East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-08-09
ok SCHOOL TEACHERS SERVE
THIS COUNTY; 874 STUDENTS
IN HIGH SCHOOL THIS YEAR

Progress of Umatilla county's s
schools during the past two years
under the superintendency of w. w.
Green is delineated in a table of conf
parative figures for the two school
years, just issued by the superintend-
ent. Greater enrolment. higher
standards and general Improvement
in every branch of the schools Is IN
dicated in the report
While Mr.. Green gives some credit
to better health conditions in 1919
1920 for the improved showing over
the previous year, there are a large
number of factors over which infiu-
enza epidemics had no control. En-
rollnent and attendance both winters
were affected by these inroads OF IN
fluenza, the first years attacks haing
been more vulnerable.
Attendance last year showed an in
crease from 1929 to 5241 or fraction
less than 6 per cent. OF the increase
over the county, 312, $50, or four more
than half, represented an increase In
enrolment in grades above the eighth
There were S74 high school students
in the county in the 1920 year and but
ia the year previous.
The gain in high school attendance
was far out of proportion to that IN the
eighth grade. where figures for the
two years show a gain of but nlne
students in favor of the year recently
ended. Where there were 4S6 students
in 1919 in the eighth grade, there were
495 in 1920.
with this factor almost a constant,
tn s.cT1 nj "a g
eighth grade is given an outstanding
disnlav bv the figures showing the
relative number Of eighth grade dipio-
mae issued. To the 1919 classes 23l
eighth grade diplomas were issued. TO
TIC 1870 classes, 32s diplomas were
issued. This represents an increase on
81 diplonas to classes numbering but
nine more students than in the pre-
vious year.
rrbe higher standard of scholarship
show in the eight grades is attributed
| bv the sueprintendent to the better
| ea,iinment of teachers and to the
strict observance of outlined courses
of study. Papers were graded IN poth
! instances by regularly designated eX-
amining boards. o-s
| Trmatilla county employed Z94
teachers during the year of 1913 ant
esE last year, the report OF the su
/ nerintendent shows. While the mum
her of teachers remained almost sta
t;onarv. the qualifications OF tness
teachers are shown to have been pet
tered materially.
sixtv teachers in 1919 had compiee
aa the standard high school course .
: fo,,,. vesrs. Seyenty-five of last year
force met that qualification. The IN
crease ia 25 per cent. The same con
ldition is found in examination OF ~
. number of pormal school graoua' :.
: ON onIoyed. Where there were ol
the county in 1919, the year l94
r ebowed "a. Both years saw an equ'
: nt1rnber of college graduates oV' g.
d Moved as teachers in the county
:. schools. .,
n -r,,a number of days attendance i
Is .ct wear shows quite balance
% tsror Of 1920, owing to the snort
s. ,,o,,rt of time taken out for epideI
l. -. md illness. The whole days to'
n 49, 1ote was 5O1,O95, while for ~
te was 5S9.109 days. r.+,
V. reachers employed in the ohha'l
Id county schools for the coming Ss
ck - oxnected to rate even greater
MS r,.e,ases in the amount of their pre-
n ratton for the profession Omall
county is leading the way in the
a,,d for teachers with norman sen
diplomas and teaching experience ea, .
the teachers of past years VINO ~
-, lain la neither high school nor n
Ou at.school diplomas and trainins
Il, the modern methods are grad1slly .s :
RI sne @ supplanted by those with the "a a,
sty ~ 70 bring higher the standards III
,e. t5untry~s Sciaooi-.