La Grande evening observer., October 28, 1916, Image 9

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1916.
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
PAGE NINE
Library Fills a
Cong-Felt Want
Miss Koch, Librarian, Directs Stud
ent Government and Control of Li
braryMany Books Added.
BY AMY MILLER '
Is it worth time and money to have
a library in a High School ? If there
ia anyone who doubts whether or not
a school library does pay, let him
visit the La Grande High School Li
brary. All students are at perfect
liberty to use it for reference work.
jcurrent events and outsit e English
sreaduig, and there is usually no time
ffrom about eight o'clock in the morn-
ting until five in the afternoon when
it is not in use. .The average num-
er of students in the room each day
205.
At the beginning of the term Miss
och, the librarian, appointed Dorothy
laworth, Jess Andrews, Phyllis
ilagers, Lena Stein, Edna . Snider,
Vmy Miller, Gladys Taylor and Flor
ence Kimmell, monitors for this year,
ffhis is splendid practice for them and
ihey are enabled to familiarize them
I Selves with the Dewey marking sys
f lem. which is nrevalent in 'all ndvanwH
iducational institutions. It is the duty
If these monitors to keep order and to
Biarge books. A fine of two cents
fer day is placed on books taken out
if the library and neither renewed
lor returned at the end of two weeks.
Magazines 'as well as books are found
re. At present there are only eight
gazines but more are wanted and
eded. .
Emphasis is placed not only on the
itellectual side of life, but also on the
sthetic. A statue of Victory and
picture of a Reading from Homer
re left by the Class of 1916 while
picture of the Acropolis at Athens
mis purchased with the tines collec
ts! last year.
Books purchased with the county
library fund have been received.
iThe three grade buildings added 253
2IWUIo Uv men ULltllli:o nunc mo ivr
slowing were added to the high school
f a General Reference Works.
t , New International Year-Book 1915.
V Psychology Angell, J. R.
S Tho Practice of Diplomacy Foster,
p.w,
5 Social Education Scott, C. A.
Legends.
t JUedevial Tales Morley, Henry.
i "i Science.
jCommon Minerals a.id , Rocks
Crosby, W. I.
? Introdurfion to General 'Inorganic
Chemistry--'Smith, Alex.
-The Story of Plants Allen, Grant.
The Survival of the Unlike Bailey,
UH.
Our Ferns in their Haunts Clute,
V.N.
a The Foo of Plants Laurie, A. P.
v "Field Book of American Wild
flowers Mathews, F. S.
f Diseases of Economic Plants
Stevens, F. L. and Hall, J. G.
f,The Human Mechanicism, Its Phy
siology, Hygene, and Sanitation of
its i 'Surroundings Hough, Theodore
and 'Sedgwick, W. T.
1 Preventable Diseases Hutchinson,
IWoods.
' Trees That Every Child Should
,Enow.
i Handbook of Birds of the Western
U.S.
Domestic Economy,
"Household Textiles Gibbs, C. M.
' Human Foods and their nutritive
Value .Snyder, Harry.
-'I. -Sewing Courses With Courses and
Directions Woolman, Mrs. M. S.
v;:; Fine Arts.
Greek Architecture: 'Browne, E. A.
.,' Debating.
Argumentation and Debate De
ney.'J. iW.
Rhetoric and Oratory Shurter, E.
D. '"
Public Speaking Winters, I. L.
'. Poetry.
Complete Poetical Works Brown
ng,' Robert.
.Chief American Poets Page, C. H.
Drama.
Dramatization Simons, S. E. and
, )rr, C. I.
';: Everyman Ed. by Child, C. G.
i The Drama, its Law and its Tech
iiqie Woodbridge, F.
Fiction.
Huckleberry Finn Clemens, S. L.
Mark Twain)
'Adventures of Tom Sawyer Clem
fas.' S. L. (Mark Twain.)
I'A; Connecticut Yankee in King
Irthur's Court Clemens, S. L. (Mark
fwain.)
! little Men -Alcott, Louisa.
fjLittle Women Alcott, Louisa.
Anne of Green Gables Mont
tomerv.
iRabeeca of Sunnybrook Farm
Tiwins. K. D.
Ai New England Nun and Other
lories Freeman, Mrs. M. b.
I Mosses from an Old Manse Haw-
korne, Nathf.niel.
Xlm, Kipling, Rudyard.
