The Holt County sentinel., 1912-01-05
OREGON HIGH. SCHOOL NOTES
Examination Next Week.
tBy e. NJ. BROOKS. SUPERINTENDENT.

(By u. VI. BROOKS. SUPERINTENDENT
We started the New Year right
with teachers and pupils all In place
Monday morning. cur janitor fired
up al pa. m, and IN spite of the cold
weat her every room vas warm at \
o'clock. A depart mcnts are work.
ing hard IN review and rounding out
tne work Of the semester for the eX-
aninatious next week. Tie exami.
nations will he thorough tests Of the
ability and Application Of the pupils
and the methods of the teachers.
Examinations are stern realities In
school life and as such serve a val.
liable purpose. That school career
which is not taken seriously, which
presents no trials. no hard tests no
brain racking experiences, no DIM.
cult places. no struggles. Is a poor
equipment for this worka.day world.
Society rightly demands that all Of
Us make good. That each of us pass
AT his best, some al 80 per cent, some
~. some ~, some M. and even q few
AT loo, rs men measure achievement,
but all alike honorable and true as
God measures men. or course wecan
fail In life If We insist on doing 50,
In, there will he no promotion and
no diplomas for such.
The pupils who have day by day
devoted their best efforts To prepare.
ton ef the lessons need have no fear
of the examina, ion questions. Tx.
animal ions ought to he terrors to
idlcrs. Tie rules are simple:
|. Review carefully important, facts
and principles of the subjects pur.
sued.
= Leave oil skating. sleigh riding,
~ocialN. reading. visiting. and loaiing.
and study hard. live plainly aud
sleep much.
3 Paper will lie furnished you.
Bring good pencil. keep II pointed.
write on both sides of tie sheet and
inside lac margih.
!. Write the subject AT left. page
numir'r IN center and name ~ light
nf top al each sheet used IN ION, sub.
jet. When YOU have finished "A sub
lrngthNi>" and with i,op up and open
cdgr Ia right write subject and name
., top If outside sheet
y. bu not write the question. but
nulnlwr your answers IN center Of
page Ia figures ARABIC as |. =. >. cir.)
AID put no writing or other figures
ON line with numbers. woe.
II. Read the questions carefully,
answer the ras, ONES first and ASK no
quest iors about them. except for
words you eOn not makc out,
:, ~ cayc and cnunlW, sense rs
we'll a. yOur. know ledge Of the subject
III answering - question Nv solving q
problrM Read over y0, paper when
throngii. s.H g. dHrp. ..
X. he neat. brief and accurate. and
keep busy. TIE examination l. not a
holiday. We have had nine holidays
already this semester, When you
base finished one subject. you ma,
study Tor the next. 900"
y. lie honest. Son can not ailord
10 abuse Your conscience and lower
your sclf.rrspcri 10y cheating. Fur.
ll"rmorr ynu will likely h. caught
and will In sent homc immediately,
10, Don't worry. This drcadinp cy-
aminal ions i u big joke. . IT you
lay" don" your work we'll, You viii
pass. Nulr class grade counts - and
Your rNamina, ion III For example.
II your class grade IN a subject j. ~
and rNauinaiin ion ~, your FINAL grade
for thr semester viii lc -. No final
grade below viii br accepted.
The ab"yr rules du moi cover all III
I he details Of rlIc rXaminat ions, hut
They do cover ilc main points and
your good Judgment viii do the rest
May each Of YOU lr successful.
We are glad Ia welcome among Ms
again our loyal and iai,nful friend
and student. Ora Roswell. whu en-.
rolled Monday for the second Nrncs-
ter IN The Sophomore year,
Mrs. J. l.. Filzmauricc. one of our
splendid rural patrons spent the EN-
tire day this week visiting IN the
Grammar Depart mcnt. She has hut
recently returned from an extended
visi, IN Montana and brought back
our bright little pupils, Master licelcr,
Of the irlh grade and Miss Marjory,
who finishes the seventh grade this
semester.
Miss Mary Lukens, who Is now
/ teaching IN Rosebud, Ore, happily
remembered each of her pupils Of last
year 10y sending to eacila bunch of