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December 1, 1914
Batesville Daily Guard
Batesville, Independence County, Arkansas
What is this article about?
Batesville public schools award credit for pupils' home chores, promoting work ethic. First quarter stats show common tasks like sweeping, dishwashing, and caring for rooms. Honor certificates from home work aid promotion without exams.
Merged-components note: The table provides the statement of the first quarter's work referenced at the end of the article text.
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HOME WORK IN BATESVILLE SCHOOLS
The Batesville public schools are giving credit this year for work done by the pupils in the home. Practically all the pupils are doing some home work, while a great many are doing two or three kinds of work regularly through the quarter. Every child should be taught to work and to regard work as honorable. To be able to work with the hands is as important as to be able to think with the head. Parents are urged to encourage their children not only to do their school work well, but to do their home work well also.
Pupils who make eight honor certificates during the year will be promoted without final examination; or, they make six honor certificates and four home work certificates properly signed by parents, stating that they have done well during the quarter certain home work, they will be promoted without final examination.
The following is a statement of the first quarter's work:
The Batesville public schools are giving credit this year for work done by the pupils in the home. Practically all the pupils are doing some home work, while a great many are doing two or three kinds of work regularly through the quarter. Every child should be taught to work and to regard work as honorable. To be able to work with the hands is as important as to be able to think with the head. Parents are urged to encourage their children not only to do their school work well, but to do their home work well also.
Pupils who make eight honor certificates during the year will be promoted without final examination; or, they make six honor certificates and four home work certificates properly signed by parents, stating that they have done well during the quarter certain home work, they will be promoted without final examination.
The following is a statement of the first quarter's work:
| Sweeping, dusting, caring for room | 65 | 164 | 142 |
| Washing dishes | 43 | 113 | 75 |
| Bringing in fuel | 34 | 174 | 89 |
| Making beds | 37 | 58 | 38 |
| Caring for stock | 30 | 51 | 45 |
| Cooking | 22 | 37 | 25 |
| Laundry work | 22 | 17 | 20 |
| Building fires | 10 | 11 | 10 |
| Milking | 8 | 12 | 18 |
| Running errands | 9 | 79 | 28 |
| Feeding chickens | 7 | 37 | 1 |
| Hitching up and unhitching horse | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Carrying water | 8 | 66 | 55 |
| Work in store | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Caring for furnace | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Churning | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Office work | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Sewing | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Caring for baby | 0 | 24 | 23 |
| Miscellaneous | 13 | 27 | 13 |
What sub-type of article is it?
Educational Report
School Policy
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Home Work
Batesville Schools
Honor Certificates
Pupil Chores
Work Ethic
Where did it happen?
Batesville Public Schools
Story Details
Location
Batesville Public Schools
Event Date
First Quarter This Year
Story Details
Schools give credit for home chores; pupils earn certificates for tasks like sweeping and dishwashing; stats show participation by task; promotes work ethic and aids promotion.