The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-10-31
SCHOOL NOTES OF SAN JUAN COUNTY
EDITED by the Friday Harbor
High SchOOD

SchOol are so diSSimilar that it
is often difficult for a newcom-
er to get the rural point of
view. Are we securing the
best for our children?' asks the
city man.
will it raise our taxes?" all
too often asks the country man.
Would not the question be
better put, ''Are we getting our
moneys worth?" ''Are our
school funds spent so as to Sc
cure the greatest efficiency?"
We may acquire an excellent
teacher; but is not her efficien-
cy cut down by miserable sur
roundings, poor ventilation, a
smoky stove, no maps, and
wretched lighting? Can a teach
er teach cleanliness (Physiol-
ogy) to children who must re-
main from 9 to 4 without
cleansing their hands?
Is a pupil half stupid from
foul air in any condition to ap-
preciate the most superb pre-
sentation of lesson?
The object of this column is
to bring the districts into close
touch with each other, and
when one district has done an
excellent thing tell the others
and tell how you did it. Help
increase another's efficiency.
Orcas district What about
that gymnasium?
Lopez, how can we begin on
agriculture?
Deer Harbor, how does the
free text book system work !?
Would you go back to the old?
East Sound, tell about your
Playground?
Friday Harbor, show us how
|to put manual training in with
Lille expense.
Every district, do you use
your school plant outside of
school hours What for? What
is your mothers club doing?
Is your school board actively
Interested?
Mrs. Preston says ssThe world
steps aside for the man who
knows where he is going If
our boys and girls can find out
where they are going through
vocational training, which after
all is the modern way, what a
solution to the unskilled labor
problem!
Let us all join this school col
umn, school boards, teachers,
parents, and children, and
through counsel we may secure
efficiency.
1t may be of interest to
schools that the following bull
'letins are now available at the
bureau Of education, Washing
ton. D. c.: A course of study for
preparation of rural teachers,
Sc; Agricultural Education in
Secondary Schools, 1Oc; Peace
Day, &c; The Reorganized Play
ground, SC; The Montessori
System of Education, &c;
Teaching Language Through
Agriculture and Domestic
Science, SC; Readjustment of a
Rural High School to the Needs
of the Community, 1Oc. Re-
mittances for these publica-
tons should be by money or
der payable to the Supt. of Doc
uments.
The Friday Harbor High
School solicits correspondence
from everyone interested in
matters of educational uplift.
Short articles on live topics,
pertinent questions, and timely
suggestions will be thankfully
received.
The fair given by the Friday
Harbor High School under the
auspices of the class in agricul-
ture last Friday was a pro-
nounced success. More than
/ five hundred different displays
were exhibited and over fifty
dollars awarded in prizes. The
number of visitors may be ap-
preciated by the fact that the
class in domestic science served
about two hundred fifty people
at dinner and a total cash re-
|ceipt of $50. The primary de-
parment netted six and one
half dollars at q popcorn booth
and the Eighth Grade candy
|sales totaled SO.
Quite q number Of exhibits
came from other schools Of the
|co1uty. Many of them were
cakes which unfortunately ii
most cases arrived il poor conr