Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1922-01-18
FIRST SEMESTER
LOCAL SCHOOLS
CLOSES JAN. 20
(From Fridays Daily

sidered by those close in touch wit
the school work, that ii has been tn
, most successful semester In point o
work accomplished as we'll as in at
tendance. The attendance at JUNO
high has been better than 95 pc
cent and at least half OF this ap
parent delinquency is the result o
a few pupils who have very poo
health. Very little need is fount
in Ashland for the compulsory at
tendance law, as practically every
one knows the requirements of thi.
law and endeavors to act accord
ingly.
Junior high has an enrolment OF
475 pupils, there being 10 more girls
than boys, The grades up to and In.
Guiding the sixth have an enroll.
ment of 26O, and there is one teach
er for each of these grades. Miss
Wattenbarger, Mrs. Umphlette, Miss
Bruner, Miss McCredie, Miss Ken
nedy and Miss Smith have charge of
the grades from the first to the
sixth, respectively. All Of these are
exceptionally good teachers and
have their worth in the Ashland
schools as well as by previous work
at other places, having an average
of seven years teaching to their
credit, which goes to show that Jun
ior high has an excellent corps of
teachers in the lower grades, and
it would not be an easy matter to re-
place a single one Of them.
The pupils in these grades have
all of the advantages of the best
schools in the country, being second
to none in the state of Oregon. The
fifth grade is given a full course in
reading, arithmetic, writing, spell.
ing, geography, history, music and
drawing. In the sixth grade, phys
iology is taken in addition to the
above.
On entering the seven B, the pu-
pill finds a slightly changed condition
there being special teacher for
each subject. At the same time they
find a greater number of pupils in
this class, as all the seventh and
eighth grade pupils in Ashland are
taught at the Junior high building.
These two grades comprise what is
properly termed Junior high.
The work in this grade is only
slightly changed from that in the
previous grade, grammer being
taught during the B semester and
history during the A semester. Sew
ing for the girls and physical train
ing for both boys and girls are new
subjects in this grade.
Agriculture for the boys is taken
up In the seventh A. In this sub
ject study is made of the soil and
plants, selection of seed, fertilizing,
attention during the growth of the
plant, and the harvesting, the origin
of farm animals and their use. Con-
siderable attention is given to fruit
growing in regard to the best vari- !
cites, propagation, cultivation, dis
eases, pruning, spraying and har-
vesting. This is an exceptionally
good course for the boys and should
be followed up in the higher grades
of our local schools the same as
domestic science is for the girls.
The eighth grade girls are given
instruction in cooking while the boys
study commercial geography, with
all the other studies remaining prac-
tcally the same as in the previous
grade.
Some twenty pupils will finish the
work in Junior high this semester,
and be ready to enter high school.
Professor Ira Wilson is the genial
and efficient principal and is ably
assisted by the following teachers.
Miss Beaver, English Miss Blume,
history and geography; Miss Spen-
GER, grammar and arithmetic; Miss
Reed, art, penmanship and science;
Miss Morehouse, history and arith-
metic; Miss Allen, grammar; Miss
Abraham. domestic science; Miss
Carver, physical training for the
girls; Miss Marsters, music, and
Miss Rub. biology in the lower
grades. The requirements for
.eacher in. Junior high is two
'ears normal course or the equival-
INT in a state college, thereby CIV
ng the pupils in these grades the
assurance of having teachers of the
highest calibre to be found in the
;rade school work.