Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-04-07
BIG BROTHER ELK"
AND SCHOLARSHIP PLAN
Continued from Page Il

j. 10 reward improvement and %
stimulate interest among the boys
IN their school work and TO make
lhem see that there are other things
in life besides having q good time
and making the least possible effort
IA school Habits Of Incidence fOrfa-
ed in boyhood frequently cling f9r
a lifetime TO young men. and here
in this plan Of the Elks is, possibly
The remedy
Each school month there will be
ten boys recommended TO the super
intendenf OF the schools as having
shown the greatest Improvement II
al things connected directly or in
directly with the school work If
approved BY the head Of the school
these names will be certified 10 the
chairman OF the committee. Judge
Marx Ayerill. Big Brother-in-chief for
the Elks The judge IS an ex-school
principal and knows all about boys
and report cards and school work
The boys will show their cards to
him and he, when satisfied that the
candidate is worthy In all ways, will
/ pay over to each boy for the Elks.
the sum OF $3.50 as a reward.
The present school month closes
next week so the reward this time
will be but S125. that being for half
& will begin on April 10
Il is a fact beyond dispute that
the average girl studies harder than
the average boy. that she learns her
lessons more carefully. and that her
conduct Is better. and accordingly
there is less room for, or need Of.
improvement on the part OF the girls
Of this and other schools. 1t is equal.
, ~ true that in high school the average
girl studies harder and stands higher
in her classes than the average boy
For instance. for the last three years
1t has been a girl who has led the
senior class of the Tonopah higt
school in scholarship. With these
facts in mind, the committee desires
Z to try this tangible and substantial
: form OF reward TO make the boys
) wake up and improve their worl
} and efforts before it is too late IL
] life for them to realize the full bene
5 fit from their improvement
0 When the plan was explained I,
2 the pupils yesterday by Principa
Smith for the Elks committee thu
examples of General Grant and ST
D Walter Scott were cited to show tina
0 boys who stand far from the heat
3 of their classes in their studies hay
4 often the very best of stuff in them
that Scott was given up by most u
3 his teachers as a hopeless pupil DC
/ cause he was full of mischief AM
/ would not study more, and tha
d Grant stood far from the head of hi
class when he graduated from Yves
2 Point.
1 1t was decided to limit the applica
2 ton of this reward to boys who ar
), in the upper classes. beginning wit
y the fifth. 1t was thought that i
the lower grades the boys would b
too young TO realize the real meanin
of this plan and that, since indiyidua
effort and responsibility are to b
the determining factors in winnin
this reward, the application woul
better not be applied below the fifti
In the regulations as given TO tn
pupils il was made clear that no DO
shall consider himself even eligibl
for the reward If he uses tobacco !
N any form.
The Elks are hoping much fro
this plan and are one and all 10y;
and ready to make it success Whe
o. they heard of the plan yesterday tn
n boys indicated by the close interei
o. with which they listened that the
1t appreciate this generous and BIZ
~ brotherly plan of the lodge whic
y originated the idea.