The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1910-03-08
MONTHLY REPORT or
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Gentlemen:-
In accordance with your usual Gus
tom and ID compliance with yos>r rul-
es and regulations. I herewith sub
init to you my report for tae- Sixth
month OF school. This past month !
prepared. set Of examination ques-a
ltions in arithmetic from the Third
Grade up. which, after the teachers
had graded, I examined myself. with
the purpose in view of assisting the
teachers In finding out where their
instruction had been weak in this
subject, and in that way make sug-
gestions to them by the means OF
which these deficiencies could be ov-
| ercone. AS a result of this examina-
ton of these papers. / found that q
large majority OF the children had
made great progress in -thoroughness,
accuracy, neatness and power of rea-
soning. The teachers show that they
have been faithful and have taught
this subject from a r psychological
standpoint N that a large majority
of their pupils have mastered that
part of this subject that they have
covered. While the going ove of
these papers entails a vast amount of
extra work on the part Of the Super
intendent, I shall each month prepare
an examination in some subject and
examine these papers with the view
of assisting the teachers in their work
1T means the examination of about
500 papers each month. but the re-
suits secured will far more than pay
for the extra laborous hard work
have been trying to break up the
smoking OF cigarettes in the High
School. 7 am glad to be able to report
that We have been able to break up
his pernicious habit in tae two ward
schools, but We have failed to do so
in the High School. There are a few
boys, ~inveterate cigarette smokers,
that are welding a vefy bad influence
on a lot Of the younger boys in the
High School. There are certain con-
ditions, bad in eDselves, that exist
in many high schools which 1t seems
almost impossible to handle. The ex-
istence. Of these conditions are not at
all conducive to the development of
character in our boys. After due
consideration, and feeling deeply our
responsibility in this matter, we de-
cided to try the only plan by which
this habit and other bad habits can
be controlled in our High School and
in that way save, perhaps. some of
our younger boys. This plan is the
organization of a students Council.
A few High Schools and many higher
institutions of learning have this or
ganization by neans of which the pu-
pills themselves control those things
that are not for the best interest of
the student and 4 reputation of the
school itself. This can only be made
a success when the sense of honor
and the moral sense Of the pupils and
where the sentiment for truth and JUS
tice. and where true school spirit and
pride are very strong.
There is not a High School in the
West where there is a higher moral
sentiment and where there is a stron-
ger sentiment in favor of right and a
desire to obey the rules and regula-
lions of a school taan is found among
the pupils of the Roswell High School
AS a result of this high moral senti-
ment and school pride. the students
voted unanimously to organize a Stu
dents Council. composed of eight
members. elected by the stud. nts
themselves, to cooperate vita the
superintendent and faculty in secur-
ing a strict observance of the School
rules. The pupils voted to e the
following rules observed:
Smoking, swearing, destruction of
school property, and truancy. Seven
boys have already been convicted of
smoking cigarettes and they were
suspended today. l believe that, il
We give this students council the
proper support, it will practically
solve the observe Of the four regu-
iations mentioned above-the most
important of all from the standpoint
Of character building. and wall break
up this pernicious habit of cigarette
smoking and in this way. many of our
younger boys will never become adj
dicted to this habit. In order to Sc
cure the observance Of these rules
by the faculty and the Students Coun-
| ell, IL may require the expulsion of a
few boys. but the High School would
be much better off IL, we could Sc.
IL sufficient evidence, the moral
proof of which we already have, to
expel a few certain boys. Their In
huence is cry bad on the est of the
school.
There were enrolled in all the
schools this past month 115s pupils.
There were 22.616 days belonging and