Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-31

iSN'- ''''i'e oA harmony Of books
he ''it' not forget that the business of
'ae foard Was to select books for the
COMMON SCHOOLS.
Regarding the superior excellence
OF our books he viii endeaYor to have
lhem adopted by the Seminary. and no
should feel for a moment that his in
'l"enco was adverse 10 the common
schools.
In some branches better books
might have been chosen had the
Beard not considered those now IN
use and adopted them as far as Il
seemed wise 10 DO 50.
That consideration governed the
cholce OF readers the beard balievins.
the supplementary readers Will supl,.y
any deficiency in the regular series
Feeiin@; the need of moro easy read
ins for the Younger pupils, the Board
! earnestly reccomended that the dis
trlct board in each township buy and
place n each schoo! u SCI OF these sur
pitmentacY readers.
This is INC most economical and
sure way Of getting them into the
aomes ol the pupils. They are of
course, TO be used at the discretion
OF the teacher.
1t viii he noticed that the two high
CT books il the series are olnittal. IT
being fi.e idea Of the Board thar the
History woaltI take Their place in tha
lslGh"l classes and thns save expense
dozen books o1 each number are
IS many rs are needed III the majority
| of schools hence yne cost. #:..A1. viii be
very little and they may very Well last
ten years.
Fluency and ease in reading come
only from much reading aud the
child's progress in his others tu0ics is
usually in proportion to his ability to
read.
Our reading books do not contain
enough reading matter They are
graded more than the ordinary chilt
advances II his years and understand
ing. He GerlS more reading in eali
grade to give him faculty and enable
him to advance only so fast as his
years or understanding, demands
The want OF such extra reading has
been universally icit in our school,
and is the reason pupils are often
found III .he higher books attempting
to read what is beyond their under
stand and account for much o.: EXPIRES
Sionless reading that we hear 1t is
a serious defect in chil>i education
and we urge School Boards to consider
the matter and purchase as many
supplementary readers us may be need
ed in school. viii 10 I'LL can tc
see that they are properly used and
cared for
iIarpers Geog. beng an excellent pooF
largely in use in the schools was adept
) e,i There are superior ones pubi:shet
but none of them are il nse among Us
1t will be noted that tne advance,
!, books contains Il double coU.se o
st;,,ly on each subject q feature no
) found i'll other books ana one o
: no a,ns.ll value The book IS che@pe
uhan any others in use.
, All children lack iangUas, POKE! 0
: ex preston. They need u iln0"2eIs
: Of more words. Learning laere1} Il
spell !. word without knowing 1t
e meaning is of lit.Ie y;,l;te. Sna!l
/ ing. nleaninsand use should go togeth
. ev Z. W orr. th'ls lns.Eol; is ut Use 4
the learnar The spelling at .ouc coun
:. ty contest was remarkably good bu
e iD,,,isy revealed the fao5 tha5 Id
spoilers knew the meaning of but
: sn,i,l share ol the words t}tey 50 iiNent
4 " spelled. This ought not 10 be.
. Had tte spe}l:ng book given mean
{ ING ant. use IN connection with tn
q soellinG OF the word then the purl
. would have learned something tina
d he could use
j. Nlcauney.s speller lacks this essen
e tjal feature OF a good spelling hool
.. and the Board was unanimous thaS
> change was needed
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