East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-02

According to City superintendent
Landers the teachers in the schools
of PendletOn are now making ar
rangements for bringing to a close,
the latter part of next month, a
school year which has been excep-
tionally successful and entirely salts
factory in every respect. The num-
Der OF absences from recitations be-
cause of Illness or for other causes has
been phenomenally small and for
this reason the class work In all the
schools and grades have been allow
ed 10 proceed with few Interruptions.
The result has been that some of
the teachers have already completed
the prescribed amount Of study for
the respective grades and are now re-
viewing although the schools do not
close until May %.
The work in the high school has
been particularly satisfactory.
class OF at least IA will be graduated
Miss Ruth Gibson, a member of the
class. is now seriously III with typhoid
fever. but L may be that she VIII re-
cover In time to be able to complete
the year with the other members of
the class, bringing the number to 10.
Carl Engdahl, another member Of the
class. was compelled to drop out of
school and take up work on the farm.
The commencement exercises will
be held in the First Methodist church
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Prepare Fair Exhibit.
Superintendent Landers has also
received the letter of instructions and
circular of requirements for the edu-
cational exhibit for the Seattle fair |
and the work of preparing an ex-
hibit from the Pendleton schools will |
be taken up once Pendleton Is for
tunate in having Mr.. Landers to su-
perlntend the preparation and ar
rangement Of this exhibit. FOR he as
sisted in preparing the oregon edu-
cational exhibit for the st, Louis ex-
position and also for the Lewis &
Clarke fair.
The paper upon which the samples
of the work of the pupils of the diff
ferent schools are to be placed, has
already been received and is now in
the office of the superintendent In
the city hall building.
Debate Comes Soon.
The next important event in stu
dent body activities, aside from tie
basketball tournament at Corvallis
tonight, is the debate which is to be
held at Baker City. April 16. A list
OF possible judges is being made out ,
and will be submitted to the Baker
city school for approval. BY starting [
this far in advance 1t is hoped that |
It will be possible to secure neutral {
judges who will be satisfactory to I
both sides.
Pendleton has already won two vic {
tories. having defeated La Grande q
and the Sherman county high school
and IL Baker City Is conquered will \
represent Eastern oregon in the con-
test for the state championship.
The question to be discussed is ship
subsidy and the Pendleton debaters n
will defend the negative Of the ques- =
ion. The members of the team have I,
been working faithfully and are just I,
about through with their work of +,
gathering and preparing data. =
Following the debate with Baker !,
will come the interstate track meet :.
Ind defamation contest at Walla :,
Halla, under the auspices of Whit \
nan college and in this city, May 22, \
will occur the track meet for the =,
ligh school championship Of eastern :,
oregon. The evening of the same :,
lay there will be an oratorical con- =,
est between representatives of the -
anne schools which will meet on the ,
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