The Blue Flower Van Dyke', Henry,
CThree Musketeers Dumas, A.
PStl Geonre and St. Michael Mac
maid, G.
Red Rock Page, T. N.
! i Essays.
Letters to His Son Chesterfield
D.
Efh AutocrAt of the Breakfast
ible Holmes, 0. W.
Essays of Elia Lamb, Charles.
fcermnn Ijiniruace and Literature,
mie Nibelungenlied tr by W. N.
fcttaom. n
SHistorv of German Literature,
FRONT DOOR OF ELKS'
f fc 1 : rid III : J3 'i t
B -:!;'tia"' , iwiUiw . . 8iMR-
Thomas, Calvin.
Material for German Conversation
Vos, B. J.
Easy German Poetry Ed. by' Colle
mann, C. W. . .
MONMOUTH NORMAL PRESI
DENT WILL LECTURE HERE
fc ,
J. H. Ackerman.
Wilhelm Tell Schiller, J. C. F.
History,
rci-aot- i.ifantnw Toi.v, tj n
The Common People 'of ' Ancient ;
Rome-Abbot, F. F.
Stories of the East from Herodotus
Ed. by Church, A. J.
Grades Compete in
Fall Games Series
Little Fellows Develop Athletic Abil-
lty and Inter-grade Spirit Is Kept
At a High Pitch, Too. :
BY AMY C. MILLER.
It is often said that from the time
boys can walk they enjoy kicking a
loot-Dan and from this old maxim
developed a very clever idea of form
ing foot-ball teams in the grades. An
evenly matched team in respect to
both age and size, has been selected
from the sixth, seventh and eighth
grades irom each of the three schools,
Central, Greenwood and Riveria. Al
though this includes only the three
higher grades the boys down through
the fourth will be drilled in practice
games preparatory to their joining the
first team in the advanced grades.
Much training has been derived from
many preliminary games during the
past few weeks and the High School
Coach Niles pronounced them ready i
for their first game, which was played
October twentieth between Greenwood I
and Central on the Central field. It
resulted in a score of 12 to 0 in favor I
of the south side team. J
The following schedule has been
very carefully worked out by Miss
Bork, Mr. Wilkerson, and Mr. Prince;
these games take place in each in
stance at the second school men
tioned. Central against Riveria October
27.
Greenwood against Riveria Octo
ber 31.
Central against Greenwood No
vember 10.
Riveria cgainst Central Novem
ber 17.
Riveria against Greenwood No
vember 24.
A premium of a practice foot-ball
i3 given to the winning team in each
of these games.
Then on' November 29 the players,
who have been previously chosen to
represent the Greenwood and Riveria j
schools will compete with the Central j
team for the championship of the (
town. The purpose of combining
Greenwood and Riveria is to equalize '
SPLENDID HOME WILL
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Front Elevation of Elks' Home.
E. 0. S1SSQN
LLIANT
In Edward Octaviou3 Sisson, the
teachers who gather for the Eastern
Oregon convention in November, will
hear a man recognized as. head and '
shoulders above the average in ed
ucational circles.
Mr. Sisson is commissioner of ed
ucation in Idaho. He was born in
Gateshead, England, May 24, 1869.
He came to America in 1882 and re
ceived a degree of 'B. Sc. in Kansas
State Agricultural college in 1886; !
made A. B. in the University of j
Chicago in 1893; and studied law in
the University of Berlin in 1905, and
in Harvard.
He was president of the Industrial
section of the N. E. A. in 1897 and
president of the Educational council
of the Washington State association
in 1909. He is a Beta Thcta Pi.
As an author he has produced "The
Essentials of Character" written in
1910 and was joint author of "The
Social Emergency," written in 1913,
jand "Principles of Secondary Educa- j
tion" in 1914- He ia a member of the ,
the number of students from which
the teams are picked as there are as
many enrolled at Central as at both
other schools.
Not alono is foot-ball practice giv
en them but they are also being
trained in indoor base-ball; however,
there will be no interschool games in
that until spring. Mr. Niles devotes
about one-half an hour three days
of the week to coaching the grade
teams so they are receiving first-class
training.
Self Government
Plan is Adopted
New Plan of Student-Body Organiza
tion Taken Up All Student Activi
ties Governed by This Body Politic.
