick
Synopsis of julius Caesar Mary Baker
Some of Portals sayings at the
trial OF the merchant of Venice; also
other quotations from Shapespeare
were read by members of the class.
About the most discOuraging thing
with which the teacher has to con-
tend is the fact that pupils, after at
tending shoot during the term, take
it into their heads to leave five Orsix
weeks before the end OF the term. If
they ever intend returning to school
this necesslta tes their taking up the
studies they had before, whereas,
if they had remained in school only a
few weeks longer, the probability is
that they would have passed the
state examinations, which must lie
passed before person can drop a
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been going on not only this spring,
but also in past years, and par
ents should bear in mind that a boy
or girl can never learn we'll by going
to school this week and staying out
the next. If it is absolutely neces-
sary that a pupil withdraw from
school and find work, the case is
changed somewhat. But it must be.
remembered that it is now, if ever.
that our young people are to obtain
their education, and a few years
spent in hard and continuous study
will qualify them to accept positions
which they otherwise cannot hold.
It should be borne in mind by
those who have children in school
that the best and noblest thing they
can no for their chill dren is to give
them an education, and never, in any
instance, permit their withdrawal
except in cases of absolute necessity.