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PAGE TWO HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THUR THE HEPPNERIAN Published Weekly by the Students of Heppner High School Editor-in-Chief Joy Erwin AasUtant Editor Kenneth Oviat Reporters: Girls' Sports Mae Groshens Boys Sports Gene Doherty Social - Louise Thomson Personals Reta Crawford Activities Mae Doherty Grades Letha Hiatt Jokes Ellis Thomson THE VALVE OF AN EDUCATION. The most valuable result of a good education is the broadening, deepen inir and refining of human life, there fore making it impossible to measure definitely the result in dollars and cents. However, education promotes industrial efficiency and increases ma terial wealth. This is the reason that Germany, with excellent public schools, has erown so much more rap idly than her neighbor, Russia, which has vastly better resources but poor educational facilities. In the United States it has been shown that the earning capacity of the citiiens of several states are in direct proportion to the efficiency of their school systems, for instance. Dr. Charles W. Dabney who investiga ted this matter found that the aver age schooling given in 1898-99 to the citizens of Massachusetts was seven years: to those of the U. S. J whole, four years, while that of Ten nesaee was onlv three vears. Corres ponding to these figures he found that the average daily production of the citizens of Massachusetts was 85 cents; that of the U. S. as a whole was 65 cents; while that of Tennessee , was only 38 cents. The necessity for education has in creased and will continue to increase with the advance in complexity of the processes of civilization. Because of the unparalleled progress in the arts and sciences during the past fifty years the need for education has in general multiplied many fold. In law. in medicine, in teaching, in manu facturing, in trade and industry of all kinds, this same increased demand for education is found. An investigation of the educational advantage enjoyed by the 8000 per sons mentioned in the "Who's Who in America," for the year 1889-1890 brought out the following facts: Out of the nearly 5 million uneducated men and women in America, only 31 were able to obtain the distinction of being catalogued in this book. Out of 33 million with high school train ing, 1246 have manifested this mark ed efficiency, and out of one million with college or university training, 6768 have merited this distinction. The child with no schooling has one chance in 150,000 of performing dis tinguished service; with elementary education, he has four times the chance; with high school education 87 times the chance, and with college education 800 times the chance. As no other one political event has had more to do with national peace and stability, and hence with indus trial possibilities than the framing and adoption of the Constitution, es pecial significance is attached to the results of Prof. Jone's study of the part which the one per cent of col lege grdauates played in this impor tant matter. He found that the au thor of the Constitution, Thomas Jef ferson, was a college graduate; John Adams, its ablest defender, was a college -graduate; 23 of the 54 who composed the convention were college graduates and 27 were college bred men. In fact, the one per cent of col lege graduates in America can almost be said to have called the convention, written the Constitution, and secur ed its adoption and ratification. The Massachusett's committee in , industrial education made a study of 799 workers who had left school at either 14 or 18 years of age and trac ed the actual average salaries receiv ed by these workers from year to year, They found that boys who re mained in school four years longer n order to take a technical course, soon caught up with their brothers who stopped at 14 years, and went ahead so rapidly that in four years they had earned as much as the oth er boys had in eight. At the age of 5 the boys who had taken the four years extra schooling were on the average getting 900 per year more than those who left school at fourteen. Every day spent in school pays the child $9.02, therefore the child who stays out of school to earn less than $9 a day is losing money, not making it. Experience has shown that only through a thorough system of public schools and colleges can a state or nation provide for itself an adequate supply of citizens capable of furnish ing the necessary directive force. Basketball Season Next. Now that football has worn itself out, the boys are anxiously anticipat ing the opening of the basketball sea son. Heppner has been held up for early practice due to the lack of a place to play, but things are looking better now that the school has been able to temporarily lease the old Swindig warehouse situated south of tne schoolhouse. The high school boys are goingHo cover the walls with heavy building the corners which will make the bluld ing a warmer place in which to play. Lights will also be installed, and bas kets erected. The Heppner boys are paper, and place two large stoves in planning a successtul basketball sea son with everything pointing to a championship team. The schedule has been made out as follows: Un.nr.. va WarHmiin .Inn. 7. hnmp Tloor; lone, Jan. 14, home floor; Lex ington at Lexington, Jan. 21; return game with Hardman at Hardman, Jan. 29; return game with lone at lone, Feb. 6; Arlington on home floor, Feb. 11; return game with Arlington at Ar lington, Feb. 25; and return game with Lexington on home floor, March 4th. o When Miss Miller, Miss Fishel, Miss Thorpe, Miss Wilson and Miss Nel son started home from The Dalles Sunday in a Ford sedan, it seemed luck was certainly against them, for they came in home on one rim and one wheel. Just this side of Arlington they found that they had a flat tire so they undertook to change it. How ever, they were not as strong as they had anticipated for try as they would three of them together could lot sue ceed in getting the rim off the wr.eel. The rain was just pouring down so after they had succeeded in getting soaking wet, they decided to come on home on the rim. This was not the end of their trou ble for they had another flat tire about six miles before reaching lone This time they were able to get the rim off but could