Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-11-17

Jennie Enos, Estella Cannon, Gertrude
Crosno, Bertha Conroy, Clarence Ofste-
dahl, Roy Roberts, John Conroy, Willie
Nicholson, Wallace Fish, Marion Stur-
devant, Lewis Young, Cleveland Fish,
Franklin Sturdevant.
NELLIE THOMAS, Teacher.
PRIMARY DEPARTMENT.
Days taug ht. -. ..................... 20
Number of pupils enrolled. ...... A
Number of days attendance. .. 794.5
Number of days absent. ,. 70
Number of times tardy. y..,.... 7
Number of visitors s...... 4
Average daily attendance ..,..,... 1915
Average daily belonging .,.. 1876
Percentage of attendance 81 1-6 per cent
ROLL OF HoNoR-James Brown, Jas
per Maxffeld, Leonard Ulsaker, Lola
Wade, Bradbury Conroy, Thomas Hawk
ms, Dan MaXfeld, Filing Rache, Cecil
Mcneil, Melvin Nicholson, 'Lottie Max
field, Agnes Krogstad, Nettie Helgeson,
Clyde Dick, Rebecca Wilson.
BERTHA M. SUMNER, Teacher.
Many parents and pupils seem not to
appreciate the importance of regular
and punctual attendance. For those
who have given this subject but slight
attention permit me to record the follow
ing observations: The school month
has twenty days. If pupil loses one
day in month, he loses one-twentieth
of his time. His attendance is, there
fore, only 95 per cent of what it should
be. Theoretically this would imply a
loss of only five per cent of the work to
| be done, but in actual work, the loss is
much greater. By way of illustrating
the last proposition, let us take the case
of the pupil who is absent on the day his
class begins the subject of True Dis
count. He must lose not only the value
of the discussion of the first lesson in
this subject, but probably one-half the
time Of the following week will be lost
in the effort to keep up with his class
and at the same time to grasp what
might easily have been gained at the
first recitation. To be sure, the teacher
endeavors to assist pupil so situated,
but the time thus employed is neces-
sarily limited. Sometime however, al
most an entire recitation period is spent
In the effort to show two or three such
pupils what they should have learned
with their classmates in previous les
son. Thus, the evil effects of the alb
sence of few must be visited upon all
the class. Instead of the time of the
teacher being employed in broadening
the class, it must be devoted to deepen
ing the impressions of two or three
individuals.
OF the pupils in the principals room,
one attended only one and one-half days
in the last month, one attended five
days, one twelve days, one thirteen and
one-half days, while three attended fif-
teen days. Now, in such cases, what is
to be done? Either the entire class
must be held back for them or they
must pass over some subjects without a
clear understanding of them. Some ex-
ceptionally bright pupils may lose an
occasional day without very harmful
results; but others, who keep up the
grade work only by the greatest effort,
cannot afford even to be tardy. The
pupils not regular in attendance usually
belong to the latter class. have in
mind one pupil who did not merit high
grades last year who has already lost
nineteen and one-half days Of the two
months just closed. This loss Of nearly
80 per cent of the first two months
necessarily cripples him for his entire
years work. r. F. Holm,
! Principal