The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1915-01-07
School Happenings

School Happenings
School has reopened under very
propitious appearances. Both teach.
ers and pupils seem to have been much
revived by the Avo,wesks' change. Va
almost sad two:weeks' rest, but feared
that ths.vaeation days may have been
more strenuous for some Of us than
the regular roptins ofachool work.
Miss Rasmussen was unable to re-.
sumo her work on account Of, . slight
attack Of the measles. She 10 confined
to the hospital at Grand Forks. We
all hope to sae her at hsr, poat naxs
week again. Miss Emma Slingsby 10
looking after her GLASSES this week.
Wayne Fuller and Lloyd entered the
High school for work OF. Monday ,et
this week. This makes the present
enrolment sixty-one, As there ~
only sixty seats In the assembly room,
and no convenient room for more,twe
OF the freshmen girls kindly volup-
teered to occupy seats in the assembly
room, We wonder it there will move
come still later on.
The new recitation seats In the est
room are quite an adornment, and -ase
very much appreciated by both tssah-
ers and pupils. They are roQpy
enough to accommodate the lerS9as
pupils,
War has been declared on the mise
that are making themselves little too
familiar around the school building.
Several have already fallen victims to
feet and traps. 1t is good plan to
get rid ofthese frighttul pests.
We are indeed pleased to,sse all ths
quarantined people back in the school
again. Some of them have been out
for over . month. We trust that no
more epidemies will break out for
some time.
The following is the basket ball
schedule as arranged to date:
January 9th, Aneta, at Hope.
January 10th, Fargo, at Fargo.
January 23d, Aneta, at Ansta.
January. 10th, Dazey, stHope.
February 9Th, Hunter, atHuntsr. q,
February 18th, Casselten, at Hope.
February 10th, Lakota, atHope.
March 9Th, Casselton, at Cassslton.
We hope to be able to All in the re-
naming dates before long.
Every patron Of the school sheuld
ask himself what he can do to helpsths
school. Its service to the community
Is measured by the school spirit of-the
communicating active, hearty oo.ops-
ration between the public and the
school. The average parent is not In.
different to the welfare Of his child or
the school as an Institution. It 10 not
lack of interest so much a. lack of
effective expression of that interest
that makes the home and the school 90
foreign to each other. We ask you to
read carefully these questions, and
answer them fairly to yourself:
How often have you visited the
school2
How often have you written excuses
for hardness or absence which you
knew to be avoidable?
How much school time does your
child consume in doing family errands
which could as we'll be done at.an-
other time?
How often have you really studied
your child's report card before sign.
ing it?
Do you know whether the failuFs Of
your child Is due to too dtHcult
work, or to defective vision, hearing
or nutrition?
How often have you spoken dtspar-
agingly of the school or It's tesehsrs
in the presence Of your child?
Do you accept without question
your child's version of incidents at
school, or do you make allowance for
immature judgment?
If you will consider these questions
frankly and act on the answers which
, your conscience prompts, you will
| have contributed your shaye.tot the Of.
fciency of the school,
Don't forget about the basket ball
game here on Friday evening hstxesn
our boys and Aneta. We look. tor
successful, clean game, and ere pretty
. confident that Hope willswin.
Certainly We want all OF the children
to come to school every day and on
time. But that isn't oil OF IT. The
pictures in the rooms are there every
day, and are never tardy. Living be.
ings should do more than liteless pic.