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Prof. SCHANTz MAKES ANSWER
LETTER ON COLLEGE FAILURES
THINKS AUTHOR SHOULD HAVE
EXERCISED MORE CARE
Defends the High Schools But Says
Courses of Study Are Defined By
State Department of Education

Editor of Times:-We feel, that in
fairness to the faculty and the Board
of Education, a reply is in order to
letter published in the "Hmes" un-
der date of April 2, 1924, relative to
causes for failures in the freshman
class at the University of Delaware.
1t is unfortunate that the author of
this letter, who is a graduate of the
Smyrna High School and a student at
the University, did not see fit to ex-
ercise greater care in the selection
and source of subject matter before
he set out to write for publication.
We feel sure that either the State De-
partment of Public Instruction or the
Department of School Administration
or Supervision at the University would
have been glad to furnish this infor-
nation.
The high schools of the State are
under the direct supervision of the
State Department at Dover. This
department sends out definite instruc-
tions as to the curriculum, course of
study, and the definition of the various
courses.
Chemistry is an elective subject. 1t
is not required. In order to receive
credit for this course the student
must preform at least thirty indi-
vidual experiments. This, of neces-
sity, requires the corresponding room,
gas, furniture, apparatus and chemi-
Gals, all of which are lacking in our
present high school quarters. Up to
this date neither the State nor the
Local Board have seen their way clear
to finance this proposition, and as a
result, chemistry has not been offered.
This will necessitate an outlay of ap-
proximately $1,5O0.OO. We are hop
ing to be in a position to offer this
course next fall.
Smyrna High School does offer
course in Plane Trigonometry. This
course is also elective. The State
regulations will not permit US to offer
an elective course for fewer than
three pupils. We have not had this
number of students to elect plane
trigonometry in the past few years
and, as a result, it was not taught.
Relative to the authors views on the
English course, we can assure you
that foot notes on this paragraph
would be of great assistance. The
books assigned for study and appre
citation in high school English follow
the recommendation and require
ments of the College Entrance Exam
ination Board, surely there can be no
need for further explanation on this
point.
We always take a kindly and per-
sonal interest in our former students
and stand ready and willing to be of
any assistance whatsoever, we would,
however, prefer, answering questions
directly rather than indirectly
through the press.-C. w. w. Schantz,
Superintendent Smyrna Special School
District.
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and well. The vapor from kerosene is
what burns. 1t is gas fame, not a a0ick
FLORENCE STOVE COMP
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their new environment.

1t is doubtless true that not all eff
ficient high school teachers in the
country have taken up their work in
Delaware, but we are inclined to con-
clude that we are getting unusual SER
vice for what we pay.
1t, therefore, does not necessarily
follow, that a student who receives a
high school diploma on a fair &C"
scholastic record has a "free pass"
through college any more than an
eighth grade pupil will have "clear
sailing" through high school; that all
high school graduates possess the nee
essary mental ability to master col
lege work; that the high school is
only a prep-school for college but that
high schools are organized to meet
the needs and aptitudes of all the pu-
pills. A student electing the course of
least resistance in high school is like
ly to experience difficulty upon enter
ing college. If a student looks for
ward to entering college after high
school he should provide himself with
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Il sturdy beauty

Il sturdy beauty
Notice the quality Of the
enamel in a Florence
Range. Observe that the
oil reservoir is light but
very durable. If you want
an oven, see how the Flor
ence is modelled on the old
Dutch oven, and with our
patented heat distributor
assures even cooking.
There are refnements
about the Florence that
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Who has to get up
to start your kitchen fire?

A STOVE you have to shake is as old
"A fashioned as a car you have to crank.
The work and the waiting to get fire
ready for business are work and time
wasted.
You can quickly prove these facts to
your own satisfaction by visiting a nearby
store where the Florence Oil Range is sold.
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COAL

Coal has been reduced $1.OO per ton
and it is time for us to think about
our next winters fuel. Let us have
your order for April delivery. Coal
will be no cheaper but will advance
May 1st. Summer delivery is always
better than winter delivery. Come to
our yard and examine our canal coal,
the best substitute for anthracite coal
on the market to-day-less ash and
quick heat.
We sell the best select Baled Hay.
We sell the old reliable Internation-
al Dairy Feed.
Stormtight makes your old roof as
good as new. We guarantee this roof
dressing.
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flame such as you see in the ordina,v I'll
lamp. Kerosene is a cheap and plentGi hi
fuel. The Florence not only is a grsst =
convenience, but it cuts fuel bills sbsPnIv IL
You use it only when actually cootmgo nv
And it means a cooler, cleaner kitcbaS
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Continued on Page Three
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Health of Student Important Factor

