The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-12-18

Board TINS year, consisting OF H.. J.
Bristow, chairman, l. L. Howard, and
NJ. r. Morgan, with Della NJ. Corson
as clerk, have decided L place the
lone school upon a more definite
and progressive basis so as to make
it second to non in the county in
efficiency and the variety of work
offered. The majority OF the people
agree that the time is at hand for
the district to make bigger plans for
the elementary and high school ed
ucation OF young people in this part
of the county. Just now there is
some talk in the community in favor
of a new modern school building next
year with a large auditorium and
gymnasium combined.
The school board is decidedly in
favor Of sufficient salary for teachers
that will secure efficient and we'll
trained leaders who are thoroughly
capable of handling the necessary
courses Of study and the various
school activities such as r demand
ed in any good live community. The
average salary paid for high school
superintendent is s135 a month.
The average salary paid for high
school teachers not including the
grade teachers is s106.25 a month.
The teachers are as follows: E. R.
Curfman, superintendent; Marshall
]. Clapp, science and shop work;
Amy C. Niblan, English and Home
Economics; Earl A. Brown, seventh
and eighth grades, athletics orches-
ira and band; Media Angel, fifth and
sixth grades; Mabel Nelson, third
fourth grades; and Martha Denny
first and second grades.
Course of Study
The School Board had the Super
intendent prepare a definite printed
Course Of Study which provides for
the following courses offered each
year: / College Preparatory Course,
II Scientific Course, III Commercial
Course, " Manual Arts Course. A
class is formed for any years work
in any subject in the adopted Course
Of Study, when four or more quail
fled pupils desire to pursue the work
in class, or when the principal be-
lieves it to be for the best interests
of the school and pupils to form such
a class.
Sixteen units or thirty-two credits
are required for graduation, A unit
consists Of two credits or a full years
work in one subject or its equivalent
of two-half subjects taken five per-
iods a week. All students before
graduation are required to complete
two majors Of three units each and
one minor Of two units. English is
a required major for all students.
Promotions are made at the n
of each semester. Pupils may be
promoted ION honor" exempted
from final examinations in any sub
ject) on the following conditions:
(a) Satisfactory citizenship. this to
be determined by vote Of faculty.
o. Not more than two cases of tar
diness, which must be e~xcusable,
and no Unlicensed absence. (c) Glass
average of IS per cent. Tests are
given frequently in all subjects and
are no longer than the regular re-
citation and have a value Of not more
than one-third in determining the
semester average Of the pupil. Spec
ial attention is given to the appear
ance and composition of the papers
and one per cent is deducted for
each mistake in spelling and gram
mar.
The Course Of Study is made very
definite and clear in regard to regu-
larity Of attendance. AS a premium
on punctuality and regularity Of at
tendance the following credit is Civ
en-: Amy student who is not tardy TO
school or to any class may have 10
per cen added to his or her class
standing in the subject which the
lowest grade has been earned, pro-
yiding in all cases a satisfactory stan
dard has been maintained in citizen
ship.
The School Board has agreed upon
a definite regulation in regard to the
offering of foreign languages. Here
tofore. principals or teachers have
teen offering Latin. or French, or
language they seemed most interest
ed in without saying anything to the
board about II, and as a result sever
al young people in the district have
earned only from one-half to n unit
OF work in Latin, or French, or Span
ish, or German. This policy has
been discouraged and disappointed