The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12
SCHOOLS OF BLAINE COUNTY, IDAHO,
SHOW SPIRIT OF GENUINE PROGRESS

not an unusual trait-appeared as a
| bar to the entire success Of the HALEY
schools. Genius solved the problem.
For every twenty days record by any
of the eight departments of the school,
| based on an average attendance of 95
n holiday of half day is extended
to all pupils of tho grade. If
| there is one tardy mark in the entire
| grade for the twenty days there is no
vacation. Thus at once every pupil be
comes interested in every other ones
promptness. Likewise he who fails be-
comes the object of responsibility to
times when such responsibility at
taches the intervention of the teacher
is required TO put stop to hazing.
"This system - said the superin-
tendent today. "has almost annihilated
hardness in our schools. In proof Of
this [ will say that we have had but
one case of tardiness in a month. with
a total enrolment of 325 pupils.
If the public schools of all Idaho
would adopt this or some equally in
genius plan to promote promptness in
attendance lesson for the work Of
life would be instilled into the minds
of the $4,000 school children of Idaho
which would stamp its impress on a
future generation to its material ad-
vantage.
The Haley schools graduated five
pupils last year, four of whom are
matriculates this year at the Albion
normal school, while the fifth is a
teacher in the schools of this county.
The HALEY school has n band of
% pieces. For four years past, since
Professor Melton has been with the
school here, he has had a band or
I,y,Y | ssI0iN C,-1y all
long to the organization. There are
now four previous band members of
these schools playing in the Moscow
State University band who acquired
their early training in band music of
Professor Melton.
This school has ten or twelve boys
who play exceptionally fine basketball.
perintendency of II. II. Barton, Haley
school maintained superb basketball
team.
These dozen or so high school boys
are now organizing. from the grades
of the entire school, a dozen basket
ball teams, each of which are TO be
coached by one of the high school BOYS
who have won their spurs in the sport.
These teams will, from time TO time,
contest with each other; liberal
charge being required for admission to
the games, the proceeds to be used in
the purchase of n new typewriter for
the Haley Public school.
Over in the southern portion OF
HALEY is a partially completed school
building which the school VIII use for
the relief Of the present crowded con-
dition, beginning with the next school
year. This new adornment to the town
of Haley is to be named by one of
the high school pupils. All are privi-
legged TO suggest n name for this new
structure and the board will make an
award TO the one who proposes the
popular name by which the building
viii be known.
The completion of this new grade
school building Will enable the board
TO effect change in the present high
school building by converting one en-.
tire floor into a gymnasium. Two cx-
ira teachers will also be added 10 the
school next year.
Patrons day has long been a fea-
ture of popularity with the HALEY
public schools Washington Is Birth
day is set aside for this function this
year, and already interest is mani
fest in the occasion by the pupils OF
the school.
The corps Of teachers. aside from
Professor Melton, consists of his as
sistant, Miss Stoddard, and Mrs. Black
Mrs. Melton, Miss CLARK, Miss Tracy,
Miss McGeeban, Miss La Sord, Mrs.
Mandell and Miss Field.
Throughout all the grades Of these
schools is n striking evidence OF or
der, neatness, respect and affection.
The evident relations between stu
dent and teacher are of that quality
that promotes learning of the higher,
better and nobler order, and everywhere
is to be noted the skill of a master
hand who superyises the work which
n he yyn11 IOno