The health of the student Is an inn
portant factor in school progress. The
physical status regulates the mental
status to a great extent. Regular
habits are absolutely essential to sue
cessful school work. Loss Of sleep and
lack of proper exercise will bring
about a marked decrease in mental
alertness. Good sight and hearing are
essential
Perhaps two of the greatest causes
for failures in high schools and col
leges are mental distractions and
character defects. A large percent
age of our students fail from causes
which lie primarily outside of the
classroom. In addition to mental
backwardness, irregular attendance
and lack of application, some students
have too much money and no ambi-
ton for study. When a boy leaves
home for college in many instances it
is the first time he has been thrown
upon his own resources. His high
school teacher is not with him to tell
him what to do next. His parents
are not there to remind him of his
| lessons. He is, for the first time, al
lowed to come and go as he pleases
and often social functions and outside
activities take up a major portion of
his time and energy. This seems to
be especially true among the boys,
who have fewer restrictions at college
than the girls. Out of twenty stu
dents who entered college from our
local high school in the past four
years, we have had four failures, every
case being a boy. Unless a boy is
properly disciplined in his home, prior
to his going to college, he is very apt
to be taken off his feet by these out
side activities. Such character de-
fects, as excessive shyness or abnor-
NAL stubbornness may also be handi-
cap to a college freshmen, in such
cases the instructor may fail to in
spire the student to greater effort or
apply unwise methods of discipline.
Heredity plays no small part in a
boys college career. They say, at
takes more than one generation to
make a gentleman" We might also
add that in some cases it takes more
than one generation to make a col
lege-man. Students who are reared
in homes where either the father or
mother or both are college bred, as a
rule adapt themselves more readily to
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(By III. r. Cunningham, Director OF
the Special State Committee, Vice
Of Il

(By III. r. Cunningham, Director o.
the Special State Committee, Vict
President of the Montana Life In
surance Company.
"A n ONTANA, in its many varied re
MI sources, has large stock Of
AvA goods on it's shelves. The Mon
tana Month publicity program is the
first step in a campaign ito move
these goods off the shelves"
Directly or indirectly, it will pro
| fit us all-from the farmer and the
merchant who will have a larger
home market, to the manufacturer
who will have cheaper and more
abundant raw materials and energy
for fuel and power purposes.
The results of this campaign will
depend entirely upon the interest
shown by everyone in the state. 1t
will be success, if every community
| carries out its own specific part of
| the program. Each community will
belefit in proportion to the work
done.
To Tell 10000, 900.
In this month of December we ex-
pect to tell the story of the state of
Montana to ITO, 100000 citizens of
the United States by word of mouth
and the printed word, in magazines,
newspapers, posters, envelope inserts,
letters by Montana school children
to children in other parts of the
country.
If Montana's abundant resources
are to be developed, Montana must
attract more men and more money.
The first step is to make the out
side know what Montana is like;
what it can raise from the soil and
what it can extract from the ground,
and how it can harness the water
that flows in its streams, and the
coal and the oil and the gas that
abound beneath its surface, to
create energy for the fabrication of
these other raw materials into ar !
ticles ready for the consumers use.
Speaking in terms of the insur-
ance agent, Montana this month is
planning "cold canvass" to find |
1t will then devolve up
on the various communities to sell |
these prospects the opportunity in |
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and the price of wheat was raised
thirteen (13) cents in three days
AS this article is being written Con
December 81, the farmers are re-
ceiying an average price of $1.50
per bushel for their best wheat,
and nearly all of the wheat grown
in the Wolf Point community
brings the top price.
Wolf Point Commercial Club
Worthy also of comment and
thought is the mention of the fact
that the Wolf Point Commercial
Club has been instrumental in
raising and spending over $4,000
during the last II months this en-
tire total was expended toward
the upbuilding and promotion of
the interests of Wolf Point city and
its adjacent territory.
A Modern Business District.
The officers of the Wolf Point
Commercial Club are as follows ::
A. w. Huxol, president; H. A. Peg
low, vice president; A. V. Apple
gren, treasurer; Charles Gordon,
secretary. The directors are: c. ].
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plant, company hotel, and numer-
Gus residences for employees. This
was accomplished at an expendi-
ture of 100000.
The population grew from about
500 in 1917 to zoos in 1920 which
is recorded by the federal census.
While this growth was going on, a
modern sewer system was complet-
ed, likewise municipal water sys-
tenn, an electric light plant, and Sc
ven miles Of concrete sidewalks.
Fine Educational Organization.
The education of Wolf Points
fast-growing younger generation
was provided for and grew from
one small building housing 20 pu-
pills in 1912 to two large modern
school buildings with present en-
ro1lment Of 600 and a teaching fa-
Guilty of TO- In the rural system of
the Wolf Point school district are
nine we'll equipped country schools,
in charge Of competent teachers,
and under the supervision of the
of the city schools.
Wolf Points business section
embraces all lines of commerce, and
the citizens of both the town and
surrounding country are loud in
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HIGH PROTEIN wEAT CORN AND HOGS BRING PROSPERITY TO
WOLF POINT wHERE THE HOME SEEKER is MADE WELCOME

