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meeting decided to close the schools
Dec. 18th, for two weeks, according to
the custom followed in Mt. Vernon for
many years. |.
| Patrons and other friends of the
schools are invited to hear the pro.
grams at the various grades, Friday
afternoon, Dec. 18th, al one o'clock.
and at the high school auditorium the
same day at 2:30
The banquet given the high school
football players at the Y. NJ. c. A. build
ing was great success in every partic.
lar. 1t will help to arouse interest in
athletics in the future and will make
for more sportsmanlke conduct on the
part of players.
At the regular weekly convocation,
| Wednesday morning, orations were de.
livered by the following seniors on the
| subjects given:
| Eunice Cooper-"The Winter Sky"
| Myrtle Gotshall-"The Elizabethan
Theatre"
| Marie Shireman-"Portia."
| Alice Vernon-"Mona Lisa"
Each week hereafter several will
speak until all in the class have ap.
peared. Friends of the school are in
vited to hear the speakers.
%
Mr. j. j. Kirk, teacher of mathemat-
les and science in the local high
| school, and Miss Mary Faye Hunter
we're united in marriage at Savannah,
Ohio, on Thanksgiving day. They will
reside at No. 1O4 Wooster Ave.
Next Wednesday morning contest
ants for places on the debating teams
will discuss the question of compul-
sorry arbitration of strikes. 1t would
i'd to the interest if many friends of
the school were present
The coming-out date of the Forum
| has been changed to Dec. 18th on ac.
,ount of the fact that school will close
ON that day. 49,
Miss Maria Chase is the author of
IN excellent article on the subject of
primary language, which was pub
| .ished in the last number of the Ohio
Educational Monthly.
At the monthly meeting of the
| teachers, Colgroves "The Teacher and
he School" is used as a basis of dis
| mssion. So,
The Juniors of the High school held
reception for their friends at the
Armory Friday evening.
| Supt. Alan and Principal Winans at
| ended a meeting of the Central Ohio
| Schoolmasters Club, Friday night at
Columbus.
A report from the Superintendent s
office shows that statements of foreign
tuition aggregating S2,600.00. Bills for
the first four months, were sent to
the various township clerks, this
| week.
The College of Agriculture of the
Ohio State University will conduct a
school for teachers Of the county on
six alternate Saturdays beginning Jan.
9th, in one of the local schools. Six
| ty have already signified their inten-
ton of pursuing the course. Supt,
w. w. Borden of the Fredericktown
schools, has the registration in charge.
Much is read and heard at the pres
ent time concerning individual in
struction in the schools, and to devel-
op each according to his own individ-
uality that method is most important.
With an average of thirty-five to a
class and thirty minutes to recita-
tion in the grades, and forty minutes
in the high school, each pupil would
have 81 seconds as his share of~the
time in the former schools and 6S sec
onds in the latter That time does
not give much opportunity for atten-
ton to the individual. The solution,
of course, is fewer pupils per teacher.
Supt. Allgire, Principal Morey, and
Miss Owens of Centerburg visited the
local high school Friday.
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