Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-09-03

celye his high school diploma at th'
end of four years. Our school II
accredited to all the normais, COL
leges and universities of the west.
In the grades we will continue
our policy of giving the students the
fundamental grade subjects IN the
way which we think will do them
the most good when they leaVe
school For two years we have been
striving to do higher standard OF
work and to secure a better grad
ing of the students. Much has
been accomplished along this line
but we still have room for improve
ment. We will continue to be firm
in holding students in the grades
where they will be able to do salts
factory work. Strong students will
not be held back so that weak ones
may be able to keep up. Slow ones
will be graded so that they can do
their work with reasonable effort.
All will be given fair trial and al
lowed to show what they can do be-
lore any demotions are made.
Teaching Corps
Our corps for this year contains
I1rOn n ha
Eight of last years grade teachers
and four of the six high school
teachers will not return. Many Of
these were excellent teachers and
have gone to larger school systems
at much better pay. Nampa, Po-
catello, Denver and Spokane have
taken one each. There is only a
part supply of fully equipped teach
ers in the United States and these
are very largely taken by the large
city systems, The smaller systems
are largely filled by inexperienced
and poorly prepared instructors.
Another unfortunate element enter
ing in is that while the small place
offers less pay it usually charges
as much and often more than the
large one does for living expenses.
That we expect to pay as much or
more for living and at the same time
hire teachers for less than is paid
in larger places is a peculiar condi-
tion that seems to prevail This
is not peculiar to any one
particular place but it tends to
make the small school stepping
stone for young and inexperienced
teachers to the larger school sys-
TENS, AS long as this condition ex-
lists the schools in our smaller
places will suffer for lack of better
teachers. In spite of this serious
most of our small school
systems are doing conscientious and
efficient work Records kept in our
colleges and universities show that
students from small places average
rs well and often better than stu
tents from large ones. This is due
argely to the fact that have better
ixed habits of industry and are not
10 badly carried away by the social
whirl.
Our corps for this year will have
,wenty members. This is one less
han last year as the combined
hird and fourth grade room has
,een discontinued. The following
eachers will make up our teaching
orce.
Miss Violet Stevens, first grade.
Miss Kathleen Smith, first grade.
Miss Leila Cross, second grade.
Miss Lucy Cross, third grade.
Miss Frances Hauser, fourth |
,rade.
Miss Frances Riddell, fifth grade.
Miss Gertrude Groefsema, fifth
nd sixth grades.
Miss Sue Tedder, sixth grade
Miss Ruby Riddle, seventh grade.
Miss Mabel Clark, seventh grade.
Miss Irene Smith, eighth grade.
Miss Letha Hurd, penmanship.
Mrs. Helen Wetherell, music.
Miss Myra Hibbard, languages.
Miss Matte Groefsema, history
nd girls athletics.
Vacant, English and Library.
Mrs. Bertha f. Hays, Commercial.
Mr.. w. w. Simon, Science and
toys athletics.
Mr.. ]. J. Simpson, Mathematics
nd Principalship.
Hugh H. Nixon, Superintendent.
These teachers have been selected
nth great care and seemed to be the
est obtainable with our limited
leans. We hope that they will
ender the best service possible and
hat patrons will soon meet and be-
ONE acquainted with them. We
Ian a public reception and general
et-together for teachers and pat
On in the near future.
Cooperation
No school can do its best without
ne cooperation of parents and pub
C. Last year we had the good will