The state herald., 1921-04-22
DE SCHOOL PUBLICATION
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Literary Work

Some orthography sentences writ
ten by two seventh grade pupils, u.s.
ing five of the photography words:
tenant who was travelling on
the Mediterranean sea had very
lively bull terrier" which the sailors
tried to retain" but the man said
he was going to take him to his chill
dren, who lived in the territory" of
Louisana.-Ralph Hendrickson.
a TERROR was seen making the "in-
terment" of the small rabbit which
he had caught on the vast territory"
owned by the tenant" upon the isle
of Terra del Fuego," where it was
very hot and where bushes often de
tained' him from grabbing his prey.
Walter Lutte.
The seventh grade pupils often at
tempt to use several of their orthog-
raphy words in one sentence. The
following are some examples: "A
fragment was broken from the mon
ument' which fell from the edge of
a cliff, and it came into contact
with Il rock which made it roll into
the path, and it became a great i'm
pediment to the man of integrity
who was walking along the path. =
Theodore Kinch; "A fragment of
the monument which was placed in
memory of the people who were
scalped by the Indians at Okoboji
Lake, Iowa was an impeachment to
the large army of soldiers who were
hurrying to keep from coming into
contact with the 'contagion' of ty-
phoid which was In the country
through which they were passing.
and they would not have succeeded II
IT had not been for the good sense
and integrity of the head officer who
had control over them. ."-Clarissa
Emarine.
The following is an original write
up by one of the seventh grade
pupils, in preparation for her history
lesson on the Northwest Territory: e"
The Northwest Territory
The people came out of the Revo.
lutionary War in distressed condi.
tion. They were heavily in debt and
had no money to pay their debts.
The most powerful influence which
kept the nation from dropping to
pieces was the fact that the states
had an interest In the Northwest Ter
ritory.
Seven of the thirteen states-Vir-
ginia, New York. Massachusetts,
Connecticut. North Carolina, South
Carolina and Georgia claimed the
country west of them as far us the
Mississippi River.
Four OF these states Virginia, New
York, Massachusetts and Connecticut
claimed land northwest Of the Ohio
River to the Mississippi
They finally agreed TO give It to
the United States to be disposed of
for the common good.
In 1877 congress made the celebrat.
ed ordinance for the government of
the territory. 1t granted entire re-
ligious freedom to every settler. II
encouraged schools and the means OF
education. 1t forbade the holding of
slaves IN the territory.
1t provided that the new territory
should he cut up into states equal
in standing with the original thirteen.
The Northwest Territory consisted
OF the now great aad prosperous
states of Ohio. Indiana. Illinois. Mich.
igan, Wisconsin and eastern Mime.
sofa.
The people believed that congress
would he able to sell farming lands
In that region and obtain auuey to
pay the debt of the Revolution.
Later the question came M ns TO
VIII ther slavery should be permitted
to establish itself west OF the Mlssia.
sippi, called the Missouri Territory.
In 1857 congress had shut out slav.
cry from the Northwest Territory and
they thought II best TO shut 4 out