Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-06-08
Annual Report.
Baxter Springs, Kansas.


Patrons of the Baxter Public
SCHOOL,
l herewith present for your
consideration the annual report
for the year l9l5.l9l6.
The teachers wish to express
their appreciation for the hearty
support and encouragement which
the patrons and Board OF Educa-
ton have given during the past
year and assure you that without
your loyal aid, your trust and
confidence, the school year would
not have been so successful.
There have been few misunder-
standings between parent and
teacher, and in some few cases
where there apparently was fric-
ton, it was always evident that
some boy or girl was doing as he
or she pleased in the home and on
the street and because of the lax
attitude of the parent, these pu-
pills did not care to conduct them
selves as gentlemen or ladies.
The teachers have, by every rea-
son able means, tried to consider
the welfare of the school as a
whole in trying to maintain dis
cipline and decorum.
On May 9, the high school SUI
pervisor, Mr.. C. C. Brown, sent
out from the state Office at Tope-
ka, visited our school and made
several comments. He said in a
letter to the president of the
Board of Education: II am very
much pleased with many condi-
tions found in the school. The
teachers are all doing good work
and l hope you may be able to re-
tain them next year.
The students are neat in their
personal appearance and appar-
emily interested in their work.
The spirit of the school, is, on
the whole, particularly good.
Your building is clean, walls
have been tinted recently, and
surroundings comfortable aud at.
tractive, for the most part.
/ feel that the Baxter Springs
high school is better than the av-
erage in spirit and organization
and that good work is being done,
and your board and your teachers
are to be commended for what
has been accomplished"
This report fixes our standing
with the state board of education
and it may be interesting to know
that all work done here is accre-
dited by all the standard colleges
of the state, and our credits are
accepted for state teacher certif-
Gates by the state.
The total new entries in the
grades numbered 3S7, while last
year it was 34S and in 1894 we
had 364. At the close of this
year there were on roll 264, at
the close of last year ESQ. and the
close of 1894 term 235. The
average daily attendance this year
was 90, last year it was "a and
the preceding year 81.
Cases of hardness this year
were more numerous than last
year. The number dropped
from roll is nearly double
what it was last year. The time
lost by being absent and coming
tardy is equivalent to 2,494 10
hour days. Granting that IS per
cent Of these cases were unavoid-
able, the time lost unnecessarily
is still equivalent to about 2 years
of time. Puuctuality and regr.
larity cannot be too strongly
emphasized.
The state course of study has
been used as far as practicable.
The pupils have worked diligent-
ly with a goal in view. 1t should
be noted that pupils who had been
laggards have been touched by
the teachers personality and in.
SEPARATION and have in many cases
worked with zeal and vigor. We
cannot emphasize too strongly