Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1915-01-15
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.

The vacation weeks have long heen
forgotten and the days of toll ard at
hand. We are now in the midst OF
much confusion and why shouldn t
we be. Only one more week and those
awful examinations, the ones which
determine whether or not we have
burned the coal juice until the wee
hours of morning, the ones which teach
us that after all life is serious pro
blem, the ones which make us akaln
resolve as we have often done Sand
often failed to fulfil, will have tp be
dealt with. We have again eame to
realize the value Of study. We have
come to know, as the instructors have
tried to warn us before, that sy1tem-
attic study is a very good thin & & and
that those who have taken good friend
ly advice from ones who know have
no heavy "bn-dens of the mind;' to
carry. We nu>: think Of the i" Fairy
-SteriesA that we -ess:<e4l--t to -zeed i the
grades with a deeper thought. ,WAsee
them in different lignt. Ne cah.now
see that they have had greater mean
ing than we realized they had while
reading them. For instance, we re-
member the story Of the "Grasshopper
and the ANTI We remember how the
ant toiled day in and day out, but
when the winter came he was prepared
In the meantime, while the ant was
laboring and had clearer, greater
sight Of the future, the grasshopper
was making merry, for as he said,
"Tomorrow we may die and what ben
eft will we reap?' The winter came
and the ant was prepared. The grass
hopper, however, died. Then the ques-
tion comes to us "Have we acted the
part of the ant or the grasshoppef?'
If the first, then there is no need for
worry. If the second, why should we
not worry? The school board have
decided to hold the half-year examin-
ations again this year. For the past
two years the examinations have been
held at the end Of each year, however,
the idea of having them twice year
seems to prove out to be the best. The
school board is aiming to make this the
best school in the state and as result
put forth their greatest efforts for
planning standard Of efficiency.
There: will be no state examinations to
be held in the public schools Of Little
Falls this year. They are of no espe
cial benefit to the student and are a
great expense to the district. The only
thing that they are good for are as
souvenirs and the district would prefer
to add this unnecessary expense to the
building up Of the standard that is
very necessary. The program for ex-
aminations begins Wednesday, Janu-
ary 20, 1915 at $3.50 a. m.
MIR. Zipoy was called to Brainerd
FRIDAY tn of fho
dena basketball game. He returned
Saturday.
Mr.. Zipoy received news Tuesday of
the death of his uncle, M. NJ. Zipoy, of
Minneapolis.
high school this week: Miss Ruth
Martin OF Swanville, Miss Baker, Miss
koop, Earl Golombuske, Charles Heg-
berg of Brainerd.
The normal department has received
q consignment of about one hundred
books to be used in the normal library.
Mae Kunza, Laura Adams and Ethel
Anderson have been substituting the
past week for Miss Peterson and Miss
Maynard.
Two students enrolled in the high
| school this week.
Mathematics Club
The Mathematics club gave q very
interesting program Thursday evening
after school. Following is the program:
Original story-Chafles Fortier.
Paper on Northern Lights-Leona
Gordon.
Constellation-Ruth Lane.
Meteors-Mildred Dewey.
Why Commercial Arithmetic is of
Value to students-M. W. Zipoy.
biography Of Mathematics-Char.
lotte Kummert.
The next program will be held two
weeks from Thursday.
Boys 0lee Club
The bows in the glee club have taken
new hold on their music and are get
ting along in fine shape. Miss Una
Hart. the director has selected some
very good music and tits real pleas
ure to practice now. they expect to
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