the truth about the values of land,
the adaptability of lands to certain
crops, and the methods of farming.
In other words, the new settlers
that are coming to Wolf Point will
be taken in and made one of this
large and prosperous family. Too
much praise cannot be given the
Wolf Point Commercial Club, and
to further exemplify the spirit of
this organization, their handling of
the local grain situation speaks vol
umes. Recently it was called to
their attention that apparently the
farmers were not getting the high
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their praise Of its very metropoli-
tan district. The Wolf Point Com
mercial Club is all and more than
its name implies, and to illustrate
its activity, it is pointed out that
in the recent trade festival, SO busi-
ness institutions co-operated to
make this success. The Wolf
Point Commercial Club is not only
anxious to serve and assist all pros
pective settlers but will welcome an
opportunity to share the problems
of the newcomer. This organiza-
ton will be glad indeed to give de-
tailed information in regard to
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Montana Needs More Men and
Money and To Get These She Is
Letting the World KnoU of The
inducements She Has To Offer

Montana they are seeking whether
it be farm home, an industrial
plant or place for the safe invest
ment of capital. Immediate and di-
rect results can not be expected in
any great degree, but the indirect
benefits will be of far-reaching con-
sequence.
Enthusiasm and Faith.
Any canvass to be successful must
nave behind it the driving power of
enthusiasm and absolute faith of the
canvassers in the product they are
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What Walter Britain Found In
The Wolf Point Territory

ORN LAND that
the charge
~ land in the Mississippi valley.
industry, which
worth
this falls oub
"A soil that producing wheat so high gluten protein
bringing markets.
-Sub-irrigated
which purchased
which will purchase price n a
Native
nation this section instances their
mine. practically
mining, 75 o a
opportunities
the homeeeker his
and a brother. w. w. c.
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Sewerson, H. N. Marion, o. c.
Johnson, F. E. Rathbert, o. T.
Stennes, and r. ]. Moore. Presi-
dent A. w. Huxol is serving his
second termn in that capacity, and
his rapid-fire progressive spirit
that has been very much in evil
dence, has accomplished wonderful
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welfare and happiness of the COM
munity.
Space will not permit the detail
ing of all the business enterprises
of the city; suffice it to mention
that Wolf Point has wonderful,
modern hotel, built at cost of ov-
er $150,000; a theatre that cost ov-
er $4,000; five grain elevators;
flour mill two banks with a COM
bined total of capital and deposits
amounting to $705,OOO; public
park; and vast public improve
ments such as would do credit to
center many times the size of this
live community.
The Wolf Point Herald, of which
Charles L. Marshall is editor, has
been noted, ever since its incep-
ton, for its intensive cooperation
with the business interests and the
farmers of Roosevelt county. Much
credit is due Editor Marshall for
the maintenance of the progressive
spirit and helpful policy that is ex-
pressed and put into action through
his publication.
Money In Corn and Hogs.
A recent noteworthy achieve
ment was the bringing to Wolf
Point of the Third Annual North
ern Montana Corn and Seed show,
held November II to IA. Eighteen
thousand ears of corn represent
ing 100000 acres grown in north
ern Montana were on exhibit. This
was not only great surprise to all
the visitors to the show, but it al
SO was a revelation as to the posi-
bilities for future production of
this greatest of all cereals, King
Corn" The year 1924 has been
generally conceded to have been a
most unfavorable corn season.
the judges at this show
expressed the opinion that the quail
ity of corn exhibited this year was
even better than in 1923.
Three years ago less than 1000
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(By WALTER F. BRITTANY

