Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1885-11-25


w. II. III. FATE.
Subjects for Discussion 1t School Officers
Convention.
l. The school house lot; its loca-
ton and size; essential points to be
considered in selecting it; how en-
closedS lack Of information on the
subject; how obtained?
2. The planting of shade and or
namental trees in school grounds;
Importance Of; absorbing impure
gases; sheltering from winds; excit-
ing an interest in the use and value
Of the several kinds of timber; infor-
nation may be obtained from
Bureau Of Education; how to cele-
brate Arbor Day?
3. School house architecture;
economy Of well constructed and
adequate school building; what are
the best plans? lack Of information
on the subject; how obtained? duties
and powers Of school boards in re-
lation to this subject.
4. School room hygiene; its vital
importance; best means of heating,
ventilating, lighting, shading and
cleaning school buildings, what will
all this cost? its influence upon the
public health; sacred duty of the
teachers and school officers to pro-
vide and care for the children COM
United to them? lack Of information
on the subject; how obtained?
5. School furniture; what is
needed? teachers desk and chair;
pupils desks and seats; cabinets for
specimens Of natural history; cases
for library and reference books;
what are the best kinds? informa-
ton IN the subject; how obtained?
s. School apparatus and appli-
ances; their necessity; what is need
ed? black boards; crayons; erasers
and pointers; reading charts and
writing charts; globes; outline maps;
including maps Of county and terri
tory; box Of forms, etc; the best
kind ? how obtained ? cost?
I. School library importance Of;
what is needed? Websters diction.
airy, and encyclopedias Of useful
knowledge; works IN biography Of
eminent Americans; juvenile histor-
les; supplementary readers; a week
ly educational Journal; a county
newspaper, etc; how information
may be obtained on the subject?
how books may be secured ? cost?
8. Course Of study should there
be o uniform course Of study and
provisions for graduation in the
public schools Of the country? if SO
how may the system be introduced
and fairly tested?
8. Cooperation Of parents; school
affairs; teachers and pupils necessary
to the success Of the schools and
insti' utes; how to secure it?
10 What are the relations of
parents; teachers and yupils in
school government? cooperation OF
teacher with the parents in regard
to the duties and responsibilities for
the morals Of the pupils.
II. The teacher.-position, So
cial civic and official; education,
general intelligence and culture;
habits, manners and morals.
IL. Number of terms Of school
per year; length Of each term; in
what months should the different
term commence? discussion.
IL. Irregularity Of attendance
and non-attendance; cause Of; what
remedies shall be applied cooper
alton of parents and teachers to eff
feet q reformation.
IA. Would not the schools and
teachers be largely benefited if all
school officers in the territory
would subscribe for and carefully
read some educational periodical?
Is. Docs the public receive an
adequate return for all the money
expended for the maintenance of
the public school system? il not
who is at fault !? and how can the
defect be remedied?
is. Industrial education; have
the pupils who leave the free
schools, after q fair training, false
ideas Of manual labor does? our
educational system tend to draw too