The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-08-22
The Butler Public Schools.

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of Education, some important 4nge
in the High School requirement
were made, that think will be of in
terest to you. It was decided t
adopt the recommendation of the Ma
tional Education Association. Thi
committee makes the following rec
concentrations:
The cumulative requirement shoul'
be fifteen units. A unit is year
work in any subject in a secondar,
school constituting approximately
quarter of full years work.
There should be one unit leeway
inasmuch as failure in one unit fol
one year should neither cost the stu
dent an extra year nor tempt the prin
cipal to permit the student to try tt
carry an extra unit the succeeding
year.
Students of exceptional ability
should be permitted to earn five units
per year, thereby shortening the high
school period by one year.
Students poor in ability should be
required to spend five years upon the
course, attempting and performing
three units each year, thereby dimin-
ishing failures and reducing excess
sive per capita cost of instruction.
Every high school course should
include the completion of two majors
of three units each and one minor,
and one of the majors should be Eng
fish. The requirements in mathe-
mates and foreign languages should
not exceed two units in mathematics
and two units OF language other than
English.
AS above stated, we adopted these
recommendations and our require
ments will hereafter be as follows:
3 units of English, 2 units of foreign
language, 2 units of mathematics,
unit OF history and unit of science.
Two additional academic units are re-
quired. One or both of these units
must be advanced work to meet the
of a second major of
three units. Four units are left as
for whatever work best meets
the needs of the individual.
If your child will be six years old
before the first of January and you
intend to send him then, would pre-
fer that you start him at the opening
Of school, September second. If he
will not be six till after the first of the
year, you should not send him this
year. The primary rooms are full
and the teacher will not be able to
organize new classes at the middle of |
he year, nor will she be able to give
much individual instruction. Under
hese circumstances your child should
either startat the beginning of school,
" wait till 1913 to start.
1t is a mistake to send child to
school before he is six. Last year
We. had a number who were too
'oung and immature to do the work
# the first grade. They necessarily
allied. This was discouraging to the
aren't, the child and the teacher. 1t
would have been better if they had ,
een kept out of school another year. ;
Please send your child to the build
lg located in your district this year.
'ast year there was some irregularity
bout this. Unless you observe the
bove request, it will cause some en-
The teachers will be
lstructed to send the children to the
roper school. v
The present indications are that we v
ill have the most pleasant and the d
ost successful year in the history of i
If High School. All of last years
achers except two will return.
hese two come to us very highly
Since the teachers u
e acquainted with the pupils and u
low what we want done, good p
DIRK will be done from the first day. a
| think the attendance will reach u
70 hundred this year. Thirty new Il
,n-residents have made arrange II
ents to enter at the beginning of "
hool. About forty Of last years II
'n-residents will return. This will "
We us the largest nonresident at v
ndance in the history of the school. "
School will begin September Sec n
I'd. Please see that your child ,
arts the first day. Nothing is more v
lcouraging than good beginning. v
John 0. Henderson, Supt. A