Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1924-11-20

shows adequate drill ON the basic
fundamentals. Intact, with six plates
penciled and linked completed and
seven sheets of lettering, four of
which are linked complete, makes
very creditable showing. Much more
can be accomplished the remainder of
the year, for the general approach TO
the subject has been made.
In the general science an attempt is
being made, in fact emphasis is being
placed, above all things, upon the COM
mercial and domestic value of the
scientific facts as they affect our
everyday life. In the laboratory the
students have delved into the process
es by which the knowledge with
which the work and understand is ac-
tually discovered, leading to a prac-
teal trend in their training and
bridging the gap between knowing
and doing, which is the essential
thing in any true learning.
The members of the chemistry class
are learning TO write chemical equa-
lions, using symbols rather than the
names of the substances, and taking
into consideration the composition of
the substances and the valence of the
elements making up the various COM
pounds. The class is so large that it
has been necessary to do the labora-
tory work by the monitorial system,
rather than individually.
The biology course is divided into
three parts. This week the class will
| finish all the work related to animal
| biology and will then be ready to be-
gin the study of human biology, or
physiology. The present week the
class has been studying worms, such
as tapeworms and trichina, which are
found as parasites in other animals.
The class has also prepared charts
showing the structure and functions
of one representative of each of the
classes of animals studied. These
charts are quite useful as means of
comparing the differences and simil-
arities of different animals.
The material in the related science
course is presented from the scien-
tific aspect, with all possible refer
ence and applications made to prob
| lens in home economics. For the
past week the class has been studying
how chemistry is related to the home,
emphasizing the presence and action
of acids and alkalis in food mater
ials and of the use of soap and wash
ing powders in the laundry. Liquid
soda, (solutiOn of sal-soda), javelle
water and soap have been made.
The freshman English sections be-
gan the year with a study of oral
composition. The last six weeks
work has consisted largely of the ap-
plication of the principles of oral
compositions to written discourse,
Each pupil has made an outline for a
long study and then developed the
composition from the outline. The
perfecting of this work took one week
In addition to the regular composition
work, the freshman class has revived
lengthy list of the spelling demons
of the lower grades, and has read
| two short stories and memoriZed one
| of Stevenson's sonnets.
The work in the Second year Eng.
| lish has been largely technical study
of the grammatical and rhetorical prin
ciples of sentence building. The class
| has read two long narrative poems
and memorized stanzas from each
The members of the class are taking
great interest in oral composition
each member talking to the class al
| least once each week. The compost
lions began with recounting persona
adventures then came current events
political speeches, etc. The class II
now working ON character sketches.
The junior English class is taking
Up the history of native American
literature Extracts from the works
g
with the history and biography. The
class has memorized the Death OF
the Flowers" by Bryant. The most
interesting part of the course has
been the analysis and comparison OF
several of the stories of Poe and
Hawthorne.
The senior English class has beer
studying the history of English Litera-
ture, and has just completed the
study of the rise of the drama from
early Greek times to the Elizabethan
Period. Each student has kept note
book with a detailed outline and has
read on the subject from various au-
thorities outside the text. The class
has also read a good deal of early
English poetry and two early English
PLAYS. The seniors have written sew
eral business letters as part of their
classwork. One of the absolute re-
quirements is that the student must
be able to write a perfect business
letter at the first draft. Both juniors
and seniors have been drilled in the
memorization and application of the
four fundamental spelling rules of
the English language.
The students in the sociology class
have just completed the work in i'm
migration. Each student was required
to present a complete synopsis of his
idea of what practical immigration
law should consist. The problem of
rural and urban population is now
being studied, and the project is to
determine what is the percent of ur-
ban population of Idaho using the
federal census classification of cities (;
also using the village population OF
five hundred or more as basis Tor
urban population. Some excellent re-
suits are being noted.
The mighty seniors can apply the
binonual formula, the binomial theor-
EN-. both the arithmetical and the
geometrical progression formulas, play
with the radicals, tackle fractional
exponents, and handle with ease
ono drafic aouatiOus Have them solve