The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-10-09
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The results secured during the first
month OF this school yea have been
al least 33 13 per cent better than
have ever been secured in these city
schools during the past year. The
failures were 30 per cent less than
ever before. This indicates that there
Is a steady improvement in all the
grades and schools in the matter of
t-horoughness on the part of both the
teachers and pupils. With a few more
years of this kind of work. failures in
our schools will be almost a thing OF
the past
With -thoroughness. a splendid
corps of teachers. a superintendent
and Soard of education. that have the
bravery and moral courage to do their
duty. these conditions mean much to
a school system.
There were over o more pupils in
the chools his past month han for
the same month of last year. an in
rease of 33 Is per cent in the at
tendance. The daily attendance was
much better than it has been. Pupils
cannot accomplish much unless they
are in school every day. TO miss "a les
son means TO weake "A pupil so much
in his school work. There was also
quite an improvement in the matter
OF hardness. In fact, there has been
a wonderful improvement along che
hardness line. The teachers have
worked very hard he past two ear
TO eradicate this baneful habit.
With our magnificent corps of
teachers the results secured in the
schools are going to be much better
than eve before in the history of
these schools. Bul We are going to
expect the mora encouragement and
loyalty of every true citizen of Ros
well.
Your schools have brought perhaps
100 families to your city this year.
and as long as we can keep them on
the present plane and gradually i'm
prove them. people are going 10 con
tinue to move here to live.
n following rooms had no tardies
this past month: Miss Toohy. Miss
McNally. Miss Johnson and Mr.. Pope.
DR.. J.. w. Low75er of Austin. Tex.
as one of the leading educators. schol-
ars and writer's of the United States.
delivered a very interesting lecture
on Education n Civilization" TO
the High School pupils last THURSDAY
morning.
Principal NJ. S. Virgins. of the
North Hill school is using two drums
for making the music for the pupils
TO march in to and out of the build
ing. h marching and order of the
children have been greatly improved.
The teachers of the various schools
are saving the best of their daily work
for an exhibition to be placed in the
Central School Building during the
meeting of the Territorial Teachers
Association the last of December.
This will be a great advertisement
for the Roswell schools n for Ros-
we'll.
There are a few children attending
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intendent fears that he will have to
call in the officers OF the law to en-
force the provisions of the Conpul
sorv Educational Law. which is very
strict.
Mr.. J. j. Jaffa. vice-president of the
Board of Education visited the Cen
ira School this week and called a fire
alarm for the children ID show what
they could do.
The following is the monthly re-
port of Superintendent Brasher TO
the Board of Education:
Gentlemen:-According to the us
nal crstom. I herewith hand you my
monthly report for the first mon of
this school year. / am delighted with
the first months work. The work n
the results secured by both teachers
and pupils are at least 33 1-3 per
cen better than that secured during
the first ont of last school year.
The teachers have entered into their
work with great earnestness and en-
thusiaSm. The pupils entered into
their work on the first day of school
as IL their work had not been broken
into by a vacation. They are mani
Testing a very splendid attitude. spirit
and interest in their studies. Some
thing Is very seriously wrong with a
school system in which these condi-
tons do not prevail. The failures at
the end of this month ave been so
per cent less than they have been at
the end of the first month of any
school yea since I have been al the
head of your schools. which Is an in
dication nat both the teachers and
pupils have been doing good. solfi
and thorough work during the whole
OF last year. This has been accom-
plished in spite OF the fact that ev
cry room in the schools Is overcrowd-
ed. This has been made possible be-
cause Of the superiority OF our teach
era i'm scholarship. personality n
methods. With just an ordinary corps
or teachers. this splendid showing
would have bee impossible There
we're enrolled In all the schools o
1880. a gain OF about 200 pupils over
the first month of last year. The mum
DER Of days belonging was 22.464, an
Increase Of over 5000 days ove that