Upper Columbia Academy - Echo Log Yearbook (Spangle, WA)

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THE PITCANOOK Home Regulations The following rules are a part of the regulations of this institution and all stu- dents in matriculating pledge themselves to strictly conform to them. Students must be familiar with and understand these regulations. 1. You will be held responsible for damage done to the furniture or walls of your room by marking, tacks, nails, pins, paste, or glue. 2. Always extinguish your light on leaving your room. 3 Room furnishings are not to be exchanged except by order of the preceptor or preceptress. 4. No loud, boisterous, or unbecoming language is to be used in the rooms and halls at any time. 5. No ukeleles, portable phonoghaphs, or radios are permitted in the dormitory. 6. Students who do not attend M. V. meeting on Sabbath afternoon must be in their own rooms. 7. When wishing to study together in other than your own room, obtain permission from the one charge. 8. Do not throw anything out of the windows. 9. If you accept work you are held responsible for it until you are excused. 10. All make up work must be done within six weeks after the incomplete was given. Incompletes of one year's standing automatically become failures 11. The use of master keys is prohibited. 12. Be regular and prompt in all your appointments. 13. Promptly report all breakages and needed repairs. 14. No candles or kerosene lamps will be allowed in the rooms. 15. Flesh meats of any kind are not served, and must not be brought into the school home. Parents are requested not to send food to their children, unless it be fresh fruit. Experience has demonstrated that food sent in by the parents produces irregularity on the part of the student, and often leads to infringement of the re- gulations of the school. 16. Students must obtain permission from the preceptor or preceptress when desiring to leavc the campus. 17. Students shall not leave the school for more than one day without written con- sent of parents, stating date of departure and return. 18. The management discourages week-end trips for students with grades below 90. 19. Participation in school activities will be curtailed for students whose grades fall below 85'k. What All Home Students Should Bring Each student in the home should bring the following: Scissors, thimble, three table napkins, needle and thread, six towels, one pillow, two pillow slips, two sheets, one bedspread, bedding for a double bed, bath robe, spread 32

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YAKIMA VALLEY ACADEMY Any member of the Academy family desiring to entertain in the home must make previous arrangements with the preceptor or preceptress, and if it is desired to take guests to the dining room, definite arrangements must be made beforehand with the matron. The lights will go out at 9:30 p. m., at which time all students are expectecl to have retired. DAILY PROGRAM FOR THE HOME Rising Bell .......,..,...........,...........,................, 6:00 a. m. Morning Worship ...... ,..........,.. 6 :30 a. m. Breakfast ................ ..,............. 6 :40 a. m. Recitations ..... ..,,, 7 :50-12:10 p. m. Dinner ......... .......,..i,,, 1 2:20 p. m. Recitations .........,. ..i... 1 :15--3:45 p. m, Supper ..,.,.,........,...... ..,.....i.,.... 5 :30 p. m. Evening Worship ..... ..........., 6 :00 p. m. Study Period .........,.........,.... .,,.. 6 :30-9:15 p. m. Lights Out ...............,.............. ..........,. 9 :30 p. m. Domestic work as assigned. Any regulation passed by the faculty, and announced to the school, will be con- sidered as effectual as those announced in the calendar. THE SCHOOL HOME The managers of the Academy are convinced that the plan of home life adopted is of great value as an aid in the proper development of Christian character and they earnestly recommend that parents living at a distance, who send their children to school, make provision for them to live at the academy home. Those who are sent here to work for board in private families are, by that arrangement largely deprived of special privileges and benefits which they might otherwise enjoy. However, an opportunity to work for expenses in school is an excellent thing for one who cannot otherwise obtain it. X Students are not allowed to board themselves, nor may they carry food from the dining room to the dormitories, except by special permission, with the exception of fresh fruits. Since the management of the school is held responsible for young people placed in its care, all unmarried young people are required to room in the dormitories except by special permission from the board. Young people under fourteen years of age will not be received as members of the school family except by special arrangement. Morning and Evening Worship The home is conducted on the same principles as are all well regulated Christian homes. Family worship is maintained regularly both morning and evening for all the young people of the home. These services are under the direction of the preceptor and preceptress and much care is taken to make them beneficial to all. Satisfactory excuses are required in all cases for absences. 3I

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YA KIMA VALLEY ACADEMY for study table 21,5 by 356 feet, toilet soap, strong laundry bag, and noiseless slippers. The student's name should be indelibly marked on every article of clothing and bedding before leaving home. The school will not be responsible for lost clothing. No rugs, carpets, or curtains are furnished with rooms: students desiring these things should bring them from home. Students should be provided with suitable work clothes. Special Instruction to Young Ladies We are judged by our dress. A frivolous dress marks a girl as shallow and un- dependable. An extravagant dress is evidence of poor taste and poor financial ability. An untidy dress curtails one's influence. A dress that is not appropriate makes one self conscious and ill at ease. On the other hand, a neat, clean, modest dress implies self-respect and is in keeping with our faith. We have observed here as elsewhere a growing tendency toward extravagance in dress. The dress question has presented to us many problms, and we appeal to par- ents and guardians to help secure for our girls a good influence, by giving them the benefits of simple, harmonious, and healthful dress. I We trust that the parents and guardians, also our girls, will appreciate the spirit in which these suggestions are made, and will faithfully endeavor to carry out the principles outlined in this calendar. They are given for the purpose of saving needless expense and of maintaining a high and noble standard in our school, thus fitting our young women to become noble, modest, Christian characters that God can use in the finishing of the work. A uniform dress has been adopted for school wear. Full plaited blue serge skirts and white regulation middies with detachable blue collars and black sailor ties are required. If middy sleeves are rolled they must not be rolled so high that they will not touch the inside bend of the elbow. With this uniform shoes with a broad or military heel must be worn. Oxfords are preferred. The neck of every dress when made round or square should come within an inch of the clavicle and when made V shape may be two inches below the clavicle. Uniform length of skirts is required. No dress should be shorter than four inches below the bend of the knee. Before matriculation every girl's wardrobe will be checked over, and all dresses which do not conform to the school dress regulation will be altered at the expense of the student. The student cannot matriculate until this is done. No student will be allowed to keep a dress in her possession which is not standard in every respect. Any special stature or form will be given consideration of the dress committee. For Domestic Work As all domestic work in the school is done by the students, an appropriate work dress is a necessity. For kitchen and laundry work a coverall apron is advisable. MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION Expense The school year is divided into nine months and all charges are made on that basis. No discount on tuition will be allowed for absences. All accounts are payable at the close of each month and no deviation from this rule will be permitted without previous arrangement with the management. 33