Western Oregon University - Yearbook (Monmouth, OR)

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THE NORM i THIRTY yesterday nor tomorrow, but teidaiy. Dr.'Trumbu.11 says, itToday is for all that we know, the opportunity and occas10'n of our lives. Oh what we do 01' say today may depend the success and com- pleteness of our entire life struggle. It is for us therefore, to! use every movement of today as if our very eternity were dependent on its words and deeds? ' . Live, live today; do'n,t wait till tomorrow to- smile 01' do that little kindness; tomorrow is only another today. It is worth While to see the beautiful in nature, the handiwork of our Master; the good in eur fellow beings; and to! fill our place in this great universe, even though it be a humble one, With happy and contented hearts. Worry should have no place in our lives. Ruskin says, tiGod ' gives us always strength enough and sense enough 'for everything he wants usito d0. , . . Success, What is success? The question is beautifully and truly answered by Mrs; Stanley: ttHe has achieved success Who. has lived well, laughed often and'loved much; WhO has gained the respect of intelligent men and. the 10Ve of little children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; Who has left the world- better than he found it, Whether by an improved poppy, a. perfect poem or a rescued soul ; Who has never 1ackedappreeiation of earthis beauty or failed to express it ; who has always looked for the best in others and given the best he had; ths-e life was an inspiration; 'Whose memory a benediction? - Let us all live, then, so that it may be said that success in. these better, greater things, is surely ours ; and make our lives such as Will bring hcmo-r both to ourselves and our Alma Mater. L. S. CIL t A mural $rhnnl 1gmhlvm ' T is a liong-admitted fact that one Of the greatest diffi- cultles to be overcome in the rural school problem is that of the overcrowded program. Someone has said that the y . thy remedy is consolidation. But, for many districts, conso-lidatloln 1s a long way off ; and for others it neveriwill come. What 1s t0 be done for these? V Sqme persons advocate combining ' ,. s :. s ; tb t i A a :3 a i s - A. . a a A, a i , - I e . 10 V e . . e i ' i . x :- in; ,i . s a a a i3, J; ,2. A A . i! V 5.3; , i I 535?. 2,, m: in :1 z-L I it NW

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TWENTY-NINE T H E N 0 R M 'THE NORlVI VOL. I. MONMOUTH, OREGON, FEBRUARY, .1912 N0; 3 EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT . Editor-in-Chief - - - - LEXIE STRACHAN Assistant Editor . - - - - E. R. PETERSON Literature - - - - - - IZA CONSTABLE Whatis Doing - . LELA ERICKSEN, BEULAH HESSE Oratory and Debate - MARGARET MCCULLOCH Athletics - - - - - T. L. OSTIEN Jokes - - - . , - B. MABLE ELLIS Exchanges - - - 7 - - - . RHEA BENSON REPORTERS Ruby Shearer, Alumni Alice Morrison, ,12 Mary Kelly, ,13 N. Elva Boone, 14 Carrie Eilertsen, i15 ' Louise McAlpin, Vespertine R. Loraine J ohnson, Delphian Frank M. Sturgill, Normal BUSINESS DEPARTMENT Business Manager - - - - - e - J OSEPH F.BOGYNSKA Subscription Agent - - - - - - - , LENORE SIZEMORE THE NORM is published five times a year, in the months of November, December, February, April and June, by the Students of the Oregon Normal School, Monmouth, Oregon' Subscription Price: seventy-five cents a year; single copies, fifteen cents; Com- mencement Numbers, twenty-five cents Address all communications to; 1?THE NORMXi Monmouth, Oregon. Contribu- tions from the friends of the schools are always welcome. Entered as second class mattei' December 23, 1911, at the post office at Mon- mouth, Oregon, under the Act of March 3, 1879 09m Zapapnnaihilitg N the morning of February sixth the- first class under thetneW regime of the O. N. S. Will receive diplomas; With these diplomas comes the realization of the respon- sibility resting upon 11s as graduates of our beloved institution. Our every act Will reflect credit or discredit upon our Alma Mater. Realizing this let it be our aim to live up to the high standards set by those Who have preceded us, so that the words ta graduate of the Q- N. S? Will always stand for the highest and best in our profession and in life. You ask What is the best in life; What is worth While? We answer, the first thing that is trurly worth While is to live, not

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THIRTY-ONE. T H E N 0 R M the classes of two or three grades into one recitation class. Only a skillful and tactful teacher can do this successfully, and suc- cessfully only When she has the school during several consecutive terms. This condition does not exist in most of our rural schools. The general rule is ,a new teacher each year. It is very difficult for a teacher to take up the work Where her predecessor left it the year before, unless the grading system was strictly adhered to. And so, after consolidation, probably the next best step towards solving the problem is to- keep the teacher as long as possible. But even this step is far distant for many distriets. Can. we not do something for such districts now? The writer has a theory for one more step. To be direct and specific, let us take arith- metic in grades five to eight inclusive. The pupil is supposed to know the four fundamental operations. From the beginning of the fifth to the completion of the eighth grades, many topics are taken up, but most of them do not have to come in any regular order. Let us divide the four years work into, thirty-two divisions, numbering them accordingly. Give corresponding numbers to a like number of columns of a chart. On each cross line place the name of a pupil. Then in the four grades, have two, or possibly three, classes. tOften there are eightJ When a pupil has com- pleted a division satisfactorily, check him off for that topic on the charts. If he fails in any particluar division, let him go: on With the class, but dc: not credit him on the chart for the topic in Which he fails. When the next lower class gets to that point, he can take it up With them, or probably he Will make it up individ- ually. It seems that this plan might work With several of our subjects. It has not been officially endorsed by the Normal, but is merely the personal ideas of the writer. E. R. P. i