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VOL XVI-NO. 27
Crook County High School
Closes Best Year in its History
Prineville Public Schools
Second to None in the State
On Friday evening, Muy 24, oc
curred the annual graduating exer
cises of tho Crok County Hitch
School. UnuNUttt interest attached
to this commencement since the class
Ih the largest in the history of the
school, and since each detriment
was represented. Furthermore,
the Haw has always taken an active
purl in all kind of student activity.
They have alway liven iiroiuinent
In declamation , oratory, and debate,
a la evidenced by the large numher
of gold meduU they have won. They
have established a new record in
this line. They have also taken a
deep interest in all branches of ath
letic, basketball, baseball, track and
tennis have all received their at
tention, anil to the class of l'JI2 is
due, In no small degree, our success
In these lines. The class is all the
more interesting since so many of
them worked their way through
school, either wholly or in part.
Miss Verna Smith has the honor
of being the first graduate from the
commercial department. Miss
Maude I'otter finished the course
In three years. Misses F.merien
Young and Lela Coyer already held
high school diplomas, but have now
completed the work in the normal
department of our high school,
Vernon Hell completed the scientific
and I Jit in courses. Mamie Itailey
and Wildu Nye finished work in the
scientific and normal courses.
The exercises took place in tl e
Commercial Club Hall. The ad -
dress was given by Dr. F. S. Dunn
of the state university. His su'
ject waa the "Myth of the Winged
Victory." He told in simple though
impressive manner how victory may
be achieved and how retained. The
address was interesting and in
structive. That the audience was
pleased was evidenced by the almost
perfect attention given him.
Owing to the unavoidable absence
of the various members of tl e
board, Principal E, L. Coe, after a
few well directed remarks concern
Ink the value of a high school edu
cation, and the excellence of our
own school, presented the diploma!
to the following students and pro
nounced them graduates of the
Crook County High School.
Latin course Vernon A. Bell,
William H. Criswell, Frank IiCroy
Lowther.
Scientific course Mamie Evelyn
Bailey, Helen Corrinne . Collin,
Gladys Irene Doak. Charles Lowther,
Elmer E. Martin, Wilda Florence
Nye, Clarence Del'uy Rice.
Commercial course Verna 0.
Smith.
Normal course Mamie Evelyn
Bailey, Clara Hildreth Oeyer, Lela
May Geycr, Nora Mildred Living
Bton, Wilda Florence Nye, Maude
Violet Potter, Emcrien M. Young.
The "Appollo Quartette" con
sisting of Mesdames Coe and Smith
and Misses Brobst and Barnes fur
nished the music of the evening
which was greatly appreciated by
all present.
Class Day.
Thursday, May 23, was class day
The entire school united to help the
out-going class celebrate the day
All work was suspended and at 2:'M
the students gathered at the high
school where representatives from
each of the classes wound a Maypole
of senior colors, with the blue and
gold of tho high school. Following
this the regulars of the high school
baseball team tried issues with, the
town team of Prineville. The boys
played a good game but age and ex
perience was too big a handicap
and Prineville won 7 to 3.
At 8:00 in the evening Miss Eve
lyn Milliorn took her seat at the
.piano, and to the strains of a beautl
ful march the class carrying the
clasa flower, the red rose, marched
down the center aislo of tho hall
and took their places on the plat
form under a bower of roses. The
junior class had complete charge of
the decorations and deserve great
credit for the excellent work done.
The hall never looked better.
The history of the class was told
by Vernon Hell. He paid great at
tention to detail and the paper was
carefully prepared. Miss W'ilda
Nye again demonstrated her origi
nality In the giftatory. Each mem
ber of the class was presented with
some small token and a goodnatured
jest at the same time. On behalf
of the class she presented to the
s'lmolahlock of cement walk in
front of the high school.
Miss Mamiu Bailey read an origi
nal poem in which she held up to
good natured jest some characteris
tic of each member of the class.
Elmer Martin jieerod into the
future and revealed great things
- for some members of the cla.ss. For
others his sense of humor would
allow him to disclose only complete
1 failure. Miss t'orrinne Collin
j provoked a great deal of mirth by
her solemn reading of tho class
j will, it was a well written paper
anil her use of legal terms would
, have caused the best lawyer in the
'country to turn green with envy,
Hoy Lowtlur delivered the clan
oration. "Afloat, but not Drifting."