not separate the rim and the tire so they left them both off and came on in home on one wheel and one rim. They readied Heppner about 2:45 Monday morning and were a much sadder but wiser group than they had been vhjn they left The Dalles at 8 o'clock the eve ning before. o Girls' Basketball. When the basketball hall is com pleted, the girls are going to show Heppner "who's who" in Heppner Hi athletics. Good material is promised and a good coach is in readiness and is about as anxious to get started as the girls are. o John Farley says that in selling shoes he finds that leather makes the best shoes but banana skins are the best "slippers." Attendance Good. During the past six weeks the aver age attendance of the high school was 97.1. This average is compar atively lower than formerly, although allowance must be made for early winter weather which is always con ducive to colds. The faculty hope that the six weeks term which began Monday will have a higher average, since this is the third and last period of the first se mester. The students are eager to raise their grades, so that a creditable showing may have been made when the new semester begins. The register indicates that a rath er high number of tardy marks have been occuring. The total of 105 stu dents in the high school shows IA tardinesses, while but 53 students have been neither absent nor tardy. ' o Honor Roll. The following high school students deserve particular mention for the creditable work done in their classes during the past six weeks: Mary Beymer, freshman, with 4 A's. Orrin Bisbee, senior, with 4 A's and a B. Tieing for third place were Mar- jorie Clark and Fletcher Walker each with 2 A's and 2 B's. These grades would indicate a very high average, since an A represents S14-100 and B, 88-94. These honors have been determined by an average ol their total grades. o Fire in Lab. The students of the chemistry class were quite shaken last Monday when flaming alcohol was spilled on the floor of the laboratory. Orrin Bisbee was the victim and had it not been for his quick wit perhaps some dam age would have been done to himself. Crrin grabbed his apron, which was all in flames and threw it on some of the flames on the floor. This ex tinguished them, and left the labora tory none the worse for the happen ing- o Premier Quartet Coming! Don't forget the seniors are giving you the best of the bargain by bring ing the Premier Quartet hero Tues day, December 7th. Clever vaudeville, impersonations, high class musical compositions and vocal selections are in store. Reserved seats only 75c, admission 50c. o Mrs. E. R. Huston, chairman of the school board, visited the high school Tuesday forenoon. She visited the biology, domestic art, world history, Latin III, American history and Eng lish classes. She seemed quite pleas ed with the work being done in the school. One day of every week a period of 15 minutes is given at 1:45 to sing ing old songs. The first meeting was held Tuesday and many musical voi ces echoed throughout the assembly at that time. The American history class chal lenged the civics class for a debate. The question, "Resolved, that the Uni ted States enter the World Court.' The civics class returned their reply of acceptance written in Latin. 1026 oAmin Chevrolets Greatest Year In 1925 Chevrolet attonlahed the automotive world by attaining an annual production never before reached by any manufacturer of gearshift automobiles. Thai, far two years in succession, Chevrolet has broken all its previous records and has set a new mark in automotive history. This splendid achievement renlts from a steadfast adherence to the fundamental Chevrolet policy of building a car of the finest possible quality to sell at a low price. That the vast majority of buyers now demand a car of this type and that Chevrolet has been suc cessful in building such a car possessing the highest degree of smooth performance, smart appearance, and economical operation is proved by Chevrolet success during the year now draw ing to a close. Come In and see this record-breaking car. , Small down payment and convenient terms, Aifc aixmX our b e Purchase Ccraticmu Plan. TouWnj or Kfxuhtrr 5 1 0, Coupe or Coach $645, Sedan $73 LaiUau 1765, 'i-Tm Truck S375 (Chajin Onijl, I-Tm Track 495 (Ouiii Only). AU pricm (.O.O. Flint. MJdja Ferguson Chevrolet Co. Heppner, Oregon QUALITY AT LOW COST HEALTH GOOD HEALTH is the first requisite. Milk is an ideal food drink plenty of it. We make daily deliveries of pure milk every bottle guaranteed to be fresh. Alfalfa Lawn Dairy W1GHTMAN BROS., Props. Phone 30F3 Go to GILLIAM & BISBEE Miss Murray: "Can animals smell water from a distance?" Janie Allstott: "Well, if you are driving a bunch of pigs " Miss Murray: "Yes, but I wouldn't be driving any pigs." The class in American history taught by Miss Miller has been spend ing the last few days studying numer ous histories to gain material for a paper on the Formation of the Con stitution, which was due last Wed nesday. This is the third of these reports centering on the important phases of American history, the oth er two being the causes of the Am erican Revolution and the part that the French played in the Revolution. Rev. and Mrs. O. C. Wright were at Heppner to attend the Junior play and to visit a few days with their daughter, Miss M. Wright, the music teacher. They stated that the Junior play was acted as well as a college play. It is earnestly requested by the faculty that the parents cooperate with the school in seeing that the hig achool students have at least one to two hours of home study each day. Mrs. Dix, the second grade teacher, is unable to teach her classes on ac count of a bad case of the flu. Mrs. McNamer is taking her place until she will be able to resume her work. Miss Nelson, fourth grade teacher, is also ill. We wish them a rapid recovery. for Copper Carbonate. for Blue Stone. For the Calkins Wheat Treat ing Machine. for Superior and Kentucky Drills. for All kinds of Harrows. for the Rotary Rod Weeder. for anything to get your Fall seeding done. mm mi We Have It, Will Get It, or It is Not Made. GILLIAM & BISBEE HEPPNER, ORE. Star Theater, Sunday and Monday. AGood Place to Eat 1 1 We serve good meals j 1 and short orders. 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