The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1920-09-16
LARGE OPENING
ENROLMENT
School Began Monday and First Days
Attendance Surpasses Previous
NJ Records
NEW BUILDING BADLY NEEDED
Crowded Condition is Serious Handi.
cap to Teachers

is nothing to the old superstition that
the number 13 in unlucky. Last Mon.
day was the 18th Of September, and
school began for the year on that day
If any further evidence is needed to
convince the most skeptical that 13
is an unlucky number, we can't imag-
inc what it would be.
The enrolment process occupied
most Of the Monday session, classes
not meeting regularly until Tuesday.
The number Of scholars starting in on
the opening Of school was such as tc
make the teachers long heartily 70,
the completion Of the new building
In the high school especially it nearly
required the services Of Houdini tc
figure out daily program that would
solve the problem Of scheduling sever
teachers in five rooms without con.
fiicts. As it was,-the best that could
be done left two classes to meet in
the same room at the same time in
one period Of the day, and they are
meeting according to schedule.
With a number Of pupils still out in
the country working, the enrolment
this year is the largest for the open.
ing of school that it has been since
Oakes was inhabited only by prairie
chickens and flickertails. The total
number of pupils registered was $50
Of which 105 were in high school
classes and 245 in the grades. Mis-.
Nichols and Miss Schwandt. had 50
pupils in the city hall, part first and
part second graders, Miss Hutsinpillel
had 81 second graders, and the Other
grades had enrollments as follows;
Third, 81; fourth, %; fifth, %; sixth
Fl; seventh, "a; eighth, 26.
Some readjustments were made II
the three lower grades that will di.
vide the work more equitably among
the teachers, and make it possible fol
the scholars to do better work. II
the high school several classes wer,
eliminated for this year because,of thu
lack Of rooms and the scarcity o.
qualified teachers in certain subjects
The eighth graders will not have man
ual training and domestic science thi.
year, and Latin will be the only Ian.
guage other than English studied III
the high school.
Owing to difficulties in arranging
the daily program, the high schoo
and eighth grade start classes at 8:4(
this year, and it is possible that some
of the other grades may begin thei,
work at the same time. Physica
education is new state requirement
Of all high school students, and the
last period of the day is reserved 70,
that. 81;
Coach De La Hunt had about thirt,
candidates out for football Tuesday
afternoon, and judging by the pep ane
snap of the scrimmage work, the
Cakes team will be several hundred
per cent stronger this year than last
No definite selections have been made
as yet for places on the team, though
judging by their work Captain Roney
Ed Hazel and Nepstad are likely t.
become fixtures in the backfield. Tht
Freshmen uncovered a couple of fu.
ture stars in Bert Hazel and Archie
Fordyce, who spoiled a good number
of plays for the first team.
The game Saturday afternoon with
Lidgerwood will be largely in the ma.
ture of q tryout for permanent Nplace.
on the team. It will have no bearing
on the championship, for Lidgerwool
has been unable to get out enough
high school boys to make team, ani
has been forced to call in some assist.
ance from former students.
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