The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1911-12-08

Tie report for third month j. ypoi |
with one or two exceptions. Th"
cases of hardness show a vast H..
crease. bf ,he cases. however. o. |
Of them are due 10 very few pupils |
In room three one girl made , on Or .
tie " marks. In the High school the .
boys made l. uut of III. 90 marks AMI T.
of these were made 10y on" bO, i've
iug lrt" IN the city. We have sert 't F
note To lis parents and wu feel SUI /
such record will not occur agaii ou
hiS part. Taruin,ss j. u matter a. 4,
which the parents should closely &c.
operate with teachers. Tie la't,t'
cannot yet pupils to school lay tin"
O'Clock without the assistance III h
home. \ few pupils have been ,rry |
irregular IN atiendanc" and II seem,
To us without cause. The parents
have been no, iiird and names Of both /
pupils and parents have been gi,su
to the city marsha. vino H. the 'ru,n'
officer of the district. We appreciate
the Kindness Of our PAT rons and other
friends of education IN the communi.
IS In liking sOcials and other enter
tainments on Friday and Saturla,
evenings. This l. IL manifes,ly IN
the interest of the pupils, and a good
school that every effort should be-
made 10 thus arrange public and so.
cial functions. Parents should see,
too. tina, pupils are not wasting time
up town In the evenings or In un-
necessary visiting. II We are to get
the best results In school home study
for pupils above the fourth grade
through the High school must he In.
sisted on. Teachers and superin.
tendeni may plead and threaten. and
lecture and storm and even punish,
but II parents are neglected. or indif.
fercnt no, much home study viii r..
suit.
We are now well into the fourth
month. the semester will soon close
and the examinations confront us.
The studious. regular. persistent stu
dent will have no trouble with pues.
tions. but idle. neglectful, and indif.
ferent ones will lind IL very difficult
to make even passing grade. We
have schools and teachers and text
books, but these are merely means
and aids--th pupil makes the record.
In the soft moonlight,
On last Friday night
Every one held tight
To the fellow on his right,
While. with shout and "A scream,
Behind the big mule team,
We all took a hayrack ride.
The occasion Was sophomore party
al the good country home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jonas Watson with their dauph-
ter Bessie and son Preston, Of this
class, as hostess and host. We
played a lot Of the dear, old-,ime
country games, and that wasn't all.
There We're big, red apples and
great, big popcorn balls between
times. We might mention, too, that
Old Mother Grimes j. dead. Ask Mr..
Watson for particulars he started
the trouble. Tie evening festivities
closed with a splendid luncheon. We
had good time going and coming
and all the While between.
Through an oversight only the first
paragraph OF the write.up for The
junior entertainment got into the
school column. which accounts for
the abrupt break In this part of he
school notes last week. The editors
very kindly wrote up the occasion In
another column.
We are Indebted to the Board OF
Regents Of the State University Of
Missouri for a very beautiful picture
OF the University campus and build
ings. The painting Is In a rich
brown, Is 2+x;6 inches and In q five
inch, solid oak frame. This constant
reminder OF our own educational op.
portunities, and beauteOus call TO the
joys Of college life will ever be appre-
ciated, not only by our High School
but by the alumni of the University
OF Missouri, who are also graduates OF
the Oregon High School. Our people
here believe In college education and
we have always been we'll represented
In institutions OF higher education,
especially our own State University
All Of our teachers left for Mound
City Thursday morning to attend the
county association and educational
exhibit there the remainder OF the
week. Several Of them are on pro.
gram. Our High School chorus will
furnish a part OF the music.
Thanksgiving and the county asso.
citation being SO close together, has