Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1891-02-05
Prof. L. {. Wolfe Outlines the
Educational Policy He viii
Urge.

Supported by the state, county ant
the teachers) in each of the IL.
counties of the state.
2. A number of district in nstitute
at leading educational ccnters t
teach the higher branches to th,
graduates of the county institutes.
B. A Missouri scht oil of method
(begInning at the close of the Stat,
Teachers association and lastin.
two weeks) for the purpose of train
ing institute conductors, principals
and superintendent of town school.
and county commissioners tt
be county superintendent, Thl.
school of methods will be in charge
of the best talent to be found in thi:
country.
4. A course of study (now il
preparatory for the district school:
aud the teachers Institutes OF the
state, thus articulatlng and organic
ing all our educational interests
This course of study cannot be com.
pleted IN time for use in the schools
this year.
B. A course of reading in peda.
gogy and general culture for all the
teachers of the state as part of the
course of study for teachers normal
institutes.
q. The building up of a small
library for each school of the state.
| have set Friday evening, October
16, 1891, as library night. on which
l earnestly recommend that an effort
be made In every school district OF
the state to raise at least a small
library fund (hy private subscrip.
ton and entertainment). In order
TO make library sentiment among the
patrons of all the school districts OF
the state, shall endeavor to make
arrangements for the publication OF
articles on this subject In all our 10.
cal papers. Keep sharp lookout
for them. a committee appointed
by the last State Teachers association
Is preparing list of choice books
which, we trust, will be completed
by next June. My reason for set.
ting the library night so far ahead is
that we may have time to create that
sentiment without which success 1:
impossible. No teacher who is reas
onably strong ought to entirely fail
z. A system of Representative,
associations County, district anG
state) /; also the state association t.
elect delegates to the national asso
citation.
s. The state association to dis
cuss questions of state educationa
policy, rather than questions O
methods and information.
8. A continuous term of at leas
six months school. beginning In Sep
tember.
10. A record of the attendance
work and standing of each pupil
filed with the clerk at the end of th,
year.
IL. A just and liberal policy to
ward the state normal schools ant
the state university.
IL. A due recognition of the i'm
portant work of the private institu
tions cherishing the most frlendI,
relations and the most helpful co
operation between them and the pub
lie schools.
13. An efficient system of count
supervision, as soon as the people ar,
tconyinced that We have ia traine,
and devoted superintendents wh
are willing, faithfully and courage
ously, to perform the onerous an
responsible duties Of county super
intendept. A willingness to work i
as necessary as scholarship.
IA. A determined effort to put
stop to this go-as you please in text
books and to secure and maintain q
least district uniformity. l wis
each teacher, who reads this to le
me know, at an early date, whethe
his district has uniform Textbooks
By uniform text hooks 1 mean bu
one author In each branch. In OF
der to facilitate the reading an
collating of those letters, pleas
write across the end of the envelop
"Text-Books."