Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-03-20


as to the province Of the proposed ooun-
ty high school. As the people may
some day be called upon to vote on this
question 2 few thoughts from this edu-
Gator may not be amiss,
The passage Of the county high
school Dill renders it EPprOpriate az last
e. speak Of our school systeEl- The
missing link in the cham has been
found, and the unity OF our educational
work is complete. Nor does 1t lose any
Of this unity BECAUSE of the three-fOld
character of its highest grade-Es
shOwa In the University, the Agricul-
turaI College and the State Normal. III
some Of the work now proposed in cOun-
ties has been done hitherto land viii be
done) by city high schools it was still
9 very complete completeness, because
of the fact that the great mass Of our
people we're practically barred out of
such schools. However this is neither
the time nor place, nor is It longer nee
essary, to discuss this phase Of tins
question.
JUST what, then, is the place and
function Of the proposed county SCHOOL,
To this question: propOunded very FREE
quently of late, i can give no better
answer at present than TO outline briefly
what appears to be a fair, working
schedule Of studies, from the lowest
grade to the close of high school life.
The course is presented here in q pure
aad suggestive way.
GENERAL COURSE.
MATHEMATICS. - Higher arithmetic
completed, including the metric sys-
tenn; algebra, through simple and quad
ratio equations proportion and the pro
gressiOnsi seven books Of geometry.
ENGLIsH.-Gramma analysis and
prOsOdy; elements of rhetoric; studies
in English and American literature; eX-
srcisRs in composition, in reading, and
in elocutiOn.
NATURAL SCIENCES. Elements of
botany, zoology, geology, physiology,
chemistry and physics.
HISTORY of general his
tory, with special American topics.
POLITICAL SCIEECE.-Studies IN GOV
eminent las in YOupg's Government
Glass Book elements OF political econ
Omy.
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
INCONSISTENCIES Single and double
entry in simple, practical forms.
DRAWING.-Outline; shading from
the flat sketching from simple models.
PENMANsHIP,-TO acquire a plalns
business hand.
Music eekly exercises in sight
singing and chorus work.
LATIN. - Reader, seven books of
Caesar, Cicero 3 OrahOns against Cata-
line and for ArchIas, six books Of Virgil,
NORMAL COURSE.
Same as General Course, - except
substitute theory and practice Of teach
ing Tor last year of Latin.
COLLEGIATE COURSE
Same as General Course, - except
substitute German or Greek Cat option
of the student) and Latin prose com
position and prOsOdy for natural sciences
(retaining physics) and political econ
Umy.
The county normal course is intend
ed for the many who cannot reach the
normal, or who must teach their way
to it.
The collegiate course will enable any
student to enter any Institution of high
/ er learning in the state; and righttul-
ly, without further examination.
The effect OF these county high-schOOls
will be to place at once, and as near
home as is possible, all the possibilities
/ for a sound academic education. It.
will give infinitely better training for
the teachers in each county Cor Tor q
/ large number OF them) than they either
/ can or do obtain at present. 1t viii en-
able those to whom the means Of pre-
/ parauOn are now almost denined TO
/ present themselves at either OF the three
/ great state Institutions, amply equipped
/ Tor thorough work, And it viii have a
/ salutary and elevating influence on
| those institutions themselves. There IS
/ no question but that any general estab-
/ lishment OF county schools Wil-pOssi-
/ bly, for several years-lessen the num-
/ bers at either Lawrence, Manhattan or
| EmpOria. Not only would many Of
/ those in the sub freshman classes at the
/ University and those in the lower classes
at the Normal and the Agricultural Col
| lege remain at home, but large num-
| beers Of irregular and partial-cOurse
| students in each of these institutions
would find elsewhere all they care for,
or all they have means to secure. But
/ the final result would be, unquestiOn-
/ ably, more special and far better work
| in the higher lines, and more com
plete fulillmen5 of the trusts accom-
/ panying the several endOWments by
which these are supported.
Finally, there is no reason why cOun-
/ ty high schools shOuid not spring up at
once, and in large numbers, if the peO-
]
NO CITY high school, there is, OF course,
no obstacle. There is probably no city
in Kansas having a high school which
would not find use-and good use-fOr
the rooms so occupied, gladly joining
in the taxation necessary to build and
equip the county school. If any city
has a special high school building which
could not be used as a ward school,
then such building could pe either sold
or rented to the county. The country
districts are certainly interested in the
establishment Of such schools. Cities
are 50 peculiarly interested as to have
the tLOlght already thrown out that
they may act selfshly in the matter.
There are bright, ambitious young men
in the state eager to do the work OF
organization. The tax necessary for
the highest success of the undertaking
would be very light when distributed
over the entire cOnntVs
By all means, therefore, let US enjoy
to the full this perfected school system.
Lawrence, March 1, 1856.
The business men of Waterville,
!Zan., at a mass meeting on the 10th,