Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-05-22
Educational Department

1QdC1uOlu GEOGRAPHICALLY
COnDucruDhY
FROT. ID. FINK,
Principal INK Point schools.
We hope 70 have the new flag by
Decoration Day.
The attendance in school 10 larger
now than 1t sny previous time dur.
ing the year.
Tho average salary Of teachers in
tho u. 8. il about seven dollars per
annum TO each child educated.
Schools, good homes and good So
ciety are mutually dependent, and
II Is very difficult to have any one
good when the others are bad.
We can find no evidence that the
total attendance has been ss great
in any previous year aud believe
that it never has been, about 325.
Filling the mind with facts should
b. made subsidiary TO development
Of the mental powers. Tho former
10 learning, and the latter 10 educa-
ton.
Il H -
After careful consideration and
thorough testing, We have come to
the conclusion that II 10 very sell
dom > good idea 10 stop . child in
tho midst Of I recitation 70 correct
errors in language.
The per cont Of attendance is bet
tsr thus far In the high school than
At any previous time during the
year, and the next monthly report
10 likely 70 show tho same to be true
Of the other rooms.
Language is the most important
Of oil studies, but while We are teach
ing history or arithmetic let US teach
that with . will, and when the time
comes for language study, consider
the errors in school talk.
There Is . physical education just
% important a. the mental, and a
moral, II possible, more important
than either, and even aesthetic cul-
ture claims our attention as teach
ems.
Aesthetics furnishes legitimate,
e~levating enjoyment, cheers and
broadens, and makes work pleasant,
and effectual. Cultivate . love Of
the beautiful in nature and art in
self and pupil.
It is quite as easy to theorize ir
matters educational as in otlel
things, and il is = very easy matter
to criticise our graded school sys
!, tenn, and courses Of instruction
But to remedy existing evils is quit
another task.
]. Much good may be accomplished
by encouraging pupils to use prope'
; ; language in reciting. The habits Q
speech formed in school are seldom
improved in after life, and nothing
can be Of more practical value t
one than the ability to use good Ian
! guage.
A knowledge Of historical fact
|. are useful for the most part in pro
portion 10 the insight they give a
. into the result Of certain lines Of az
ton, and the greatest value Of arith
metical principles is lost if the pu
pill does not learn how 10 appl.
. them in business transactions.
q We have bad considerable chang
il the time Of the lecture by Pro
Krats. He was asked TO change tn
date TO May 18th, on account Of er
tertainments in town the 22d. II
. consented, but afterward wrote thu
!, he can not come till June 18th. s
j. the lecture will be given Juno 12tl
: AZ compared with tho form,
|, times, the schools Of to-day, IN uti
ising inanimate helps, in adaptin
. means to ends, in employing speed.
d practical methods, and in SYSTEM
: tising study, are accomplishir
wonders. OF this, . study Of Il
II history Of education, American On
) foreign, will conYince the mo
Q, skeptical.
A knowledge Of the manner
preserving the bodily and ment
il powers uniinpaired, il gained ~
applied, will render the ACOUSTIC
2. Of worthy results IN easy tas
I Some knowledge Of the anaton
II and physiology Of the organs
% the body 10 necessary, but the II
ii portant and too much neglect,
part of the study ofthe human boz
:. 10 hygiene.
Il. In these days Of travel, books
y. travel, explorations, historical
=. e search, and development Of natur
i. science, geography, descriptive, b
70 torical, mathrimatical, and physics