The Holt County sentinel., 1911-09-29
OREGON SCHOOL NOTES
Close Of the First Month main
tanning Department.
(By r.. N. BROOKS. SUPERINTENDENT

(By r. N. BROOKS. uPERiNTENpENT.)
To-day closes the first month. Next
week statements Of the scholarship
and deport ment Of each pupil will be
sent To the parents. The grades OF
most pupils will not be high for the
first month. !, requires some time
for the majority Of them to get set.
tied down to hard study. However.
parents and pupils should examine
these reports carefully. and where
grades are marked failure or very low.
an investigation should I've started by
the paren, and pupil at once. There
Is something rather strange when a
parent comes to the teacher or super.
intendent at the end Of three or four
months or at the end Of the term and
says, why, I didn't know blank was
failing In his school work: why didn't
you tell meY" When that same pa.
rent had received a statement from
the teacher every month. Tie only
purpose Of the teachers keeping elalr
crate records and sitting up nights
making out grade cards il TO enable
pupils 10 know where they stand In
each subject and TO acpuaint parents
with the progress Of their children To-
the end that parent, pupil and teach.
er may intclligcn,ly cooperate In ~.
curing the hes, possible results for
the expenditure Of the pupils time
and money.
When Ia, work Of The pupil j. no,
satisfactory, a. Indicated 10y the
cards. II l. not the place Of the over.
worked teacher Ia run around over
ihr district and tell the parents of
such pupils that something should bc
done. II II the supreme duty of the
! parents to find uut at once thc cause
OF the failures and low grades. TO
take tie pupil and the teacher into
their confidence and discover II posi-.
I bic a remedy. Wiihthis understand.
! linz. then. We will issue statements
each month, and We trust parents
will examine these and start an In.
yes, ipation Immediately on rcccip, Of
unsatisfactory grades.
Now a word ~ to department in
the High School. II you viii visi, us
and spend ~ leas, a half day, better
a whole day, wr can thoroughly con.
vince YOU that We have wr.i.hc.
IA lam al a.
Of young men and young women In
our High School. Both pupils and
teachers hold ia" standard at condur,
high. Every s,udcn, Is expected IL
make a depori ment Of NJ least "a per-
cent. This l. high, but not too high.
The High schools of this country
have improved In no one thing more
than In the school spirit Of the stu.
dent body. Young men and young
women IN the secondary schools ap'
prcciaie their opportunities to-day A.
never before, and the disordcrly pupil
l. frowncd ON IN these latter years a.
not only showing lack Of culture hut
a. "A hindrance from a pure business
standpoint, Such u thing a. dcliber'
ate disturbance has almost disap
pearei from the wcll-regulated High
Schools A chief difficulty with som,
pupils is To refrain from unncccssar!
whispering. In our High School W
have a definite period IN which al
necessary communicat ing may b,
done and after this time no communi
cati Is permitted. The troubl,
with communication among pupils
during business hours Is that II per
mitted without RESTRICT ion II grows
In the classroom, whispering neccs
sarily interferes with the recitation,
and In the study room II interrupts
the work Of two pupils, thus wasting
the time not only Of the ialker but %
his neighbor
Dr. Elm, during his visit las
week, conplimrnted our pupils ant
pa, rons on their splendid school spir
II and the interest manifested by NJ
In maintaining a high class Of schoo
in this community. Let Us ontinu,
to merit this commentator both II
scholarship and department tn,
pupi. who does not do SO must mo-
expect much mercy at the hands o
the faculty, and especially In TIM
matter Of department. There may b'
some reasons for not making high
grades In scholarship, sickness, Ia,
difficulty Of the subject, etc, bu'
there Is no reason whyany young mai
or young woman In the High Schoo
should make low department.
The pupils In the lower grades o
the Grammar department are taking
much interest In nature study, tn,
trees, birds, bugs, streams and flowers
are receiving due attention. Books
are good things and very helpful, bu
they are not the whole thing In edu