Morris tribune., 1911-01-20
HIGH SCHOOL


VIM. Vaughan. Pres. Eta Peterson.
Vice Pres; Edna Hanson is both Sec.
and Treas. They seem to be plann-
ming great things for this year. We
hope they will have good success
with them.
The Seniors are still trying to de-
eide whether it will be fobs. rings or
pins or all three.
Ellen Anderson. of the Glass of
1910. visited at M. H. S. Monday
afternoon, Tuesday and Wednesday
morning. It's strange how we always
think the Senior class terrible
nuisance but after they have gradual
ed we are pretty glad to have any
or all of them come back.
Tn Senior class attended the social
at Frick's last Friday evening. They
certainly had the best of times and
not least of the 'times' they had
was when they tried to convince Mr..
Mallery, thru the medium of a trial
that he was too hard on the Physics
class.
The "excuse committee were very
generous with the demerits given for
hardness. One of our Seniors spent
about half an hour looking up words
so as to understand the meaning of
the announcement she received.
The Girls Quartette of last year
met at the home of the first soprano
Tuesday evening to practice up some
thing for the Chrestomathian program
which was postponed from Jan. 18 to
Wednesday Jan. rs.
The basket ball boys have been
playing games at the Agricultural
School of late in their gym. Our
boys have been winning until it has
given them courage to accept chal-
lenge from the Chokio boys to play
them there week from Friday. The
M. H. S. boys will practic regularly
from now until their game.
Benson has written and given our
debating team the choice of sides and
place and they will set the date any
time before March l. Our team met
Wednesday and they have chosen the
affirmative side and wish to debate at
Benson The team will meet at the
library next Monday evening to plan
their outline and course of study.
&@t'The Junior Glass of 1910" met
at the school house last Wednesday
evening and went for dandy long bob
ride. The evening was too perfect
for words and the class enjoyed it to
the limit. About $50 they were
taken to Clara's where they were
given welcome treat and spent the
rest of the evening in characteristic
way.
An interesting manuscript fell into
our hands this week which we believe
many of our friends will enjoy read
ing. 1t is a personal letter from Far
mer Hughes to his son at college.
We have substituted fictitious names.
and made some corrections. but other
wise it is authentic.
: Morris, MINI.
" January Is. 1911.
Dear George
We got your letter Tuesday, the
same day we got new catalog from
Sears & Roebuck. We were little
disappointed in your standings for the
semester. Il guess that's what you
called it). l see they don't use red
ink there like they used to in High
school, but still you ought to be
ashamed of getting an average of
less than 78. I know things were
hard for you at the beginning of the
year; just starting in new-and work.
ing for your board too. But if you
work hard and mean business you can
raise those marks whole lot.
You talk as if your professors were
down on you and didn't give you
credit for the work you did. While
that may be so I would want to hear
their side of the story before l took
that as the reason for your low
marks. AS I understand it your
teachers are paid for helping and cor
recting you and not for doing your
work. Their job is to do the har-
rowing, planting and cultivating,
while for your part, you must fur
nish the seed. the soil and the sun
shine That's not meant to be poe
try-it's common sense.
Don't think that we're sending
you down there to get new set of
brains. No, stree! What you have
are good enough but we want you to
know how to use them. and we
thought the professors could tell you
that hctTor thon uo could And