Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-08-29

Fifth grade-Miss Amsel McKern
of Walla Walla, Washington.
Sixth grade-Miss Ruby Riddle Of
Riddle, Idaho.
Fifth and sixth grades-Miss Win
nifred Turner of Mountain Home.
Seventh and eighth grades-Miss
Stella Dolen of Kimberly, Idaho.
Seventh and eighth grades-Miss
Pauline Strain of Caldwell, Idaho.
Seventh and eighth grades-Miss
Luella Sullivan of Boise, Idaho.
Penmanship-AIiss Esther Palmer
of Greeley, Colorado.
Music and drawing - Mrs. Helen
NJ. Wetherell of Mountain Home.
English and library - Miss Ruth
M. Simpson of Walla Walla, Wash
ington.
English and history-Mr. Joseph
A. Curtis of Boise, Idaho.
Language Nellie M. Ander-
son of Eaton, Colorado.
Commereial-Mr Bertha M. Hays
of Boise, Idaho.
Science and athletics-Mr. Joseph
D. Sullivan of Seattle. Washington.
Mathematics ]. j. Simpson,
principal of Mountain Home.
Superintendent Mr.. Hugh H.
Nixon of Mountain Home.
We hope that parents and patrons
will soon become acquainted with all
of our teachers. We welcome visits
from them at any time.
COOPERATION
Cooperation is being talked in all
lines of activity. We highly appre-
ciate the spirit of cooperation which
existed last year. Many parents
called to talk over the work of their
children but with few if any excep-
tions they did it in a friendly open
minded manner. This is the proper
way to get results. Even though a
parent lacks confidence in his child's
teacher it is very poor policy to let
his child know it. If he does it will
undermine the childs determination
to do his best work and failure is
very likely to be the result. Home
ctudy should be expected in the up
per grades and high school. A reg
ular time and place for doing it at
home for five nights a week will
work wonders with some of our lag
ging students. A word of appreeia-
ton or the opposite as the occasion
requires will spur the student to do
better work. Teachers are instruct
ed to never let their personal feelings
influence their attitude toward the
work of any student. Some are pleas
ant to work with and some hold back
and do about as little as they can. In
all cases. however, we try to get them
to give us their best. To do it's best
work a school must have a reasonable
amount of good feeling and respect
from the public. 1t is the same with
teachers as with any others dealing
with the people at large. There
will be some that will oppose the best
of them. No business man can win
the trade of every one in the com
munity. Neither can any teacher al
ways meet with approval. Public,
students, teachers and school officers
share the responsibility for good
school. Intelligent criticism will not
hurt any person or institution. Pet
ty gossip, however, often does great
harm to either. Let us find out how
much real truth there is in story
before we repeat it to others.
In this age the question of deport-
ment is important There is lack of
respect for authority on every side.
The criminal class is very largely
made up of the young. The school
should do its best to instill respect
for law, property, and the rights of
others into the minds of the stud
ents We hope to do this and have
very little difficulty except with
small percentage of students. In al
most every instance where we do
have difficulty the offending student
is one who gives great deal of
trouble at home and has had things
about his own way there. Many OF
the older generation remember that
when they went to school there was
trouble promised at home if there
was any in school. This attitude on
the parents part prevented practical
ly all disagreeable school difficulties
in so far as department was con-
eerned. Children brought up in such |
homes were respectful of both teach
ers and parents. Now there are many |
young spoiled ones who have very |
little respect for anybody. Chicago |
has two young men of this type who
are now getting much publicity be-
cause of the crimes which they have