BY RALPH POSTON
A long felt want was filled when,
on September 26, a student body orga
nization was perfected in La Grande
High School. This marks a new epoch
in the history of the school. The or
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BE OPEN TO GUESTS.
advisory board of simplified spelling.
He has numerous degrees aside from
those mentioned and has taught in
several loading universities and col
leges, including Reed College.
Edward O. Sisson.
ganization has a constitution and by
laws drawn up by a committee, the
members of which were Mr. McCul
lough, city superintendent of schools,
Mr. Hampton, principal of the high
school, and a representative elected
from the various classes respectively.
Each member of the student body or
ganization must pay his dues, seventy
five cents each semester, which en
titles him to attend all athletic ac
tivities and debates. The organiza
tion has its own student officers
President, Alfred Johnson '17; Vice
President, George McDonald '18; Sec
Treas., Geneive Stoddard '17; Student
Body Manager, Jess Andrews '17. The
actions of the organization are gov
erned by an executive committee con
sisting of the President, Vice-Presi
dent, Sec.-Treas., Mr. Hampton and
Mr. McCullough. The Mimir, the
school paper is under the guidance of
this organization likewise. A written
report of all the business of the stud
ent body is posted, at the end of
each month, for inspection by the
student body. The plan is working
splendidly and is meeting with the
approval of everyone.
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Take Social Survey of City.- .
The Economics class, which is com
posed for the most part of Seniors,
has been taking a survey of the city
the last few days. The class of six
teen was divided into eight groups of
two each and consigned to separate
parts of town as marked out by the
instructor, Mr Hampton. Each pair
was given a few sheets of typewritten
forms on which they recorded as they
went from house to house the name,
address and source of income of the
residents and whether or not they
were citizens.
The object of the survey is to find
out what occupations the majority of
the citizens follow in order that the
public schools of La Grande may in
troduce new courses which will benefit
the children who intend to follow the
trades of their parents. As yet the
results of the survey are not known,
for it will be a few days before they
will be tabulated.
UNIVERSITY MAN WILL TAKE
AN ACTIVE PART IN PROGRAM
Dr. Joseph Schafer.
GIRLS HAVE GLEE CLUB.
(Continued From Page Four)
This organization has been handl
capped by the fact that it possessed
no instruments and that a pupil with
drawing from the orchestra took with
him, of course, his own instrument.
This year the orchestra itself will buy
instruments and will loan them to the
students, who will be held responsible
for their care. Drums have just re
cently been bought in this manner and
loaned to the drummer.
Young Members Included.
The orchestra is made up entirely
of high school pupils, some of whom
are very young, and its aim is to
teach them to play correctly and with
some feeling, and to give them Borne
appreciation of the masterpieces of
music, as Shakespeare, for example, is
taught in the English classes.
Since the departure of Miss Bessie
Allinson, who was accompanist for
the Glee club, Miss Edyth Darland,
the former accompanist for the or
chestra, has taken her place and Miss
Lois Given is filling Miss Darland's
place in the orchestra.
The members of the orchestra are:
First violinist: John O'Connell, Clyde
Bunting, and Florence Lynch; second
violinist: William Heughan, Janette
Stoddard and Ol&f Ansnes; clarinet:
Warren Thompson; trombone: Lloyd
Thompson; cornet: Fred Knautz;
drums: Clifford HorstmanJ accompan
ist: Lois Given.
BRANCH 16 YEARS OLD.
(Continued From Pfcge Four)
leton, the following year. . Succeed
ing meetings were held at Baker, La
Grande and Pendleton for several
years, until Wallowa County entered
the organization, in 1911.
The year this county joined and
asked the convention to be held at
Enterprise, Umatilla county withdrew.
The teachers of that district declared
it was too far for them to go and
since this time Umatilla has had its
own county organization while Wal
lowa, Baker and Union counties have
continued as before.
Officers are Officials.
Three years ago Mrs. Ingle acted
as president at the convention here.
She is tho only woman who has ever
held this office at a convention. It
has usually been tho custom to elect
as president, the city superintendent
of schools of the town in which tho
association convenes, and the county
superintendent of that county uo
secretary, for the great burden of
affairs rests on these two officers.
The citizens of the different towns
in which the conventions meet, always
do their share in helping to furnish
entertainment for the visitors, and
tho different clubs, such as the Elks,
Commercial Club, and Y. M. C. A.
have always been back of the activi
ties. The feature of the present con
vention is the fact that the schools
have been chosen to fumish the music,
under the leadership of Miss Hindman.
