Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1925-08-21

pecially the principal, should
handle a dollar of school funds,
The different classes have their of
ficers, including treasurer, and the
treasurer should handle all monies
passing through the class body.
This is obvious for two reasons
in the first place it will give the
pupils experience in the actual
handling of funds, which is better
than all bookkeeping lessons they
can be taught. And in the second
place it will remove a temptation
from teachers to dabble in finan-
ces, thus squandering a part of
their time which should be wholly
given to school matters.
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When a teacher signs contract
to teach for so many dollars per-
month or year-that teachers
time belongs to the school district
To cavort for a week or two weeks
or day or two days-in anoth-
er state, on personal business, and
be drawing down full salary from
rhe school district, is downright
dishonesty. The entire time of
every teacher-from principal
down-belongs entirely to the dis
trict, and should be spent in and
for the benefit of the district. It
is the duty of the directors to see
that this rule is enforced to the
letter.
Every teacher should be paid an
honest days pay for an honest
days work. And every teacher
should give an honest days work
for an honest days pay. Isn't
this rule fair to both teacher and
district2 If so, how can teachers
be excused for playing hit and
miss, fast and loose, happy-go-
lucky with their daily time? No
teacher can do his full duty by the
school who makes it practice to
leave at two O'Clock in the after.
noon, or who spends an hour or
more away at noon, or who ram
bles in and out at all times of the
lday as the fit happens to take him.
Banks open and close promptly at
certain hours-how long would a
bank last that opened and closed
at random, especially if the bank
er was away half the time? Schools
are the training factories of char
acter-let a good example of
punctuality and regularity be
practiced by all the teachers-and
the school children will soon find
it out, and unconsciously adopt the
lpractice.
Our schools are growing top
Jheavy over sports, and giving
books the little end of the deal.
There is no doubt but wholesome
sports have place in our schools
but it is also true they should
be kept in their proper place. Dur
ling the last school year this paper
published an average of 20 inches
leach week of "Vashon school
notes. /" Schools are supposed to
be primarily a place to teach the
mind. The tools of the preacher
is the Bible, the tools of the law
yer are his briefs, the tools of the
carpenter are the saw and square,
and the tools of the teacher should
be books. It's text books the tax
payers are buying each year to the
amount of several hundred dollars.
Are books being used2 We do not
doubt that some use is being made
| Of books in the Vashon schools.
But the records of this paper show
that during the last school year the
school notes that were sent in for
publication each week contained
5000 of matter dealing with one
form of sports or another, and only
1929 that referred directly to mat
ter that comes from school books
This paper will confess that in a
city like Seattle there is need of
physical training. There the child
rem who are shut up in apartment
houses have little room to exercise
in the open air. But on Vashon is
land it's different. There are all
sorts of wholesome exercise in ev-
cry home. Cows to milk, chickens
to feed, gardens to hoe, dishes to
wash, beds to make, ironings to be
done. If these forms of exercise
do not meet the standard of an ex-
circus professor, let the boys dig
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