The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1909-06-23

phones be installed. That trIart
omcer be appointed. That needed
. material be purchased for the science
department and also for work in draw
ing and weaving. That more snr
p,ementary reading material be Sup
pnea' hat more attention be given
10 the teaching of penmanship. Tbat
NpeWrtlng be added to the course tbn
coming year. That the various forms
OF manual training be added as fast &c
practicable and feasible
Looking back over the year. the
placing of magazines on the read;no
tables has added interest to the rean-
lar work and broadened and enriched
the lives of many in the seventh
eighth and high school grades This
should be continued
ne work in debate was we'll done
and deserves praise, as does also thar
OF contest in defamation.
| he spelling added to the work in
the grades and the ladies' of the
-" omanS club deserve our thanks
me several entertainments given
throughout the year have netted over
two hundred dollars, most of which
goes to the library fund
he work in music and draw;ro
has been one of great help to pupils
and teachers alike. One of tbe
teachers remarked not long since thar
these additional subjects had aided her
regular work when she had expected
them to hinder and retard. We les
sen the work or difficulties of education
when we increase the interest and
that is just what those special subjects
will do when given a fair showing
ne children enjoy these and work
with better spirit and zeal because of
them. Our pupils are learning to
sing and also to look for and appre-
cIate the beautiful around them. Sew
eral years of contact in the school
room with these subjects means very
much to the future life of the bows
and girls and especially to those who
come from the humber homes and
walks of life.
he manager and coach of athletic
sports deserves a word of com
mendatlon for the good work done
and also for his careful financial
methods. He gave the boys several
good games and kept clear of debt, a
thing that many coaches and managers
are unable to do, especially in smaller
schools
In the grades good faithful work
has been done by all the teachers.
Every teacher merits praise for ex-
cellent work in his or her special
grade.
The establishment of mixed grade
was success and should be con-
tinued.
In the lower grades nearly all who
were regular in attendance were pro-
NOTED and more have been promoted
to the sixth, seventh and eighth grades
than those rooms will seat Last year
diplomas were given to twenty-four
eighth graders and we had thirty-two
asking admission to our freshman
high school class, the extra ones
coming from adjoining towns and dis
tricts Now we have forty-four who
have received county diplomas and
the same rate of increase will bring
to our high school as begin
ners there. We shall have not less
than seventy-hve or eighty, and pos
sibly more, to care for in our high .
school next September. You may
ook for every room and seat to be
illed during the first week of school
and probably more seats and more
eachers will be needed in both lower
md higher grades. 1t takes longer to
secure seats than teachers and it would
,e wise to order additional desks soon.
A few words as to the work done
n the high school. The salary paid
or teachers there was about 81, 800,
instead of 81, 600 as some have cal
,ulated. The total enrolment was
ixty-four and the average attendance
vas forty-nine plus little better than
n the grades figured in per cents. Of
he "a enrolled, 10 did not attend 80
lays or one-half the year and six
,thers did not attend enough to war
ant them in expecting to earn or
eceive full credits. Of the AZ who
lid attend regularly SO did good,