The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-03-08
CARBURY SCHOOLS.

who has been absent the past week
due to illness, re-entered school Mon
day.
The schools have succeeded in learn
ing three new songs during the morn
ing singing exercises this week. The
song book which the school is using is
the Abridged Academy Song Book. It
is thus giving by it's piquancy a new
er-ending source of pleasure to all the
J pupils. It contains just the right
kind and proportion Of college, nat
ional and sacred songs to make it very
! enjoyable and profitable for all.
The following lines of rime express
an idea for the pupil who at times
makes use of the word "can't." The
fellow who "can't" sat at his desk
and idled his time away; while the
fellow who "could" picked up his
books and got there by and by. For
he gritted his teath and said: ~
will" and he struggled with might
and main, while the fellow who "cant"
is sitting there still and there's no
one else to blame.
At assembly Wednesday morning
Emil Crogen gave an oral report on
the current news Of the week. His
report was we'll given and showed a
fair discriminating ability on the part
of the reporter. A great deal of prac-
tice is required before is able to
properly select the most important,
current and spicy news.
What you do during your spare
hours determine what you will be. 1t
is an index to your character. Great
men have always been misers of min
utes. Lord Bacon's fame springs
from the work of his leisure hours
while Chancellor of England. During
an interview with a Monarch, Goethe
excused himself to write down a
thought for "Faust" lest it escape
him. Pope often rose in the night to
write out thoughts. Grote wrote his
matchless "History Of Greece" in the
hours snatched from his duties as a
banker. George Stephenson educated
himself in his spare moments. IT a
genius like Gladstone always carried
a book in his pocket lest a spare NOM
ent be wasted, what are those who idle
away their time and squander hours,
thinking about?
Einar Holt was absent from school
duties the latter part Of last week on
account of illness.
The following short composition.
which was written on the assigned
subject "A September Walk" is sub
mitted by Olga Setter, a member Of
the freshman class. It reads thus:
EARLY one bright, sunny September
morning, Jane and Mary were walk
ing together on their way to school
The path which they followed was a
beautiful shady path. Large trees
stood in array On each side, spread.
ing their branches, which were COW
cred with red and golden leaves, up
toward the blue sky overhead. Among
these treetops the birds were rap
turously singing their songs and the
golden sun was sending it's rays be-
: tween the trees along that pathway
If you had CHANGED along this path
at this time, you would have heard
them talking Of the lovely weather
and of the beautiful things which are
so much in evidence in the fall of the
year.
While walking together in CONVEX
sation, they became SO deeply inter
ested in the scenery about them that
they forgot all about school. Becom-
ing worried Of carrying their lunch
basket and books, they left them by
the wayside at a place where a path
was seen running northward. Then
they began to follow this path with
the intention Of soon turning back.
AS they journeyed onward they reach
ed a stream bubbling down the noun
tain side, clear, cool and bright. This
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