Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-09-07
SCHOOL OPENED
LAST MONDAY

Last Monday was no holiday for
the boys and girls of Mountain Home
since that was the day the school
opened it's doors to the younger gem
Grafton to come back and study.
H. H. Nixon has the following to
say of the opening of school:
Work began Monday forenoon with
the full corps of teachers ready for
duty. The usual crowd of eager
students, waiting to see their new
teachers or to welcome back their old
ones, was also ON hand. The fore
noon was we'll spent by the regular
routine of getting the students in
their proper places, and in giving
out books and in assigning lessons
for the following day. No students
were required to report in the after
noon. The teachers were kept busy
preparing for Tuesday and by attend
ing a general teachers meeting.
Everything started very smooth
ly and there was no confusion of
consequence anywhere. The problem
of making a high school program is
always a difficult one. We always
try to make it possible for every
student to get the subjects he is en-
titled to have for his own peculiar
needs. This is sometimes impqsSrsa,,,,,5--.
when students are irJsTvIce has has tneir
work. Neh, al ur,,s
Registration fell off lis geoly
when we compare first day attend
ance. This falling off is not as large
as it appeared at first. Several
students registered both Tuesday and
Wednesday There is still con-
siderable number who will fall in
gradually for several weeks. While
we always welcome late students and
do all we can to help them make
IN their back work, the fact remains
that such students are handicapped.
Strong students partially overcome
this handicap by extra efforts but
weaker ones are often not able to do
so. 1t has been said that our high |
school attendance would be smaller
this year because our course of study |
is too narrow and because some boys
stay away because We do not take
part in many athletic sports. This
explanation probably accounts for
some dropping out. Whether it is
true or not in many cases is hard to
determine. With our present amount
of room, equipment and number OF
teachers it is impossible to put as
much time and attention to these
activities as is spent in larger schools
where one man is employed for this
duty alone. The reason for some
leaving school is more likely finan-
cial. While many families are hard
pressed financially it is nevertheless
true that high school boy can earn
very good wages away from home
and thus be a great aid to the family.
Due to this consideration some boys
are undoubtedly being kept from
high school all over the country.
We regret that some parents are
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are in basement rooms. If we could
prevent this we would gladly do so.
Every student who goes through the
grades must spend some time in the
basement. We have equipped these
rooms as we'll as the others, have
given them the same kind of teachers
and have done what we could to
make them comfortable. The have
smaller enrolment and are better
heated in winter that the other rooms
are because they are not as exposed
as the rooms higher up in the build
ing. The fact remains that they are
in the basement, however, and we
frankly admit that this is not the I
best arrangement. Parents have done c
very little complaining to the school s
about the matter and this is appre- q
ciated. Most Of them are aware that