The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-12-15
FATHERS MEETING
| BIG SUCCESS
PROFESSOR HEIRoNIMoUs IN
CHARGE OF PROGRAM
A VERY LARGE ATTENDANCE
Parents Asked to Cooperate With
the Teachers in This Branch of
Their Work.
A VERY LARGE ATTENDANCE

AT the meeting of the fathers o
students of the Garfield school las
evening considerable time was de
voted to the discussion of athletic
in connection with the school work
| Professor HeironimOus had charg
of the meeting and he told the faith
ers of the work that had been done
in the way Of athletics in the schoo
and what the teachers expected tC
do in the future. He explained thai
no pupil could use the gymnasium
unless his behavior was such that he
did not need to be reprimanded.
No student is allowed to represent
the school on any athletic team un-
less that student is up in all school
work with the exception of one
study. The work in the gymnasium
| is not done with the idea of develop
ing a fine drill team or good athletes
but with the view to develop the stu
rents body. No set exercises are
gone through with in the work and
consequently this destroys all exhi-
bition movements. Mr.. Heironimous
read parts of an address which was
recently delivered by Superintendent
City, on athletic work in the public
schools. The smoking habit was al
so discussed at last evenings meet
ing and Professor Heironimous ask
ed the parents to cooperate with the
teachers in keeping the young boys
from smoking. Statistics which
have been prepared show that dur
ing the term of school which ended
last June, so per cent. of the boys
and 26 per cent. of the girls. failed
to pass in their studies; 55 per cent.
of the boys who failed to pass were
boys who smoked and only 6 per cent.
of the boys who received passing
marks smoked; 80 per cent. Of the
failed to pass, while only
26 per cent of non-smokers failed
to pass. These figures were pre-
sented on a black board to give the
fathers an idea of what was done
to the boy by smoking. After the
meeting the fathers were invited to
the gymnasium of the school to wit
ness the work of some Of the ath-
letic branches Of the school. The |
gymnasium class, under the leader
ship of Orville Brunson. first gave
an exhibition of their work. All Of |
The boys did very we'll and one or
two of them were fine. The class
went through a number of difficult
and they received gen
arous amount Of applause for their
work. Phillip Starr, perhaps did
The best individual work of the class.
Although he is just youngster, he
showed that training was all he
needed to make him a good athlete.
After the gymnasium class very
good exhibition of basketball was
given by the first and second teams
IF the school. The first team put up
very clever exhibition of team work
md completely overwhelmed their
lighter opponents. After the basket
Dall game lightning fast game of
polo was given by two picked school
cams. A number of the boys on
skates showed that some time they
would be worthy to play with the
,eSt of teams, in that now popular
game. The boys lockers in the gym
lasium are not quite finished, but it
S thought they will be ready for use
n the near future. The following
'ules have been adopted in regard to
he use of the lockers:
l. A deposit of twenty-five cents
viii be required for the use of each
ecker. Keys to lockers must be re-
urned at the close of school. or SOON
II. if the holder ceases to use the
gymnasium Fifteen cents of the de-
,osit will be repaid when the key is
2. Each locker will be charged to
ONE one person. In ease the key Is
orgotten or mislaid, it will be OPP
ned for no other person. Hence,
nyone using another's locker may
nd himself unable to get into 1t
ONE time when he very much desires
0 do so. Each person using the
gymnasium should rent locker for