East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-01-24

e of outside reading per school year OF
e one per month would not be too many.
d Evidently not, for many have finished
!, the ten reports within two months aft
= er starting. Many of the children are
o having their certificates framed and
4 one school room in planning n fine
4 display as soon as all are IN hand,
\ AS was expected, this book report
f has worked two ways. 1t has inter
: osted many in voluntary reading who
had previously been indifferent and it
has taught the too rapid reader TO
consider more thoughtfully the con-
: tents of the book. The quality of the
) books read is of course high. The
very first certificate to be given was
earned by n sixth grade boy from
: Athena who read the following books:
Alcott-Little men.
Brooks-Story of the Aenei@
Brown-In the days of giants.
! Brooks-The Odyssey.
Cooper-Last of the NIohicans.
Faulkner-Red Cross stories.
: Observation-Disclosures book.
Spyri-Heidi
observation-disclosures Island.
Swift-Gulliver' travels.
The ten questions on the book re-
port blank are as follows, after the
author, title and publisher have been
properly recorded:
What is the copyright date of the
book? Is the author probably living?
+ Tell in one word whether the book is
I just a story of biography, history,
book about travel. nature, animals,
health. heroism or some other subject?
Ii the book is about people. give the
names of the principal person Cnot
more than five) and tell the chief
characteristics of each. If the book is
a story is it humorous, pathetic.
thrilling, dry? What period of time
is covered in the book? What places?
Relate briefly the incident you liked
best, or describe the most vivid scene
IN the book. Name the three best
things you learned from this book
Name five words found in this book
that were entirely new to you; give
page on which found and the mean
ing. Quote the passage in the book
(not over three lines) that you think
, the finest and worth memorizing; on
what page is it found? Would you
recommend this book to your friends?
Why?
Library Gives Certificates.
Asa Arbogast of Athena was the
first child in Umatilla county to re-
ceive Reading Certificate from the
County Library for having read 10 Sc
lected books and filled out 10 book
report blanks. He is in the sixth
grade in Athena. which is taught by |
Mrs. Amy McDaniels and his certifi- |
cate was issued Nov. 25, 1919.
TWenty-nine other rhiIdrap have
now received reading certificates and
more are being issued every day. In
December certificates were granted
to the following children, mentioned
in the order in which their book re-
ports were received.
Enod Leach, sixth grade, Lincoln
school; Mildred Ebrel, sixth grade,
Lincoln school, Hazel Raglan, sixth
grade, Mckay; Goldie Flock. sixth
grade, Helix; Belle Anderson, fifth
grade. Athena; Edna De Freeze, fifth
grade, Athena; Muriel Garden sixth
grade. Athena; Vera Miller, fifth
grade, Athena; James Hill. sixth
grade, Lincoln; Grace Peterson, sixth
grade, Ukiah; Sheldon Lawrance, fifth
grade, Ukiah.
The following children have receiv-
ed their certificates in january:
Kathleen McClintock. sixth grade.
Lincoln; Wanda Alspach, sixth grade,
Helix; Frances Ritner, sixth grade,
Lincoln: Zelma Flock, seventh grade,
Helix; Cassie McAlavy, seventh grade,
Helix; Edith Roehlk, sixth grade, Lin
coin; Fay Clark seventh grade. AL
bee; Theo Robertson, fifth grade,
Helix; Dorothea Dodge, seventh grade,
Lincoln; Editha Barthel, seventh
grade, Lincoln; Rosemary White
man, sixth grade, Lincoln; Joyce
Hatch, sixth grade, Lincoln; Fred
Peebler. seventh grade Lincoln: Ger
trude Kupers. sixth grade, Lincoln;
Wilson McNary. seventh grade. Lin
coin; Howard Durham, sixth grade,
Lincoln; Kathryn Simpson, sixth
grade, Hawthorne; Mildred Wyrick,
seventh grade, Lincoln; James Simp-
son, eighth grade, Lincoln; Dean Err
win. sixth grade, Lincoln: Ressie
Wiglesworth. sixth grade. Hawthorne;
Edna Enbusk. seventh grade. LincoIns
Seville Marty, eighth grade, Washing
ton; Ernest Leslie, fifth grade, Helix;
Allen Boyden, seventh grade, Lincoln;
Raymond Williams seventh grade,
Lincoln; Helen Hoshino, seventh
grade, Lincoln; Alzora Nelson, seventh
grade, Lincoln; Shirley Rev, seventh
grade, Lincoln; Katherine BIuflrn,
sixth grade, Hawthorne: Marvin Win
nett, sixth grade, Lincoln.
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