The Holt County sentinel., 1911-10-20
OREGON SCHOOL NOTES
All Work Done in the High School
Fully Accredited Successful
Teachers and Patrons
Meeting at Forbes.

tBl r.. VI. BRDks, SUPERINTENDENT
We spent half day last week with
the boys and girls In the Fifth grade.
Miss Edna Gray, teacher. There are
l3 girls and 81 boys. not very com.
mon proportion Of the sexes In school.
The average age of both divisions is
II years. Quiet and order reigned SUI
preme In the room during the entire
afternoon.
The floor was clean. desks In order.
and room properly ventilated. There
seemed to he no disposition TO disor.
der or idlcness. The pupils were AT
work and interested both IN the study
and recitation. TIE pupils and
teacher are To be congratulated on
the good order, system, and thorough
work they are doing. We hope pat.
rons, especially the parents of chill.
drcn IN this room. will visit 1t and
see the good work being done by the
girls and boys In the Fifth grade.
The removal Of Rev. I. {. Taylor.
for three years pastor of the First NJ.
Il. church. Of Oregon. to his new ap.
pointmeni at Hopkins, Mo-. was
keenly felt by our High school. We
lost from our Senior class. Miss Addie
Taylor, from our Junior class. Thorn.
"a. and from the Sophomore class,
Miss Ruth. These young people were
among our best pupils. Ever faithful
to their school duties, they stood and
worked for the highest possible stan.
dardS and achievements In scholar.
ship, department, attendance, athlet.
les, and Literary socicty That they
lived up To these ideals l. indicated
In record Of T. or above made by each
Of them IN whatever they undertook.
II l. needless To say We miss such pu.
pills from our school, but We are glad
To have known them even for lime
and classmates aud faculty wish them
cont inucd success In their new home.
Their sister, Miss Leah. is a graduate
from our High school class Of 1911.
our athletic department has been
keeping up its end of our success the
present month. The baseball boys
played lively game with the Matt
land II. :. team on our grounds Sat.
urday 4 week ago. The visitors
played good ball and KEEP, the locals
husi ling. The home team was but
two scores ahead AT the close Of the
eighth inning when the visitors had
to leave In order to make their train.
They are tine group Of boys with
whom II Il a pleasure to meet. They
were accompanied by Supt. &. u. Ito.
grove. This Is Mr.. IIogreve's first
year at Maitland. lie Is u thorough
school man and Is making good. Ev.
cry one OF his baseball boys had a
good word to say for him.
On Monday last the tennis club
played Savannah High school al Ore.
gon, winning the doubles and the Wis.
i,ors taking the singles. The Sayan.
nah team proved good players and
most pleasant gentlemen. Last Sat.
urday Mcssrs. Reed Bailey, Leo Pc.
! tree and Bruce Burgess represented
the tennis club In a return game
with the Maitland High School, our
team again taking the doubles and
Maitland the singles. Hanson Muir.
ray took the team to Maitland In his
splendid auto. Miss Cary accompa.
MED the team, All reported very
pleasant, time.
The High School was made happy
Monday morning by 4 pleasant and
profitable visit from Elder James
Small, the evangelist who Is doing
such effective preaching In the revi-
val al the Christian church. Mr..
Small left his volume of moral pla, |.
tudes at home and gave MS an inter
es,ing and inst ructiyc lesson on mem
DRY. We are hoping he will visit Us
again before leaving our city.
We enjoyed brief visit from Dr.
J. u. Elliil, inspector of High Schools
for the University Of Missouri. u,
commended the effort being made tC
keep our schools here up to higl
standard and recommended that tn,
Oregon High School be continued on
the list Of fully accredited schools in
all the work being done. A letter re-
ceiyed this week from the committe
on accredited schools states that the
recon mendations Of Professor Ellitf
as noted above, have been approved
We thoroughly enjoyed an en,husi'
astic district teachers and pat rons
meeting at Forbes last saturday
The people Of Forbes and vicinity
turned out literally and gave MS a
royal welcome, took an active part In
the program and entertained the Wis
iting teachers and friends at Il spen'
did dinner. A most happy feature OF
the program was chorus of fifty