Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-06-09
EIGHTH GRADE CLASS
LARGEST IN HISTORY
SUPERINTENDENT GOSS ISSJyES
DIPLOMAS TO 1913 PUPILS OF
COUNTY SCHOOLS.


Diplomas were issued this week BY
County Superintendent o. c. Goss to
1873 pupils in the different school dis
tricts of the county, the largest num-
Der issued at one time in the county's
history, these being those who sue
cessfully passed the eighth grade ex-
aminations recently held and are now
entitled to enter high school.
Altogether 4s3 pupils took the ex-
aminations, the largest class in the
county's history, but 1856 of these
were seventh graders who took tbe
test on only two subjects, physiology
and geography. studies which the
school laws permit to be completed
IN the seventh grade. Two hundred
pupils tried for diplomas, 81 failing.
but most of them in only one or two
subjects, upon which they expect to
try again in the examinations next
"OAAO0udy duu 1uurSOay.
Geographical questions proved the
stumbling block in this examination.
superintendent Goss said, more pu-
pills failing to pass in that subject
than any other. There were nine sub
jects in all.
Grand Mound Girl Leads.
Miss Nora Mashburn of the Grand
Mound school made the best record
OF any pupil who took the examina-
tion. her grade being o. per cent.
Ottmar Kotick of Little Rock coming
second with SO 40 and Ida MCGUIRE
OF Bucoda third. with 90 30. The
Bordeaux school made the highest
record Of any district. six Of it, pupils
taking the examination. all receiving
diplomas and all scoring grades Of
80 or more.
More diplomas were issued to pu-
pills In the Rochester district than To-
any other. IL pupils there receiving
them. Grand Mound coming next With
10. Lacey third with 8. and TeninO
fourth with Z. In quite number Of
the smaller districts only one pupil
received q diploma, while there are
several districts in which none was
issued.
The complete list Of those who re-
ceived diplomas 10:
Little Rock-Hartley Bates. Grace
Crate, Ottmar Kotick. Chester Little
john. Louie Sommes.
Tumwater-Stella Cannon, Mar
jorie Cook. Lois Johnston. Jesse
Mills, Carrie Rusher. Golden Spears.
Belmore-Clark Bigbee.
Plum station-Rlanche Brouwes.
Gull Harbor-Roy Dill. Elva
Floyd. Mabel Norrie.
Bush-Beryl January. Glenn Janu-
ary.
Puget-Lucille Johnston.
Oyster Bay-Clara Miller.
Mud Bay-Helen SchIlts.
Lacey - Oracle Marcott, Lydia
shoobridge, Ada Fall. Irene Granger,
Mamie stoll. w. e. Robbins. James
Garrett. Cecil Fall.
South Bay-Carl Capehart. Olive
Hall, Gladys Parse. Ruth Pickett,
Wendell Swayns.
Bucoda--Edna Davies. Evelyn Glib
son. Ida MCGUIRE, Blanche Smith. Or
Vile Epperson.
East Union-Edwin Blanchard.
Ora Fox.
Oak Grove-violet Burnham.
Rainier - Jessie Eddy. Helena
Gehrke, Robert House, Robert Pet
tit, Myrtle Watson. Alice White.
Mountain View - Maud zeller,
Francis Pugsley. Irene Koeppen. Les
ter Koeppen.
Chambers Prairie-Harold Schars.
Tenino - Ray Abbott. Howard
Cole. Holice DeLoach. Antonio FrareY
Ted Macarthur. Fay Robinson. Claude
Wilson.
Bordeaux-Helen Berry, Richard
Costigan, Bessie Lynch. George Num-
by. Gladys Thompson, jamie Thomp-
son.
Tono-Iva Clark, Wilbert Friend,
Annebelle Martina. John Snow.
Riverside-Reuben Hakvist. Laila
Johnson, Ellen Koutonen.
Cattail-Roy Carr, Daisy Church.
i'll, Lillian Churchill, verna Sand
mire.
Yelmr-Donald Capen. Dorothy
Hughes, Alta Martin. Elsie Meays.
Ruth Mosman, Florence Chabert.
Longmire-Harold Cook.
NisGually-DOris Hartman.
McAllister Springs-Ellen Thomp-