Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1922-09-01

nave been granted ana VIII De again
in worthy instances. Parents should
see about this matter before keeping
the student out. We will be fair
and considerate in all cases, but ask
parents to plan the best way posi-
BILE to avoid too much absence. Re-
naming out to loaf OF wasting time
should not be permitted. Any person
reporting skipping school or unnec-
essary absence will be doing a favor
to all concerned.
Course of Study
Our grade course will remain the
same We will strive to give the fun
damental subjects thoroughly and in
as practical way as possible. We
are constantly trying to raise the
standard of work done and to inn
prove the grading of students. The
combined third and fourth grade
room discontinued last year will be
put back again this year in the base
ment of the Baptist church. This
will permit better work in these two
grades. Last year our third grade
teacher had over fifty children en-
rolled.
The high school will also have
about the same course. A chance
will be given, as has always been
the case, to start beginning Latin
class if the number wishing the
course justifies. All industrial sub
jects, with the exception of CONNER
cial, have been dropped out in years
past because of lack of room or for
economy. Cooking sewing and
manual training have real value
for many and their loss is more than
many think. AS long as present
conditions prevail their reinstate-
ment cannot be hoped for. We have
a strong commercial department and
take pride in its work and in that
of its students who are now holding
well paid responsible positions. 1t
is no longer necessary or advisable
for students to leave town for a
commercial course if the student is
ambitious and capable. We give a
course that includes all of the neces-
sary commercial work along with |
high school subjects. The student
finishing this course is ready to I
either go to work or enter college, (
which the commercial college grad
uate cannot do. Our graduates are
eligible to enter colleges and univer-
stiles all over the United States be-
cause our school is accredited. This
year will see much larger number
than usual continue their education.
Teaching Corps
Eleven of our twenty-one teachers
employed will be new. Ten of last
years corps will not return. Many
of the teachers of the past few years
are now employed in large city sys-
TENS. Smaller schools with lower
salary schedules and often a higher (
cost of living than large places can
not retain a very large percentage of
the best teachers. They serve large
Nv as places for practice for the
Young teachers, who later step up
to the larger systems. Idaho, due to
the depression and the consequent
slowing up of school progress, now
draws fewer teachers from states
with a larger supply. The result
has been filing in with more poor
Iy prepared teachers. Not more than
one out of ten of the applications
received by the writer this year for
grade positions was from a teacher
with two full years of normal school
work. AS recently as three years
ago the percentage was at least one
out of two. In high school the sit
uation has been somewhat better be-
cause state requirements make it
necessary for the teacher to be
four-year college or university grad
uate. Here the result has also been
to bring in new graduates to teach
a year or two and then to see them
go into other states with better finan-
cial and professional conditions. Our
corps is as follows:
First Grade-Lillian Alderman.
First and Second Grades-Ida Her
gesheimer.
Second Grade-Pauline Mitchell.
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Third Grade-Bdith Bennett.
Third and Fourth Grades-Ruth
Miller
Fourth Grade Edith Click.
Fifth Grade Ruby Riddle.
Fifth and Sixth Grades-Winni-
'red Turner.
Sixth Gertrude Groefsema.
Seventh Grade-Mabel Clark.
Seventh and Eighth Grades -
Pearl Carter.
Eighth Grade-Luella Silliyan.
Penmanship-El Elizabeth Clark
Music and Art-Helen Wethereil.
English and Library-Helen Scott
uages-Miriam Remley. 1