The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1911-09-01
OREGON SCHOOL NOTES
Are You GoiuG to Enter High
School!
tBy e. NJ. BROOKS, supERiNTENDENT.

the rural schools and grammar de.
partmen,s of the city and town schools
Of Holt county in 1911. How much
this means for the wealth. progress
and influence for righteousness In
Holt county, or even beyond the con.
fines Of county lines. depends In a
large degree upon the immediate fu.
ture Of these brigh, young people.
Their efficiency a. citizens. their use.
fulness as men and women will he
measured by the extent To which they
follow up the training they have so
well begun and the wisdom and force
with which they are able To apply
what the common school has done for
them.
Young ladies and gentlemen. you
have passed safely and improved rich.
~ the first two periods Of life infan.
cy ana childhood. You are no longer
children. You stand at the TIRES.
hold of tina, boutant, beautiful pre-
ciuuS. tender, most sacred period of
human life youth. The physical en-.
largrment, soul hunger and mental
vision of adolescence are upon YOU.
Those seven most important years IN
the life of every individual thirteen
To twenty, when the deepest. most
abiding physical. intellectual and
spiritual changes occur and the most
lasting impressions will he made. II
Is during these years that the bud.
ding character blooms into the rich-
ness and fullnrss Of pure and strong
manhood and womanhUod or blighis
into the level Of the commonplace. or
decays into the depra,rd and the Vi.
ciouS. To change the figure, you
have come 10 the forks IN the road.
NOu cannot stop here. the quest ion IL
which way. To your left the broad
road easy Al first. tlic most natural
way too, and lined for some distance
with beautiful prospects and promiS.
ing immediate success bat ending in
limited possibilities, bliglicd hopes.
numerous failures and a dismal grind.
and many there br Who walk therein.
To your right the straight and mar.
row way. hard ~ first, a path Of toll
and >elf.dcnial, upward over the
sleeps bu, ending In triumph. IN
clear vision, In power for success, In
joyous service and u happy old age.
and few there be that tiud It, but TO
you II Is given 10 bc Of these few.
Which way How are you going to
spend these seven years, In school or
ou'r The question l. no, whether
you need higli.school education or
not, no one disputes that necessity. To.
day. The question i not whether
you can 90 To high school or not;
there Il not "A single excuse for any
boy or girl who has good hcalll, and a
sound body failing To finish high.
school course. II your parents are too
poor To properly provide for you and
will make al,idayi, of that fact Ia the
proper authorize les there L. not "A com.
munity In Holt county that will not
boy or girl. Furthermore lille l. fun
of instances of boys and girls who had
neither father, mother, money or
friends Who made their own way,
found friends, secured an education
and rosc from the ranks of poverty 10
dis, met ion, Nor i here any lack of
school oppor, Holt county
with an area Of only i,,o square miles
has three fully accredited iirsl-cla>S
high schools and a hail dozen others
doing from one 10 tire" years excel
lent higl.School work, No, moi lack
Of opportunity, The quest lon l.,
viii yuu 90 lo high schuulf No
doubt 10 do III viii mean, Tor many Of
you, considerable sacrifice. Hul Il
high.~chool course will richly repay
In The future any druial nov.
|, il mp To YOU. Nou can do one of
three things. Nou can quit your
schooling nov, stop your brain dc>e-
opmcnt, leave forever sealed 10 you
The vast majority OF the great truths
ol literature, history, arr science, and
mat hcmaticS and lind a job AZ from
three To twelve dollars "A week and
grind on with 80, ,"hl chances against
you Ia for you. ar, ". =. God
dard's analysis Eat will ii pay
either in money, usefulness or hap.
plnes>r Are you prepared Ia 90 from
the common school 10 the complex
les of business lifey Are You able at
your tender age 10 bear successfully
I he strain AMI stress and responsible
les of this pXac,ing Moridy
Well then you can do the mex, best
thing, You can stay around home
and work about for your board and
clothes and wait il out awhile and
have am easy time and pay double
later, But there j., also, supreme