A CÏ CHE FLORENCE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JU N E 11, 1913 fol . I. /ZZ.Æ- PILOT NUMBER 14 I of any mental or moral progress, one each to the primary, in ter or reform is always renunciation mediate and advanced grades. or sacrifice. It is rejection, sur­ Rev. John Drumm accepted render or destruction of separate | the p nnants, and presented cer- phrases of habit or life that have tifficates to the pupils*of the 6th, kept us from higher things. Re­ 7th and 8th grades. One hun­ form your diet and you simplify dred per cent of the '7th, grade it; reform your morals and you and ninety per cent of the 6th casioned comments of the upper simplicity. He cares not whether begin to cut off ^your immorals. grade received certificates. classmen gravely, • and all the the whale swallowed Jonah, or The secret of any true greatness This school is on§ of the leading time were quietly working away- Jonah swallowed the whale. Hair­ is simplicity. •* Sample words, schools in the county in manual trusting that sometime our real splitting interpretation of words simple faiths -all are the pure training as well as carrying so and phrases is an intellectual manifestations of a mind and large a per centage of efficiency value would be known. During the year 1910-1911 many dissipation he has no time for. heart of simplicity. in scholarship. of our members took part in the He cares naught for the anatomy Simplicity is to nev’e r be asso­ One of the stories told in meet­ literary society and sports. of religion. He has its soul, his ciated with weakness or ignor­ ing the requirement to standard­ Among our number was a girl simple faith he lives in words and ance. It means the light of the ize is that the scholars and teach­ The first class graduated from who proved most enthusiastic as whose work as a poet and artist thoughts and acts, day by day. fullest.know lege. It means that er kept the heating stove blacked Like the lark, he lives nearest the the individual has seen the folly and shining so that you. could see ie Florence High School was the programm advanced. Three is well known in our schopl. ground: like the lark he soars and nothingness of those things your face in the reflection. At the end of our first vaca­ rolls of films were shown during three years ago, under the super­ highest toward heaven. tion we came back feeling as if the band concert which preceed- that make, up the sum of life of vision of Prof. Demster, who No character can be simple. our worst battle was won. Once ed the .play. The songs Bunker others. Simplicity is the sum of Bince that time has held a position Unless it is base 1 on truth unless before the Battle more we were readji .to make a self-centered and pure life the Hill and Just in the Eugene Schools. This it is lived in harmony with one’s also TllUtrated. good. Again our students took Mother were secret of any specific greatness vas a class of three young own conscience and ideals. Sim­ characters of the part in all the activities and we in the life of the individual. The cast of iple, Harry Levage, Roscoe w ere known/for our zeal and plicity is the jure white light of I play was: lurd and Katherine Levage. the life lived from within. It is Ather Watkins scholarship? In 1911 Prof. Alfred Powers Alice' The following prize winners '■’VAUDLCTORY destroyed by any attempt to live Hester Hurd In the Tall of 1812 we were en­ yras elected superintendent, ot Dorothy were overlooked last week ky the Lucile Hester Hurt] Eleanor Saubert thusiastic juniors. Although our in harmony with pubiic opinion.1 [the Florence Schools jind for two Mildred school fair committee. Public opinion is a conscience (teacher) Eva pafiks were considerably thinned, The events of the evening Eskimo ^village Special prize lyears has been at tfieir head. Miss Judkins But the mark the close of one period in Madge Hudson. [Walker the loyal ones remaining vere owned by a syndicate. Uluring this time he has personally individual has , a conscience of nnr liw-t, amt the Imginiiing of Goldie Lev-rig«1 xrenat,i-d -to achie.VMl jeaulls ip ei v ¡se n t h e Prof. Egerton * RussePfriimore we did. which he is sole proprietor. Ad- anotber ^Rh all its responsibili- nes Duffjk .... ...----------------- jool and has proven his ability Jonas (janitor).- F .H .. Shackle^ With all our excellent work be- justing his life to his own ideals: ties'before us. We are standing. W ritin g Advanced rtept.'Ray- fitness for..such, a position. ' [for'd hind we were~no\^ prepared f o r “ the road to simplicity. 