1 He had a well written article and he
I delivered it with his characteristic
spirit.
Miss Conway added much to the
success of the evening by her beauti-
ful rendering of the song,
Sun-sup-
shine and Rain." Mrs. Coe,
ported by Mrs. Edwards on the
violin and Miss Estes on the piano,
sang in her usual finished manner,
"The Day is Ended." Luckey's
orchestra added two good numbers,
which completed the program.
At the invitation of the Alumni
the class then repaired to the parlors
of the Ladies' Annex where they
were received into the Alumni As
sociation. Clark Morse in a few
well chosen words welcomed the
class and Clanence Rice most fit
tingly responded on behalf of the
class. The music for the occasion
was furnished by Miss Conway and
the Apollo Quartette.
Madras Wool Sales
June 21 and July 15
James Rice of Hay Creek, who
has been corresponding w,ith the
secretary of the Woolgrowers' As
sociation, announces the sales dates
for Madras as June 21 and July IB.
News Snapshots
Of the Week
ernor Foss of Massachusetts refused to grant a stay In the case of Clarence V. T. Ricbeson, declaring that the poisoner of Avis Linnell would have to ex
piate his crime in the electric chnlr. W. B. Brlce as special commissioner bo gnu taking testimony Id the government's Bult to dissolve the sugar trust The
bearings are expected to occupy the
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Crook County High
First Year of Manual Training
at the Crook County High School
Twenty-five years ago manual
training was little known in the
United States as a factor in educa
tion. Today there are few of the
larger schools that have not added
this subject to their curriculum.
Manual training is no longer in the
experimental stage for the many
schools that have adopted it have
demonstrated beyond a doubi that
the highest degree of education re
sults from combining manual with
intellectual training.
Nothing stimulates and quickens
tie intellect more than the use of
mechanical tools. The boy who be
gins to construct things is compelled
at once to begin to think, deliber
ate, reason ami conclude. Tmjs the
training of the eye and the hand
reacts upon the brain stimulating
it to greater activity.
John Ruskin said, "Let the youth
once learn to take a straight shar
ing off a plank, or draw a fine
curve without faltering, or lay a
brick level in its mortar, and he
has learned a multitude of other
matters which no lips of man could
ever teach him." The brain grows
by what it feeds upon and the brain
cells that direct mechanical con
struction are not exercised unless
the hands are made to work out the
mental image. The student .who
constructs an object from a care
fully prepared drawing gains a bit
of confidence in himself that will
enable him later to attempt more j
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to a hospital. Ills son Christina succeeds hiin on the throne. Clarence Dnrrow, chief counsel for the McNamara brothers, was
put on trial chnrged with attempting to bribe one of the jurors during the trial of the case agnlnst the labor leaders. The ginut
Dreadnought Texua was launched at tile Newport News shipyards. Miss Claudia Lyons christened the great battleship. Gov
greater part of six months.
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difficult problems.
The progressive schools all over
the country have realized the neces
sity of adding manual training to
their courses and Crook county is
to be congratulated that her county
high school has a good manual
training course to offer 'to Mie
young people of this county.
Last Friday and Saturday The
Jordan Co. store kindly donated
their show windows to the high
school for the purpose of showing
the people what the manual train
ing department had done during
the past year. This exhibit con
sisted of pieces of furniture which
had been made by the students and
were certainly a credit to the de
partment. Among other things
exhibited were a tea table, maga
zine rack, hall seat, library table,
book rack, waste basket and taboret.
Going back of the finished prod
uct to the beginning of this work,
Prof. Smith, who has charge of
this department, explained that be
sides this furniture on exhibition,
the manual training class had
equipped the workroom with trel
lises, work benches, stools and
drawing boards. Each bench is
equipped with all necessary tools
for the use of two students.
Two lines of work are carried
along in this department the
mechanical drawing and the wood
work. The drawing consists of
geometrical drawings, drawings
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The Prineville public schools will
close iU years' work on June 7th.
This late closing is due to the delay
in opening school last fall caused by
the new building not being com
pleted. Prineville has just cause
to be proud of her public schools.
J We doubt if there is another corps
of teachers in the state who can
measure up to the present one in
efficiency, earnestness and interest
in the work. Any visiting com
mittee passing through the grades
will find good strong work being
done in every department. The
teachers have announce. that the
promotion records this year will be ' grounds netted the school $0:5.
unusually good. j Prof. Myers, assisied by his boys.