w OFF POINT the county Roosevelt county, located
Wv the trancontnena trunk line of the Great Northern rail
road and is about seventy five miles west of the North Dako
ta-Monana state boundary line.
Wolf Point up-totheminu live, husng community has
population of $780, division point of the Great Northern railroad
and served daily by three trains from the and like
number from the west.
Located the Missouri Wolf Point the early days of
transportation designated the midway between
Bismarck North Dakota and Fort Benton Montana All of the
stopped this point discharge freight and passengers and
fuel and worthy of that this fuel then entirely
bounteous supplies still the vicinity
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When The Wolfers Came
1t is stated that probably the
first white inhabitants we're trap
pers and woodchoppers. The trap
pers came in the wake of Lewis and
Clark, the woodsmen in the late
fifties and early sixties. There were
few, if any, permanent settlers until
about the Civil war days, at which
time the town of Wolf Point came
into being. The town received its
name about this time, and it is re-
lated by some of the old-timers
that its somewhat unusual appel
alton was derived from the fact that
a party of trappers who had cap
tured several hundred grey wolves
" during very cold weather and had
hauled them into their camp along
the Missouri river, had stacked
them up in huge piles, facing the
river, hence through common re-
ference, the settlement became
known as Wolf Point.
The abundant nutritious grasses
which cover this territory attract
ed immense herds of buffalo in the
seventies and the eighties, and,
they in turn, lured bands of In
dams who pursued and killed the
big game for their hides. The As
sinniboines came first, and later the
Sioux. Wolf Point was first an In
dian trading post and later ship
ping and supply point for the large
ranches that covered northeastern
Montana.
Coming of The Railroad.
The transition of this country
has been gradual and progressive.
The Great Northern railroad first
extended its line through this sec
ton of the West in 1887, and the
main industry for the next genera
ton, or until about 1910, was cattle
and horse ranching. The country |
south of the Missouri from Wolf |
Point was generally settled by ali
influx of homesteaders, from 1910
to 1915, and the Fort Peck reser-
walton, which extends north of the
Missouri river, was partially open
ed to settlement on lottery plan
in May, 1914. From that time forth,
the growth of the town was rapid,
as it was the trading point for an
immense area. The next import
ant event in the upgrowth Of the
community was the establishment
of a division terminal by the Great
Northern railway with complete
and modern plant including rs
stall roundhouse, shops, icing
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est possible price for their high
protein content wheat. Immediately
through the cooperation of its
members, sixty business men of
the city, they made possible an or
ganization for local grain buying,
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pushing. We ourselves must be-
lieve in Montana before other people
will trust the future of their lives
or capital to it. There is not a single
community in this state but that has
resources the world needs, whose ex-
ploration and development has pro-
ceeded far enough to justify enthus-
iasm and faith of the local citizens in
calling attention to them.
Men and Money.
Montana needs more capital, no
concluded on Agricultural PageD
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results during this time. Charles
Gordon, the secretary, is serving
his third year in that office and his
efforts have had a great deal to do
with the raising of the large sums
that have been used to promote the
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farms, farm lands, and business
opportunities
Protect The Homeseeker.
The prospective settler will not
be placed at any mercy of unscrup-
ulous land agents, but will be told
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acres in that part part of northern
Montana represented by these ex-
bitits, were devoted to corn grow
ing, while this year the acreage re-
presented totalled over 100000.
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FIELD OF BEANS of Wolf
view OF the
In McCone Point
Cusker
Farming what the River
Bottom Lands along
of the South over the River
Hominy, Beans Corn" $3.50
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III. r.. CUNNINGHAM, Chairman of
the State Montana Month Commit
tee, vice president of the Montana
Life Insurance company, and for
More than a Quarter of a Century
Willing Supporter of Every Cause
for the Benefit of the State. MIR.
Cunningham Explains That Mon
tana's Great Need is More Men
and More Money.
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concluded on Agricultural Page,
Evening star., 1924-08-28
ROCKVILLE.

ROCKVILLE. Md. August % (Spe-
D.-Ellis Bell, a young Washington
negro. was brought to Rockville
today to answer a charge of assault
ing Sheriff H. Clay Plummer at a
colored camp meeting at Emory
Grove last Sunday. His bond was
fixed at $1,000 and he was committed
Sheriff Plummer, Bell applied vile
epithets to him when he placed a
member Of his race under arrest on a
charge of violating the local option
law and struck him on the arm. Bell
escaped, but was located in Wash
ington last night.
Whenever Montgomery county
bonds are offered for sale there are,
as a rule, a host of purchasers, and
almost invariably they bring sub
stantial premium. An exception was
the $4,000 issue authorized by the
last legislature for road improve
ments in Colesville and Olney dis
tricts. Bids were advertised to be
opened at noon yesterday, but when
the hour arrived not single bid had
been received. The commissioners
will, it is understood. dispose of them
at private sale and do not expect any
difficulty obtaining satisfactory
price.
Inc UOHuS ~CTC " PioNioS
funds for piking the road from
Browns Corner to Ashton, a distance
of something like five miles. anc
the reason they were not in demand
is understood to be that they are
against only Olney and Colesvflle
districts. instead of the whole County
A license has been issued by the
clerk of the circuit court here fol
the marriage of William Edward
McDermott, 81. and Miss Hattie
Leatherland, 80, both of Alexandra
Va.
For violations IF motor vehicle
regulations the following have PAID
fines or forfeited collaterals in the
police court here: Otis Pickett
$2325; j. A. Webber. $3.50; Isaiah
Marshall, SIT: Herman Henderson
$12: Edward Plummer, IS; Noel T
Boone and Millard A. Pernley, s7.2.
each; w. +. Lewis, $3.50; Fritz
Campbell and w. H. Rippard. $7.25
v. S. Blundon, So; Arthur Z. Rykard
81; Lawrence Smith. IS.