The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1889-01-26
HELENA NOTATIONS,
F." Occasional Dilates on Several Sub
jects That Will Interest Our
Many Readers.
A BUNGLED UP SCHOOL REPORT.
Delegate ToQle's Shot ut the Carpet.
Baggers Causes q Fluttor Among
Those Birds Of Flight.

book commtsston has made lengthy re-
port In which they suggest large num-
Dor of changes. A member of the legts-
lature who has given much attention to
education estimates that the cost Of these
changes to the people Of Montana will be
about $4,000. 1t is noticed that one
member Of commission, Mr.. Howey, is
the same porson who was connected with
the famous text book legislation of 4 few
years ago, whom it was asserted that
great deal Of wine, cigars, and other in
ducements wero given by the publishers
agents to the Legislators. This whole text
book business is swindle. The text
book law had better be repealed aud the
Territory placed In the condition it wxs
In ten years ago than to have these
changes made. Itcosts the people money
and no one receives any benefit but the
publishers. Our legislators will he SEN
sible II they set their feet down firmly
upon this text book commission.
sUPERINTENDENT's REPORT,
The report Of the superintendent of
public instruction has been given in. It
ts not very creditable piece of work.
Among some Of the noticeable errors In
this pamphlet (Which is full Of errors,)
are the following: The residence Of
Miss Mary E. Finnegan is put ut Cora.
Miss Flnnegan is superintendent of
Choteau county, and her residence is put
In Cascade county. Miss Louisa Cooley,
of Custer county, has her residence In IT.
Benton, some six or seven hundred miles
away. Miss Bessie Ford, your own
superintendent, has her residence In
Miles City, place in which she probably
never spent twentyfour hours. A new
county has been discovered by this re-
port, that of Curtis. The spelling in the
report in u great many places would
hardly do credit to q six-year-old school
boy. 1t is safe to say that our efficient
superintendent has never seen the proof
of his pamphlet. He recommends GER
tain Changes in school laws; that the
census basis be changed from four to
twenty-one to from five to twenty-one.
He asks for compulsory law Of educa-
hsa Il esss 81 shs A Rsb4AaX 81
teachers 1t institutes. We would suggest
that the Institutes for the same amount
Of work and cost might be made SO
interesting that teachers would want to
20. The institutes now, while of some
value, are not what they should be. A
teachers institute to be worth much should
be at least two weeks in length, and
should be conducted on the plan Of
Normal schools; instruction in the
teaching OF various branches should be
given BY experienced educators, and the
reading Of long-winded essays and the
discussion Of unimp0rtant topics should
be done away with.
On the whole, while the report shows
that there has been some advancement In
educational matters, 1t is apparent
that the school law 10 not up to the de-
mands. His recommendation that one
superintendent should be appointed with
sufficient salary to attend to the duties, or
that the Territory be divided into four
districts with district superintendents
who should give their whole time to the
work, aud the county superintendents
should be done away with, IL good one.
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