The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-06-18
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THE EDUCATIONAL CENTER.

THE EDUCATIONAL CENTER.
Moscow is the educational center of
Idaho This is fact admitted by all
but the University, one of the great
est and best educational institutions
of the northwest, is not the only edu-
cational institution of which the peo-
pie of Moscow are justly proud True,
it is our largest institution and has a
wider scope than any of the others,
but our city school system is unex-
celled in Idaho and we are justly
proud of it.
The public schools of Moscow close
this week and a class of 43 graduates
leave the high school. Most of them
will. enter the University of Idaho and
complete their education in their
home town. The past year has been
the most difficult the schools of Mos
COW have ever known. The influenza
epidemic last winter kept the schools
closed for weeks but with this great
handicap and the further handicap of
having scores of young men leave
school to enter the Student Army
Train Corps, splendid class has been
graduated, the number to receive diplo-
mas being 43 out of a possible 45 at
the beginning of the term. This is
certainly a record of which Moscow
people should feel proud.
Professor ]. c. Muerman of the fed
eral department of education, at
Washington, d. c., recently visited
Moscow and declared to the writer
that Moscow's schools are unexcelled
in the west. He paid high compli-
ments to Superintendent ]. H. Rich
and his splendid corps of teachers in
the grade and high schools. 1t is evil
dent that, no matter how good an edu-
Gator Superintendent Rich may be he
could not have accomplished all that
has been accomplished here without
the loyal support of a splendid staff
of teachers in all departments. Mos
cow should be proud of and grateful |
to the splendid men and women who
have created such good schools for
Moscow.
But there is another institution that
deserves special mention. This is
Jrsuline. academy, the Catholic
chool, which has done a splendid
york this year as well as in former
ears. This school was also handi-
appel by the influenza but it has
nade splendid progress and will have
good class of graduates. The great
york of this splendid school is with
he younger pupils. In this school the
upils get the closer personal super .
ision so necessary to children, that t
annet be given in the larger public :
ehools. The Ursuline academy is one {
! Moscow's splendid assets of which
lie people are really proud.
And there is the Creekmur Business
ollege, which is doing splendid {
-ork in a quiet, transformations way, +
ut work that means much to the s.
oung men and young women who are Z
rtunate enough to- be students in !,
is splendid private school. Moscow {
the educational center of Idaho. \
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