Charlevoix county herald., 1911-08-26
Our Schools
Supt. Northon Predicts Best
Schools in City's History

School will open Monday, Sept. 4th.
The ringing Of the bell will summon
teachers and pupils to begin what
promises TO be the best year in the
history OF the schools. The buildings
were never more comfortable nor bet
ter equipped. Every teacher has been
selected as an expert in her depart
ment. All are worthy of your un-
grudging respectand confidence. The
ringing Of the bell will have mes
sage for all. 1t will bring the little
folks a pleasant invitation to joyful
tasks. They are born optimists, uu-
troubled by questions of cost and ex-
pense. Their teacher and their school
are the best in the world They
come to do the bidding Of those over
them Loyalty and lovingly. In our
sanest moments we concede that no
good and wholesome thing is too good
for OUR children, and we do not be-
grudge the best we can afford. The
ringing OF the bell will be the clarion
call Of authority to all who take an
intelligent interest in the welfare Of
the community to feel personal re-
sponsibility for the success OF the
school. The school is what the COM
bined efforts of the whole community
make it,. There should he no negative
influences at work subtractng from
the sum total of good results.
A child's self respect demands that
he be neat and clean in person and
clothing. HIS working efficiency re-
qures that he be we'll fed and COM
4Qptably clothed. Parents, if you are
not positive that your children have
Aormal hearing aud vision. you should
Consult physician in their behalf.
Life has been transtigured for many
children by timely attention to eyes,
ears, teeth or throat.
livery child is entitled TO an even
start with his fellows. All should en-
roll on Monday, not Tuesday or the
week after. If we did not intend to
''get busy" on Monday we would not
open school that day. Parents should
see that children who are out of town
return before school begins Sept. 4.
As Monday the 4th of September is
Labor Day, it is likely that The GUS
tom or the past will be continued this
year and two special half-hol;days
granted during the County Fair in
lieu thereof.
-, The first general conference Of the
teachers of the East Jordan school,
series Of 19l1.l2, will be held in the
high school building on Saturday,
Sept. End, at 200 O'Clock.
We shall be pleased to learn of per-
sons who are willing to furnish board
and room TO high school students for
services which they can render outside
OF school hours. Report TO Mr..
NOrthon.
The eighth grade rural graduates
OF this locality are invited to inyest-
igate the advantages offered by the
East Jordan High School. We offer
practical courses that tit students for
better paid work. We have added
stenography and typewriting to our
commercial department. which offers
bookkeeping, business arithmetic, bus
mess correspondence, commercial law
as we'll. The work that is done in this
department trains the student for
office work as well as being helpful to
tn fra hnZ
store or on the farm.
Our students when recommended
Re admitted without examination TO
all the normal schools, colleges and
the university Our students are pre-
pared for TEACHERS examinations and
usually secure good schools. We have
a good library. The laboratories are
equipped for practical work in botany,
zoology, physics and chemistry. In
planning all our work we have in
mind the needs of this community.
We aim TO train the boys aud girls TO
be good, happy and efficient citizens
In this or some similar community.
We want more boys and girls from the
farms who expect to be farmers. Our
most successful farmers are no longer
"hayseeds" or ''moss backs;" they are
trained scientists.
This paragraph is addressed partic-
ularly to the young men and women
of the city. between the ages OF l6 and
81, who have not enjoyed a high school
Nraining. Ii you are not perfectly
satisfied with your present prospects
and earning power you will find some
interesting reading in short article
in the American Boy for August, en-
titled, School DAYS Worth So, 900. Z"
A comparison is made between the
earnings of the average uneducated
man and the average educated man.