The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-07
COUNTY EXAM. RESULTS
NORFOLK oUTsPELLs MADISON,
MADISON GRAMMAR GOOD.
HISTORIANS AT BATTLE CREEK

A Norfolk Lad Made the Highest Az.
erage Of Any Individual Pupil in
the County-NorfoIk Girl in Same
Room Makes the only 400"
Norfolk can outspell Madison but
Madison pupils are lap ahead of Nor
folk on grammar. The embryo histo-
rians live over at Battle Creek. Mead
ow Grove would win out at spelling
bee. Madison youth is good at fig
ures."
Returns from the county eighth
grade examinations held last month
in every. town in the county have been
compiled by County Superintendent
Frank S. Perdue. Madison eighth
grade pupils lead the county this year
with an average of sc per cent. Nor
folk comes second with S4b per cent.
Tilden, ranking first in eighth grade
scholarship last year, this spring drops
to fourth place, Battle Creek pupils
again hold third place.
Every year the eighth grade pupils
vi JHt tOuIlJy are GAdIlluCu ny Tie
county superintendent for certificates
of promotion to the high schools.
healthy rivalry among the different
schools of the county results, the same
questions being given to all the pupils
in the entire county. This year exact
ly two hundred pupils pondered over
Superintendent Perdue's questions.
yixytN NE ,I,
the Norfolk eighth grades, sixty-two
from country district schools.
The average for the county this year
was so per cent as against an average
of II per cent last year.
The, different schools in the county
ranked as follows in the county tests
this year: Madison, Sc; Norfolk, "a;
Battle Creek, 80; Tilden, 80; Meadow
Grove, rs; country pupils, II; New
man Grove, rs.
In 1906 the schools stood: Tilden
49, Madison, 80; Battle Creek, 81;
Norfolk, rs; Newman Grove, "a; Mead
ow Grove, 20; country pupils, 20.
Fred IneIs Heads List.
A Norfolk lad achieved the distinc-
ton of making the highest average of
any individual pupil in the county
Fred Inglis of this city is the "honor"
pupil of the examination, ranking "a
per cent.
A Norfolk girl from the same room,
with Miss Pearl Reese as teacher,
made the only perfect grade made by
any pupil in the examination. Bessie
n In,
Norfolk schools made highly cred
table showings in the examinations.
While in no instance the local school
secured first place, in nearly every
subject they ranked toward second
place, evidencing we'll balanced work
among the large number Of pupils in
the city schools.
The details of this years examina.
tions follow:
| Spelling: Meadow Grove, &c., Nor
folk, 81; Newman Grove, Sc; country
pupils, SO; Battle Creek, so; Tilden,
so; Madison, So
Arithmetic: Madison 81; Norfolk,
80; Tilden, rs; Battle Creek, GA; Mead
ow Grove, 81; Newman Grove, 81;
country pupils, CO.
Geography: Battle Creek, 80; Til
den, So; Madison, 81; Norfolk, sc;
Meadow Grove, Sc; country pupils,
"a; Newman Grove, 80.
| Grammar: Madison, "a; Battle
Creek, II; Norfolk, rs; country pupils,
rs; Tilden, 73; Newman Grove, 73;
Meadow Grove, SO.
Physiology: Madison, 81; Norfolk,
80; Tilden, 81; Newman Grove, SO;
Battle Creek, So; Meadow Grove, SO;
country pupils, 80.
History: Battle Creek, 95; Madi-
son, 90; Norfolk, SO; Tilden, 70; Mead.
ow Grove, 70; country pupils, II;
Newman Grove, 62.
Whether it's lot, plot or acreage,