The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-21
CERTAIN PHASES
High SCHOOL LIFE
Meeting One Of Vital Importance to
Future Generation Of the City,
and Results are Looked
Forward to.
PAPERS ARE EXCELLENT
Many Leading People Of City Who are
in Position to Assist, Read
Very Interesting
Papers.


On Friday evening. there was held
at the High school very sue
cessful meeting OF the parents of
the school to hear discussions by
some of their number of certain
phases of the high school pupils life.
In which both teachers and parents
are vitality interested The Importance
of this meeting can hardly be over
estimated. In more or less vague
of the school and by all intelligent
citizens as we'll. that the function of
the school is to help fit boys and
girls to be the best men and women
possible, and SO perform in the high
est and noblest manner whatever
work falls to them to do. But not
all citizens or patrons OF the school
even, realize that the school cannot
do this work by itself-that it must
have the intelligent cooperation Of
the parents in the homes. 1t is be-
cause of the far-reaching Importance
of such cooperation to the community
that this meeting assumes such great
significance. 1t was set on foot by
the high school faculty as definite.
concrete effort to do something toward
bringing about this cooperation and
necessary sympathy between parents
j and teachers All citizens who were
interested were invited to attend, but
parents who had children in the High
school were especially urged to be
present.
Program.
The program as given was as fol-
lows:
Music High school girls glee club.
Home Study as a Factor In High
School Training w. ]. Fulton.
What Constitutes the Normal Social
Development of the Average High
School Pupil-Mrs. H. G. Brown.
Athletes as Factor in High School
Training-H. e. Radcliffe.
Importance OF Business Habits in
High School Life. R. Joy.
The glee club selection, directed by
Mr.. p. C. Hayden, was much enjoyed
by all
After the meeting had been called
High school, DR.. Hughes, president of
the board OF education, took charge
of the meeting Mr.. Fulton was intro
duced, and spoke briefly, but forcibly,
to the effect that with the average
high school pupil some home study
was certainly necessary. He showed
that with only six periods in the
~ohoo1 dox, fo,,r 30 rxyhicb tho ef,1dept
is to have regularly taken up with
class work, leaving only two periods
OF forty-five minutes each in which to
prepare lessons, it would surely be
necessary to prepare at least two of
these lessons at home. He also re-
marked that ut is a good thing for
the pupil anyway to have some task
for which he is responsible, which
must be done by certain time"
Rev. Or. Williams.
The Reverend DR.. Williams, Of the
Congregational church. discussed the
subject, agreeing entirely with Mr.
Fulton, and drawing upon his own ex,
periences to show that parents have
ing, or even obliging their children
within reasonable limits, to do this
work. Mr. Williams thought that or.
dinarily two hours a day home study
was not in the least unreasonable
Mrs. H. c. Brown.
Mrs. H. G. Brown then read brief
paper on the subject as stated in the
program. She especially emphasized
the great Importance of a knowledge
and discussion of the question of the
high school pupils social life 1t was
admitted that the social phase must
receive attention, but she argued tina,
1t must be controlled, as the pupils
themselves have little or no cool judg
ment in the matter The primary
purpose of the school life is not tc