The Holt County sentinel., 1912-02-16
OREGON HiGH SCHOOL NOTES
Literary Society-.-A Debating GLIB
Organized why Not .
Museum?
(By r.. N. BROOKS. SUPERINTENDENT

lBS ". ". RROOks, SUPERINTENDENT
The regular meeting of the High
school Literary Society will occur
next Friday, Feb. %. at 2:JO. Public
invited IT the High Schookgradu-
ate is to III into his place In society
today his school work must he more
than learning and reciting lessons
found In textbooks. II Is TO meet In
part this modern demand for all
around training that we have our IT..
erary societies and give time and at.
tention TO such We k. As We have
Just indicated. the programs are not
prepared primarily for en,crt ainnent
but for training, and all pupils viii
have part In them and each viii tie
expected To do his best. THIS viii
make an Interesting program a. well
as a prac,ica one.
The officers Of the society are:
President. Reed Bailey; vice.presi-
dent. Hugo Cell: secretary. ------
.--. sergents, Miss Kathleen
Proud and Norman Murray.
Each program viii have a debate,
which will he furnished by the II. :.
Deba, ing Club. The club will meet
every two weeks on Fridays, In Room
three for practice In debate and par.
liampn,ary rules. The mex, three de.
bates are as follows: ''l'osolved.
That there should b. an educat ional
qualification for voting" Anirna.
tive. katherine King. Hanson Muir.
ray: negative, Reed Bailey. Gladys
Raiser.
| Second debate: Resolved. That
express packages to the weight Of ten
pounds should he carried by the L. :.
mails a, cost" Affirmative. Herbert
smith; Helen Thatcher. Negative.
Anne kinlie. Floyd Coi,man.
Third debate: Resolved, Tia,
Chinese should lie admitted TO Amer.
lean citizenship" Reginald llindc,
I,uell Eccl.s. Ruth Houston. Paul Al.
len.
The officers Of the club are: Presi.
dent. Hanson Murray: secretary.
Gladys Raiser. Tie organization Is
quite enthusiastic and valuable train.
Ing will result.
Another feat urc of our literary pro.
gram, this semester viii bc music
furnished by the High school ';lce
Itluh. This organization II an i'm.
lportan, factor IN our High School
work and under Miss Cary's dircr.
tion l. doing good work IN vocal mu.
sic.
We very much enjoyed 'lc meeting
AT Corning. Tine program VA, full of
lguod things aud thr large attendance
In spite IL the storm! weather i''di.
,catcs that the people OF Corning ap.
preciaic their S,hool and it, prob.
lens. Sup,. Fred T.. Smith j. tile
right man IN the right place. lie Is
q thorough SCHOOL man aud the PEG.
plo al Corning van, the best possible
school aud are making a real sacrifice
Ia this end. They arcexiendinr their
course oi study. adding Ia the school
building aud, providing larger and
better equipment. Prof Smith, his
assistants, and the communii! asWell
~ the boys and girls are 10 m con-
grai ilatcd on the school spirn and
progress IN the Corning dis, rlcl, .,''
We had the pleasure after lie meet
ing OF accepting with several others a
very kind invitation from Mr.. 'has,
bankers 10 yi>i, his museum. he
yond all cNprctai ion We found here Il
mos, interesting. varied and we'll pre-
served coIlrc,io al birds, animals.
rrpl lies and fishes Ia the number of
',m. Practically every specimen "i
this large and select collrciiu WAS
Killed aud mounted 10y Mr.. bankers
himself We wish that there Was
such a collect Ion In ~ least every
county sra, IN Missouri, such a mu-
scum would furnish worlds Of inter
est and inst rucii ion for our boys and
men and women also. WHY should
not our citizens and High schools
take up such ma,tcrsY Much could
be- accomplished In ten ar fifteen
years, \ little more time, money
and energy spent In such equipments
and st udies and little less on Greek
Latin. Geometry, Trisonometiy.
Technical Grammar, Chemistry. dead
History and teXilDok Zoology and
Botany NIGH, be practical and proti,
able after all.
The sympathies Of his schoolmates
and faculty go out To Master Graham
Moore, Of the Sophomore class. and Ia
his mother, Mrs. Minnie Moore, In
the loss Of a devoted grandmol her and
mot her.