'on the shore of an unsailed flea tnohd Lee. This year he Was notan applicant Lloyd Saubert our last year in school. For. Nature in all her revJ.dion 1 wajting and watching for our Writing Intermediate dept. tor the position, but was elected Harrold __ tom / Bert Beagle three years we had fought hard seeks to teach man the greatpess ^ ¡p to appear on the horizon of 1st priz ? Faye Johnson, 2nd ¡irize Superintendent of the Oakland Jack N / Mr. Rickerson to overcome whatever obstacles of simplicity. Health is but the of the future, bringing to us the] Pearl David. High School. The prirts were exceptionally had presented themselves. When livingof a physical life in harmony¡opportunity to set sail, to seek Composition book Willi«; I^ai- Under his direction two classes clearly defined iaw s.jthe quest of life upon its distant vo. have been graduated, the one in well sustained, and poovoked we realized that now- we borethat w*th a The committee will he glad to 1912 was composed of Fred laughter many times as they in long sought for title “seniors’’ Simple food, simple exercise, .shores, to undergo whatever is it almost startled us. H u t it .simple precautions will w«^k out 33t before us; smiling in the face correct any, further errors to Powers, Agnes Weathersoiy, dulged in school pranks. Martha Funke* Olive Behnkednd Mr. Wygant sang a solo dur- was what we had looked forward wonders. But man grows tired of difficulty but still sailing on. which its attention is directed. Flossie Fero. This vprir the , ¡ng the intermission between the to for so long. These years of of these simple things, he yields 0 beautiful future, are we to V work and O expectation, at times to subtle temptations in eating make a success in that new world SOME VERT FINE class again had a —---n/__v:_ membership of two acts. The end of the play was very how long they seemed, yet how and drinking. listens to his-palate with a conscience fitting, and a mly three, -all Young ladies. SIÜSLAW STRAWBERRIES effective, a serenade being sung short when now we suddenly instead of nature and he suffers. courage strong enough to with­ Ather Watkins,/Hester Hurd and Simplicity is the characteristic by the Florence male quartet, realized they were gone forever. stand the many trials that await Eva W alker,/ Tom Miller, brought to thia But now the end is almost here. that is most difficult to simulate. us. The teachers of the grammer while the entire'east were enjoy* office last week a basket of as grades were Miss G. Bossen, ¡ng the spread. Tonight ,.we step out into the The signature that is most diffl- Life is like the flowing of a delicious strawberries as we have Misr Jettie Schrode and Miss On Friday evening the Gradu- future, leaving behind us , our cult to imitate is the one that is mighty river as it starts from its ever tasted. They were grown imie Schrode. Misses Bossen ating class held their commence- High School life. No. not be- most wmple mostiudividua!, and source, ram,ing hither and thithe - (OT1 hjs Pinph just south of Glen- I winding ¡U wav around the oh- ada and are called the New and Jettie Schrode have been in ment exercises in the Presbyte- hind us, for whatever we meet moat free from flourishes. Simplicity in act is the out- 3tacics which it meet„ a | w a y a ,l le Florence school for two years rian Church, which was elabor- in the future, however great or Oregon. He has 109 plants aroundt n„ver over unless bearing and has set out 1000 now. The Misses Schrode were ately decorated with evergreens, humble our tasks, we-expect the ward expression of simplicity in not applicants for position in the ferns and flowers. The class i lessons of the High School to thought. The man who carries the volume is great enough to more this year. Sixteer^of them aool for the next year and have motto “ Dum Vivimus Vivamus’’ j suggest in some manner a meats upon his shoulders the fate of a .overcome the obstruction. nation, is quiet, modest, unas­ We stand on the shore of the measured two feet in length was suspended against the hack-: of accomplishment. 1ft for the Willamette valley. suming and he is often made river of time. • Will we crow in when placed in a row. Miss Bossen has been retained ground of greenery. The pro­ They will average over one gentle, calm aid simple by tne safety, or he carried down the and in recognition-of her services gram which was well rendered THE GREATNESS inch in thickness and have as OF SIMPLICITY dicipline of the resix.nsibilities. 3tream with 0ther3 who Kave was given the supervision of the and highly appreciated follows: fine a flavor as any of the small lhey have no room i i their minds fajie(| jq stein the the tide? As kind. grammer grades this next year, Organ solo Mrs. C. H.-Young A ther Oddesa Watkins for the pettiness of personal we |(X)^ ¡n from the , “ At the Spring’’ . with two assistants. Tom says he has none for sale Simplicity is the elimination of vanity. ~ ~ R. G. Wygant The three members of last Vocal splo : experience of the past, we ask this year, but next year he The coHege graduate assumes wil|.the decisions of nnr lives be year corps of teachers that have" “ I’ve Forgotten them aT fT or the non-essential—of - all things. [You’’ It reduces life to its minimum of the airs of one to whom is com- Um) |ate? * WiH th y c,,.n . aftei, expects to ptace' them on the severed connections with the market. opportunity h n nisseJ? To school, have made many friends Class History Eva Estelle Walker powers. Simplicity means the mitted the wisdom of ages, while , E,,r with Mrs. H. McKee survival not of the fittest, but of the great man of science, the these we answ during their years work, leave Violin solo j c , ,flf]ence ¡n Florence with a large number Oration Ather Odessa Watkins the best. In . moral it kills the Columbus of investigation is sim-! faith in Go,« W T ‘ 3E JETTY weeds of vice and weakness, so'pie and humble, “ Greatness of Simplicity’’ interested in their future success. ourselves and vitu th * strength Miss Bossen that, the powers of virtue and The smartest man is the ui Hiracyc(lla The Florence schools are grow­ Vocal solo , “O Dry Those Tears” strength may have room to grow, who expresses his ideas with the i hands of our instructors we shall , \ P f]07’ ’ ‘‘r80r ing and the capacity will soon be The world s ^e a[,|e tf) safe]y paw a|| difficul- • uvift r l->' ' * ™ ' taken to its limit. In 1894 the Valedictory Lucile Hester Hurd j Simplicity cuts off waste and in- simplest words. Rev. J. M. Boyles tensities concentration. It con- greatest masters of literature can | tie8 and with the ful|nei3of life’» T ‘ ‘ district built the present build­ Address ings which hâs met all the re­ Presentation of Diplomas Prof. vert-s flickering torches into move mankind to tears, give light overflow win the crown which the ’ .r ... ... tirem ents so far and has been Alfred Powers. . ¡search-lights. and life to thousands that are in WOrld holds in waiting for us. »„purp iw pf u« f F nw me la Is o' heavy man da , i: secure two coil^of ■ credit to those who made it A t the close of the program | All great troths are simple, darkness or doubt, or scourge a rope. The San Francisco Board »nFr behalf of The essence of Christianity could nation for its folly by words so iible. 'Miss Hester Hurd in of Underwriters have aided them The present school officials are the class presented Mr. Powers be given in a few words; a life- simple as to be commonplace, FLORENCE GRAMMAR in securing the best material. Wi Evans, chairman of with a handsome edition of Joa- time would be but a continued But transfigured by the divinity GRADES STANDARDIZED. After a short business session seeking to make those words real of a genius, there seems almost a Wm. Kyle and H. H. quin Miller’s poems. they made a trip to the jetties jnahaw members of board; and The friends of the class com­ and living in the thoughts and miracle in words. Succeeding in making the re­ on the launch Beaver, where they Drew Severy, clerk. Mr. Severy plimented them with a great acts. The true Christian’s indi­ Simplicity is a mental soil where quired 12 points the grammar has been clerk for 6 years and is many flowers, prominent among vidual belief is simpler than his artifice, deceit, treachery and grades of the Florence Public inspected the work. the month of May 9000 tons ¡uite popular with many Oregon them being the red rose, the class church creed, and upon these selfish, low ambition cannot school were standardized la«»; of In rock was used and the north vital foundation elements he grow chool ma’rims. He has even re- flower. Friday afternoon. jetty extended 270 feet at a cost The first step toward simplicity builds his life. Higher criticism eived pictures of several away program was given and en- of $11 000. never rises to the height of his is “simplifying.” The beginning ck in New York. joyed by all present. It opened j n conversation it was learned CLASS HISTORY This next year will find the with all singing America and was that the )arge8t barge lo a ^ o f lumber of scholars increased Eva Eatelle Walker ^Corrected to read for Ih e Siuslaw intersperse^l by special music. bar7' One hour after for Florence Stories told by Sylvester Tan­ rock brought down the river »terially and will present On an early date in September, weighed 538 tons. HIGH T ID E S LOW T ID E S iveral questions to the board 1910, about a dozen students, half — n.m . ner and Wilma Liavo. lit . p.m . lit. rt.UL li t . p.m . . . 10:.’9l B.3 IO:«M N.7 id teachers, but we believe that frightened and altogether per­ S u n ., .hin»* 1 .J u n - 1. 4 :4 5 »».It 4 24 Recitations given by Ida San­ . 1 1 JO 0 . 5 10:41 0 .0 That the Willamette Valley is M on,. .Inn«- 5 :2 0 0.2 4 .5 0 lose responsible will keep the plexed and bewildered „entered Tu«1.. .Imu- -'i. . 1 1 :5!i. ♦i.7 311:11« OJt Tu»7.. , Ju n e 2 . . . ♦1:11 born “Columbus” and Reuben 5 :4 2 0 .5 the one section of the United 12:5«! »1.0 J m i. ' 1 . . Jun«- 4 . . . 0 :52 1.0 B:2B, lorence Schools to the high the Florence High School with T W im ed.. Young. 1 :41 7 .0 ., J u ip •». . B:D-s !• » J u n - 5 . . . 1 7 :3 4 1-3 7 11 States that can raise sheep equal indarg they have now attained. new algebras under their arms. K ri., J n n - «i. . . O io h .5 3 :1 5 7.1 June B . . . S :1 7 lJ i .i S;O.'{ S u t.. 4 un*’ 7 . The youngest pupils of the pri- to those of England, was the 7 .2 I J 'l ! U Inri” 7 . . . 0 :0 2 -1.4 II X :5S .fun*- x . . . J : t 3 tf.tt N 4:. . . 1 0 :1 7 0 .3 )»:5J 0 .3 .Jifb e literature were given by pupils in that here in this state conditions 4 : 2 0 ‘ 0.1 4 :0 1 ) J »inf IB . . . 1 1 :1 0 •t.«l 1O:3»4 0 .5 Jun** Î B . X j 5 : 2 0 0 5 4 51 Eva Estelle Walker and Green, perhaps, but what fresh- T M»»n.. their own language. are such that pork can be pro­ 1 1 :2 0 0 .5 u - .. J im - I T . . . lJ:.'i> J u n - 1 7 . . . ♦»:♦>!» 0 .0 5 45 1 J 5 O Is. B s Odessa Watkins. This man class does not have that T W É ed » . .. J J u u n n - e 111 . Ju n » IX ,.. 0 : 5 5 0 34, 1.1 In this method the children duced for less cos: than is the . . 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