Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1941-05-08
M. & M. High School Given
Superior Rank In
District Contest

district in division two in scholar
snip contest held at Athens, Satur-
day, May 3.
For the above contest the state is
! divided into six districts. The
schools are divided into three di-
visions. Division one is composed
OF city high schools with an enroll
ment of 400 or above. Division two
is made of city, exempted village.
and private schools with an enroll.
ment of 399 or less. In division
three are the county school teams
In the contest Saturday Is schools
competed in division two with M a.
M. Belpre and M. C NJ were the
only schools to be placed in the su-
perior group. Wellston, New Lex
ington, and Jacksonville were given
the rank of excellent; Byesville.
Glenwood, Newcomerstown and
Glouster were given honorable mem
ton rank
The record of NJ & M. in these
scholarship contests over q long pe-
riod of years is given below. You
Will note that there has never been a
year that our team has not been civ.
en- high rank. In two of the above
years we were given a state rank.
The state ranking for this year has
not been announced.
M. d M. scored total of 3341h
points to place in the superior
group. In the contest pupils are
examined in 16 subjects. Two pu-
pills may be entered in each subiect
but no pupils may enter more than
one subject. NJ. & NJ. had no en-
tries in French | and only one en-
try IN English /. This made our
team three short of a full team.
The names of the pupils partici-
pating are given below The subject
that they entered is also given to-
gethef with their rank and points
won. All pupils on this team who
ranked in the first ten in each SUBJ
Ject received certificate of award
issued by the state director of
scholarship awards.
M. & NJ. also sent contestants
from the business department in the
following subjects: Typewriting 7,
shorthand l, shorthand III. and
bookkeeping. The pupils in these
subjects had no place on the scholar
ship team but were competing for
two pupils received certificates of
awards Pauline Campbell, short
hand |, ranked 4th; George Price.
bookkeeping, ranked 4th. In order
to receive a certificate of award it
was necessary to rank in one of the
first five places.
Jr. IL. S. Wins In Music Contest
At the same time the high school
team was competing for honors at
Athens our junior high school team
! in music was competing for honors
! at Dover in competition with other
junior high schools in the exempted
| village class in the Eastern Ohio
District. The pupils participating
and the rank received are: Gretchen
Scott, 8th grade, 1st place, piano:
James Grubb, Sth grade, tied End
place, violin; Marjorie Edwards.
freshman, tied End place, violin:
Marjorie Edwards, freshman, ST
place cello.
This 1940-41 school year has been
an outstanding one for M. & M in
all departments. We are placed first
in scholarship in the district. first
in senior scholarship in the county.
first in the state agriculture exam
ination, first in basketball in the
Musk1ngum Valley League, and first
in football in the Muskingum Valley
League, and undefeated during the
football season.
Record For II Years
The record of NJ & M. scholarship
teams in the Ohio University Dis
trict and in the state for the past
l / years follow:
In 1881, End place in district and
3rd place in state in exempted vii
lage; 1882, 1st place in district and
10th place in state, exempted VIII
lage; 1888, End place in district
and honorable mention in state, ex-
empted village; 1884, 3rd place in
district; 1885, 4th place in district;
1886, 9Th place in district, all in ex-
empted village; 1887, 7th place in
district, small schools; 1888, 8th
place in district; 1899. excellent in
district; 1910, honorable mention in
district; 1941, superior in district.
The last four are in division III
(high schools, 800 or less).
Ohio Scholarship Results May 3,
1871
Wilma Mcdonald, subject, Eng
lish ii, 3 (tiedD, with 17la points;
Jean Finley. English II, 6, with Is
points; Judith Ross, English |. 3,
with Is points; Ruth Barrell, Eng
lish l, (sickness) Eunice Williams,
English III, /, 20 pts; Ruth Archer,
English III, 8 (tied), 171a pts:
Margaret Croy, English ", 10, 2
Its; Janet Scott. Latin |, IL, 10
pts; Eleanor Best, Latin /, is. 5
pts; Bonnie Fischer Latin H.. 4
(tied) 16 pts; Gladys Parsons,
Latin II, II (tied) 912 pts Mary
Janet Pharis, French II, 5, IS pts;
Mary NJ. Smith French II, s, Is
pts; Jane Cronin, Algebra l, 8. IS
pts; Marthalyn Sears, Algebra I, s
(tiedl IA PTS; Stanley Strahl. Plane
Geometry, (tied) 1872 pts; Ruth
Barrett. Plane Geometry. (tied),
1872 pts Philip Johnson. General
Science 4, II pts; Carl Baker. Cen
eral Science, 5 ttied), 151a pts;
David Ross, Physics. s. 5 pts; Ed
gar Little, Physics, I (tied) 13 pts;
Robert Hale, Chemistry. 8 (tiedl,
IL p pts; Marian Adams Chem
istry. IA Z pts; LIE Eldon Cheffey,
Biology IS, 6 pts; Kathryn Smith,
Biology, Il, Dts.; Dorothy Rest,
World History, s, 8 PTS; June Tav-
lor. World History. II, 0 pts; Ed
ith Richardson, Z S. History, 10,
2 pts. Total 334 Y points
STREET BONDS DELIVERED
Mayor and Mrs John S. Mcbride
were in Cincinnati SATURDAY. ou busi