Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-01-28
Semester Starts
With 800 Students

high school was completed the assem-
bly, room is filled to running over
and 1t has been necessary to place
some extra chairs About forty new
freshmen entered, bringing the total
attendance to almost 800. The sec
ond semester started Monday, and
from now until the 28th of May Will
be steady work for the students.
Thirty-two applicants offered for
the state exams from the eighth
grade and of these only one was con-
ditioned, a record showing which
beats any other school in the state.
Superintendent Briscoe attributes the
wonderful showing made to the eff
cient corps of teachers in the Ashland
schools. Mr.. Briscoe is a member of
the county board OF examiners and
corrected the grammar papers OF the
eighth graders and says that they
shoy more mature understanding
than any he has ever seen.
The seventh A class took the geog-
raphy examination and the sixth
grade took the physiology test, nearly
all passing.
A new departure in courses has
been inaugurated. All freshmen who
did not have high grades in spelling
and penmanship will be obliged to
take the advanced courses in these
branches which are offered in the
local high school. This is a good in
noyation, as from purely business
like standpoint nothing detracts more
from young mans or young wom-
ans chances in the outside world
than does the inability to spell or to
write we'll.
The typewriting classes are among
the largest in school, it now being
possible to take this popular course
at almost any period of the day.
A course in agriculture has been
offered, providing a sufficient num-
Der will take it up.
The teachers training classes will
commerce practical teaching in the
local grade schools. All of the would
be pedagogues will have to serve
their time in the primary and lower
grades and then will teach the de-
partmental work in the upper classes.
Professor Briscoe says that excep-
tionally good reports have come in
from all of the last years members
OF the teachers training classes who
are now teaching. Providing the
proper training for teaching in the
high school gives the graduates "a
profession to which they cans turn
upon graduating which offers. pay
which enables the student who wish.
es to attend college an opportunity
to do SO, and removes the objection
of former years when all the prepa.
ration needed for teaching was {
weeks examining before the county
examinations. ,a
Superintendent Briscoe received &
} letter last week stating that the ex
hibit of furniture sent by the loca
| manual training department was t.
be used in the commission room a
: the Oregon building. This will keel
A the Ashland exhibit together insteat
= of being scattered through the build
: ing at large.
3 The high school has received sever
big placards which are to be filleC
: with drawings, sketches, mechanica
= drawings and small articles, such a
g hatpin holders and the like. Th
!, sewing class will be asked to fill thei
cards with small samples of thei
: work.
: The junior class at the high schoo
: has organized an orchestra and will
!. delight the rest OF the school wit
e numbers at future assembly pro
B., grams.
BY queer coincidence there wer
Q exactly the same number OF pupil
g who took the eighth grade exams a
: Medford as at Ashland, and there
4 now practically the same attendanc
It at the two high schools.
The Medford basketball SQUAD
g consisting of both the girls and boys
Q teams and their coaches, managers
trainers, officials, ETC., passe
through Wednesday morning boun
for northern California and Klamat
Falls points, where they will pla
Yreka, Fort Jones, Merrill and Klan
ath Falls. Seventeen in all are NAL
ing the trip.
@ There appears to be considerabl
: difference In the number OF littl
- children on the two sides OF tow
@ While there were twenty-six of tn
q six-year-olds who started their schot
q life on the east side, there we're onl
# six new pupils on the west side. Th
: east side primary department wi
Il be run in two divisions, one-half {
the youngsters coming in the morr
Ing and the other half in the afteI