The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-10-29
SCHOOL NOTES
Getting By"

LOGS the person achieve tame VINO
barely manages to get by!' No.
The person who becomes famous is
the one who does his work well and
with interest. He is the one who
climbs the ladder of success to the
last rung, and not the sluggish, stup-
id person whose favorite cry, "Oh, l
got BY"
Are you one of these people? Does
your education and work mean no
more to you than merely to inspire
the meaningless, phrase, II got by?"
Will your life be series of trials
and struggles for your benefit or by
only skidding through? You should
be much prouder to say mastered
it," than to be the disgusting person
who says II got by"
Is the latter type admired? Is he
one who receives the highest grade in
class or the one who is promoted or
receives a higher salary? The an
swer to both of these questions is OBJ
viously, mol"
If you practice this system of "get-
ting by" in your school work, strive
to overcome it now, and be the mast
er of all obstacles which come your
way. Be the person who skillfully
works his way through and comes out
on top. Don't be the one who slips
through by the narrowest margin and
comes out no better than before
''Lakamas," school paper of Camas,
Washington.
Notes of Interest
The student price for the Montevi-
dec game is 35c if the tickets are
purchased at the game and Csc if
purchased at school.
The Literary Digests arrived the
first of this week. We are enjoying
our first copy.
The debate tryouts were held Fri
day morning, the fifth period and we
find that we have some able speakers
in our student body. The people who
tried out were as follows: Lewis
Novak, Helen Smith, Margaret Smith,
Annette Vogland, Earling Martin,
Raymond Lindeman, Robert Parson,
Frieda Voeltz, Willard Barenthine,
and Elvira Kemnitz.
The percentage of attendance OF
the Senior High during the first six
weeks was 97.5 per cent. The Jun
Tor High had percentage of 98.2 per
cent. The latter was the highest in
the school.
Sophomore Class Activities
In English we are studying the
Unity, Conference, Emphasis, and
Euphony of sentence. Miss Sturde-
want said she noticed an improvement
in our work. We really aren't as
dumb as we look.
We are studying Louie XIV in
Modern History. The name is not
very sophisticated, but he proved to
be one of the type who used mon
ocle and beautiful gestures which
thrilled the lady's hearts.
Junior ClasswOrk
The pupils of the French | class
have each received the name and ad-
dress of some boy or girl attending
high school or college in France. We
have written letters and sent pictures
to them and are now awaiting our
answers.
The uses of the comma and period
are being discussed by the English
III classes.
In Geometry class we are learning
how to find the value of the angles OF
a triangle.
The American History classes are
continuing the discussion of the Re-
evolutionary War.
Il
DIR. Pointer Speaks
The student body of the Senior
High was entertained by DR.. Point
err, last Monday the fifth period. DR..
Pointer for the past six years, has
been missionary in Africa, and he
gave us very interesting talk on
the Africans. He stated that as soon
as the Africans decide to wash them
selves with soap and wear clothes
and shoes as we do, and as soon as
they decide to become educated as
we are, the United States will have
to send several million dollars worth
of soap, clothing, and shoes yearly
to Africa and also send several
thousand more missionaries to teach
those who want to learn.
Here's a good opportunity for
students who are interested in that :
type of work!
Senior Classroom Activities
The Social Science students have
been discussing banks and banking.
The Economic Geography class has
been studying the different power re-
sources and their uses. Among other
things we learned that United States
uses only one-ffth of its potential
water power and has mined only one
half of one per cent of its coal.
The French II students are CORES
ponding with students in France.
We are taking dictation work near
ly every day in Shorthand.
Tho Typiup III class is gaining