This responsibility hns previously been
borne by different local people. In
other ways, too, the school children
are taking a special interest in the
present affair, all of which goes to
make this a greater event than ever
before.
Ninth Period the
Sinners' Nemesis
Guilty Suffer in Anguish, But Hoars
Fly and Chewing Gum Bring
' New Hope.
(BY ALFRED JOHNSON)
The high school student is not im
mune from sin and many are the
crimes which he commits. Perhaps
ho whispers or writes a note; per-;
haps he fails to get his English or
Geometry; or maybe he commits the
unpardonable Bin, that of chewing that
vile . and accursed substance gum.
Ho ,1b called to account for his sin
and when his sentence is pronounced
he quavers inwardly but many the
brave -word that he speaks outwardly. :
At 3:45 he snatches up the first book
in sight whither it be Physics or
History and marches bravely to his
doom. He enters the prison doors
and looks about him. Perhaps his
fellow criminals greet him with a
shower of. paper wads, erasers and
chalk. But perhaps the villainous
teacher who watches over them so
closely is in attendance; if such be
the case, looking neither to the right
nor to the left, he sinks into a seat.
He bends over his book in mock study
and wonders how it would feel to be
out in the sweet pure air so full of
peace and liberty. He straightens
up for a look out of tho window, but
the ever watchful eye of the teacher
is upon him and 1 e sinks with a deep
sigh into the bottommost regions of
despair, also of his seat. A careless
fly lights on his desk and he makes a
futile effort to catch it. He watchos
it as it flys away full of life and
freedom. The gum fiend wishes that
he were a fly and might sail joyfully
away from that room and out on to
the football field, but nevermore.
Ho remembers a quotation, "The way
of the transgressor is hard" and now,
if never before he realizes that the
path of the sinner is rocky, ' He re
solves to reform and become a more
conscientious student. . His heart is
tender and tears appear in his eyes
when he meditates upon his wrongs.
But suddenly he sees a stick of gum.
It is in the hands of the youth across
the aisle. He watches it closely as it
is flipped across the aisle to him.
Eagerly he slips it into his mouth and
his jaws work joyfully up and down
as if to the time of beautiful music.
But he feels a sense , of impending
danger. He glances up fearfully; that
demon, teachor has been watching
him. He realizes that his sentence
will be lengthened, and his heart fails
him. The gum drops from his pro
truded jaw, his head falls limply onto
his desk and he appears to be uncon
scious. But suddenly he hears a harsh
voice say, "Time up" and he hastily
picks up his book, elbows his way to
the door and rushes out into freedom.
Note The "Ninth Period" is that
time of day when law-abiding students
are at play and law breakers "stay
after school;"
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INVITATION TO TEACHERS
BY LUCIA HALEY
(City Librarian.)
Teachers are invited to visit
the iLa Grande Public library,
at Fourth and Pennsylvania, at
any time during the institute.
The librarian will have on ex
hibition a small model library
suitable for a rural school. The
institute program includes a
demonstration on the care cf
the school library, but the li
brarian will be glad to show
materials and books to individ
ual teachers. The regular li
brary hours are 1-6 and 7-9
p. m., but during the institute
teachers will be welcome at any
time in the day after 9 a. m.
Teachers' reading circle books
will be purchased as soon as
the new list is published. Out-of-town
teachers may have the
use of these books, upon filling
out the necessary application
blank, signed by a resident
property owner. A few books
from the present reading circle
list are on hand.
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Mazamas Form a Club.
A new organization of Sophomore,
Junior and Senior girls, with the ladien
of the faculty as honorary members,
has been formed, the aim of which
is to promote good fcliowship among
the girls. Among the various form3
of entertainment planned are hikes,
skating parties, sleigh rides and in
door parties in the gymnasium or at
the homas of some of the memberr.
The first of the hikes was taken
on Friday, October thirteenth, up
Denl's Canyon, and was in the nature
of a weinie roast. Yesterday evening
a most delightful ghost party was
given in tho High School gymnasium.
The gymnasium was decorated with
autumn leoves, jack o'lanterns, black
cats and all the weird trappings sym
bolic of Hallowe'en. Pumpkin pie and
cider were served as refreshments.
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