Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-12-05
RlGH SCHOOL NOTES.

New Grade List Theses of
Next Years Graduates. To
j.. Form a High School Ora
torical Association.
The new Grade List, as revised by
committee Of Teachers with Examiner
McMaster as chairman. was put into
effect in the Snow Hill High School this
week. There has. for several years,
been strong feeling among many Of
the patrons of the school that sufficient
time has not been given to the pupil to
do the work laid down in the course of
study. The Teacher has been obliged
to give the class more work than could
be satisfactorily done. AS conse-
quence only about 65 per cent. of the
pupils in the High School were promo
ted last June. In the new Grade List
the School Board has added year to
the time required for the completion of
the work in the Primary Grades, giving
seven years instead of six. the complete
course now extending through eleven
years instead of ten, as formerly. in the
Snow Hill High School the Sixth Grade
was divided into two sections, one now
known as the seventh, and the other as
the sixth. It is. of course, impossible
to adapt the work in the different classes
to the new Grade List at once, but the
Teachers hope to have things running
smoothly before the end of the present
school year. 1t is believed that in time
the extra year will be the means of stop.
ping the perfectly just complaint that
the pupils were being pushed too fast
and beyond their ability.
FALL THESES.
The pupils in the Graduating Glass
read their Fall Term Theses before the
school last Wednesday afternoon. We
give. below, the names of the members
of the class, together with subjects dis
cussed:
Olin B. Barnes-Success.
Viola E. Bonneville-Submar Nav
igation.
Ethel Character VS.. Reputa-
ton.
Rachel Donovan-What Doest Thou
Here?
Daisy V. Ellis-Literature, Good and
Bad.
Wilson Hargis-The Wonders of Ra-
dunn.
Bessie Johnson-The Terrible Turk.
Elodie K. Jones-The North and South
a Unit.
Eta Jones-Japan-a World Power.
Willie Jones-Immigration.
Jane E. McAllen-The Public Schools
of the XIXth Century.
Annie H. Peters, isfranchisement
of the Negro.
Nellie R. Price-Canals and Their Eff
feet on Commerce.
Bessie T. Purnell-Rail Road Travel.
Asher R. Smith-What Shall We Do?
Edith Stanford-The Millennium. ;
Eva Townsend-The Beauties of Ma
ture.
ORAToRICAL ASSOCIATION.
There is a movement on foot among
the High Schools on the Eastern Shore
to form an Oratorical Association Its
purpose is to bring the schools in the
several counties into closer touch,
through friendly rivalry, and to encour-
age the schools to devote more attention
to voice culture and public speaking. A
similar organization has been in exis-
tence several years among the colleges
in Maryland, and has proved to be quite
a success. The promoters hope it can
be made equally successful among the
High Schools. 1t is proposed that each
School joining the Association send one
boy, a bone .fde student, who shall de-
liver an Grafton Ito be written by him
self of from 1900 to 1900 words, the
several representatives to meet in one of
the towns, and deliver their orations be-
fore judges, who will award the prizes.
Invitations to join the Association have
been sent to the High Schools in the
following towns: Elkton. Chestertown,
Oentreville, Cambridge, Denton. Eas-
ton, Salisbury. Princess Anne and Snow
Hill, the respective county seats of the
nine counties of the Eastern Shore.
NEW BLACK BOARDS.
The Slate Black Boards and desks Or
dered bv the School Board for the Gram
mar School have been shipped, and will
be put in the school during the Xmas
Holidays.
Itching Skin
Distress by day and night
That's the complaint Of those who
are so unfortunate as to be afflicted