Nelsonville High School - Saga Yearbook (Nelsonville, OH)

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The Scarlet and Gray 9 Principal's At the half-way station of the year it may be well to make some observa- tions on the qualitv of work done dur- ing the first semester. The grades made by the High School as a whole entitled 38 per cent to be excused from the first semester examination. By classes the distri- bution was as follows: Senior classes 48 per cent Junior classes 44 per cent Sophomore classes 31 per cent Freshman classes 34 per cent The passing grades, including those of the examinations, entitling to credits for work of the first semester averaged 74 per cent for the entire high school and by classes the per- centages were: Senior 89 per cent Junior 78 per cent Sophomore 70 per cent Freshman 68 per cent The above grades mean that about 10 per cent of the members of the high school must “get busy” im- mediately in order to keep the number of students who pass in their work up to the usual place. Whether this decline in the quality of work is to be attributed to the war or to the un- usual weather, neither of which condi- tions has ever been experienced by those now in school, the remedy for the situation lies in the same action, i. e., increased and more intensive study, and less distraction from school work. A soldier is a soldier first, last and all the time. A merchant is a mer- chant first and then if time permits he takes up some side line. A stu- dent to be successful must be a stu- dent first and then if it is advisable devote some time to side issues. Any one who thinks he can prepare a lesson in less time than that given to the recitation of that lesson is de- ceiving himself. Forty-five minutes is the minimum time that ought to be allowed for the preparation of any lesson, and special lessons will require more time. That means that accord- ing to our present schedule all high school pupils should prepare at least one and sometimes two lessons outside of school hours. Common sense is the only witness to prove this case. Included in the 26 per cent who fail- ed in their work for the first semester will be found more than 95 per cent of those who try to do all their school work between 8:30 and 3:15. At one of the recent teachers’ meeting it was reported that the greater part of these were showing renewed interest. If thv; interest can be maintained for four and a half months the credits may be made but the work and time lost in the first semester can be made up. Let us get busy and avoid the un- pleasant feeling attending a failing grade in May and the struggle to make up work in September. Our enrollment for the year, the sub- scription list for The Scarlet and Gray, the membership of the Senior class, and the non-resident attendance have all been the largest this year in the history of the school. Why not make the percentage of successful grades fall in line with the other high records?

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T The Scarlet and Gray 11 Athletics O! :ee y s£38t = o Our “boys” met the team from John Hancock of O. U. Before the game started it looked as tho our team would have to do some swell playing to defeat their “enemies.” But the team did not have the “can’t be did” spirit and as soon as the game began (hey went into it with a ferocious spirit and as the game progressed so did the score, in favor of N. H. S., and the final score stood 43-6 in favor of Nelsonville. Jan. 4th the basketball team met New Lexington on the home floor and it was some game. At the opening all was excitement for our team took everything by storm as they went along. The second half the visiting team began to gain on our boys and the score was 20-18 in favor of New Lexington when the whistle blew. —o— Saturday, Feb. 2nd the two big games of the season were played at the Y. M. C. A. We need not mention that these were those between the Faculty and Students. The men of the faculty played the boys’ team. This game came first and was a fine game. At the opening half a team chosen from boys of various classes, played our brave faculty team. But the boy warriors proved to be more than a match for their big chiefs, and th first half’s score stood to be for the boys. But alas, the second half the noble Seniors had to put the game out of the ring. With their team, which was the team that took the inter-class championship, but however, failed to live up to the “rep” they had obtained and allowed the big chiefs to take their scalps by the narrow margin of 23-25. Line-up: 1st Half—2nd Half Silcott—Wilson Weaver L. F. Crawford—Kinney Carroll R. F. Martin—Coates Rike C. Pierce—Lutz Ferree R. G. Patton—King Jones L. G. Field Goals—Carroll 3, Weaver 5, Rike 4, Kinney 3, Coates 1. Foul Goals—Rike 1. Field Goals for first half—Silcott 5, Patton 1, Crawford 2. Referee—Sharp. The second game, that between the girls and faculty was another howling success. The game was of great in- terest and it proved to the spell bound crowd that even if the boys couldn’t beat the men, the girls could beat the women. Talk about rough! Well this football game sure had the first game beat for that. The teachers play- ed like their life depended on the score and the girls like they were taking their low grades (if they had any) out on the teachers. Score 5-10 in favor ci the girls of course. Line-up: Girls Faculty Rosser L. F. Wolfe M. Vorhees R. F. Roberts R. Vorhees C. . -Miller M. Pensyle - L. G. - Herrold M. Baugh Blaine-L. Stalters R. G. Field Goals- — M. Vorhees 2, Rosser 1, Stalters 1, Blaine 1. Miller 1. Fouls— M. Vorhees 1, R. Vorhees 1, Herrold 1. Referee—Sharp. Faculty