New Britain herald., 1927-05-14
WOULD TIGHTEN UP
 0N H. 5. DISCIPLINE
Irresularity in Attendance Forces Principal Slade to Act
FAVORS STRICT SYSTEM
Recommends Suspension For Ab- sence For Five Days Without Reasonable Excuse-Board Dis cusses Cafeteria.

In an effort to increase the regu- larity in attendance at the Senior high school Principal l.. r. Slade of the Senior high school recom- mended two courses of action to the school committee at it's meeting yes- terday afternoon. The first, rec ommendation for a cafeteria Whlch would go hand in hand with a one session plan, was referred to spe- cial committee, and the second recommendation that the pupil be suspended for the rest of the term if he is absent for five days with out an excuse was referred to spe- cial committee.
 Principal Sladc's Letter
 Mir, Slade describes the situation in the following letter:
 My dear Mir. Holmes,
 Many students in the Senior high school have become very careless as to the regularity of their attendance. Their work is suffering seriously in consequence. Failures in the courses are resulting. Time of the lnstruc- tors and administrative officers that might very advantageously be given to constructive work in education must be diverted to following up delinouents and assisting them in the process of making up their work.
 "Students are absent to seek di- version and entertainment, to avoid the inconvenience of returning to the afternoon session, to dodge the disagreeable task.
 With very few exceptions. stu- dents in the senior high school have reached the age when young men and young women may be legally employed in industry. The school as an educational institution should certainly not demand less. in regu- larity and punctuality of attendance than the industries demand. To de- mand less is to commit against youth a very serious injustice. The school should not deprive the youth Of the discipline which the industry provides in this particular. If the student cannot meet the requlre- ncnL pl llo ulUIC VI iCsofS uA tAiASAsAi discipline of the school, he should have the benefit of the automatic discipline of the outside working world.
 Tn view of the situation and as . part of the solution of the prob lem, I am sending with this letter some regulations which l should like to have you consider and. If they seem to you desirable. recom- mend for enactment by the school committee.
 'Very respectfully yours.
 LOUIS P. SHADE"
 Proposed Regulations
 Following are the proposed regu- latons:
 Hereafter whenever student IS absent from the senior high school, the parent or guardian of the stu dent is to send to the principal upon the day when an absence takes place, or when a period of absence begins, the reasons for the absence. When an absence is anticipated the parent or guardian is to give as early q nOtlce as posSipie' "ilh 'iio io'' ons for the absence. Cases of ab- sense for which no explanation has been received are to be referred by the principal to the attendance de- partment.
 ''In all cases in the senior high school in which any student, in any semester, has been absent from the session for total of five days, foither at various times or continu- ously) without reasons satisfactory to the principal, the privileges of the
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