The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-02-05
STANDING OF
SALMON SCHOOLS

MANY inquiries have recently s, an
hade as 70 the standing Of the Sal
mon City school, and the COURSES
offered In the i.igh Srhonl.
The High SehooI has been given
full credit by the STATE upiy.,sttv
h'ch meaoS that graduates are adj
"ltted 70 this aud other institutIoos
o' higher learning and repute upon
tle presentation of the diploma. We
nave neen granted admission u this
class OF schools because cf two or
three reasons. First, we offer each
subject Use times week, laboratory
perio5s excepted, Second. we offer
no short cuts TO education. Each and
every pupil covers certain required
work ard outs proper time upon this
and elective subjects. We do not en-
courage pupils TO make up work..
nor offer any inducement to such az
desire to do work in absentia. Third
each pupil takes only four subjects a
year. Tsis has heen proven by prac.
tics TO be the maximum work that
tue average pupil can do thoroughly.
4 glance at the courses for standard
nigh schools ot this and other states
viii establish this fact. Under Ger.
tain conditions i've subjects may be
taken, but the fifth canno: be a re.
qulred subject ahead or behind the
year OF the. student. II student Is
ambitious to acquire all the learning
pussi6Ie, he may take extra elective
work, IL a student is merely ambl.
tious to graduate" or finish school
without getting an actual ''eouca-
tion''' he Is not satisfied by being al
lowed to cover the required work In
wholesale quantities.
New classes In agriculture aud sol.
I'd geometry we're started at the be.
ginning Of the second semester. The
senior girls are doing special work In
practice teaching preparatory to TAX
Ing school OF their own next fall.
The seaior buys recently carried
On an investigation In the local
schools to ascertain the relative rank
ing OF smokers and nun.smckers.
The PERCENTAGE Of boys Aho smoke is
larger iRthe grades than In the high
school. la both instances IL was
found that the non.smokers were do
lug by far better work than those
who ara accustomed to smoking. 10
the grades the percentage obtained
by the abstainers vas 10 per cent, in
round numbers, bstter than that OBJ.
tained by the smokers. This condl.
tiou is not Only true here but is true
every where.
On last Friday morning the pre-
limluary deciamstory and reading
contest vas held az tue high school
building. Tie winners OF this con-
test will compete with the winners Of
the various districts OF the county Ia
a roundup meet To be held In Sal.
mon on February a. The winner nf
the girls section was Oral krauss and
Of the boys division. Earl SteFens.
This movement is for the purpose Of
bringing the schools Of the county
closer together and providing q school
competitive spirit 10 tue county. On
the afternoon OF the twenty frs, an
athletic meet will be held 10 the
school gFBasiun. Competition will
be for grade pupils only. Probably
a basket ball game will bs played be.
tween two girl teams Of the county,
the winner TO play Salmon.
The upper grades challenged the
nigh school boys to basket ball
game last week and felt the wrong
end Of victory by being on the small
end of a 81 to II score when the
whistle blew This was Just blood
warmer and ought to lead up TO a sec
ond chance.
The eighth grade Is showing a
near high school spirit by ehal.
longing the ninth grade to a debate
10 be held some time 10 the near fu-
ture. According to the rules Of the
game the niuth grade will get the
choice OF weapons and the eighth
grade will get the choice OF holding
the muzzle or the stock.
On Monday the sophomore girls
won from the boys in debate on the
Resolved, that woman
suffrage should BE- established In the
United States -