Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-01-21
SCHOOL NEWS

ATTENDANCE AND ESS.
AS has been reported in this column
before, the record of attendance and
tardiness in Lancaster is probably
very much better than in most places
in the state. And yet in Lancaster
there are large number of cases that
are not entirely necessary. In the
case of hardness. especially in the
grades, great care ought to be taken
by parents to get children started in
time and to urge upon them the
necessity of being on time. Lately,
BEEN quite general, many being from
five to thirty minutes late, and all
without good reason. The pupils who
are tardy most often are those who
could have reached the school on time
if they had made an effort The
teachers have tried to correct the
matter, but the corporation of the
parents is needed to secure results.
A child VINO is reared to come aud 60
at his will. will become the victim
of tendecy that does much to injure
his possible success.
A summary of the records in the
high school shows that for the first
four months of the year, thirty pupils
have neither been absent nor tardy.
OF these, seven are boys; the best
percentage of attendance is in the
freshman class, wrich out of a
present enrolment of thiry-seven has
fourteen without any loss of time.
THE HIGH SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS.
On Thursday and Friday. Jan. %
and %, the final semester examina
tions in the high school will be held
Those who have been doing their
daily work faithfully have nothing to
fear FROM these tests, but for others
the finals may spell failure, as they
count one. fourth with the daily work
and the monthly tests for the
determination of the final average.
Any pupil who falls below 10 in
either his tests or his daily work or
whose average of test and daily work
is below 75, fails in his WORK for the
semester and must take the subject
again. To seniors. therefore, it is
matGter of graduation.
RHETORICALS.
A new plan for rhetorical work in
the high school was explained to the
students last Friday. For the second
semester Of the year. all the pupils in
the school are to be divided into
five classes, each of which is to be in
charge of a teacher. These divisions
will meet separately once each week
for their work in public speaking.
The same rules will apply to this
department of work that govern every
ether subject in the school; pupils
must attend their division regularly
and must do their work thoroughly
and satisfactorily, for records are to
be kept, and failure in rhetoricals
will prevent graduation just as in any
other subject.
For the seniors the work will con-
sist largely of writing and speaking
their orations; in the other classes,
it will be the recitation of declama-
tions, debates, extempors speeches,
and other forms of address.
Regular drill is to begin next week.
Mr.. Frank Meyer spoke before the
high school assembly last Wednesday
morning on lack of interest that the
pupils showed in their activities.
He condemned the attitude of boys
and girls in school who expected
everything to be done for them rather
than do for themselves, and who com
planned because opportunities were
not furnished them for amusement
He recommended strongly that pupils
get interested in things. and that
through that interest, they get for
themselves the things they think they
ought to have.