The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-10-15
School Notes

the high school and grade rooms
tests are being given before the first
grades are issued. The grade cards
will be sent home Monday noon, and
parents are urged to note the atten-
dance records and class standings OF
the pupils, and to sign and return
the reports promptly.
The grades are given out in letters
as last year: "a" standing for ex-
cellent and representing percentage
grade of from 81 to 100: "B" is good
and represents IS TO 80 per cent, &C"
is fair or passing representing from
IS to IS: 20" unsatisfactory or failure
represents grades below Is per cent.
In case pupils do not appear to be
doing satisfactory work, the teachers
will be glad to confer with the parents
in the hope that by the cooperation
of home and school, the standings
may be improved. Whether pupils
are doing good work or not. the
parents are urged to visit the schools
to observe the work that goes on in
classes. A half day spent in such
visiting will show many things that
ought 10 be of interest to parents.
The class of 1916 held the first meet.
ing of the year on last Tuesday ani
elected the following officers: Presi-
dent, Lucille Prevey: Vice President,
Florence Harrison: Secretary,
Catherine Martens; Treasurer, Alice
Bremen: Advisor Miss Kahl. The
class decided to make q monthly
assessment on each member for the
year. They are considering the
matter of the publication of an An
nual, but no action was taken. The
1916 class it now appears ought to be
little larger than the 1915 class at
commencement time. There are -
members of the class in regular
standing, and two in addition to this
who may be able to graduate. Grace
Lanphier, who comes from the
Brookings high school is now new
member of the class.
The football game which was play
ed Saturday on the home ground,
with the Ortonville high school team,
was disappointment in that the
local boys were out played by their
opponents, who had q slight advan-
tage by their weight. The outcome
of the game was not surprise to those
who knew how many members were ia
the game for the irst time. Maxfield,
Cochran, r. Fenner, w. Allen and
Karcher showed that they had ambi-
ton and will make good players
when they have more experience. OF
who had been changed from end to
quarter did we'll, Bingham, the
captain, of the team, was the most
consistent player and strong on both
otfense and defense. w. Fenner at
hn1 .h0 S~
the ball, while 0. Bagdons showed
his old reliability at center. Kline, L.
Van der WORT, and McKenna were
Handicapped by lack OF practice, but
their game will improve as the season
shifting of positions will improve the
work OF team and he is confident that
the boys will be able to make better
showing in their second game with
Ortonville. For Ortonville, Godfrey
was the best ground gamer, and he
made a number of good gains, using
a stiff arm to ward off the Milbank
tacklers. The Ortonville team ap-
peared to have done more practice
this year and their plays worked we'll
for the most part. The game was q
friendly one and marred by no
WIdHkIiuR. NO ScflOuS III urlcS were
received by any of the pla yers,
though Captain Bingham was forced
to retire during the fourth period on
on account OF muscle bruises on
the right leg. However his in
juries were not SO serious as to cause
him to miss the festivities of the even
ing Mr.. Glenn and Mr.. Hahn acted
as referee and umpire alternating.
Mr.. A. Bergman of Vermillion was
field judge, and Mr.. Hill head lines
man. Final score, Ortonville 81
Milbank o.
The football team has been unable
to secure a game for this week as
Montevideo feels unable to accept the
terms which were offered them for a
game either at Milbank or Monte
video on October %. game has
been scheduled with the Appleton
high school and the team hopes to
make a much better showing than
they did in their opening game.
The pupils of the schools were very
much pleased that the half holiday on
Friday enabled them to take in the
attractions of the carnival. The
attendance was good throughout the
week