The entire teaching force has been has succeeded in making three good
re-elected, but three of the teachers baseball diamonds and it is not an
have decided not to return. Miss ' unusual thing to see two sets of
Rideout, who has taught the seventh inter-class games being played oa
grade for the past four years, will the same day.
enter Willamette University for a, The public school played one game
year's work, and Miss Jaques and of baseball with Bend and two
Miss Richardson expect to teach games with the freshmen of the
elsewhere in the state. j high school and won in all of them.
A brief summary of some of the ( They lost the football game with the
things accomplished by the pupils of t high school freshmen,
the Prineville public schools shows. Suitable games with ample play
that both pupils and teachers have grounds are arranged for every
been doing good strong work. J grade and these games are super-
From a literary standpoint the . vised by the teachers. The out
proudest achievement for the year door basketball plats for both boys
occurred when a debating team from l and girls are objects of interest
the eighth grade met and defeated ' most of the year,
the freshmen team of the Highj Members of the school board
School. Orvilly Yancey, Frederick , have stated the' are weB
Rice and Vickey Houston carried off Plea? w.th the excellent work that
J hao noon Hina this coor Ktr Prnf
the honors for the public school,
No doubt this success was the out -
from models, drafts of practice
woodwork exercises and ortho
graphic projections. The woodwork
for the past year consisted of a
series of fitted joints. These were
made to teach the use of the various
tools and to show the necessity of
exactness and precision, the furnish
ings for the work room and finished
pieces of furniture. Each student
was required to make one piece of
furniture to leave with the school
and could then make whatever he
wished for himself. Beehives, step
ladders and tool chests were among
the articles made for home use.
Two periods per day are required
for this work and students can do
extra shop work after school hours
if they choose. This year there
were thirteen students in this de
partment most of the time and it is
expected that a much larger class
will be enrolled next year.
Parents and young people who
are interested in this line of work
would do well to call or write to
Principal Coe or Professor Smith
who will be glad to show the work
done during the past year and
answer questions concerning this
department.
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growth of the regular literary ex
ercises that are participated in at
stated intervals during the year.
Every two weeks the sixth, seventh
and eighth grades join forces and
measure their strength in recita
tions, essays, impromptu talks and
debates. This work is also carried
on in the lower grades and arranged
to meet the needs of each grade.
On alternate Fridays the old
fashioned spelling school and cipher
ing matches have proved quite as
interesting as the literary programs.
The excellent entertainment give
to raise money for improving the
j Myerg and hu efficient corvi of
, teachers.
Crops Look Good
in Crook Countj
J. H. Windom, who returned the
last of the week from his Culver
ranch, says that he never saw crops
looking so well. "I have 250 acre
in wheat that is knee high. I have
two 24-foot harrows and the boyi
will go over the wheat patch and
put it in shape to hold the moisture.
I always do that. At first people
said that I was crazy to use the har
row when the grain was so high,
but when harvest-time came they
changed their mind. Last season
was not a good one, but 1
harvested 23 bushels to the acre.
This year I will not be satisfied with
less than forty. The harrowiEgr
that will be done this week will
flatten out the grain and make it
appear that all is ruined but wait a
few days. By that time it will
have all straightened up and there
will be a fine mulch covering over
the fields to keep the moisture frohi
evaporating.
"My dry land alfalfa, too, never
looked better. I have 18 acres that
I have cultivated for 15 years and
it never looked so fine. During thii
tinje I have always cut three crops
until last year. Then I only cut
two. I get lots of alfalfa. Of
course I cultivate it.' I go over it,
every spring with a spring-tooth
harrow and when we get through
you would think that everything wa
cut to pieces. But watch it grow.
Cultivation is the thing."
When asked if the recent harS
j frost had injured the fruit in tlie
! Culver section, Mr. Windom replied
J that it had not. "The trees are in
bloom but when I examined the
I blossoms found that they were not
injured. Crops all over "Crouk
county look better than they fever
did before and I can safely predict
the greatest harvest ever gathered
in this country."
Horses for Sale.
On the old C. Sam Smith rnm'fc,
near Prineville: gold In any number
at reasonable prices. For further
liifurmatlon address G. H. Rushkll,
Prlueville, Oregon. 12-16-tf