Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-06

Aeeiaents-Funeral of Ida ,Laporte.
 The entering class at KilIingly High
 seneoi this year numbers only 47.
 little more than half the number that
 came In as freshmen in 1911. The to-
 tai enrollment of the school this week
 IS iss, but it is expected to increase shsntly by reason of the return of
 some students who have not as yet
 resumed their work. Last year al
 this time the school numbered 214
 students.
 The falling of in the attendance Is
 held to be due to the fact that the
 borough of Danielson is not propor-
 tionately represented as compared with
 other sections of Killingly and the at-
 tendance from other towns. this being
 due to the fact that one of the large manufacturing companies has been
 idle for months, and families that
 found employment there and had mem
 Ders In the high school have moved
 away. As soon as this mill starts
 again. which will be within few
 weeks, an increase of high school stu
 dents Is expected.
 The courses of study have been re- named and augmented this year. The courses are known as the classical,
 scientific, general and commercial The general course was formerly the English course. Three new features enter into the second year work this year. One of these is household chemistry, for girls, this work being along domestic science lines and lead ing to that course. It will be remem- bered that much was made of this class of chemistry by the speaker at the commencement exercises in June.
 Commercial arithmetic (hrst half year) and stenography (second half year) are the other two new features in the second year work.
 The credit system at the school has
 been arranged as follows: Thirty six credits are required for a diploma; one
 credit being given for the successful
 completion Crank above 70 per cent1 of one-half year of work in one sub
 ject except music, penmanship and drawing. One of these mentioned sub Jects. together with department, shall count as one credit each year. A stu dent taking the regular courses should
 receive nine credits each of the four years.
 Special permission from the princi- pal must be obtained in order to take work amounting to less than nine credits each of the four years Stu dents are not limited to the lminimtim requirements provided they show ability to carry extra work. dropping the same should rank below TO per cent. be reached. Less than one- half year of work in any subject will not be counted. Three credits are allowed for each years work in physics on ac- count of the great amount of labora- l tory work necessary in addition to the daily recitation.
 In connection with study hours, the 1 following suggestions have been made: With the single session, necessarily | the greater part of the study must be done at home. It is of the highest im- portance that pupils have regular
 study hours free from Interruption. Without these regular hours, failure is practically certain. The attention of l parents of students entering the high school is particularly called to this matter Experience proves that large part of the failure in the freshman
 class comes from not recognizing the changed conditions of work upon en-
 tering the high school. For students
 of average ability two or three hours | of home study are required.