The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-07-06
Twenty-Five NationaIities Repre-
scented Among Students En-.
rolled. Only Seven Per Cent Of
Failures Truancy Reduced to
Minimum in School District MOI

The annual report OF Superintendent
+. J. Hall of the Calumet public schools
to the board of education, summarizes
the work done during the past year
ana the progress made as follows:
The work has been conducted this
year without friction and though our
people have been through "a period of
strife such as we never had in this
district before, yet it did not affect the
attendance or change the attitude of
the public toward the schools. Through
the more than fair mindedness OF the
board of education. no child was per-
mitted to suffer from the lack OF school
books or equipment because OF any
stand taken by his parents, on the la
Dor question.
The music work was conducted in a
splendid manner by our supervisor,
Miss Mildyid Romsdahl and the Calu-
met schools will suffer a distinct loss
as the result of her decision TO leave.
High School.
The enrolment i'm our high school
continues to grow. 1t reached total
of eleven hundred nine this year show
Ing an increase Of one hundred three
over the attendance last year No ad-
ditional teaching force was used but
the size of classes was materially in
creased Next year, in all probability
we shall have twelve hundred students.
We have already engaged an addition
al teacher but our building Is so badly
crowded that ii would be impossible to
accommodate any further growth.
The plan of having separate and dis
tinct courses i'm science for boys and
girls is working splendidly. The boys
are getting much more practical work
and the girls are receiving a training
such as we were unable to give under
the old scheme.
our commercial work is stronger
than il ever has been and the results
are correspondingly better.
Vocational Training.
In order to get greater returns from
our plant it was decided to double the
time required of seventh and eighth
grade boys in the shops To accom-
plish this, we start shop work at $3.50
o'clock in the morning and continue
until 4:SO in the afternoon, thus gain
ing much Of the additional time re-
quired without infringing greatly on
The time given To regular school work.
The plan works well and the results
are satisfactory.
To care. for the girls while the boys
were doing the additional work i'm the
shops. 1t was voted to install a new |
cooking room in the Washington build |
ing. The room is equipped about the |
same as the room in the high school, |
ana from this time on, every girl, be- |
fore she completes the eighth grade |
work. will have had one hundred TWEEN |
~ lessons in cooking. with one hour
and thirty minutes given to each les
son. |
Attendant
Our statistics show that the total en-
rollmcnt this year was but 90 less than |
last year, which is a splendid showing |
when we take into consideration the
condition that prevailed in this district |
the first five months of school
Practically all graduates from the
grammar grades entered the high |
school, statement that can be made |
by but few school systems in the state. |
The average per cent of attendance |
was 91.3 against 95.i last year.