The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-05-02
SCHOOL AFFAIRS
ARE LOOKED into
Management of School
Affairs Proves to be
Above Reproach
ANSWER PETITION

For more than a month certail
agitation has been going on agains
the school management of amuse
ments in Blackfoot, especially at tn,
high school. Three, or perhaps more
petitions rose on the tide of rumo,
and died into oblivion for one rea
son or another. Finally the follow
ing document was presented to the
board of trustees on Monday, Apri
21, and the reply of the board, al
reproduced below issued on Mon day
of this week:
April "a, 1918
To the chairman. Of the board o.
trustees, independent school district
No. 8, Blackfoot, Idaho.
Sir:
We, your committee, to whom was
referred the petition which was pre-
sented to the board of trustees April
Fl, 1919, reading as follows:
(Petition)
To the honorable board of educa-
tion, Blackfoot, Idaho.
Gentlemen:
We, the undersigned, residents of
Blackfoot school district would most
respectfully call your attention to
some matters connected with the
management. of our schools and ask
that immediate steps be taken
therein so that the best interest of
the school and management thereof
may be properly safeguarded.
A number of parents and patrons,
who hold legitimate and sane scrup-
les against such social practice as
dancing, are very much aroused and
distressed by the fact that the school
buildings, or parts thereof, have been
used for these purposes, with or
without the consent of the board of
education. Since the buildings are
constructed and maintained by public
taxes for educational purposes; and
since attendance of children thereon
Is compulsory, we hereby protest
against the school buildings or any
part thereof being used for the pur-
poses aforesaid, whose nature is not
morally enlightening or elevating,
UuI ldthCl W LILO COulIdIy.
Two other matters, worthy of no
little concern, have also been brought
to our attention; first, that there is
tendency now rife among some
students to indulge in an immodest
and extravagant dress, which ten
dency is demoralizing and detri-
mental to physical development,
and tends to draw dress distinction
and separations between those who
can and those who cannot afford it.
Second, We ask the board to in
sist that the teachers, who chaperon |
the Sunday Hike" shall see to it |
that the time Of 1t and the prepara-
tions for it shall not interfere with |
the Sunday school and church at
tendance Of the children. That in |
these matters, the board and teachers
shall consider the moral aspect of
school life and cooperate to- assist
the parents in developing character I
among their children and depend
ents.
w. G. T. U. by Emma Sollen berger,
president; M. Eva Beakley, vice.
president; unanimous vote fifty
present.
Women Baptist Union by Mrs s.
T. Clark, secretary-treasurer. Twenty
present, unanimous vote.
Baptist Young Peoples Union, un-
animous vote fifty-three young peo-
pie.
A. F. Colver, Mrs. s. E. Leatham,
Mrs. A. B. Stinnett, A. B. Stinnett, R.
W. Croskey, Wilhelm Shaeffee, Mrs.
Pamela Stewart, Mrs. Howard Fisher,
Jesse Perry, May B. Clark, Grace
Tolles, c. w. Tolles, J. I. Stewart,
Anna M. Hughes, Mrs. L. N. Thors-
Mrs. j. F. Short, Mrs. C. F.
Dahman, Mrs. H. s. Luton, Mrs.
Olive Haney, Mrs. F. Rice, Mrs. G.
F. Gavoille, M. W. Van Seters, Eva
Van seters, Fred T. Hines, Mrs. J.
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