Salt Lake Telegram | 1920-11-07 | Page 35 | High Schools to Cut out Dance

I. I I i HIGH I SCHOOLS TO 10 CUT OUT DANCE SARANAC LAKE N. N Y Nov 6 H. H V V. Littell superintendent t of or the Saranac Lake Lale High school has issued a decree prohibiting all students from attending dances and parties and nd l keeping late hours during the school week He believes believes believes' that 90 per cent of I the failures in high schools are due largely to the fact that pupils come cometo to o school physically tired When asked how he was going to enforce his order Professor Littell said said- The penalties are the most serious serious serious seri seri- ous of any inflicted for violations of school laws Any pupil who consistently consistently consistently consist consist- disobeys this order is liable to failure In his school work and to so weaken himself bodily and physically that a failure in life will be an almost inevitable result Not only will the penalties fall upon the parents for they will see their children become men and women unfIt mentally and physically to meet the demands of modern life It is said that many parents had urged him to forbid their children from attending dances and parties during the week He has been promised promised promised prom prom- the full fun cooper cooperation tion of the parents parents parents par par- In enforcing the rule