The Calumet news., 1912-08-31
WILL KEEP DATA
FOR EACH PUPIL
New System to be Tried Out in
0sceoIa Schools

Everything is in readiness for the
opening Of the Osceola township
schools on Tuesday. All of the build
and the teachers who reside outside OF
Calumet are arriving 20 assume their
new duties. No increase is expected
in the attendance in the graded schools
although Supt Alfred Nichols stated
today that il Is hardly likely there
viii be a decreased attendance. There
have been several changes i'm the stan
Of teachers this year, one of the most
important of which is the appoint
ment OF Miss Elsie Downer, a copper
country young lady To be principal of
the Dollar Bay high school. Miss Leo
more Linhom of St. Paul will succeed
Miss clara Beardsley as supervisor OF
music. other new instructors i'm Tia.
Dollar Bay high school are Miss Ethel
NJ. Plant. Miss L. Matilda Stoekle and
Miss Margaret r. Greenslade.
Beginning with tne present school
year. every pupil in the graded schools
of Osceola township school district
viii be card catalogued and a running
history of his entire school career in
the grades kept permanently on file
| according to the plans formulated by
investigators whose report has been
issued by the United States Bureau of
Education. Although this plan has
jest been inaugurated it has the ap-
proval of the National Educationa.
association.
As the pupil moves from grade 70
grade, or from building to building
the card containing his past record
will follow him. as will also be tho
case even If he should move fsDm one
| community TO another. In this way
his entire past and present in school
viii be checked off against each other
point by point and year by year
| Among others. this card contains tho
! following entries Age of child. date
Of admission to school; grade; days
| present; health; conduct; scholarship;
place of birth; If vaccinated; name
and occupation of parent or guardian
While in attendance at the National
| Educational Association convention
| held In Chicago this summer. it was
reported that about 500 cities have
| already begun 10 use the cards Event
ually, it is anticipated about 5000, GOO
pupils will thus be tabulated.
With the new card catalogue sys-
tenn i'm fun operation throughout IN,
! country definite and scientific an
swers can be made To a large number
of questions the solution to which
riust now be guessed in large meas
ure. While this system gives "A com
| plete summary of the pupils progress
through school follows him when he
is transferred. a duplicate card re-
mains on file in each school. FOR ref
erence.
II is believed that the enrolment IN
the high school at Dollar Bay next
year will be the largest in its history
I'm order to make provision for the in
creased attendance and To provide ad-
ditional subjects To those previously
offered, another teacher has been add
ed to the teaching staff. and the
courses of study so arranged that II
| becomes optional on part of the stu
dent which course he desires to pur-
sue.
Pupils throughout the district were
graded and promoted on the last day
of school in June. No delay is antici.
pated in beginning work on Tuesday
morning. as every pupil will assem-.
bile in the room and grade previously
/ assigned.
The following Us the complete teach
ing stat for the coming school year:
| Alfred Nichols superintendent
Thos. r.. Davis-Assistant superin
! tendont.
Elena Bajari-Supervisor of draw
| ing
Lenora Llnhon Supervisor of mu-
sic.
Tamaraek School.
II. y. lambert. principal; Jennie
| Sincock Martha r. Craig, Marie Ed
wards. Elizabeth Patrick, Mary A
| Lamport, Alice Gardner. Sophie r.
Frmodig. Lillian X. Prisle, Mayme
Kuenzel, Clara A. Brock. Flora "
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