The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-03-07
High
School

OF men Of the woods whose vigor
and energy were nothing less than
heroic. The adventures Of Paul
Bunyan are mere exaggerations Of
the exploits Of these colorful char
acters whose deeds in real life are
almost incredible. Told first on
winter nights around clubhouse
stoves in the lumber camps, these
tall tales will long remain the leg
ends of America with the wildly
imaginative drama Of such swop-
ping good lies as Pauls dredging
Pudget Sound, Strengthening out
Powder River, and logging off the
Dakotas.
In Tall Timber Tales, Dell J.
Mccormick, is retelling stories he
has heard from his early child
hood. In later life he lived in the
lumber camps of the West and
heard these stories from men whose
fathers were the prototype Of the
incredible Paul himself. He has
told these stories much as they
were related to him, with all their
child-like simplicity. Mccormick
is the author of Paul Bunyan
Swings His Axe, a companion vol
ume to Tall Timber Tales.
Lorna Livesley, whose illustra-
tons cope wildly with the bravado
and humor of the Paul Bunyan
legends, is young Seattle artist,
whose work Is drawing wide at
tention.
COMMERCIAL NEWS
The tipping class is finishing
the unit on letters. Next week they
will start regular tipping for speed
and accuracy. The room will be
decorated with designs made on
typewriters. They will represent
Easter and Spring.
Students are completing extra
work for the end of the six weeks
period and for their Extra Credit
they may type work for some other
class such as themes or other
written work. This must be done
neatly, attractively and with as
few errors as possible.
The students have been making
records in tipping again and this
time they are: John Greene. %;
Dick OGara, IS; Junior Schmitt,
20; Donald Knapp, 20; Mildred
Adrian, 25; Doris Rowe, 20; Rob
ert Hansman, 35; Stella Beste, Is;
Herbert Bliese, 20; Beverly Paske,
35, and Ruth Gennow, 40.
In finishing their study of China
the commercial geography class
have studied a little about the life
of Confucius and some Of the
things he stood for.
Confucius was an early Chinese
philosopher and teacher living dur
ing the years 551-478 B. c. He lost
his father when only three years
old. His mother was very poor but
she tried to give him the best edu-
cation possible. Confucius tells us
that when he was fifteen his mind
was set on learning. He was the
most influential man of his time
besides being a great head of gov
eminent in the state Of Lu. He
wrote five classics which with four
others written by his disciples
make up the Confucius Bible. For
fifty years he taught and practiced
with the greatest courage a most
exalted type of ethics. And now
Is centuries since his death many
of the principles he taught are still
practiced by successful men today.
He always taught that the Sec
ret of good government lies in
choosing incorruptible and educat-
ed officials. Service must be their
first consideration and their pay
must be to them secondary. In
governing the people they were
taught that their one ideal must be
universal justice and that within
the four seas all are brothers.
What a different worud we would
have if we only believed that today.
Right now the modern youth is
making up terse lines about Con
fucius say"-Let us give you some
real Confucius sayings. For in
stance:
Confucius say:
Who is bent on studying the
principles Of virtue, yet is ashamed
Of bad clothes and coarse food, is
not yet fit to receive instructions.
With coarse food to eat, water to
drink, and a Bonded arm as q pill
low, happiness may still exist.
It is only when the cold season
comes that we know the pine and
cypress to be evergreens.
His Golden Rule:
What you do not like done to
yourself, do not unto others.
INDUSTRIAL
A new table with a fire buick
top and angle iron frame has been
constructed for welding instruction
in the workshop.
The eighth graders are making
cake boards with a vanished fin
ish and enameled trim. The sew
enth grade have completed their
memorandum pads and are max
ing flower pot holders.
The ninth grade wood working
class is making rapid progress with
their individual projects, most of
them being pieces of furniture.
HOME &c
The tenth graders are making
pies. I don't know whether the
crust was soggy or tough but they
managed to finish apple and choc-
olate pies. The ninth grade girls
have finished their breakfast unit.
They served and cooked a COM
plete breakfast, appointing a host,
hostess and waiter from the class.
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