The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-06

not having classes at any hour are di-
vlded among the classes at work and
thus every student is kept busy all
the time.
Three new courses have been ad-
ded to the curriculum of the high
! school for the first time. They are the
Commercial Course, the agriculture
course, and the home economic
course These courses pursue the
four full years work As this is the
first year of them in the high school
only the Freshman work is offered
this year, but next year TO this viii
be added the Sophomore and the next
the Junior and Senior. Each student
Of the high school must have a def
mite course which he Is pursuing dur
ing the four years of work. There
are four courses: College Prepara-
tory, Commercial, Home Economies,
and Industrial. There is no haphaz-
ard taking of subjects in any year of
work. During a pupils Freshman
year he must take English and mathe-
matics and the Freshman subject of
the course he selects from the four
just mentioned, and in addition he
can take one free elective. During
his Sophomore year he must take
English, history and mathematics,
and the subject of his selected course.
During his Junior year he must take
English and physics and the subject
OF his selected course and one free
elective from Junior rank subjects.
HIS Senior year is free save for his
selectlve course subjects. The stu
dent of the Hays High School has a
wide range of choice to suit his tastes
and needs and at the same time his
work all has a definite direction. Be-
side the regular work thus outlined all
students must pass two years in the
general spelling work This is given
IN the Freshman and Sophomore
years, but If not satisfactory the stu
dent has two years more to pass 1t.
Twice a week there is music under
the leadership of Mr. Christopher and
there is some form of athletics for
each student.
In this connection it might not be
entirely out of place to again set /
forth the exact status of the relation !
ship between the state normal school |
which IS situated in Hays and the |
HAYS public and high school system. /
The Normal School furnishes the /
Superintendent Of the school and |
pays his salary.
The Normal school furnishes the |
supervisor and assistants for the !
grade work in drawing and painting.
The Normal school furnishes the /
music supervisor for both the high |
school and the grades. The Normal :
instructor in violin has a class of
seventeen pupils in the grades for
which ten cents a lesson Is charged.
This will eventually build up an or
chestra IN the high school
The Normal school furnishes the
physical training supervisor and as
for the grades and for the
girls of the high school
The Normal school furnishes the
supervisor and teacher of agricul-
5ure IN the high school and the nature
st1dy work IN the grades
The Normal furnishes the suppIe-
mental books for use in the grades.
And IN addition to these things
the Normal school appropriates each
year to the board of education the
sum Of $1,000 to be used to meet the
increase in the salary roll of the
school system.
In turn the Hays board of educa-
ion grants the Normal School
the privilege of using the school
system as a demonstration and 1
school, where the stu. /
tents in educations of the Nor
nal school can visit and observe and
assist the regular teachers. This is
helpful to the teachers in