The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1919-12-04
OAKEs PUBLIC SCHOOL NOTES
Will Hold Carnival Friday Evening
) of This Week

Will Hold Carnival Friday Evening
! of This Week
The principal activity of the high
school this week has been centering
around the preparations for the car
nival to be held this Friday evening
in the school building. The purpose
of the carnival is to raise money for
the deficit in the football treasury.
According to the advance reports, all
the usual methods of separating the
public from it's money will be employ
ed. Side shows, confidence men, skin
games, and even the great free at
traction will be there. Bosko, the
wild man, he eats 'em alive. Sin
uous Sylvia, the salubrious snake
charmer, will bravely enter the den
Of writhing serpents. We would like
to tell about. 1.-The swimming match
between two local rivals of the Mack
Sennett bathing girls, of the show
for men only, Of the chamber of hor-
rors, warranted to curdle the bluest
blood, Of the death-defying-but we
promised not to peep a word. Every
body will be there to see it anyway.
Another typewriter has been added
to the equipment Of the commercial
department this week. The Oakes
National Bank gave the school a bar
gain on one Of their Underwoods,
which they are replacing with spec
ial wide carriage machine for legal
document work. The boys of the man.
ual training class put their knowl-
edge to practical use by building a
bench for the fourth machine in the
typewriting sanctum. Now the am
bilious commercial students will not
be 30 handicapped by lack of va
cant machine upon which to practice.
Miss Henderson celebrated Thanks
giving by having her tonsils removed.
She was back on the job Monday
when school opened, but the strain Of
teaching was too much for the raw
spots in her throat, and Tuesday her
scholars had another holiday as a
result. She was unable to teach, and
substitute could not be secured.
The Times has within the past two
weeks printed supply Of letterheads
for the high school, and new report
cards. Both mark a considerable
change from what was previously
used. The new letterheads give
list Of the members and officials of
the board of education, and of the
high school faculty. On some is also
printed couple Of lines across the
top Of the page giving resume of
the advantages Of Oakes. So many
requests come to the superintendent
from prospective teachers in the
spring, asking for information in re-
gard to the city, that Superintendent
Gould decided to have some station
cry printed that would answer all
such questions, to be used as desired.
The new report cards are worthy of
special mention, if only for the ex-
cellent workmanship upon them. But
they have won considerable commen-
dation from the teachers because of
other advantages as we'll. Little
booklets were printed which were in
exact duplication Of the cards. At
the end Of the month each teacher en-
ters her marks on the cards and in
the duplicate books. Each book has
sufficient pages SO that all the Fresh
men are recorded in one, the Soph-
omofes in another, etc. After the
marks are all entered, the cards are
given out to the pupils for inspec-
tion at home, and the duplicate books
returned to the Office for the trans
fer Of the marks to the official rec
ords. The teachers find this, system
q great time saver as compared to
the one used last year, when the
marks were entered ct q -teachers'
meeting. which consumed several
hours. With the increased enroll
ment this year the former method