Show THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE EMERGENCY F for or three week since the reopening of high school work the attendance gradually increased until by the middle of the last week close to one hundred had reentered to resume their 40 course the perseverance thus manifested on the he part ot of the boys and girls in spite of unfavorable unfavorable conditions dit ions speaks of a determination and a vil nill to do worthy of commendation tile the support moreover given the faculty by the parents of the county created an atmosphere of optimism and mutual accommodation the problem of continuing high school work and of making that work measure up to point where returns can he be expected is one which requires the earnest consideration of those who know the value ot of education it is an easy matter when one scents danger to turn his face in the opposite direction and leave the difficulty to other hands to stand in fit achilles fashion and grapple with the situation requires energy and it is by that metho dalone is progress possible and our social institutions capable of surviving the recent sudden outbreak of influenza in which a number of high school students were forced to discontinue work is indeed to be regretted gret ted it brings home bome as no other means will bring the irrevocable necessity of individual care and personal realization of social responsibility it means that the me to you avenues of communication must be watched with the greatest care the question is asked as to whether it would not be the best thing to close down entirely and discontinue all school activities the question can be intelligently answered only by the results which such an action will bring about As conditions are at the present time will the closing of high school improve them this perhaps is a debatable question but with the segregation already made and those who contracted the disease being isolated it is hardly reasonable to suppose that any material change can be made would it not be better to adopt some plan whereby boys and girls can call finish their years work and at the same time eliminate the danger of exposure such a plan lias has been adopted in many schools of the state slate until 11 normal conditions are again restored the school work will be handled under the following plan the students will vill ba divided into three divisions on wednesdays and saturdays during the week therefore each student appears twice and recites each day on all of his classes the length of the recitation period will be thirty minutes in each class there will be no more than three students in attendance during the time n students are in school each one must wear a mask rooms nill aill bo be well ventilated and students therefore will be expected to appear warmly dressed in tile matter of seating la in the classroom class room students will be arranged so that they will sit at reasonable distances from each other students who are unable to le be here because of their homes being at al t a distance will be handled by correspondence work regular out lines line I 1 of the work will be mailed out at regular intervals and the results of these thes courses closely checked up from this brief survey of the work to be followed it will la be seen that the danger ot of being exposed is greatly minimized it not eliminated to place the school building moreover in working order every roll room has been thoroughly fumigated the opportunity here offered tor for the tha boys and girls of the lie county of f rounding out their courses ot of tie the year comes but once in a lifetime a from the point of view of principle prinell e this grouping system approaches our 0 ir educational ideals it emphasizes t the is value of individual concentration of effort |