The Jasper news., 1906-08-30

University ali summer and comes into
the schools thoroughly competent to do
her work 10 perfectly sa'is actory
manner. Miss Crow and Mlss Peterson
ar. both too we'll known to require any
4 Introduction, Both have Froven their
ability by successful work in other
.ohoo,s and no uueasiness need be felt
for their work in our scho IL.
Prof Swsetiand who has been away
attending the State s s Convention az
Sedal;a this week returned today and
will be at the school building tomorrow
afternoon TO classify any students VINO
are not already class fled and to give e4-
amins ions to any desiring to take tne"'
He ewi,l also be at the school house after
moor on Saturday at which he returns
fror attending Teachers Meeiilg ut
Carthage. We priut herewith letter
from Prof. Swcetland to the patrons OF
the school 10 " which he sets forth some
Of the things needed to attain the high :.
ost deo,ee of .xcellency in the work OF
the school. ,
JASPER, Mo-, Aug. 10Th, 1916
To the Patrons and Friends OF the jus
per Public School:
wea about to enter upon another
vesr's work in our public schools ana
wa realize that with the passing OF this
,e,r come Of our students will probaoly
finish their preparation for the duties
and RESPONSIBILITIES of life, so far as ed
ucntion is concerned A great deal OF
tba;r ultimate SUCCESS Or failure In ire
depends not only upon the knowieoge
obtained but upon the habits formed
and the ambition inspired. Most men
who fail 10 life do so because OF the hao-
its acquired in youth or the lack OF Inc
nroper ideals in life rather than because
of n lack of ability. How very lmpor-
tant it is then that children she uld early
be taught habits of industry, prompDl
tnde. decision aod perseverance. we
balieve il TO be self evident that the
pupil who il tardy at school is likely TO
he tardy iu the urgent things OF his lie
later on; that the pupil whoqults school
with his education half completed VIII
probably lack sufficient determination
I'd win in the sterner conflicts OF life;and
that the pupil who lacks sufficient am
bition to strive to excel in his school
work will also care little whether he IS
successful in his life's work. During
tho rnst wear oue Of our students was
tardy twenty-six times, another iorty
times and still others so many times
that we are ashamed to mention them.
Some OF these students had nothing 10
do but to get ready for school and yet
they seemed to care nothing at all for
being tardy so long as no punishment
was inf cted. We hold it as evide mt
that there is something radically wrong
with the pupil who would seem to be
thus proud of his laziness. Our annual
report shows the alarming number OF
527 tardies which is more than should
have been in the past Ten years. we
earnestly request the parents 10 ASSIST
us in stamping out this baneful habit
from eur schools.
We believe that q much better school
spirit exists among the students now
than was evident II year ago. They
seem to be uniformly loyal to the school
and proud of it. This is an excellent
omen and we confidently expect that
the interest in the school work and the
quality of the work done will be cor
respondirgly better. We are not so
much hand capped with reg ard to seat
ing and equipment this year as we were
last and this should also influence fav.
orably for highly successful years
work.
All true advancement, whether intel
s-~------------------