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

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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

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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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THE PITCANOOK A slip of paper signed by the Business Manager will be required for admission into each class at the beginning of each school month. This slip will state that satisfactory financial arrangements have been made with the Business Manager for continuation in school. Entrance Deposit A deposit of 530.00 is required of dormitory students and a deposit of 512.00 of village students upon entrance. Books are paid for when purchased or a special deposit may be left with the school for books and supplies. ' ' 'Z Tuition 'mc The tuition for four academic subjects and one drill is 57.003 for three subjects 56.004,-for,t,wo subjects, 55.00g and for one subject, 53.50 per month. Extra drills will be 50 centspper month. The customary entrance fee of 53.50 each semester is made to apply toward the maintenance of the library, medical attention for short duration, and breakage of undetermined origin. No student will be allowed to join the graduating class until satisfactory financial arrangements are made at the business office. Home Expense Each student is charged 55.00 for room, heat and light, and for laundry per month. On this basis it is understood that two students occupy one room and that each student is requiredyto work 7 hoursper week, performing such duties as may be assigned by those in charge. A charge is made for unperformed labor. Rooms with water will be 50 centsper month extra. i We have found by experience that students of all ages and ability are not of the same value in the labor scale. Therefore we feel that it is only fair to the institution that they be placed on a standard scale from ten to twenty cents per hour. Meals Meals are furnished on the American plan at a Hat rate of 513.00 per month. Estimated Expenses Month School year Home students tuition ..... .,..... 5 7.00 5 63.00 Room ...........,,................. ..... 5 .00 45.00 Board .................... ..... 1 3.00 117.00 'Miscellaneous .............. .. 2.00 18.00 Total .............,.................. ..... 2 7.00 243.00 Village students-Tuition ....... . 9.00 81.00 Books, Etc. Time of Reckoning Bill Reduction in charges is not made for less than two week's time. If a student enters within the first two weeks of a school period, or withdraws within the last two weeks of a school period, charges are made for the entire period. If a student makes up back work after entering school late, full tuition will be charged. l Z 4