Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1922-01-28
OF SCHOOL
WORK DURING THE
FIRST SEMESTER

Last week was the eighteenth for
this year and ends the first semester
Examinations were held in the up
per grades and high school The
report cards which are being sent
home this week show the results OF
the school work for the first half
year,
Taken as a whole tn ework last
semester shows better average than
that of the past two years. There
have been fewer students with fail
ures in either the grades or high
school. A large percentage of those
who did fail did not go so low that
they cannot recover during the next
four and half months. In few in
stances students have failed in sew
eral subjects. This was usually due
to poor health, poor attendance. bad
personal habits, poor methods OF
study or too little of it.
Our new semester began Monday
and will last until May 26th, the
close of the school year We desire
to emphasize the Importance of good
ionscientious work every day until
school closes. When scholarship
and conduct are satisfactory they
should receive the praise of both
teacher and parent. Ii they are un-
satisfactory the causes should be
found as soon as possible. If they
are such that help can be given the
student should receive it. If they
are due to the fault of tn estudent
he should be held responsible and
made to improve his time and change
his habits both study and personal
If necessary. If the average grade is
seventy for the work of the first
semester 1t is failing as the lowest
mark giving credit Is seyenty-fye.
A mark of eighty or more for the Sc
cond semester will bring up the year.
ly average to seventy4five or more
and give credit for the entire year
School Activities There are sev.
eral school activities which are pro
NOTED in most schools because they
are educational in character and
vet do not come within the course
of study These are usually of con-
siderable value If not overemphasizeC
or carried to excess. If they art
oyerdone or not properly handled
they will crowd out the regular re
quired work.
This year, due to better average
scholarship in high school, we arc
doing some literary work. The stu
| dents are divided into two divisions
or societies. Each socety has a
name and teacher adviser. The twt
English teachers, Miss Scott and Miss
| Groefsema, help in selecting the pro
gram and in coaching the student
taking part. One program has beer
given and another will be soon. We
plan to have to have four during
the year but must hold them in th'
high school assembly room as the
auditorium is not seated to accom-
modate crowd This prevents us
from making these entertainment
! public as we would like to but gives
the students taking part valuable
training and this is the real pur
pose of the work.
Almost every high school sup
ports one or more forms of athletics
There are several reasons for this
The best are that it gives any liv'
energetic boy an outlet for his physi
cal energy and usually helps to keel
him interested in his school work a
the same time If a boy wishes Il
excel he must keep his body in goo
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regular clean personal habits Nc
all athletics live up to these ideal
but many do. Due to our locatio
and great distance from other hig
schools we are compelled to confin
our activities to basket ball in &
far as competitive work is concerned
This year it is very difficult to
nance our team. So far the none
has been advanced by Mr. Simpson {