The Dickinson press., 1907-03-02
City Schools.
(BY HARTwELL JOHNSoN.)
(For week ending Feb. .

or week en0lnG reO. @O.)
The commercial geography class re-
ceives regularly copies of the Consular
Reports. These reports are very useful
because they show the commercial con-
ditions the world over.
The juniors gave very good debate
Feb. Fl. The subject was, "Shall Stark
county have a fence law?" Grant
Palmer and Cola Litch supported the
affirmative, while Elsie Pelissier and
Arthur Parker upheld the negative.
The principles of weathering and
water action were demonstrated to the
geology class last week by taking the
work of the water from the melting snow
on the school ground as an example of
what water is doing the world over.
Supt. Berg hopes to give school ex-
hibit in about month. The regular
work of the school will be displayed SO
that the parents may see what the pupils
are doing.
The high school regularly receives
complimentary copy of the Bismarck
Tribune for the use of the pupils. The
civics class especially thanks the editors,
as it brings the earliest news of the work
of the state legislature.
The freshmen who came up from the
eighth grade gave Longfellow program
on Feb. II, the one hundredth anniver-
sary of the birth of that noted poet. The
program consisted of selections from his
poems, and essays on his life and work.
The commercial geography class has
been studying transportation, manufac-
turing and those things which determine
the cost of manufactured articles and
the location of factories.
The fifth grade had the highest per-
centage of attendance for January. The
high school had the greatest number of
pupils perfect in attendance.
Cupid has been very busy of late with
invasions into the ranks of the school
people. Time was when it was thought
that he could not find his way into a
schoolhouse, but he seems to have the
combination now and the chances are he
will not forget it. Should such mis-
fortune seem imminent, he might learn
typography and burn it on his quiver.
There are those who would teach him
free of charge. Teachers are fast falling
before his shafts and they seem to be
glad of it. How can we feel sorry for
them? Why, we can't and that's all
there is about it.
Homer Davis, graduate of the Dick
inson High school, took part in a pro-
gram recently given by the Per Gradus
literary society OF the University of
North Dakota before the faculty and
students. He presented paper on
"Stock Raising in the West" The
paper was commented on very favorably
BY the Grand Forks Herald.
School work should be matter OF
business to every patron, parent and
pupil. The pupil should look upon his
desk as place of business as much as
does the bank cashier and he should
keep hours just as regularly as does the
bank cashier. School should not only
be preparation for life, it should be
life. 1t is all we'll enough to ride on a
rainbow in soap bubble carriage, drawn
by team of butterflies, but in school
room work the children must hear the
grit of the gravel under their feet a,
times to test their courage and to know
the full measure of their strength.
The senior program to be given March
8 is as follows:-Music; Grafton, "The
Great West" Alice Amundson; Grafton
"Rosa Bonheur," Alma Ballweber; ora
ton, "Child Labor" Ethel Dodd; Grafton
Future of America" Deane Wiley; ora
ton, "Ioan of Arc" Minnie Rosendahl
Grafton, "San Francisco School Ques
tion," Mildred Smith. The general pub
lie is cordially invited to attend the Fri
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