The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-08-26
SCHOOL OPENS
SEPTEMBER B

anu the Salmon City schools viii
open the year lsl5-ls on Monday.
september l3, at the usual hour TIE
teaching stafi will be 81 the usual
strength and the following we'll
qualred and strongly recommended
pedaRogues viii take up their re.
speetiVe duties as follows:
Principal of the High senoOl, Miss
Smith Of Kentucky, whose experience
has been vide and In superior
schools OF the east, including Logan
Female Seminary. High school as
sistant, Philip Rand OF Salmon.
whose education was completed at
Chicago University and whose expe.
rience has ranged from Boston to
Lemhi county. The grades will be
taken care of as follows: Supervisor
oil the eighl h grade and department
al, Miss French OF Indiana, Who has
had six years Of experience in the
same school, In the same work: su.
perVisor Of the seventh grade and de.
partmental, Miss Thrnndson OF Kan.
sas, who has completed good educa.
tion and has had experience 10 large
Kansas schools; fifth and sixth
grades, Miss Rovers, who ia well and
favorably known to Salmon patrons
third and fourth grades 10 the Brook
lyn building, Miss Harris OF Illinois,
who mas had FIVE years of experience
in similar positions and Who has been
very successful in her work; third
and fourth grades in the Salmon
building, Miss Carhes OF California,
who has had professional training
and three years OF continued e4per.
cience In one Of the Golden stats IS
best systems; first and second grades
in the Salmon building, Miss New.
lands, who is also a we'll trained and
experienced teacher Of primary
grades.
The course Of study for the High
School has been revised to comply
with the rules recommended by the
state board OF education. The great.
est change is in the matter Of foreign
languages. From now on entering
students will not be required TO take
Latiu, but 1t is a subject highly rec
commended by the state university,
| A letter from a member OF the state
faculty recently made it clear thai
those students entering the univer'
sIty with Latin make better grades
in Whatever work theg enter upor
than those entering without Latin
This ought to make the subject on
of strong election. To make the sub
ject more interesting the texts haV'
been changed so that instead Of read
ing matter dealing with a foreigI
civilization Of ancient existence, TIN
student will read up-to-date subjec
matter concerning an extant society
To take the pla:e OF language
, courses in science nave been substi
tuted. The new subject for the com
Ing wear is, "Flrst Year Science b
, H.ssler" This course will be gen
oraI taking Up such subjects IS tn
, ordinary person acquires in q ha
hazard manner by every day expe
, rience running over a period o
wears. 1t will be both recitation an
: laboratory
The seventh, eighth and mint
Grades will be claSsed as the Junto
, High School, so that pupils may 0
advanced in school as subject matte
nernits; that is a pupil may tax
mart seventh and part eighth grao
work or part eighth aud part mint
/ GRADE work. Thi, is the system re'
e ommended ty the state board an
r generally carried out in the state.
: The course of study for The hlg
o Scbool and the rules for graduatio
1 are:
e sixteen uaits are required Tor grae
e ,.t;on At least fifteen shall be II
i, Ia scbool credits. one unit ma
b no obtained BY definite home "ofa I
: nrsseri5ed. Seventeen units ana
r scbool average Of 20 per cent are =
+. 0nirsd for graduation with credi
c Eighteen unIrs and schoo, a'sIat '
:, a. psr cent are required for graz
1 v.,ion with honor. All units ma
n 10 obtalnsd by school work.
RsguIa, work consists OF io'
,o~rses throughout the year or "a
year. More or less Work may DC -
en- By permission only 49,,
y An required soEH must oe 'aAsh i,
: The order in which it occurs IN y
|" s,,1 v,ss No one who has more Una
n a go n.ck subject will be ranked IS
4 senior. III r,,st ha,
u .,In'sted the following Ensl''h, D..
ITS. Mathematics, ) units; -
= : tory. ? units; electives . uli', -.
i ! :. ~, Strongly recommended that eve. eve
re y nonIi I complete tao years OF " '0''''