The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-19

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as possible.
They have about $12 already, which is
to be appropriated to the art fund.
Many schemes have been tried by which
to raise money for this purpose. but
none seemed so effective as the scheme
we are using now. That is the donation
OF 10 cents from each pupil and teacher
per month. That means xl6.SO per
month, II every person paws his share.
We intend not only having pictures, but
also some pieces OF sculpture which are
| of educ ational as welt az artistic value.
There are quite number OF art studies
on exhibition in Superintendent Cooley's
Office. Now parents and friends call In
and see what kinds OF pictures are edu'
eating and especially II you need pic
lures in your homes, Come in and get
an idea as to what kind OF a picture will
be oil value.
The literary club had a meeting about
seven weeks ago and elected new officers
but since then no meetings have been
called. IL it because our freshman presi-
dent ia unable TO take his stand as presi'
dent or because the secretary was not a
second year pupil? lit was the latter.
we wish to remind him that no person
can hold two Offices at one time, but,
whatever the reason il, we wish he would
hustle little and do his best as to con-
Quoting meeting or the chances are the
literary club will soon be thing OF the
past.
A repor on the number Of books OF re-
auired reading that each pupil had read
was heard by the principal Monday
m ,rning. Most OF the reports were very
good, but there we're a few that were not
satisfactory. One. on being asked If he
did not like to read, said he did not like
to read anything but science. We
thought all our seniors had learned to
read and we're becoming broader minded
and we seniors were ashamed when we
heard one OF our number say such a
thing. So we a going to try and get a
stray lamb into the habit of reading |
other than science. That |
same person had great deal OF trouble
in learning a quotation from Paradise
Lost" and it seemed his science did not |
seem to help him much until the teacher |
the law to him, then he immedi- |
ately rook paradise | lost" in hand and
went as brayely to work az a soldier and |
soon learned the quotation. 80 that he |
recited il excelleDtly. Now think we
had better get after him and induce him |
to read books other than scientific, with |
ease aud pleasure,
Miss Graudy has taken up her work in
the high school again, after weeks rest.
which was veryVmuch needed by her. The
work che does in the high school is excel
lent. She spends three evenings week
at this outside of school hours, and al
though the school missed her very much,
still we do not begrudge her rest once
In a while.
When DIR. Boone was here he talked to |
the high school and gave us many excel
ent ideas az to education and study. 1t
seems that they have been absorbed and
1igested by many Of the pupils, for as a
school they are improving rapidly, both
n the study and delivery OF their lessons.
It has been said that the seniors had very
weak voices, and when they wish to say
anything have not lung power enough to
make it heard. But the seniors are not
he only pupils in the high school that
lave weak voices.
The psychologists have begun their
work. They are studying Bakers text
,ook, but do not depend much upon any
ext, but more upon their own minds.
The botany class has begun it's work
q earnest. There are about eighty In
he class.
The stenoRraphy class is steadily de-
reasing. Many tailed in the exsmina-
ion and thus had to drop it. Others
ropped it because OF the change of the
'rogram.
All OF the class seem to enjoy the type
writing work more than the shorthand.
although the class has succeeded quite
7ell as whole, IN learning the different
hsracters, still they can improve very
much on rapidity OF taking down dicta-
ion. The average number OF words that
hey " rite per minnie ia fiftv.