Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1914-05-03
BEST AND SECOND BEST
HIGH SCHOOL AVERAGES
IvAminatbpBs Fm Fourth Quarter al
the ss-isSOl iar--DutlIns 81
Weeks Euercises.

EtaHihatiOhs IN the iigh SchOC
Tor the fourth quarter will begin o
TLufsdsy afternoon. and MI con
ilnus through Tuesday afternoon
The senior sxamins,ions will bsgi
on Tuesday afternoOn. and most O
] The senior will b" through viii
ihoir e1amlnatlons by Friday.
COmmsbc@msnt s.rmOn will b
preaehei Sunday May 10. ny REV. {,
hOmyeh ~ the l'olk street Ae,hodls
Church. Claie day will ~ % Wed
nnday Nay %. 10 ths High schoo
auditorium gfJducailOn nlght gll
BE- Thursday night. May ~ gfadla
tiOh exefcite8 ALL Ia held In N.
Opera House Mr. Herman Pipaif
viii deliver The graduation address
Forty Nlll receive diplomat.
The school year g. divided int
l0nf quaftaf' Each quarter con
aiAis ol nine weeks oi work. Grade.
are glton .or each quarter. ba,
equally upon class aud examination
gfadea Below o. o. litt at thOi.o max
INK the best iud second best grade
Tor the third quarter The name.
are tabulaied by clal.e8 Tho grade
glsen ia the general average Of all
.helf work Most ~ The pupils take
four course and 10 f1f these the
average b. Ol Toe l0uf course. \ fcs
take Ite subjects. ana Tor these m,
ayefagr b. hi.'d upon 'hr nye
Whenever thr traction :. 100 halls uf
ioufiha. iu' student was taking iOuf
courses. Whenever % is In nfths,
the sfgdDu TOOK live course. After
ne ttbuiaiiOn ot names b. classes
those making the bet trade aud
tho Second be0t grad" uf he whole
school are named
Som" explanation Be- needed loi
Henry Hoch lllg name does not
appear in ans division by classes. ana
yei he make fhe second best Grade
Tor the Whole iiigh school The iol.
lowing Will clear th3 up when
Henry mock entered cFoOl In Sep
tcubrr ~ Cot. year. be- was a rr.
gular ninth grad" ludeut Ne had
made nyr course during the lael
/ haif srunD gear. the first hair ~
WhlCh NaH spent loo ne Houston High
school aud the ilgi hall ia ~. ANA
fillp iilu school %" vas also fiy"l
fuiit Tor tu' unit boo drawing. 90
account of work that be- had done IN
he Ar, Institute OF Chicago. which
school be- attended for two years al
Ter completing the Work OF the gram
mcr SCHOOL The work dcnc In tab
Institute deserved a very much high-
~ number of credits So lar "a. tim,
consumed b. concerned Hut the Uni
yersilies will ALLOW only one credit
Tor drawing towards entrance. So
a. the beginning Of the year. Henry
Was regular ninth grade pupil with
ia units Of work to his credit lie
will gradual" at the end OF the year
having made In this one year the en.
tire work Of three years. or ten units
OF work In the first place. h- stud
led and learned during the summer
.Of 1913 Medieval and Modern His-
tory. English History. United States
His,ory, aud CiSics lie made all the
maps Tor these subjects during the
summer. making many maps more ia
each subject than Is required. lie
passed 10 very stiff examinations IN
these subject AZ the beginning of the
yr1r. the examinations being very
much harder and more Comprehen.
siyo than those ordinarily given tor
the regular classes As Mr.. Mock
was making up the work Ouisid. of
class he was required to show extra
ability Dy Christmas he had made
all the work in the NTH Grade al
zebra ana the ninth Grade English
During the third quarter ne made
up all the work OF tenth grade &c
nmctry and American Literature and
Of Eleventh GRADE English l.itera
ture for the tirsi three quarters
Again the examinations were hard.
Aud he Vas required 10 write all o
The essays and do all OF the collat.
eral reading required for each OF th,
three courses In English The exam.
nations IN English alone took him
a littl" over tNeuty-four hours q.
close hard work % answer He work
rd on them eight separate hall days
Tot three hours or over each time
Tie will enter CHICAGO University
next year aud Amarillo can boast
q prodigy During the third quar-
ter. b." carried regularly besides do
ing all ot ibis other work four cours-
es and succeeded IN making second
best average OF the whole school
Whenever there Is only fraction
be,Weeu the grades OF two
or more students Tor either first OF
econd position both ar all the
names viii be- given for that posi-.
lion. ln no other case does more
than one name appear tor each posi- |
'iCn
Best average nth grade Marion !
holmstpn, 20 80
SECOND bos, lllh grade Cora
Russell 90 I-g.