Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-08-31

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which students are allowed to attend
and also regulate the hours and con.
dltlons OF carrying them on school
work would be much improved in
many cases. If these affirs could be
kept until Friday and Saturday
nights and not be mixed in during
the week there would also be a great
gain.
The last few years has seen a great
/ change in regard to the age when
| the young begin to take an active
part in social activities. A quarter
century ago only a few of the old
or students in high school were in
terested in public dances or card par
| ties. Now we have a geat many
grade students who attend regularly.
Last year, on several occasions, we
had girls in the fifth and sixth
grades absent in the forenoon fol-
lowing dances who told their teach
ers that they did not get home to
sleep until late in the morning and
were too tired to go to school. Our
seventh and eighth grade work was
more seriously interfered with by
this kind of excessive pleasure than
was the high school. In some cases
it undoubtedly caused students to
fail in their school work and in
others made them much less interest
ed and poorer students. Neither the
minds nor the bodies of young grade
students can stand the strain of this
kind of work and at the same time
do what they ought to do at school
and home. We ask that school and
home work receive their proper time
and attention during the school days
and are certain that if they do there
will not be so much disappointment
in our young people when they grow
UP.
SCHOLARSHIP
1t has always been apparent to
those who observe closely that there
is a close relationship between sue
cess in school and success in after |
life. If parents realized that habits |
of industry, thrift, reliability, cour-
tesy and the like developed in school |
would be as helpful in making a |
mark in the world as is learning it,
self few would fail to see that stu
dents brought home satisfactory re-
port cards or find out the reason |
why marks were low. There are
very few students who do not have
enough natural ability to do at least
passing work. Indifference. bad hab-
its of study and person, irregular at
tendance, lack of home study and
poor health are the great stumbling
blocks to success in school work.
In high schol there are more fall
ures the first year than in the three
following. Freshman students are
at a turning point in their eduea-
tional career and should make a
special effort to succeed Too many
many students gradually lose credit
during the first three years and try
to make it all up the last year be-
sides carrying their regular work.
This sometimes is more than they
can do and disapoints themselves
and parents when they fail to grad
late.
We are especially pleased with the
increased interest in higher educa-
ton on the part of our graduates
They are attending the strongest in
ititutions of higher learning in great
er numbers each year. Attention has
been called to two of last years class
being successful in securing admis-
sion to Stanford University. Other
of the same class will enter
other institutions in seeral states.
Glasses of the past four years all
have a large percentage of their !
members in several universities and
formal schools.
CHANGED CONDITIONS
The last ten years have brought !
iifferent conditions and have mater
ally affected us in many ways. In
ome respects IL has made it harder :
10 secure the best results in school.
Ne appreciate the fact that parents
ire often cup against it, as they ex- T.
)ress it and do not want to be harsh
'r hasty in what may seem to be adj !
yerse criticism. We are also very !
much puzzled at times to know what I
5 the best course to get the best re- !,
uls Many people are convinced i
hat the most serious and important I
question for us to solve is that of !,
he increased delinquency among our
-oung people. There is no use to
ry to cover up or ignore a question I
f this kind The only solution will
re for us all to face it, cooperate to Z
improve conditions and stop the sick I
Y sentimental attitude of so many i
Tho have more sympathy for the :
Trongdoer than they have for the !
mes wronged.
Our young people are all very !
luch influenced by the environment +
thich they grow up under. If this q
nvironment is not the best we !
hould not blame them for it because +
he older generation is responsible 4
)r it and not the children. The best !
home, school and church training +
often counteaeted by outside in 4
uences which undo much that is :
est in our boys and girls. The I
hole world seems to be in the same 4
ind of a rut but this does not free :
5 from any obligation to do our (
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