Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-05-26
Only 95 Out Of ESQ Received
Grades Admitting Them
to High Schools
PUPILS RUSHED THROUGH
GRADES TOO RAPIDLY
Sufficient Time Not Given for
Mastery Of the Subjects;
Diplomas to Be Given

Of the $3.50 Eighth graders who took
the state examination held recently
only 90 received grades sufficiently
high to warrant their admission into
the high schools of the state and will
receive diplomas. The large percent of
failures, in the opinion of Superintend-
ent Walter M. Smith, was due largely
to the tsiff examination in grammar and
more particularly to the fact that pupils
are being rushed through the lower
grades too rapidly for them to master
the subjects thoroughly.
The ages of the pupils will average
between 13 and IA years with few
even younger and Mr.. Smith thinks
that the pupils are passed from one
grade to the next higher one without
proper preparation and then when they
come to the state examination they
find proposition that they are ill
prepared to meet.
The pupils of the Sixth and Seventh
grades were allowed to take the ex-
aminations in physiology and geography
which subjects they have completed
and will not have to take examinations
in these subjects when they take the
final eighth grade exams. The pupils
who failed may still enter the high
school next autumn by passing the ex-
aminatiOns which are to be held on
June 4 and and those who passed
in every subject but one or two may
take the examinations in the subjects
only in which they failed.
The papers showing the grades of
those who took the examinations will
be mailed out from Supt. Smith S Of
flee at once.
The following passed the testing and
will be awarded diplomas:
Donald-Harold Lamb, Hazel Cone.
Jefferson Lille Shelton, Delman
Witherrite, Willard Warner, Gladys
Thurston, Gladys Overholser, Dorsey
Reeves, Eleanor Parrish, Christina
FTubaeher Harold Munson, Delbert
Brownlee, Harry Hall, Gladys Jones,
Johnnie Terhune, Harry Mckee, Elmer
Lamb, Clarence Miller, Floyd Ballard,
Hammond McRae.
Marion-Rex Palmer.
Fairfield-Dot Parker.
nlihee-Clara Feller.
Keizer SchOol-Lucile Thompson.
McAlpin School-Lawrence McEl-
haney.
Thomas School-Margaret Sammerier.
Lberty-Gertrude Schotthoefer.
Witzel-Irwin Shaw, Ethel Shaw,
Joe Gilsdorf.
Aumsville-Ida Weitman, Iva Dough
ty, Hazel johnson.
Hubbard-Willis Yoder.
! Oak Grove-Leona King.
District No. 17--Earl Smith.
Hall School-Lois Aline.
District No. 19.-Conrad Gunderson
Aurora = Kenneth Phillips, Percy
WILL Mabel Armstrong, Velma Bents
Rosa Mccormick, Hazel Cole, Leo Keil
Oscar Piper, Thorsten Anderson.
Butteville-Elijah Kinyon, Albert
Edward Smith.
Harmony-Albert Cook.
Union--Edwin Phillips.
Central Howell-Greta Misner.
Gervais-Verne Robert Jones.
Turner-Maybellle Allison, Claud,
Lyons, Eddie Ahrens.
+ Swegle Sehool-Emma B. Ristow
t Russell Cochran, Milton Gralapp
= Ralph Hayre.
Howell-Leroy Steward.
District No. l04-JOhn L. Stone.
Detroit-Edith White.
sublimity- Tony Spenner, Josepl
Steinkamp.
Elkhorn-Grace Myers
st. Paul--Agnes Brentano.
Hayesville-Fred Stettler.
Scots Mills-Louis Magee, Ethe
: Shifts, Guy Shorey, Lundy Kelsey, Me-
/ lie Kilborn, Genevieve Purnell.
Stayton-Rae Glover, Roy Mielke.
Parkersville Imy Parker, Elsi
e Parker.
d shaw-Emma Fieber, Alvine Besan
e con.
Oakdale-Arthur Warner.
II Clear Lake-Edith Mccormick.
h District No. 109.-Ruby Gentry.
n Cloverdale-Elmer Hennies, Forest +
/. Wilson, Everett Wood, Rosa Drager.
e Rehabilitation Nichols, Lucy
2 Nichols, John Clark, Cass A. Nichols
d Alice Sehrunk.
e Evans Valley-Carl Helgerson.
d st. LOuis-Jessie Hawkins.
Broadacres -ArliesMassey.