Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-05-23
EDUCATIONAL.


The Adams village school was officially
visited last week In discipline ana
grade work there is great improvement.
There are "a scholars enrolled. Miss
Sarah Carr is teacher. ...
The graduating exercises of the Man
kato Normal School occur to. day. Miss
Jennie s. Short, of this city, and Miss
Petra Gjems, who taught in Lyle last
year. will graduate.
The LIE Roy village schools close on
Friday, June s. The graduating exer.
cises viii take place IN the evening" A
class of five will graduate, viz. Willie
Allen, Henry L. Bishop, May Avery, An
ma Kasson and Maude Mcknight.
Miss Louise Robinson. teaching in
District los, Dexter, finds her terms
work very interesting. Glasses in Ian
guage and in temperance physiology are
we'll organized and the pupils aro max
ing satisfactory progress. The Pathfind-
er No. 2 is used in addition to the State
books.
One OF our teachers writes of her plan
stand English: II was puzzled at first
how to teach them, but have succeeded
quite we'll by pointing out objects to
them and telling them the names of these
objects, repeating and reviewing until
they know them thoroughly. Then l
teach the same words from books, teach
ing the letters IN the words, and also the
words as units. I drill in this way un-
til the pupil can recognize these words
anywhere.
A ACQUISITION Box.
A most excellent plan for stimulating
in scholars an interest in acquiring gen
eral information, is to devote a half-hour
on Friday afternoons to the contents of a
| question box. Haye neat little box
provided and placed ON the teachers
desk, into which the pupils are to drop
their questions during the week. Paper
| file may be used instead of box.
On Fridays the questions are asked one
| by one, pupils giving what answers they
| can. If an answer is incorrect, or in
complete, other pupils are called upon,
and the teacher adds whatever explana.
| ton is Necessary to make the matter clear.
| IT no one can answer it. it should be left
until the next week that all may have q
chance to hunt it up.
The questions thus left can be posted
up in the schoolroom where all can see
them. As a guard against frivolous ques.
tiens each pupil should be required to
sign his name to the question asked by
him. The questions should all be kept
by the teacher. and at the close of the
term or at certain times, the number ask
ed by each pupil should be announced.
| The exercise like all similar diversions
will be profitable or worthless according
to the tact or carelessness of the teacher
A thoughtful teacher will find many
ways of directing the exercise into certain
lines of Investigation that will necessitate
reading or observation outside of school
hours, and on subjects not taken up in
the regular work. &c.:
| Below are given a'few questions select
ed from q large number handed in, which
| give some idea of their variety and value.
(Which is the heavier, salt or fresh wa
ter?' "Wby do different kinds of corr
mix when planted in the same field"
"Why does water put out tire?"
| Can the citizens of the District of Co
! lumbia vote?"
(Which travels faster, light or electric.
ity?'
| "Do stones grow?"-School Journal.