The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1922-10-26

achieving success.
Detectives of Oakland High School.
1. To help Garrett county and the
State of Maryland raise their educa-
tional standing and help raise the
standard in education by an improve
ment along the following lines:
a. Increase in the per cent of school
population attending school daily.
b. Increase in the average number
of days atteded by each child.
c. Increase in the length of the
school term.
d. Increase in the per cent of high
school attendance in comparison with
elementary schools.
e. Increase in the proportion OF
boys in high schools.
f. Increase in educational expendi-
lures.
,. Interest in the welfare of Oak
land and of Garrett county; cooper
Grafton of school and community.
8. Care of our buildings and equip
ment; teaching pupils to love and re-
spect our school and building.
4. Improvement Of the teaching
corps while in service.
5. To make the following improve
ment in our student body:
Q. Preparation for life and for col
lege.
b. Keep pupils above standard in
those high school subjects in which
tests and standards nave been worked
cut.
c. Teach pupils to love the books
in our library; increase in the num-
ber of books.
d. The best attendance and tardi-
ness record Of all high schools in the
county.
e. Feeling Of good will toward all
sections of Garrett county, especially
athletic rivals.
f. Safeguard the health of the G.
C. H. s. students.
g. Students to learn to speak cor
rectly and politely.
h. Students to learn to understand
what they read and to be able to read
to others with expression.
/, To have a fitting sense of relative
values, to know the superficial from
the real.
i. A legible handwriting.
k. knowledge of fundamental prob
lens Of arithmetic and algebra.
l. Preparation for becoming bet
ter member of the family and the
home.
m. Attaining the idea of social SER
vice to the county, State and nation.
n. Learning the fundamental du-
ties of the right citizen.
o. Learning how to make use of
leisure time; keeping boys out of pool
rooms; supplying more desirable
forms of recreation.
p. Improvement in moral status.
q. Developing an aesthetic sense.
Detectives of GrantsviIIe High School
/. Grantsville High school to be &
school Of the first group.
2. Extra cirricula activities, such as
plays, glee club work and literary
societies.
3. Putting forth the idea of good,
clean sport.
4. Through all the activities men,
toned we want to aim to secure the
interest and goodwill of the PEOPLE
of this community.
5. Improvement of the playground
about the building.
6. Advertise the school in newspa-
per whenever possible. This to be
in connection with athletic games,
plays, etc.
7. Have an assembly period at
least once a week for the promotion
of school spirit.
8. Enlargement and improvement
Of library.
9. Securing of general cooperation
between teachers, pupils and parents.
10. Always keeping in mind after
school interests of our graduates,
such as normal school attendance,
life's work and advanced educational
work.
II. Through all the above objec.
tives as a medium try and "sell" the
high school to the people of Grants
vile community.
DR.. North advised frequent pro-
fessiCnal meetings of the several
high school faculties. He also gave
the teachers a list of excellent books
which will be of invaluable aid to
them in teaching.
Mr.. Rathbun's address, which fol-
a lowed DR., North's, should interest
not only the teachers but all citizens
of Garrett county. He pointed out
forcibly the rapid growth of the pub
lie high schools in the county, giving
the following facts:
School Salaries No. of Av.
year paid teachers salary
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