Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-01-04
EDUCATIONAL.
g. D. BzLDEN, EDITOR.

G. D. BELDEN, EDITOR.
Prof. r. E. Crane opened ali evening
writing school Monday evening, in Dist.
10, Frankfort.
Miss Belle Elliott has completed her
school term in District 112, Grand
Meadow, and expects to spend the winter
in Alabama.
Miss Edith M. Short, of this city, who
has been teaching for several terms in
Kansas. will return this week to take the
school in District 90, Grand Meadow.
Her school will commence next Monday.
Miss Gertrude &. Ellis. who is one of
the teachers in the Omaha. Nebraska,
schools, spent the holidays at home.
The school house in District 81, Grand
Meadow, (Wm. Lewis. trustee) has re-
Gently been furnished with new Andrews
desks. Miss Anna w. Stout is the sue
cessful teacher for the winter term.
The school house IN District 81, Racine,
has been thoroughly repaired and is now
one of the pleasantest in the county.
New patent desks are soon to be supplied.
| We are glad to have in this county the
valued experience of Prof. E. s. Turner,
of High Forest, who is teaching in Dist.
81, Pleasant Valley. He IS good discip-
linarlan and has thorough knowledge
of grade work.
In answer to frequent inquiries we again
ON hot "nkckorso L,sl
Dictionary can be obtained by school
districts for seven dollars copy. This
is large reduction in price and every
school in the county should have one for
reference.
After the State Primary Arithmetic has
been completed the Elementary should
be introduced. The Mental arithmetic is
for advanced pupils and to be used IN
connection with the Practical. The
proper books to use are the Primary,
then the Elementary, then the new state
Practical.
Lvceums have been organized IN con-
nection with several of our schools and
much interest in them is reported. We
believe this to be very profitable way to
lspen6 an evening and would be glad to
see other schools undertaking work of
the same kind.
Mr.. j. E. Flood, teacher of the Enter
\ prise school at Varco, is holding a night
school once each week. He is giving
especial attention to practical arithmetic
business forms and general Information
, Mr.. Kirkland H. Brown, who is teach
ing at Cedar City, is one of the first grade
teachers who have come in to help in thi
county for the present term. He ha
5 partly completed University course ant
is scholarly and ambitious. His recor'
as a teacher is excellent.
Miss Betty NJ. Gimbert teacher Of til
second primary department. in the LIE Ro
Village schools. has resigned, and Mis-
,. Mabel Roy has been appointed to tn
q Vacancy. The appointment is goo
one.
" One of our successful teachers writes
II II am using Mrs. Knox's Parts of Speec
and how to use them, and am much plea!
r. ed with the book. feel that the days {
o the old lron-clads are gone by or 500
L will be, when such books as these are il
troduced in the schools.
nj We are pleased to publish so early
r the term. the complete list of teachers f
. the winter term which appeared in til
column last week. 1t is one of the beI
lists we have yet had. OF the 40 teacher
in the county, over 100 hold second (
. first grade certificates and less than 40 al
~ third grade. From all neighboring cou1
=, ties comes the complaint of CROWN
-. scarcity of good teachers. The SAN
y. thing is true IN this county. No whe1
" arc experience and wisdom more essenti
than in the proper adjustment of :hes
~ difficulties. We have grammar teache
y, for this term from other counties and il
-. deed from other states. Our list is goo
- one and we expect very successful tern
al Language and Grammar.
IS A very interesting paper on 'Languag
y and Gremmar" was read by Supt s.
|. Taylor, of St. Paul, at the recent Stat
e Teachers Association. It is worthy {
II careful thought. The following is S,
nopsls of the paper:
!, The ideas of what constitute an educ
IS ton are so different that similar answe
pertaining to the use of any branch (
2 study could hardly be expected. Perhal
the practical in our lives lc too much Owe
10 >ked in the hurry and rush in which "
move, and the artificial is allowed to pr
dominate over the real. There is to
u much surface work Instead of deem d.