LEXINGTON GROWS WITHOUT WATCHING
VOL. II
LEXINGTON, OREGON, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 28, 1907
N02
SCHOOL NEWS
The last meettng of the Social club
was held at the home of 'Miss Grace
Cypert. The attendence was large
and a very pleasant evening was spent
by all. Miss Opal Brlggs was a club
visitor.
In a recent evamination In Geogra
phy the following question was given:
Name 12 animals of the Polar regions.
One boy scratched his head, thought
hard for a few minutes, and then
wrote ''Six seals and six polar bears.
Miss Grace Cypert and Frank Tyler
of the review class took the teachers
examination, and both passed. They
have both secured schools. Frank
Tyler commenced school at Pine
school house, on Butter Creek, last
Monday, and Miss Cypert vill com
mence her school a few miles north of
town, in a short time.
In one of the lower grades, all the
children were asked to bring to class
a short original composition about
some article they saw in daily use.
Following is a sample: "The needle is
a sewing tool. It Is composed of two
parts the point and the eye. The
eye is made of air, and is what we
stick the thread through. The point
is made of steel and is what you stick
through the cloth."
The professor was giving a lecture
on "Early Rome and the Romans"
"These hardy men" he said " think
nothing of swimming across the Tiber
three times before breakfast." Sud
denly a loud laugh came from the cen
ter of the class, and the Professor,
amazed at this Interruption, angerly
asked the pupil what he meant by such
conduct. " I was just thinking sir,
that the poor Roman chaps would find
themselves on the wrong side for their
clothes when they landed."
The debators are doing fine work.
The High School team have under
taken a question that covers about
3000 years of history and at present
they are summing up and sifting , out,
untill the main features of civilization
for that time is either going to be ac
credited to the early Greecian nations,
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Trains Leave Lexington, Dally, ex
' cept Sunday, - 11:35 A. M.
Trains Arrive at Lexington, Daily, ex
cept Sunday - 5:10 P.M.
Trains Connect at Heppner Junction
with Main Line trains for all
points East and West.
or the later Roman Empire. It Is a
question that students, after years of
study and Investigation would find
some difficulty in giving a clear argu
ment on, so much credit must be given
to the debators, If they meet the ques
tion In any logical way at all. The
debate takes place next Friday after
noon at 3 o'clock.
Since the weather has become pleas
ant out door basket ball has become
the chief source of amusement for the
girls at school. The largest girls have
organized two teams and the medium
Lized girls have two teams. A good
ground with good protections on the
ends has been fitted up so that the
game can be played to a better advan
tage than before. We hold that next
In importance to books, If not in some
respects of first importance for pupils
at school, Is good healthful exercise.
We believe fhat basket ball properly
played is one of the nicest and best of
games. The medium sized boys are'
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The mother who has acquired the
habit of keeping on hand a bottle of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, saves
herself a great amount of uneasiness
and anxiety. Coughs, colds and croup
to which children ares susceptible are
quickly cured by Its use, It counter
acts any tendency oi a cold to result in
pneumonia, and if given , as soon gs the
first symptoms of croup appear, it will
prevent the attack. This remedy con
tains nothing injurious and mothers
give H to little ones with a feeling of
perfect security. Sold by W. P. Mc
Millan's Drug Store.' ;'
organizing a team also. ;'
The time of year has come when it
is more pleasant to, be i cut of doors
than in the house, and many of the
pupils begin to wish to stop school.
The school board has decided to have
nine months of school in order to bet
ter conditions, and give our boys and
girls a fair show with the boys and girls
of other towns. Now parents it is for
you largely to decide ' whether this
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change will be for the benefit of the
school or not. If you allow your boy
to quit without finishing his years work
you have injured not only your boy but
the school. In this day and age of
close competetion, success is only go-
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ing to come to him who Is thoroughly j
prepared. A good common school ;
education is the first step in this prep- j
aration. The day of Abraham Lin
coln is past, and yet if it were- not, his
case is only one of the exceptions that
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are always found scattered .throughout
history, while under like circumstances
where he succeeded a million would
have failed, while if that million had
had the opportunity that is now offered
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conditions of the National Pure Food
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Uke 3$
so freely to every boy and girl, many
thousand would have made a success
of life. But all of us do not have the
same Idea of success. Some would
have It that the person who gathers
together much money has made a
success in life, others that he who has
attained high political honors is the
one who has been successful, and
many other ideas exist, but we hold
that he has attained the highest suc
cess who lives his life in such a way as
to enable others to live their lives bet
ter. Those averaging 90 and above in
the February examinations were:
Primary Grade ,
Miss Agnes Hammer, Teacher
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