Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-06-29

iHE following item relating 70 our pub
llc school was handed Is d 81 NJ NJ
Quade, The principal:
ihe number q pupils enrolled Il ~
Urinary school, for the term lust cIosed
was % IN the Upper School. 81: maE;rg
total u both schools 81 %. The aver
aee daily attendance In the Primary |
0chool, for the term, was 4f.8, in he In. |
per, 227, giving total Of s4, Of COS per
cent q the number enrolled, as the da;lv
| average attendance In both schools The.c |
ngures show unfavorably, even after due |
allowance e made for those pupils neces
sarliy absent 81 this season Of The vea,.
ana II i 70 be regretted that parental a..
tnor1ty, IN some cases, has NOT been eyer
cised IN enforcing attendance until ~
close Of the term. In schools like ours Il
y farcical " suppose that chilo's pbvs.
zeal energy is submitted to excessive ton.
sion ~ any mental strain incurred IN
school work. The after school hours of
each day can be employed far more bene.
ncialiy for health than can those Of the
child living in q large city; and, besides.
the home preparation done by our pupils
Will BY no means compare with that re-
quired in graded schools Again, vaca
ton with US forms very considerable
traction Of the year -one-f1urth and more
which would certainly seem sufficient
to restore 70 yigor any child who felt
Frustrated BY doing half the work that an
other child performs with safety, under
far less favorable conditions.
Regular attendance on the part Of pu-
j pil Is one Of the greatest essentials in his
, education, so far as school work forms it.
and to the teacher only, who labors to
bridge over the hiatus caused by days
e absence, and who daily witnesses the dis.
: Indignation of his classes. while powerless
J to prevent it, is the tulI effect Of the evil
properly estimated
II only moiety of the common sense
e employed in other matters which tend te
, make life enjoyable were bestowed on the
education of the child, there would be les
of that yielding to juvenile opinion and
J precocious talent, and more strenuou.
!. enforcement of that judgment which ha.
matured only by hard knocks and lon.
experience.
A FATAL HURr.-- Philip Diehl, tn,
\ blacksmith kicked by mule at hi
3 shop on First street yesterday, diet
! from the injuries received at 5:4
o'clock this morning. He was a ma
tive of Bavaria, aged 81. and leaves
n wife and four children. Fortunatel
s for the afflicted family, Mr.. Diehl wa
I member in good standing of tn
le Masonic Lodge here, and also of Nap
1t Council, No. 81, o. C. F. In the las
re named society he held a certifcat
for $4,000.
Or The funeral will be held at 2 p. n
er tomorrow Thursday from the hall {
a Yount Lodge No. IL, F. and A. NJ
v. Napa, CAL, Daily Register, June 3d.
of Philip Diehl was pioneer of Pla
ur erville, this county, and was engage
i'd for many years there in the blacl
a smithing business. He left that pla,
#. for California about six years az
ur Mrs. Diehl is sister of Jake Wayne
he well known in this county.
or BOISE REPUBLICAN: Mr.. Jol
Lemp was kicked last Monday by
ne young horse, breaking two ribs, d
on locating his left shoulder. and infie
ne ing several bruises upon his les
a. DR.. Dubois was called and set t
We shoulder, and at the present tin
nd Lemp is suffering considerably.
we A large bed of fire clay has recent
,at been discovered near this place,
! > wagon load of which has been rece
at ed at the foundry of Lawton q II
iii rance, and will shortly be tested.
he Robert Wilson has marketed abe