The Lake Charles echo., 1894-03-23

In common with the other patrons of
the Lake Charles public school, We
received the following circular letter.
LAKE Charles, March Il, 1894
DEAR PATRONS:-On account of the
Inconvenience of the pupils who live
considerable distance from the school
building, it has been decided to allow
pupils to enter the school grounds from
$50 a. m, until $40 n. M. of each day.
School will open at . Il. III. sharp, and
all pupils entering the building after that
time will be required to go to the "tardy
room" and remain there until the mp
pointed time for such pupils to enter
their respective grades.
From this date no pupils will he al
lowed to leave the school grounds for
noon lunch, nor will they be allowed to
leave the school grounds after once enter
ing the same, unless they have first
obtained permission from the principal.
These regulations will be enforced to
prevent afternoon tardiness, and to avoid
the injurious effects Of pupils having to
hurry through the hot and inClement
weather to aud from their noon meal.
Wherever this rule has been enforced
in our state, it has proven very salts
factory.
1t is earnestly hoped that parents will
send their children regularly aud
promptly.
Absence during single hOmr devoted
| by the teacher to some fundamental eX-
| PLANTATION may occasion loss that can
never be regained
! Should any difficulty occur in relation
of teacher to pupils, and should parents
or guardians feel that they have jnst
cause for complaint, smch complaint
shOnld be made to the principal.
Very respectfully,
J. Il. KEENY, Principal
Unlike our contemporary, the Press,
we believe that the reform sought to be
inaugurated by the faculty and the
school board isin the main such as should
meet the app0yal of all who have true
interests of the school work at heart.
Do not understand us as saying that We
unequivOcally indOrse the foregoing
rules. We think they are seriously de-
fective, but with few amendments
would subserve the purpose for which
they were enacted. If during the three
tiOn it shOuld be made a rule that the
pupils should all assemble at O'Clock
a. M, which is hours after Old "S0" has
made his appearance, and remain IN e0n'
tiuu0us session for FIVE hours, or until
O'Clock p. NJ, and they should he then
dismissed for the remainder of the day,
we believe all the ends and aims of the
school board and the faculty wOuld bG
accomplished When we say continuous
session, we do not mean that there shGuld
be no recess or intermissiOn whatever, fol
if the school should be called at & O'Clock
a. ~, promptly, it would be well to give
an intermission of from 10 to 30 miDnte'
after the first two or three hours, during
which the misses and Hrcbins cgnll
stretch their limbs and eat any luncl
they might be fortunate enough to b.
provided with.
We agree with the Press when it say
that when the long intemissiOn of al
hour and quarter is allowed, and th'
, pupils compelled to remain on the scho0
=, grounds, they are mOre liable to indHlg
. in violent exercise and thereby Oyer-exer
, themselves, and bring on snnstroke thai
if they had walked to their homes.
! Our idea of four Or five hours continu
= GUS session, to begin at eight o'clock q
NJ, and relieved only by an intermissiol
a Of from fifteen to thirty minutes, is no
a original. This system is being practice
n in many towns and cities throughout th
= states, especially during the warme
months, and always with the best results