Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-02-12
Educational Department
CONDUCTED Rr
PROF, B. FINK,
Principal ELK Point Schools.

CONDUCTED 81
PROF. B. FINK,
Principal Elk Point Schools.
Supt. Sheehan is planning for the
next county institute.
When will the Worlds Fair open
and when will it close?
A tti.county teachers' meeting is
being planned for March ii Beres.
ford.
Eight pupils from our public
schools took tho teachers examina-
ton.
The good results Of less crowded
condition can he seen in all the
rooms.
Twenty-Five persons took the Co.
teachers examination,-twelye at
Elk Point.
The work in the new room il
prospecting remarkably we'll for a
beginning.
The Lake Madison Summer School
will be conducted by H. E. Kratz
again in June or July.
The beginning Latin class will read
Caesar during this spring. We be.
lieve this has not been accomplished
before.
Three. fuurths ofall demotinos &C.
cur among pupils who are on the
street from twilight till late bed
time.
The Educators suggestions con-
corning increasing the attendance
at the State Association meetings
are to the point.
Some kind OF a school entertain
ment will he planned in the near
future,-more later. Suffice it to say
now that it will he quite different
than the one Of last year.
The Educator will hereafter con-
tain outlines to be used in connec-
| ton with the state course Of study.
This feature alone will make il n
necessity to- the teacher in the conn
try.
The American School Board Jour-
nal should he in the haEds 81 every
school board member, every school
principal or superintendent, and
many Of the department. teachers
would find it interesting and profit
able.
A large number Of teachers failed
OH the seventh grammar question.
III he is elected" assumes the con-
dilioa while IF he lie elected" ex-
presses doabt. If he is elected, (and
he isy T viii resign. If he be elect
ed, Che may beg l will resign. The
distinction is not made Ivy all ofour
English grammarians.
Prof. l.. Il. Follansbee is surely a
visitor worth hearing. He is deep
" interested in school work Of all
kinds, snd the fact that he has spent
the last five months in visiting
schools Of all grades makes it a rare
treat for q teacher TO capture an hour
of his time TO gain information con-
corning educational work from d
who is brim full.
OF the lecture give by Prof. l.. Il.
Follansbee We wish to say that those
who heard him are unsparing in
their praise. We cann not thnuk him
enough for good words Of advice to
parents, pupils, and teachers. Doubt
less, a full house will great him TO-
morrow p. IN. at the opera house.
Teachers of the county, school d.
rectors, parents and young people,
the lecture will be an educational
and intellectual feast seldom enjoy
ed in Union county. You can't af-
ford to miss it. See notice in an
! other column.
Literature 0utliDs&.
II. Religious and Social Reforms.
A. America, . new departure.
B. Socia; reform in general.
G. American experiments.
/ d. Some reformers. y
/. Ralph Waldo Emerson
early life, later history, disposition,
innocence. ratiocinative faculty, es-
timateofhis works, his main achieve.
ment. outline Of his philosophy, ~
. poet, ~ an essayist, technical de-
fects, place in literature.