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independence was fostered by many scholars taking up various projects such as sweing, poultry and gardening by which the scholars received one Regents point upon its successful completion. Several scholars also won Regents credits in the course of applied music which has been very capably carried on by Mrs. Nellie B. Kniskern. The course has been approved at Albany. Three credits are earned by the completion of this course. Several also earned Regents credits by orchestra practice.
Through the courtesy of the business men in the village nerly one hundred dollars in prizes are given to the scholars in the grads and High School for excellence along various lines. We are deeply grateful to them for their interest in the welfare of the school. By this means the scholars are spurred on to greater efforts, which helps wonderfully to maintain the high standards which the school now possesses.
It is the belief of the Board of Education, parents and teachers that there should be a proper correlation between studies, athletics and social activities. Although we are heartily in favor of these outside activities, yet we do not intend that they be carried to excess to interfere with their studies. We feel that the school spirit has been very much enlivened by base ball, basket ball, tennis, and the use of the giant stride, see-saw, trapeze arrangements, vaulting apparatus and swings which have been so generously privded by the patrons of the school. That the scholars appreciate these is evidenced by the fact that they are in almost constant use when the school is not in session. High scholarship is required of all who wish to be members of an athletic team. Few schools attain as high an average in their lessons as ours.
Last fall a tennis tournament was participated in by fifteen boys and successful contests were held with Stamford and Roxbury.
In the fall and winter the High School basket ball
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The 1924 Almedian - South Kortright Central School Yearbooks - SKCS 1924 Almedian
