The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-08-08

your contributor can this week write
of one of the tal1est of the many ialr
daughters of the farm, here in our
town, Miss Margaret Schmidt mem
and girls, the 18th and largest class
that ever graduated from the Sisse-
ton High School,. 1t has been dubbed
The Unusual Glass" being for one
thing, the thirteenth in the line OF
commencemen.s. The Sth grade OF the
city schools had to have an extra SIS
one of our sons Of the farm, Mr.. Clay
ton Schmidt, sefore they were ad.
mitted to the first year of the four
year course. In its last year the FL.
wrought great havoc with the timc
allotted to the seniors in which &c
complete their work. And because
of its difficulties we honor the men
bers of the class all the more. lac
sum tOal of time. effort. expense, pa.
thence and perseverance require. ~!
each one who travels the road laid
out for our bows and girls in order TO
graduate from one of our i,ig'
schools is something to be reckoned
with: The sacrifice required of thu
mothers of all working class girls an
boys who graduate from high school
Is so great as to form an obstacle that
ONLY one mother in hundreds or even
thousands on the farm feel able tc
make it. Elder sisters, too, come in
for their share of honor, as do faith
ers and brothers who must drive farm
teams an infinite number of times
TO and from the school, That all the
book will hereafter be free to stud
ents is good news. That in the not Dis
amt future, all schools and hig
schools will undergo great changes
4 the opinion of many thinking PEG
pie. Read from the August "Ameri.
can Magazine" what Gene Stratton
Porter, born IN 1868 on farm ir
Wabash Co., Indiana, writer of L.,
books, the complned sale of which is
over 100000 says:
81 was placed in the public schools
OF the nearest county seat, and an ef.
fort made to instill Latin, Greek anS
calulus. In the whole of my school
life 1 never mad one teacher who
made the slightest effort to discoye,
what 1 cared for personally, what !
had been born to do, or who made
any attempt to lelp me in any direc.
ton evinced an inclination to deye-
lop. was to be pushed into this
groove in which all other pupils ran
When / could lot be forced, it was
because l was of poor mentality O,
had a bad disposition.
Mr.. and Mrs j. p. Aasness and
daughter Lena at present visiting a,
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Himle will
leave for Tacoma, Wash, the las. u
July. Four of their daughters, tn,
Misses Bertha, Emma, Annie and Lid
die reside their. Their sons Peter ant
Alfred expect to go to the coast AM
join the family later. One daughter
Mary, now Mrs. Hesby resides a
Neilsville, Minn.,. Counting thei
daughter Mrs. Himle residing in ou
town and their son Alderman Jriir
Aasness of Sisse.on, who also owns ;
farm here, there is still anotHe
daughter Hannah, now Mrs. Olso,
who went as Rel Cross Nurse Will
her husband, who went as q black
smith, to the war front in France
Since their departure shortly afte
the beginning nf hostilites in 1914
rot one word has been received eithe
by the parents or any of the ten bro
Tiers and sisters of Mrs. Olson. VIVA
their fate may have been we can onl,
hope to have revealed some day.
Mrs. Aasness and daughter rec
emily returned from visit anon,
old neighbors and relatives in Jacl,
son Co. Mimi. where the trial of A
G. Townley and organizer Gilber
was being conducted. There publ
opinion is strong for Townley an
| declares the case won't amount t
anything" Farmers are joining tn
league every dav in great numbers
That trial was casting oil into tn
flames!