South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-08-30
COMPULSORY LAW
OF ATTENDANCE
TO BE ENFORCED
Parents Asked to Cooperate
With Authorities In School
Enrolment.

Cooperation Of parents with the
school Bureau of Census and Attend
ance in an effort to have all school
children enroll Wednesday and
Thursday, the assigned registration
days has been asked by Miss Eliza
beth r. Turner, head of the buread.
a 100 percent attendance on the
first day of school is a statewide
movement that we hope will be sue
cessful here and on the parents of
the children rests the legal and moral
responsibility OF cooperating with
this department in its efforts to see
that children are not needlessly kept
out of school" said Miss Turner.
Cites State Law.
on Wednesday pupils who enter
from the eighth grade and all pupils
who are entering the high school
from other places are 10 register.
High school pupils who have been
conditioned in their work. are 10 re-
port at 9 o'clock Wednesday morn
ing for examinations TO remove the
conditions.
Registration Of grade pupils and
second semester students for all
years Of high school, will begin at
8 o'clock Thursday morning.
The new Indiana Compulsory
Educational Law requires that every
child between the ages of seven and
16 years, must attend regularly
public school or other school taught
in the English language and which
is open TO inspection Of local and
state attendance and school officers;
and shall attend such school each
year during the entire time the pub
lie schools are in session in the
school district in which the child
resides
Last year sS7 children were found
by the Bureau OF Attendance 10
have been kept out of school by their
parents. according to a report re-
Gently completed by Miss Turner
one hundred and eighty-five boys
and 134 girls failed TO attend school
because OF lack OF clothing. In fur
Eishing school aid such as providing
shoes and clothing. the bureau ex
pended S2,1SS35 during the last
term and this amount. which is the
largest ever reported is largely due
10 the unemployment OF parents
Nsme Truant Officers.
An accounting OF every child Of
school age Will be required this term
by the State Board OF Attendance
and Miss Letitia Wiring and Josephus
Moomaw. who served as attendance
officials last year on the local bureau.
have been re-appointed 10 assist Miss
Turner in keeping tab on school
children and 10 see that the COM
pulsory educational law Is obeyed.
A total OF 8 4S5 visits were made
last year by these officials 10 homes,
schools factories. court. and places
Of amusement More than 5000 OF
these Investigations were OF public
school pupils while other schools
reported AIS dellnquencies.
Fifty-two boys and As girls were
not attending school because OF
physical or mental defects while
total OF 5o4 boys and girls were
found 20 be working. 50 Of this num-
Der illegally.
Quit for Marriage.
Ten girls under the age or ! 8 quit
rtaAOUA 10 hc llAdA leu dNNOA0AAA4 ~
the report Cases of hardness to-
tailed 9.I64. OF which number s.
209 were in public schools. During
the last term. $50 girls and 1898
boys were returned to school by the
bureau OF attendance.
An idea OF the enormous amount
or work that must be done with the
accounting OF each pupil 70 the State
Bureau OF Attendance. may be had
when il is considered that the enum-
Grafton OF children in South Bend
I'm 1922 showed 20. SIC children of
school age This number IS ex-
pected 10 De greatly increased thisI
year.
Arrangement was made during
the last term with W. E. Miller. ju-
venile probation officer. 20 handle all
cases outside OF court whenever pos
sible One night a week. parents Of
children who are not attending
school. are Summoned 20 his office
and their cases considered. This plan
proved successful in all but 80 in.
stances where court action was
necessary 70 force a compliance with
the compulsory educational law, &C.
sording 20 the report OF the local
bureau