Show OPENING OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS principal thompson offers somi some timely suggestions the following communication fron from principal earl thompson will be 0 interest to the tha school patrons patrona ot of richfield last monday the public schools 0 richfield opened and are now doin the tha regular work everything 1 running smoothly and from presen indications the first aper under con soli dation will prove a decided success for the Ri Rich clifield schools with will proper co operation between patrons patroni and teachers Flue ceia will be assur ed our school work will be more sue c eyeful if teachers and parents will b perfectly fraak and honest with east each other neither should offer before the school children or to others but go directly to the one con berned and offer suggestions or ariti cismas if this is followed there will be lut but very little trouble between tea teachers cheri and pupils over seven hundred pupils have enrolled for work this la is not quite up to the ex expectations of the faculty and la is due perhaps to the unpleasant weather more than to any other reason it is to be hoped that nil all the ret rest of the pupils will enroll soon so eo they will not get behind in their work the consolidation ot at the schools of this county into one school district makes it compulsory for all children between the ages of eight and sixteen beirs to attend school thirty weeke during the school year bear instead of twenty as aa was pre required we horo hope parents will govern the atten janie of their children accord so BO it will not be necessary to uc the law to enforce the attendance of any ally stud student agun gain ag un to avoil continued on page 5 OPINING mm OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS continued Contin uLd from 1 poal ble retention next att nuance is 13 the vay may in heirs past out our punctuality clity and atten linee i have heen been ark prk tt in 13 but vo hw hill haal a row itu denti wha oon n t 5 acm to caru u I 1 ga e raa honor certificate will be giver eiveri to td each child next net afaf who he has a decord in i 1 itten dince and and we lii e to be able to reward biarl with thern M all miny iny pire ants hie he expressed thern belvea yea I 1 ns a boing bo ing in favor of a regular uniform made of some gogoj ahelf mater sl at which raould well look well arid and not soil easily whit do iou think of the suggestion eugne stion ihn ire in farr of if doing tov ivy ty vi x ii the epen ep enil qi 0 c eighth grada gradual graduation lon arce cr ce what do jou ou think of thise faike it nour jut 6 u cehle to chool ind act et I 1 i qu ou d tad id ti achira of dour thanking you frit for dour kindly kinelly taj ul port in tile the pst past arid and askine for thu tho same aarne ional loal support from frim all in it the future I 1 lam am respectfully EARL |