Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-03-03


nav attend the HIGH school which Is
most accessible for him and his tut
tion viii be paid by the county from
this fund. It insures free high school
tuition to all the children of the stare.
Heretofore. children living in counties
operating under the old fund law. could
not attend a high school outside his
own county without paving a part of
or all of his own tuition Some of the
counties operating under this law were
refusing to nav anv of the tuition of
child if he attended high school
outside of his county. This made it inn
possible for many children in the state
living near a county border line to Sc
cure high school education.
Caekamas county furnishes a GOOD
example of how the tuition fund law
affects the high school growth. In 1914.
Clackamas county had three high
schools, at Candy, Milwaukee and Ore
gon CITY. In 1915. tbe county sper;n.
tendent reported that nduring The past
Is months eight four-year high schools
have met all the reoniremants for
Standardization of high schools. The
increased attendance last wear was
marvellous, ranging from SO 1-3 per
cent to 100 per cent in each high school.
Fully rs per cent of the bovs and oirls
who graduated from the eighth Grade
in 1915 attended some standard high
school" While the establishment Of
small high schools and the union high
school districts has been much more
rapid during the past four years -.
the counties working under the new
law than under the old fund law. vet
in order to make absolutely certain
that no small high school conld he in
iured. the act passed in the 1919 ses-
sion included section providing that
before making the distribution of the
tuition money, the full cost of educat-
ing ten pupils should be Maid Inv me
county.
Other educational hills enactad b1 Tho
recent session of the legislature are as
follows:
Physical Education. s. B. 2e-Intro-
duced by Senator w. w Banks of
Portland:
This act provides that physical edu-
cation shall be compulsory for all mn
pills in the elementary grades and hich
schools Of the state for period of
not less than 20 minutes in each school
day, exclusive of recess neriods The
course of instruction shall be prenared
by a committee of experts appointed
by the state superintendent of nnb6c
instruction, and shall consist of such
activities as will correct physical nos
ture, mental and physical alertness,
self-control, discipline, initiative, sense
of patriotism. duty. spirit of COON
Grafton and leadership. The superintend-
ent of public instruction shall have the
power to enforce the act and 70 nre-
scribe provisions for individual exemn-
tion from physical training
Boundary Bill, S. B. 23-Inntroduced
by Senator A. w. Norblad of Clatsop
county:
This act provides the means for
/ bringing all of the territory of an in.
corporated city or Village into one
school district. 1t is provided that the
district boundary board must make such
changes in the boundaries Of a school
district, when petitioned SO 10 do by The
legal voters of the district affected
equai l ihulhper 10 ten per cent OF the
sneh d;str;ot A A u '.io0i age ~
Washington Birthday. s. B. 1oo--
introduced by Senator T. L. Patterson