Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-05-07
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
Cecil johnson, Editor-in-C Chief.

The following article entitled Nor
Revenue for Schools is from tn
Chicago Tribune Editorial: There i
an economy whichis waste in disguise
A man who saves money by starv
ing himself into inefficiency is no
saving but wasting. The communit!
which starves its schools is starv
ing itself ntoinefficiency.No democra.
cy can afford to keep its tax rate
down at the cost of legitimate edu.
cational opportunity for it's people
Certainly if retrenchment is necessary
1t should reach the schools last"
On Monday, May 10, there will be
only the morning session Of school
In the entire school system. Three
years ago when the present circus
came to town not over twenty per
cent of the pupils attended school.
These pupils were the brightest ones
and consequently needed instruction
the least. 1t might be said, however,
that circus is educational This, no
doubt, explains the action of the
board Of education. The morning
session in the high school begins at
$500 O'Clock, in the seventh and
eighth grades at $500, in the fifth and
sixth at $40 and the other grades
at the usual time. Parents should
cooperate with the school authori-
ties in seeing that their children are
at school promptly. Dire things are
threatened if any pupil is absent
without good cause or is late.
On Friday, May l4th, beginning at
300 p. NJ, there will be a display of
the Home Economics, Manual Train
ing, Penmanship and Drawing depart
ments of the Cresco schools. Every
one is invited. These displays will
be held in the Home Economics and
Manual training rooms in the high
school building.
The Seniors are anxiously looking
forward to commencement. Some are
beginning to realize that their high
school days are limited and are la
menting their sad condition. Some
are looking forward to college or
university career and consoling
themselves with joys anticipated,
while others declare that that does
MT concern them at all. The most
Interesting feature at this time of
year is the urgent demand for SEN
Tors on the part Of colleges. Pam
phlets, letters and catalogs are crowd
ing in and claiming attention.
Work on the class play begins this
week in good earnest. Miss Apple
man has kindly consented to take
charge of the preliminary practice
until May oath, when Miss Harrison
of the state University will come for
~ or IA days. Miss Harrison is high
~ recommended and is the one who
coaches the university plays. The
date of the class play will be a trifle
later this year than usual, occupying
on Friday night of the last week of
school.
We were all quite happily surpris-
ed a few days ago whent 1t was an
nOunced that we would all be given
the afternoon off on circus day. Most
of us are fond of circuses and if not,
we certainly are of an occasional
vacation. Many thanks.
Last Friday in place of class reci-
tation, the Chemistry class was priv
ileged to take trip out to the brick
yard. While the term "brick" may
sound dry and uninteresting, yet it
was not so to the Chemistry class.
The first place to be visited was the
pit where the raw material, the clay,
ts secured. To look at the dark,
grimy substances, one would not
think it capable Of much further use
than to serve as trodden earth. We
were then taken to the car and track
where the clay is loaded and convey
ed to the machinery for molding, etc.
This was probably the most interest
ing Of all. Here it is that the grind
ing and distilling Of the clay takes
place, where the hard Jumps are
ground and undesirable elements are
removed. Then this clay is allowed
to drop into caste where It IL mold
ed into brick form and cut. It has
vet to 60 through = drying process,
where it undergoes q shrinkage of
one inch. Then it is conveyed to a
furnace where It is heated for 4S
hours. the temperature for heating
varying according to the kind of
brick. For tile, it is heated to a
Of 400, for paving brick
It Is 1900, and fire brick is 1900 de-
krees. 1t requires IL tons of coal
to heat kiln Of $4,000 bricks. We
were shown samples of different kinds
of brick, such as fire, paving, tile,
pressed, finishing and sewer brick
The factory was well worth studying
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