Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1912-11-23
THINGS EDUCATIONAL
Devoted to School Topics Primarily,
But Also to the Larger Mean
ing Of Real Education.
Edited by Principal ID. J. Morgan.

Edited by Principal u. J. Morgan.
Now that Editor Kubler has little
more space to spare and that the writer
of these items expects to have time in
which to prepare items each week, the
public may expect to have its good ma
ture attacked each week by budget Of
notes"
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The special music in the high school
is making decided success. There is
probably not another high school in
South Dakota the size of the Custer one
where so many students have musical
ability as at Custer. And every one re-
spends courteously and unaffectedly.
Assignments are made by the principal,
usoally week or more in advance, and
three times a week music is made the
feature of the opening twenty minutes.
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Last week the Junior English class of
the high school submitted essays, The
American Newspaper. Its Merits and
Defects, many Of which show marked
thought and deliberation. So excellent
in subject matter and presentation were
some of these that they will be publish
ed, in whole or part, in this department
from time to time. The writer has
never known third year pupils to pre-
sent topic 30 lucidly, forcibly, and yet
80 originally, as this was treated by sew
eral OF the class.
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Last week, Mr.. l.. G. Lockwood, rep
resenting the American Sunday School
Union, was in Custer City, and while
here he called at the school building and
upon invitation addressed the high
school students few minutes, to the
entertainment and benefit of all who
heard him. Mr.. Lockwood's home is at
Hot Springs.
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Next week the principal will be in at
tendance at the State Educational AS
sociation meeting, at Mitchell. The
high school work has been left in such
condition that the assistant principal,
Miss Grace Davidson, can carry along
the class work without material increase
of her duties. We are fortunate to have
an assistant principal SO dependable and
competent that matters can be adjusted
thus.
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The principal teaches penmanship
three times week in the grammar de,
partment, Monday, Wednesday, and
Thursday.
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A complete course in supplementary
reading has been scheduled by the teach.
ers and principal, for each and every
class in the grades and high school. In
later issue the names Of the supple
mentary reading selections will be pub
lished in this department.
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Ask your boy or girl to repeat as man,
as possible of the sayings that have ap
peared on the bulletin board in the gen
eral hall way of the school building
Ask him which he thought the mos
practical one.
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Visitors are now impressed by tn,
way we are putting on metropolitan airs
In conspicuous place in the genera
hall way appears complete directory
of the rooms, grades and teachers. Eaci
room has been numbered by means O
metal door plates. Come and be i'm
pressed.
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No man is educated if he cherish
thoughts of hatred and malice for hi
fellow man. "Greater love hath no mai
than this-that he lay down his life TO
his friend" This is not to be taken lit
orally, but the lesson is none the les
forcible. As long as you dwell in
malicious and disparaging sphere of life
that long will you be no higher, NJ
greater, no stronger than the chickering's
the gossip, the paltry, trivial prattle o
dwarfish minds. As long as you allo,
yourselfto be worried and beset by thi
same puerile gossip, you will thereb
signify that you are no more broa
minded than this idle nonsense. Liv
above your trials, your disappointment
and the hollow enmities of life. Get
larger view of living, and remember ths
to live is only small part of life, an
hence to die is not all of death. Be a
optimist without being indifferent to th
needs of yourself and of your fello,
man.
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A brief program will be given in tn
high school on Wednesday, the day pr,
ceding Thanksgiving. This will nc
consist of the ordinary Thanksgivin
recitations, but will be trifle uniqu
although not bordering on the sens,
tional by any means. The program wi