The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-04-24
High Students On Farms To
Keep Glass Standing
BOARD DECIDES THIS
Stanley Haines Has A Poem
Accepted; News From
The City Schools
tBy Benjamin Rawlins)

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The board of education has decided
that all boys of the senior class who
are called to the army service before
school closes are to be graduated pro-
| vided that their standing in school
has been maintained up to the point
of withdrawal. In regard to students
desiring TO work on the farm, it was
decided that any student will be al
lowed, If his standing in class has
been maintained by him up until the
date of withdrawal, to sever his con-
nection with the school and maintain
his class standing.
The seniors entering farm work
will be allowed the same privileges
Of those entering the army except
that they will be required to report
weekly or by mail, with the written
statement Of the father or employer
that the student has been working on
a farm.
The other three classes will be re-
quired to report weekly while school
is in session and monthly after school
has closed for the summer and are
expected, but not required, to keep in
touch with the lessons, SOFAS to make
the work regular next fall. Commence
ment will be held June 7th as before
planned. These two resolutions were
passed unanimously by the board, and
were approved of heartily by the state
superintendent of schools as shown
by the following letter received by
the board from him.
To the Superintendent
By way of emphasizing the proclaim
| alton of Governor Cox, / feep con-
strained to urge upon all the school
people of Ohio, not only the advisa-
bility, but in reality the necessity of
lending their best efforts to the pro-
motion of food production this year to
| the extreme maximum. To this end it
will be well to see to it that all boys,
| especially above the age of ten years,
become enlisted in this enterprise.
1t is well to bear in mind that this
| is time of emergency, and the regu-
| lar order should be modified to fit con-
ditions as we find them. In the plant
ing season the boys may well be ex-
cused from school duties, in order to
give assistance in this enterprise. We
| may we'll give school credits for farm
and garden work which is done under
attended supervision. 1t is well to en-
phasize the fact that cultivating a doz-
en- hills of corn or potatoes even in
fence corners amounts to a patriotic
service.
It will be we'll, also, for every man
teacher to lead the way by cultivat-
ing plot of ground of his own, and
by going into the fields to assist in the
planting and the harvesting.
If all the teachers of Ohio will but
espouse this cause intensively and
Fundamentally. the results of the
summers activity will rebound, not
only to the glory of the school, but to
the glory of Ohio as a whole
F. b. PEARSON.
An entertainment will be given by
| the seventh and eighth grades of the
| Third Ward School, and an illustrated
| lecture will be given by Rev. Ander-
son, at the high school auditorium,
Tuesday, April Gath at 1880 p. m. The
Third ward has purchased a small
printing outfit of large type, dupli-
Gator, new flags, flag pole, pictures,
| and number of small paper baskets.
with the money from their paper
sales.
At the Second ward, the boys and
girls Of the seventh and eighth grades
have smoothed of the lawn and sown
grass seed. Besides this they plant
ed three trees for which they went to
the woods.
We are pleased to note that Stanley
Porter Haines OF the senior class OF
the high school, has had one Of his
magazine, and will receive a check
for $4,000.
Four students of the high school
have passed the preliminary examin-
alton for the hospital corps last week
and went to Columbus today to take
the final examination. All four are
expected to pass the examination and
to enter the service. The boys are
John Gorsuch, Clinton Coe, Robert
Beckley and Earl Cranmer. The ad-
miration and respect of the high
school accompany the boys wherever