Warren sheaf., 1917-02-14
High School Notes

Just recently, we have planned t<
place into the hands of every grade
pupil one Of the Palmer method
books. These pupils are expected
to purchase these for themselves.
/ The cost will be 10 cents to eacl
First and Second grade pupil anc
Is cents to others.
| It has been thot best to teach
school on both legal holidays in Feb
ruary this year; then have shorr
vacation at Easter time in April
This will in part take the place
of our usual spring vacation which
we will not have this year, due te
beginning trihe late in the fall.
The class valedictorian this yea1
will be Hazel Edwards, with an av
erage thruout the past four years
OF SO and fraction per cent
Esther Erickson will be salutatorian
with a fraction over 9 per cent a;
her average.
Jean Stevens, Dagny Erickson, anc
Mildred Wood range between 81 arc
94 per cent.
The final average Of each may
be slightly different by the close
Of the year but there will be nc
change in the rank for the work
being done by each is practically
on an equality.
The four-year average of a mum.
Der of others is close to the &C
per cent mark, some a trihe above
and others a triAe below.
The Senior class this year mum.
bers 35, there being 16 boys anc
10 girls.
Ten of the girls expect to com
plete the course in our Normal de-
partment, from which they will re
ceive certificates of the first class
The hope Of every member of the
class is that they will be able tc
complete the course, but at present
there is some doubt about two o,
three doing so.
All parents should watch the
grades their sons or daughters are
getting each month or each si1
weeks, when the report cards are
sent home by the pupils for the
parents signature. # these grades
are low, you should try to ascer-
tain the reason.
Your only way OF knowing what
your boys or girls are doing ir
their studies is thru the reports
sent to you, unless you see the
teachers in person. If you did this
more often than you do, it would
result in good, to the teacher as
we'll as to the pupils.
To Parents: We would like tc
ask you if you know where your
boys or girls are each night of the
week. Do they spend most of their
evenings at home? Do they spend
them at places which aid them il
their school work? Are they get
ting regular and sufficient hours Of
sleep? Do you encourage them te
study some while at home? Dc
you plan so that their home study
may be done regularly each eve
ming, or is it done in hap
hazard manner, when convenient?
We have number of pupils il
the grades and high school as wei
who are spending their evenings al
other places than their homes anc
their parents certainly know this
Several Of those students are do
ing little or nothing in school. They
are poor in daily work and poor
in the examinations they are given
If you examine their reports, yor
will find them poor also.
The teachers Of the public school.
are largely responsible for the boy:
and girls while they are in the
school room, but whether they ac
complish what they should during
that time, depends very largely up
on how they spend the time from
4 p. m. until 9 a. M, outside thu
school room.
The High School Basket Ball team
defeated the Argyle team in 22-2t
score last Saturday afternoon. Th'
locals will go to East Grand Fork:
next Friday evening, Feb.16, where
we hope they will win anothe,
victory.
The Stock Grading team, the mem
bers of which were: Theodore Hill
leboe, Clifford Nelson, Andy Nor
kassel, and George Copps, managed
to capture second prize in the Stool
Judging contest at Crookston dur
in the Farm Crops Show.
Sinclair Macarthur, our represent
ative in the Declamatory contest
secured third place, first place be
ing given to East Grand Forks AM
second to Warroad.
Pearl Truhn recently Withdrew
from her duties in the local higl
school.
Demonstration on "frozen des
serts", in the Domestic Science