The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1901-06-28
The COUNTY GRADUATES.
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plomas emitting them to admission TO
the high schools of the county; Hazel
ton IL, New Haven 8, Rush 4. Fairfield
8, Venice 7, Owosso 5. Middlebury 5.
Vernon 2, Shiawassee 3, Bennington T.
Sciota 8, Antrim 2, Perry3, Woodruff
q. There were no representatives from
Caledonia or Burns, while one pupil
who lives in Saginaw county near the
Shiawassee line took the examination
and received diploma with the Shia-
wassee county pupils, thus making the
total number seventy. The announce
ment of the prize winnersin the eighth
grade examinations was also made at
this time as were also the winners of
the prize essay contest. The former
were Miss Verna Turner. of Venice
No. 8, who won the first prize for the
best examination papers and Miss Etha
Smith, of New Haven No 8, who won
the second prize. The first prize is a
scholarship for two years in any one of
several of the high schools of the
county, and the second is one years
scholarship. The writer's of the prize
winning essays we're Alba Burt. of
Sciota No. 9. and Grail Fuller, of Shia.
wassee No. 0. The first won set of
George Elliot's works and the latter
copy of Longfellow's poems.
The address of Hon. H r. Patten-
gill, of Lansing, the popular ex.superin.
tendent Of public instruction and we'll
known editor Of the Michigan School
Moderator, was typical one. Every
one who has ever heard Mr.. Pattengill
knows that his first words are signal
for thorough enjoyment which will con-
tlnue to the end of his address. They
know too that they will hear some
things which will be quite likely to
make them think of the good that they
can do in some line or other and usually
for the children who will in few more
years be occupying the places which
they themselves are now holding
This time was no exception.
The. crowd had hardly caught sight
of the generous proportions of Mr.. Pat
tengill before it began to breathe easier
and to feel cooler. He was apparently
very frank with them at the outset, tell
ing them that they looked hot and tired,
but also adding that they looked tick!ed,
and whether they did not before, the
idea tickled them and they looked as he
said they did. He also told them that
they need not try to comfort themselves
with the thot that If they got out of that
place alive they would never be caught
there again for he assured them that
they would be caught there again next
year-because they liked the boys and
girls. This was the second gathering
of this kind which he had addressed
this year although he had already ad
dressed thirteen graduating classes from
city high schools. However he liked to
see this sort of thing and he thought
that the country schools deserved just
such encouragement as these occasions
afforded.
His subject was "Made in America"
and he began by asking what isn't made
in America, and asserting,that he didn't
see how the old world ever got along
without America as long as /. did.
| America is however the place where
education is made the most Of America
is the country where the education of
the head, the hands, and the heart are
all being carried on together. And the
education Of today must be better than
that of twenty and thirty years ago if
the children of today are to have an
equal chance with that which their
fathers enjoyed. The child of today
has to compete with many more
millions than did his fathers and he
needs SO much the better preparation
for the contest. The address was filled
with inspiring thoughts along all lines
OF American citizenship and inventions
and the plea which was always made
for the schools was also a logical and
1 otAchB OhO. A1O COIuiuouuou tuo
work of Commissioner Bristol but
urged that the districts pay more at
tention to getting the very best possible
teachers and then to paying them such
wages that they could afford to improve
their ability rather than be hardly able
to exist and pay their board and clothe
themselves. The plea for better wages
and better equipment for the schools,
but never for extravagant equipment,
was an earnest and sensible one and it
was given in a whole hearted way and
in way which showed SO clearly that he
believed that the men before him wished
| in their hearts to do just that sort of a
thing that the effect could scarcely
have been anything but good.
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