School Credit for Home Work

by L. R. Alderman

In case deportment is below 90 per cent, the holiday will be refused.

12. Forfeitures—

(a) Dropping out of contest without cause forfeits all credits due.

(b) Unexcused absence forfeits all credits due.

(c) Tardiness forfeits 25 per cent of all credits due.

(d) Less than 90 per cent in deportment in one month forfeits 10 per cent of all credits due.

(e) Loss of temper forfeits 5 credits.

(f) Bad table manners forfeit 5 credits.

(g) Impoliteness to elders forfeits 5 credits.

(h) Bad language at home forfeits 5 credits.

(i) Discourtesy to parents forfeits 10 credits.

(j) Unnecessarily soiling clothes forfeits 5 credits.

(k) Unnecessarily tearing clothes forfeits 5 credits.

(l) Report cards kept home 3 days forfeits 5 per cent credits and an additional 5 credits for each succeeding day.

(m) Forgetting books forfeits 5 credits per book.

13. Once each month the names of the six pupils who are in the lead will be published in the Holton papers.

14. A pupil who receives compensation for work done, whether he is paid in money or in any other way, shall receive no school credit for such work.

Credit Slip for Primary to Third Grades, inclusive

		Credits.
1.	Carrying in cobs or kindling	5
2.	Carrying in night wood for kitchen stove	10
3.	Feeding and watering chickens	5
4.	Dusting one room	5
5.	Making one bed	5
6.	Wiping dishes	5
7.	Washing dishes	10
8.	Setting table	5
9.	Cleaning teeth	5
10.	Combing hair	5
11.	Properly preparing for school (washing face, ears, neck, hands; cleaning teeth and finger nails)	20
12.	Dressing without help, buttoning shoes, etc	5
13.	Going to bed at or before 9 P.M.	5
14.	Sleeping with window open each night	5
15.	Dressing younger child and washing its face	5
16.	Caring for younger children half-hour	15
17.	Proper use of handkerchief one day	5
18.	Cleaning mud or snow from feet	5
19.	Practicing music lesson 30 minutes	15
20.	Cleaning snow from porch	5
21.	Cleaning snow from walks inside yard, each walk	5
22.	Scrubbing porch	5
23.	Mending stockings, per pair	5
24.	Filling the water bucket	5
25.	Returning report card on first day	10
26.	Returning report card on second day	5
27.	Polishing the shoes	10
28.	Getting home before 4.30 and remaining home 30 minutes	15
	Other work not listed, reasonable credit.

Credit Slip for Fourth to Eighth Grades, inclusive

		Credits.
1.	Building a fire in morning	5
2.	Milking a cow	5
3.	Cleaning out a barn	10
4.	Splitting and carrying in wood, 12 hours' supply	15
5.	Bringing in kindling	5
6.	Bringing in coal, per bucket	5
7.	Filling water bucket	5
8.	Cleaning a horse	10
9.	Feeding and watering chickens	5
10.	Feeding pigs	5
11.	Feeding horse	5
12.	Feeding cow	5
13.	Blacking stove	5
14.	Making and baking bread	60
15.	Making biscuits	10
16.	Preparing breakfast for family	30
17.	Preparing supper for family	30
18.	Washing and wiping dishes, one meal	15
19.	Sweeping one room	5
20.	Dusting one room	5
21.	Making one bed	5
22.	Scrubbing one floor	20
23.	Making a cake	20
24.	Practicing music lesson half-hour	15
25.	Tending flowers in window	10
26.	Working in garden half-hour	15
27.	Cleaning snow from sidewalk	25
28.	Mending stockings, per pair	5
29.	Washing, starching and ironing own school clothes each week	60
30.	Bathing (each bath)	30
31.	Cleaning teeth	5
32.	Combing hair	5
33.	Properly preparing for school (washing face, ears, neck, hands; cleaning teeth and finger nails)	20
34.	Retiring at or before 9 P.M	5
35.	Getting up at or before 7 A.M	5
36.	Bathing and dressing baby	10
37.	Sleeping with window open each night	5
38.	Dressing younger child, washing its face, etc.	5
39.	Caring for younger child, each half-hour	15
40.	Home study, each half-hour	10
41.	Making pies, 10 credits for the first and 5 credits for each additional pie.
42.	Ironing one hour	30
43.	Running washing machine one hour	30
44.	Bringing cow from pasture, 2 or 3 blocks	5
45.	Bringing cow from pasture, 8 or 9 blocks	15
46.	Errands down town	10
47.	Carrying clothes	10
48.	Helping prepare the meal	10
49.	Pumping a tank of water	60
50.	Harrowing 2 hours	60
51.	Carrying dinner	10
52.	Churning	20
53.	Dressing a chicken	25
54.	Returning report cards on first day	10
55.	Returning report cards on second day	5
56.	Polishing the shoes	10
57.	Getting home before 4.30 and remaining home 30 minutes	15
	Other work not listed, reasonable credit.

General Rule