The Holt County sentinel., 1910-06-03

The report for the ninth month is
up to the standard of the year and in
dicates the school has held its own to
the close. The enrolment is a few
below that of last month and we re-
gret the necessity of our pupils quit
ting toward the close of the term.
Some move away and others are need
ed on the farm: others become over
anxious to get position: some be-
come discouraged, others lazy and
give up the struggle before the vic
tory is won. A few of those who
dropped out, kept up their studies as
best they could, returned the last
week of school. took the final eXami
nations and so saved their semeSter'S
work. Others abandoned their books
entirely and made no effort to take
the examinations. OF course no cred
it can be given such for the semester's
work until they have made up the
work missed, and have taken the final
examinations. All possible encOur
agement will be given those pupils
who did not complete the years work.
But grades cannot be given to any
pupil unless earned, and the pupil
possesses sufficient scholarship to war
rant promotion or graduation. While
the pupil will always be given the
benefit of every reasonable doubt. you
must convince your teacher and the
superintendent that you know your
lessons we'll enough to make at least
20 per cent i'm each subject and an av
erage of so per cent in all. Other
wise your own interest and that of
the pupils who do know the work and
cannot afford to drag along in recita-
tion with pupil who does not know
the work, demands that we ask you to
take the same work another year and
hence master it. Whatever the cause
of your not completing the work this
year, your greatest mistake will lie i'm
your giving up your schooling instead
of taking hold again and staying with
your education until you have fin
ished the course.
The commencement on the whole
was a success Notwithstanding the
rainy week. The large audiences, the
good music, the beautiful decorations,
the well prepared and rendered decla-
nations and essays of the eighth
grade graduates, the thoughtful salut-
atory and valedictOry from the senior
class, the more than ordinary success
of the seniors and their trainer, Miss
Madge Boyd, in the high school play,
the kindness of Mrs. Burgess and DIR.
Evans in allowing us free use of the
opera house for whole months prac-
tice, the beautiful new church build
ing SO kindly rendered to us by the
Christian church, the diSmissing of
all their services by the pastors of the
city and joining heartily in the Bacca-
laureate service on Sunday morning,
the free use of the electric lights, the
willingness of every one to furnish
flowers. loan furniture, the sacrifice
of time by the choir and others i'm
preparing music, the excellent COM
mencement edition of The Holt
COUNTY SENTINEL, i'm fact, to name
all who unseIfishly and unstintingly
devoted themselves not only to max
ing the commencement success, but
to the interest of the school through
out the year, would be to name every
citizen i'm Oregon and vicinity: all of
these manifestations are i'm keeping
with the splendid school spirit of our
DIR. III. X. Taylor made all able plea
for good schools and demonstrate ed the
value of thinking as a factor in Sue
cess.
While the commencement address
by DIR. G.. G. Woods was rot just of
the type we had expected, he said
many splendid things, made an able
plea for strength of body, mind and
character in our youth, and paid a
high compliment to our people on
their prosperity, progress and inter-
est i'm education. The Baccalaureate
sermon by DR.. C. 0. Mills was a mas
terly discourse placing knowledge and
wisdom on the highest plane, of God
I -. +,
Now, to all who have SO Loyalty
stood by our schools not only i'm COM
mencement but throughout the year