The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1914-04-02

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Revenue:
Frankton dist. 6 mill tax. &.275.s6
Barrett, 4 mills, 1850. So
Oak Grove, mills, 3,024. SS
Pine Grove, mills, 2.s42.s3
0dell, mills. 2,l55.90
IL Frankton did not have the sdvant-
age Of the railroad valuation Of S274.-
4sl il would be considerably behind all
the rest in the value of assessable
property. These figures show that we
are least able to maintain any sort of
attempt at high school instruction.
Notwithstanding this showing, |
raintain that paying our principal
81. 900 per year is not one cent too
much TO pay him, nor any other prinei-
pal of four room school who is worth
employing at all.
So far as the salaries of the grade
teachers are concerned, the aggregate
Of monthly salaries in Barrett amounts
to S270, in Frankton $40, balance in
our favor of $50 per month.
Now, as to the courses given in our
school and those of one approaching
the standard laid down in the state
course of study. Here they are:
Hood River: English four years,
including English and American his
tory. mathematics. four years, includ-
ing solid geometry; science, four years,
excepting chemistry Twill be included
soon): history, four years, including
ancient, medieval and modern: Ian
guages. three years, Including Latin
and German; industrial, four years,
including sewing, cooking and wood
work; music four years. Number of
teachers: regular six, special two,
music one, principal, one class, making
a total of ten teachers on the faculty.
This course makes possible the selec-
tiOn of one of four different courses
offered, by the students, depending
upon whether they wish to emphasize
their study of mathematics, language,
history or science. 1t is an elastic
program suited to the various needs
and aptitudes of the students.
Frankton: English, ninth and tenth
grade years combined, English compOs'
ition, eleventh year, English history
mathematics, ninth and tenth years
combined, stopping with plane geom'
etry science, ninth, tenth and eleventh
, years combined, rural biology history,
two years, ancient and English only
| languages, tenth and eleventh years
combined, German only; industrial
none; music, none. Number of teach
ers, one. No possibility of student
specializing on any particular line OF
study. There might be some slight at
tempt at doing so should the principal
remain until s or O'Clock for pro
! longed study, which was done prior tC
: this year, but it is not reasonable t
suppose that we can expect our over
worked principal TO do for Sill pei
month what we formerly paid $3.50 pei
month for.
, From an investigation of the state
course of study, both Latin and Ger
man are required, as well as ancient
medieval, modern and American his
tory, civics, plane and solid geometry
and all the sciences excepting possibly
chemistry.
In Springfield, ILL.,, they were offer
! ing trigonometry, chemistry and Frencl
in their high school courses 25 year,
? ago, so it is evident that these studies
3 are not peculiarly collegiate in thei
t content.
Both our principals have been capa
: bic of teaching these subjects. Eacl
D was an enthusiast over one or two par
} ticular lines of study, but no one hu