Arizona republican., 1917-02-13
CHECK SYSTEM KEEPS SCHOOL
 RECORD CLEAN

They do everything but take photo graphs and Bertillon measurements of the pupils of Phoenix union high school IL is possible Principal Cook and his force of assistants would do that if they had the time. Certainly it would not be much more bother, or add to the complicated condition O. affairs in the principals office.
 All is not ivory whish thinks or is scratched, but at the same time, there are in the neighborhood of 1000 youth full heads under the direct supervision of Principal Cook, which are constantly busy in thinking up means to stay away from. school. let their lessons slide, or ski" class or so. To see that nothing of this sort is accomplished, at least more than once, requires a card index system. and keeps double entry method of bookkeeping red hot all the time.
 According to the system in vogue at the high school it is possible to tell the exact marks made by every pupil in the school, in any study at any time. It is possible to tell where he or she is at any hour of the day. If the pupil is absent it is possible to know why where and how, and an excuse signed by the parent, ultimately finds it wa! back to the signer or the person who is supposed to have signed 1t. Some times it is found that there is nothing in name especially when attached to an excuse.
 Look in the Book and See
 It is d liberal education in book keeping to peer into the files of the principals office. By starting at either end or in the middle, the same result ho .tt,f lat will arrive at what is sought, though perhaps on the way, a world of infor- nation concerning Willie Smith or Sally Jones, is going to be found. which those young people do not dream eX- ists Every minute of the day which the youngsters spend under the super vislon of the school is accounted for. and records are preserved for years to come. If any of the present student body ever becomes president of the United States, it will be possible to go to the records of the school and there find how many hours he attended school on January 10. 1915. whether or not he made good grades, and if ne was nice ard polite to his instructors. and if not. why not.
 Phoenix Teachers Heaven
 If there is teacher in the United States and Canada who has not ap piled for a position at Phoenix high, the records fail to show it One big file is simply jammed full of applica tions for positions in Phoenix They all want to come west. and most Of them enclose pictures. and a complete description Of their persons. habits ana previous condition of servitude. They are filed and d polite little note is re- turned stating that the applications have been filed. and in due time if there is vacancy or some of the wo men teachers get married, they will be remembered.
 According to the records kept in the office, boys are not tardy any oftener than girls. That disolves T popular idea. that it is boys only who are apt to skip class or be late. The boys may do it on purpose. but it appears tha; girls are inclined to be fussy. and en- deaSor to adjust that treacherous cu-i, while the class bell insstenty rings. Attendance is Good
 Attendance at r. II. $. is at the present time very good. On an average three per cent of the 1000 pupils are absent each day. Principal Cook is | proud of the record, and is of thN opinion that there are very few schools ! in the country which can equal it. The percentage ranged as high as %, until an epidemic of la grippe struck