The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-08-29
SUPT. JACOBSON
OUTLINES WORK
OF CITY SCHOOLS

Supt. NJ. L. Jacobson, Of the Moor
head city schools. today issued the
following statement relating to the
time Of opening, courses Of study,
and other matters OF interest to the
bpupils and students: .....
Registration of high school pupils
Thursday, September 5.
| Teachers meetings Saturday, Sep
I TENDER Z; grades at 8; high school
at 10 o'clock.
First session Of school, Monday,
! September 9.
High school sessions open in the
morning at $3.50 o'clock, the grades
at o'clock.
High school pupils will meet by
classes for enrolment and the selec-
zion Of subjects, Thursday, Septem-
Der 5, as follows: a. m, seniors;
10: a. M, juniors; 1880 p. m, sophO-
mores; p. m, freshmen.
Pupils who cannot be present as
indicated are requested to send in
three names and selection of sub
jects by some one else at that time
or report at the superintendent Of
fee any morning before Thursday
| between and II o'clock. All pupils
who plan to enter high school this
fall, even If they cannot attend from
the beginning of the term, are re-
quested to enroll and classify at the
time indicated.
Sixteen credits are required for
[ graduation. These must include four
years Of English, two years Of
mathematics and one year of Ameri-
can history and government. Those
who plan to enter normal school or
| college should bear in mind the en-
trance requirements OF the institu-
| tons considered. Normal school
and college bulletins may be consult
ed in the superintendent's office.
kF'ederal and state educational auth
critics are urging the Importance Of
: home training, manual training,
commercial training, the sciences,
HISTORY including social sciences and
government and English.
| Following is list of subjects Of
fered. Others will be given If there
is a. sufficient demand to justify the
formation Of classes. -Four subjects
constitute regular work. Electives
may be chosen from subjects Of
fered in classes below the one in
which g. pupil is regularly enrolled.
Half year subjects offered the first
semester are indicated by the letter
| I(a) and second semester subjects by
OBJ.
| First year: English T., elementary
algebra, Latin T., biology, domestic
art, manual training l., bookkeep-
ing I.
Second year: English II. plane
geometry, Caesar, ancient history,
domestic science. manual training
H., bookkeeping II.
Third year: English Ill, Cicero,
| chemistry, modern history, sociology
| "a, economics CD German L, steno-
| graphy l., typewriting l., higher
Algebra (a), solid geometry (b).
Fourth year: English ", Vergil,
physics, American history (a) civics
| (b), German IL, stenography H.,
typewriting II.
Seventh and eighth grade work
| will be offered in the Sharp, Lin
coin and Park buildings this year.
| The two rooms added to the Park
building during the summer make
possible the formation of separate
seventh and eighth grade classes in
that building. BY this arrangement
| it is going to be possible to relieve
| the crowded condition in the in
| termediate and upper grades at the
Sharp building. Seventh and eighth
| grade pupils living in the Fourth
ward west Of the Sharp building
viii be given an opportunity to go
| to the Park building where better
accommodations can be offered them.
A. few more children in intermediate
grades who live near that building
! can be accommodated there this