White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1897-04-15


he said gently, so that you may be sure
YOU understand it, He read it, slowly
and clearly, then walked down the line
OF pupils and stood by No, s. so that he
was between her and Mr.. Y, the sight
Of whom, he perceived, filled her with
confusion and terror.
Now you can do it, he said reassur
irg!y; and to her own delighted aston
ishment little No. 8, who had never had
the courage to speak an audible w1rd
to Mr.. x, spoke up di tinctly and went
through the solution without hitch.
1.-The chill an home from school
that day perfectly TRANSPORTED, sa;f'
her mother. 1 could not believe my
eyes when | looked at her.
presently the Clinton street building
was finished, and Mr.. White came into
the Prospect street school, and read out
the names OF the pupils who, by the di-
vision OF the district, were assigned to
him. Happy No. 8 was among them
and several other girls who have since
become distinguished women, while the
boys included Marcus Hanna. also Syl
vester Everett, Albert Tuttle, two dis
tinguished citizens OF Cleveland, and,
in the lower class, John ID. Rockefeller
and A. L. Bartholomew, now Judge
Bartholomew OF Iowa.
"One would suppose even drillmas
ter might have discerned some signs OF
ability in that collection OF young peo-
pie; but Mr.. x, perhaps vexed at their
evident pleasure, made the ungracious
remark, as he surveyed the line Of pu-
pills:
81 don't begrldge you the lot; there
isn't scholar among them.
ITO his utter amazement md, the
CONSERVATION OF the school, timid, silent
No. turned in blaze Of Indignation
and cried:
How dare you say such thing?
We will be twenty per cent. ahead OF
your school in two years! Mark it, and
walked ont OF the door
The gauntlet had been fairly thrown
at MIR. x feet, and the Clinton street
school were determined to make good
the challenge or perish in the attempt.
Perhaps they would have succeeded in
any case; but, considering the material
OF which most boys and girls are made,
| it is very doubtful whether their indig-
nation would have held them to the
MARK tor two years OF strenuous work il
the born leader and organizer had not
been on the spot.
Marcus Hanna did not content him
self with learning his own lessons. 1t
WAS no individual triumph, but class
victory that was needed, and that could
only be won by concerted effort. For
six months. by his arrangement and un
der his leadership. the class mt out oi
school hours to drill each other in their
lessons and strengthen their defonses
Emerson White did all a teacher could
to help aud direct, but it was Marcus
Hanna that kept the class all ut wcrk
There was a prize for drawing. Marcus
agreed with certain number OF the
class to go out early in the morning and
sketch from nature. AS surely as morn
ing came there was Marcus under theii
several successive windows, throwing
pebbles at the panes to awaken them
In short, he organized victory in 1853 al
he organized it on larger field in 1896
No. SIS Mark it!' was caught up as 4
sort OF cls,s watch.word; and it wat
partly owing to the frequency and EN-
phasis OF Marcus use Of the phrase thar
his own name was shortened to the ab
breviated form it has ever since retain
eli.
"The class won, OF course. They bea
the old school by tho stipulated poi
cent, and Mark Hanna himself took th,
prize Tor map drawing
"As Tor little lIon.haired John d
RI:ksioller, 10 the lower class, his lee
sons wore no trouble; he could learr
them in ten minutes, and had abundant
leisure and superabundant energy anC
enterprise to devise mischief. Emerson
White frequently rcquested his kind az
sistance to put work on the black board
aud 40 forth; but all tue resources o
pedagogical ingenuity we're taxed il
vain to Hud enough extra work to keeI
John ID. Rockefeller out OF mischief. Il
this dilemma, Mr.. White said eonhden
italy to some OF the girls: We mus
all do our best to find things TO kee
John busy. Now when send him +
help one OF you girls with your work
jon must nitcdys need help Thereai
) ter when Other employment failed, Joh
Rockefeller was useiully occupied i
helping some Of the girls solyo thei
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