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•''’OVEiiRKjj 2G, 1924 THE LEXHIPEP PAGE SEVEN ^EXIXgtox hi-y chub enter- TAIXS FACUIiTY^ thj’’® Lexington Hi-Y Club met in School building Thursday ® t. November 13 for a special pro- ^ honor of members of the y and of the Supervisory com- TVi ® meeting opened in the formal hy the repeating of the Lord’s reading from the Bible was and discussed by Fred The subject of his talk was yy. ^ ^’’odigal Son.” He compared it ^ the Hi-Y mottoes, giv ^ Musical program was then en hy Myers and Herbert 'Vaters c fp ' ■ Several selections were ef- \ely rendered by them. Follow- 4n§ tVi? h> *. several new members were into the club. f he for P^'esldent of the club called vie from members of the Super- Committee. told Mr. Gamewell the club how it should help peo- t- ' folic hie to b- a community clean. This -u ^®'ved by a talk from Rev. Leonard and Mr. Olive. Mr. '’-owlec ^ ^hout made a talk to the club the it could do to help raise fjip^^^Ptlard of morale in the school. Ptoeting was then adjourned. *'^f'*ASONS OF GrvADXIlSS Autumn, now is here, tvith it comes the time of year all the leaves will fall and die, the wind begins to moan and Sigh tb on the winter months draw near h with them come? the Christ- mas cheer, *^°iidays so bright and fair, at We feel we must cast awav all care. A h (1 ^ j. nn the spring when flowers bloom ^1 all the buds burst from their ^ tomb; ^ferything seems so bright and gay ^or ■tune is here with vacation day —3uring debate —"Which ^^jare you on’'” ba Paper—wearily—“I wish I On tu.. SCHOOL ATTEXDAXCE HVWS ''as "a the out side.” When Mississippi enacted its in itial law on the subject In 1918 it was the last of the forty-eight States to pass a law requiring the attendance of children at school. Some of these laws are not yet very stringent, but the tendancy is to make them stronger as time passes and experience points the way. According to the Depart ment of the Interior, a dozen years ago hardly a State required attendance above the age of 14. Now thirty-two States fix 16 as the age to which attendance must continue, unless certain prescrib ed conditions have been previous ly met; and seven other States fix ages higher than 16 as the up per limit. The prevailing lower age limit is 7; for twenty-seven States name this as the age for beginning re- quried attendance. In two States 6 is the lower limit. Clearly the present standard in America is that children between the ages of 7 and 16 must go to school. The attendance required each year is an important element in a compulsory education law. Ex actly three-fourth of the States re quire attendance for the full jiub- lic-school term. In only two case.s is the minimum requirement less than 100 days annually. Of the thirty-two States re quiring attendance to the age of 16 under cert.ain conditions a number make the requirement ab solute up to 14, but attendance between that age and 16 is con tingent upon educaV;ional attain ment. The standard which would seem to be taking definite form here is this: That the child must attend school until the age of 16 is reached, unless, being over 14, he h.as finished the elementary grades, has obtained an employ ment certificate, and has gone to work. Exemptions from the operation of attendance laws are very similar in the different States. The exemp tions of mo.st frequent occurance are: (1) A child attendin.g an ap proved private or itarochial school: (2) the physicially or men tally incapacitated, usually as shown by a i)h,v.siclan’s certificate; (3) a child residing more than a specified distance, as for ex ample, two and one-half miles from school, unless transporta tion is furnished; (4) one over 14 whose services are needed for the support of a dependent parent or parents. The tendency is toward reduc tion of the number of exempt classes. The provision of public conveyance for school children tends to take care of the child liv ing at a distance from school, and widow.s’ pensions are reducing de pendence upon child labor. Ex emption for the iiurpose of farm work is fast disappearing from at tendance laws. A brief tempor ary exemption for the purpose of religious instruction is found in the laws of a few States, as Illi nois, Iowa, Michigan, Minjiesota and South Dakota. On the whole, compulsory at tendance at school has gained much ground in recent years. Age limits have been extended, the re quired annual attendance has been raised, the number of classes of exempted children has been reduc ed, and the means and methods of enforcement have been appre ciably improved. —Selected. I Miller’s Studio i> ^ Portraits of All Kinds 1 School Pictures a (> Specialty ^ Over Young’s Theatre. le Hi Who Fills Your Prescriptions? Why Not Try ^ Peoples Drug | Company I Phone 225 ti> s 'll: \
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