Arizona republican., 1914-03-06
SCHOOL NOTES
 0F ROOSEVELT
The Principal Approaching Event in That District is the Bond Election for the Erection of an Addition to School Building

School opened Monday with only two absent in the entire school. Four
 were tardy.
 Last Friday, Mir. Marvin installed the Kimball, which has been purshas- ed. It is a beauty and you ought to see it. A system of marching can be put in now for all the rooms to pass in and out by.
 The poverty social for Friday night promises to bring a full house. The grammar students are sparing no pains in arranging fun and entertain- ment for the crowd. Be sure and have all teeth filings removed for the oc- casion as they come pretty high in fines. Funds go toward the piano. Don't forget that the bond election for the addition will be held at the school house Saturday, March ', be- tween 10 a. m. and p. m. Every tax payer in the district who pays Other than poll tax ought to be present and exercise his or her right of franchise. At the present valuation of property in the district, $1,124,000. the total tax will be and 22-100 per cent on the present building and the addition to- gether In a very few years and be- fore the principle on the bonds is be- gun to be paid off, this per cent. will have been lowered considerable by l newly patented homestead lands and otherwise increased valuations on 1 lands sold in smaller plats Even with | the assembly room additional the total l tax per cent. would be a little less i than 9 and 7-10. When one considers 1 this from the standpoint of a strictly l bushes proposition it is a good in veStment from the increased value i of the property in the district. If there I was no school here, or only one l teacher affair, one can easily see what would be the effect on land values. ! These statements are not made by way l of argument, but rather to suggest | some phases of the question that might l well be considered before voting on | such an important question Again We urge the voters to call at the school and see conditions as they are.
 The 'prodigal" in the person of Ralph Harrington has returned to take up his work in the ninth grade He | will be able to get three complete l credits by hard work and the school l bids him welcome
 The Boy Scouts of America" or ganiZation will be discussed in short
 articles from week to week in order to get it before the parents. Below is an
 article by John L. Alexander on the l Aim of the Scout Movement"
 ! "The aim of the Poy Scouts is to supplement the various existing educa- tional agencies, and to promote the 1 ability in boys to do things for them
 selves and others. It is not the aim
 to set up q new organization to parallel in it's purposes other already
 established. The opportunity is af-
 torded these organizations however to
 Introduce into their programs unique
 features appealing to interests which are universal among boys. The method
 is summed up in the term Scoutcraft
 and is a combination of observation
 deduction. and handiness or the abil-
 ity to do things. Scoutcraft includes instruction in first aid, life saving
 tracking, signaling, cycling. nature : study, seamanship. campcraft, wood
 craft. chivalry. patriotism, and other
 subjects. This is accomplished il , not work, for the boy. All that i: . | needed is the out of doors, a group O. o boys. and a competent leader