Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-09-21
HIGH SCHOOL
NOTES
Editor.in-Chief, Delight Downing.
Sub-Editors-Myrtie Bell, Junior;
Maggie Woods, Sophomore; Harold
White, Freshman.

Once more the high school opens its
doors to us and we come trOOping in.
About half the pupils move about with
the air of those accustomed to high
school and the dignity the conscious
ness entails; the other half are not
so confident-they hesitate before en-
tering class room and show by their
general mein lack Of assurance. But
this is a class to be proud of. They
enter upon their freshman year forty
strong the largest. by far. of all the
classes, class which has in itself
much unproven power.
Last years juniors occupy the SEN
ior row now and seem very proud that
at last they have attained this place,
tor which they have strIven for the
last three years. They can now be
trusted in the row by the windows, for
the past has taught them that VIM
dows are not always made to look
out of.
The juniors show their character in
the fact that they have already elect
ed officers for this year, and that they
have class colors under consideration.
The sophomores are bewailing the fact
that their class is so much smaller than
il was last year AS freshmen they
numbered about twenty-three and this
number has dwindled to sixteen. AS
a school, however. our enrolment is
greater this year than last. At the
beginning of the full term last year
the enrolment was some seventy odd.
while this year it is eighty-four.
The new Wells algebras have arriv
ed and the senior class think they are
we'll started in the mysteries of fourth
year algebra.
The music classes are very sorry
that their teacher Miss Whiting. has
been so i'll. They all hope that Miss
Whiting will soon be able to take up
her work among them again.
The Cicero class has been studying
the Roman constitution and find that
comparison between the Roman and
our constitution is very interesting.
They are also comparing the Roman
style of oratory with that of present
times.
An amusing feature of the first week
of school was the testing Of the voices.
Ten or twelve pupils remained each
night and the voices We're tried singly.
At first everyone was badly frightened.
but they soon gained courage and the
voices rang out clear after the first
line.
The class in senior literature find
their work very interesting. study
is being made of the early English
writer's and their work.
The English for good morning" is
something rarely heard in the high
school now. It is "guten morgen
Fraulein frost and "guten morgen
Herr Crane" almost without exception
Boy in senior English describing the
work of an Anglo-SaXon writer. He
wrote on his skin
From the seniors to the juniors
That is right juniors. get your class
cOlors chosen ahead of the seniors il
possible. but don't get in groups anC
show your samples of ribbon if you
don't want the seniors to know wha
is going on
The freshman number nearly hal
of the high school. Their number be
Ing forty-one. the seniors thirteen ant
each of the other classes fifteen. max
ing in all eghty-four students in thu
school,
Most Of the first year students finC
that the problems in algebra make
them think.
Those who spent the first week il
hunting md they have some work tt
make up.
The ancient history class are strug
Cling with the names Of Egyptian and
Assyrian monarchs.
The second year algebra class have
just finished involution and evolution
The zoology class spent Monday af
ternoon gathering specimens.
The sophomore English class are
busy preparing subjects for debates
The medieval history class has al
most completed the study of the dark
ages. They have found the work very
interesting.
The Caesar class was agreeablv sur
| prised to find their work much easier
than they had expected.
The courses of each year have been
changed and German put into the
/ third and fourth year. On account OF
the change the juniors and seniors
are combined: making very large
class.
The plane geometry class have fin
ished their study on similar polygons
and are now working on theorems
which they find very hard.
The chemistry class is much large
this year than last owing to the fac
that chemistry has been put in TIL,
third year and physics in the fourth
The class is studying the composition
| of water.
The junior English class have finisf
ed their study of Tennyson's "Idyll
of the King" and are now writing es
says on the character of the poems
They will use Scott ami Denney's con
position and literature as a text TIL
year.
Owing to the fact that next wee
the county institute will be in sesSio
We will have no school after Monda
r Miss Mark visited the junior Englis
[ class last week
; Ruth Cook. Anna Hobensack. Eli
y abeth Phillips and Archie Farnum. la
year graduates, are taking Germa
Is with the juniors.
a The physics class are decidedly
IS the minority this year. as there al
:, only three in the class. But the qua
4 ity of the work doesn't suffer. even
$ the quantity of the class is small.
al We are all looking forward to "ca
nival week with its four days of V
x cation.
IL The junior and sophomore classt
lie have organized basket ball team
81 They are planning to play matche
game some forenoon during carniv
e week. The prizes will be silk ba
1,