Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-08-28
IHf M0NIfasY nioR SCHOOL

18th OF September. Inc prlnclpA
has inserted an advertisement in
the Recorder, and parents will dc
we'll to read and consider before
deciding to send their boys and
girls out of the county.
All pupils Of the Monterey dis
trict are entitled to free tuition,
and those who wish to enter from
other districts or counties can do
so by paying to the principal a
very low rate per month.
This school is on good footing,
and any intelligent parent who
/ will look into the advantages offer
ed by the course as prescribed and
outlined by the State Board, cam
not fail to be convinced OF its
thorough character and the super
l.rior advantages over the Old grad
ed, haphazzard methods of former
years. In fact, it is an excellent
preparatory school, fitting boys
and girls either for college or for
successful business life, without the
college, when they are unable to
avail themselves of the higher in
Istitutions.
One grave mistake made by pa
irons of these nearby schools ut is
not the case when pupils go to dis
tant schools) is that of entering
the school after the opening and
taking them out before the close.
In regular yearly course of study
it is very important to allow the
teacher to place pupils, where they
belong, regardless of "lapse" and
omissions Of previous years, and
then pursue the work, year by year,
to the end. A teacher often finds
it necessary to place a big boy in
the first year in order to "even
him up" where he has been allow
ed to drive ahead on one or two!
favorite branches in the public
schools land parents make mistake
in critisizing the teachers course
after committing pupils to his
charge. We make these observa-
tons at-the suggestion of interested
parties, and in response to inquiries.
1t is the opinion of scholars and
educators generally that the course
of study in Virginia is 0. K, and
the modern high school is God
send to the country boy and girl.
The average patron does not so
recognize it, as yet, but he will do
so, and, to hasten the important
matter, he should look into its
plans and purposes, and gives his
children the benefit of these mod
ern State institutions, wherever
established.
The Monterey school will this
session be in charge of Mr.. N. b..
Young, man of middle age, who
comes highly recommended, and
we trust it WILDE successful year.
Mr.. Young will have under him
the. following corps of teachers
Mrs. Paul Slaven, assistant princi-
pal, Miss Lena Seybert, grammar
grade, and Miss Maud Noble, OF
Fincastle, Va, in charge of primary
department.
No one is immune from kidney
trouble, so just remember that Fo--
ley's Kidney Remedy will stop the
Irregularities and cure rany case OF
kidney or bladder trouble that is
Svt bevond the reach of medicine.
lboadley Bros, Vanderpool. Sold
nwall Monterey druggist.
Sheriff Arbogast went to Pocas
,hontas early in the week in search
of team of horses, the property
of Mr.. j. A. Whitelaw, taken from
a stable at Robinson camp on Ale
ghany, last Saturday night. The
horses were found at or near Dun-i
levie. The horses have changed
hands several times recently, and
their disappearance is not viewed
in the light of an intended theft,
but a probable effort on the part OF
a former owner, who had not re-
ceived his pay for them, to save
himself by getting possession OF
them on the West Virginia side.
This bold move, regardless of Mr..
Whitelaw's claims, was, OF course,
illegal, but, as the horses were re-
covered, the matter may be drop
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