The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1919-11-06
~sAo ENGLISH" Is DOOMED NOW
swatch Your Tongue" is slooan 4,
Public Schools this Week

Excitement is keen this week at the
high school over the fate of the vii.
lain, "Bad English To Judge by the
posters originated by the members of
the English classes. the scoundrel is
doomed. ''Watch your tongue" has
been the rule, for at every slip of
grammar some watchful student has
pounced upon the unfortunate user Of
incorrect English with a reminder.
Tags have been worn as reminders
against the use Of had English, and
other devices have Seen used under
the direction Of Miss Barclay to pur-
ify English as she is spoke"
Some Of the students even printed
hand bills urging new school build
ing on the grounds that the germs Of
bad English hnd a lair and lurking
place in the cracks and crannies Of
the old one. This would appear to be
about the last straw on the back Of
the educational camel, otherwise
known as the H. s. building. May 1t
break soon.,.
The Oakes H. s. football team
journeyed to Ellendale Saturday
through the mud seeking revenge up
on the Nj team fpr the, $50 defeat
suffered. by the locals from the Nor.
malites on the Cakes gridiron the
preceding week. Captain Rathman
and his squad failed to register q vic
tory. but they came home elated nev-
ertheless. Putting up the best game
Of the season, they held their heavier
opponents to q score Of $50. Com.
pared with the, score Of the preceding
week, It is evident that at least Coach
DeLaHunt is succeeding in creating a
team out Of the exceedingly green
and raw material that he has been
working with.
The Cakes team showed special i'm
provementN on the defense, which has
been the greatest weakness all season
due to the lack of a second team to
practice against. Instead of waiting
for the Mlendale players to come up
to them to be tackled, they went out
after them. ''Duke" Ferguson, espec-
tally, made use Of his beef in knock
ing huge holes in the Glendale line.
Hazel, at fullback, having cleared up
his scholastic difficulties. proved to
have the qualities that should make
him a great ground gamer before his
completion Of school.
The great Improvement on the
Oakes team was due to better team
work rather than to any development
of individual stars, and on the
strength of this the boys are hoping
to hand LaMoure a sad surprise Fri
day, when they meet in the final game
of the season at LaMoure.
In conformity with the request of
County Chairman J. F. Nichols of the
Roosevelt Memorial organization, ex-
ercises were held in the high school
last week in commemoration of Theo-
dore Roosevelt. It was impossible to
carry them out on Monday, as had
been the original plan, becauses Of the
strike" of the big boiler which made
It impossible to hold school. So the
program was given Friday morning
instead. At that time pledge cards
were passed, and the H. 8: students
signed up for a total of $50 toward
the proposed memorial.
Each Of the lower grades enjoyed
exercises appropriate to the day last
Friday afternoon. CHASTITY and spooky
costumes were the order. and jack-o-
lanterns grinned from every corner.
lBobbing for apples, eating doughnuts
hanging from strings. and similar
typical Halloween sports created
much merriment. 1t is reported that
even some OF the H. 8. faculty hung
around with hungry looks until they
received handouts from the remains
ol the lunches Principal Anderson
would not commit himself, when ques-
toned as to the truth of the rumor
Pupils Of the seventh Grade were
delighted to- hsarof tho illness Of
Miss Dahlbeck vhich kept
her I'm woffk. AZ 3 ~ y substitute
could beSsscursd, the Stade had a
shcll6ay. It's an I'll wind that blows
nobody good.
Miss Dahlbeck was Victim Of the
schrnnic coolness Of III uildinks that
has' been the usual thing Itg TN. Her