Show THE CITY OIT SCHOOLS it seems strange that in a city the size of logan the first genuine commencement exercises of the public schools should have been held last thursday for what are commencement exercises witt without out the sweet girland other graduates each year during the past fifteen should lave have seen its graduating class claes but instead the one of 0 tours thursday 43 last st was the first A few pupils bad at different dil Terent times tit ties after parsing an air examination on papers prepared by professors not connected with nith the schools received written mitten statements to the efi effect act that they had completed the eighth grade course and were entitled to graduation this fixed their status on entering college collage but did not dot give them the honor to which aber they were entitled another reason there have been no graduates is that the pupils have 0 generally entered the preparatory atory department of one of the colleges before completing the ha common school course in other ca cases ses they have bare teen been removed from school entirely before graduation radiation it is to the credit of the present board the su Suter er intent and teachers that fourteen pupils were honorably graduated abia year after a searching examination the class should and would have been larger but there were some members who failed to endure the stress cf long v continued exertion success crowned their cf efforts forts and some were withdrawn during the ibe last term to begin the sum merr work these withdrawals should not oe oa permitted if it is within the bower of the board to prevent it inless the tha assistance is absolutely essential to the a support gunport f the family neither should parents wiell to withdraw their hildren children when by allo allowing xOng them to remain for a few weeks longer they bald complete the common school auree very naturally it oges iges the pupil to be taken out of school at a time abea a few more inore weeks study would graduate him with honor ile he has to go bazk bask and begin with the same grade again and alast within reach of the he prize to be ones once more pulled back there will be very many more graduates next dext year unless they are thus withdrawn and for several years deais the number vill increase lossan logan has a good public school sy system stein ani the parents should show their appreciation and allow their children the full berie benefit fit of the advantages offered olT cret by sending theto them regularly during the full year and encouraging 6 them in diligent baudy and obedience |