The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-08-27

SdNeu ny Careful SeleCllOu Ol COuIStS.
Freshman students and those who
are to enter the high school for the
first time will meet the principal in
the high school assembly room We'd
nesday, September the End at 9 a. N.
Sophomores will meet Thursday
morning and the Juniors and Seniors
Friday morning.
A meeting of all the teachers will be
held at the school building Saturday,
September the 5th at 2:30 p. M. pre-
paratory to the opening of school IN
the following Monday.
If tt nigh school is of value for the
few, evidently has something Of
value the many. Those who have
compl Cd the work of the depart
menta Ichool and every eighth grade
gradu; 2 of the rural schools of this
count. 8 hould enter the high school
on tn Sopening day and every day
therea Sr until the close. Pupils re-
CONNIE Eled by the county superintend-
ent OF Sy the superintendent of city
school 0either by certificate or other
wise may be admitted without exam
nation. Pupils from other schools
must present a certificate of promo
ton from the eighth grade to the high
school. Pupils from other high schools
must present certificate of the prin-
cipal showing the work completed.
Examination may be required from
them or any others applying for ad-
mission on standing credits.
Children entering the grades from
other schools must present a certi-
fcate of standing. Children who are
six years of age or will be six during
the first semester will be admitted to
the primary department.
All nonresident pupils will be re-
quired to pay tuition at the rate of
$500 per month, payable in advance.
Section 147 of the school laws of
South Dakota provides that any pupil
who shall successfully complete the
work of the eighth grade established
in the state course of study and who
shall hold a common school diploma
granted by the county superintendent
is privileged to continue his school
work up to and including the twelfth
grade by attending any graded school
in the state furnishing a higher course
of study and the tuition charges not to
exceed $500 per month therefor shall
be paid by the board Of his home dis
trict from the general funds thereof.
By the addition of $1.O0 per month any
common school graduate may have the
advantage of the excellent ,oppor-
tunities afforded by the Bookings
high school, owing to the fact that the
State College, the most important as
we'll as the biggest educational insti-
tuition in the state, affords superior
educational advantages in the city Of
Brookings. Too, a college town, other
things being equal, is the best place
for the youth to secure his elementary
and high school education for an edu-
cational atmosphere helps to educate.
The Brookings public schools have
always been good. They are better to
day than they have ever been. The
board of education which is composed
of Pres. Geo. P. SeXauer, DR.. Z. c..
Miller, w. A. Caldwell, Prof. R. B.
Forsee and C. H. Atkinson with P. j..
Erie secretary are men of affairs and
are fully conversant in the trend of
present day educational aims and
methods. Their splendid cooperation
with Superintendent Browning who by
his efficient services has won for the
schools an enviable reputation for the
high standard of work and the degree
of excellence they have attained. 1t is
not too much to say that the youth
who goes through the regular courses
provided by the B%rookings schools will
be fitted to enter in the struggle for
life and to begin that higher education
only to be attained by contact with
society and the world.