The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1894-11-22
EDUCATIONAL DEMARTMENT

CONDUCTED BY o. O. OTIS. NEW CHICAGO.
| application is the price to be paid
for mental acquisition. 70 have the
harvest we must SOW the seed"
School opened on the 18th with an
enrolment of twenty. four pupils.
Roll of Honor.
Roll of honor for the week ending
November 18th:
Stella Engle. Edith Carnegie.
| Ona Dingwall. Nettie McPhail
James Dingwa]l
| Our roll of honor is made up Of those
pupils who do not whisper during the
week. This has never been tried in this
school BEFORE that we know; but we ex-
pect to make it success Shall try to
make the list longer next time.
The storm Of Thursday and Friday
kept some from school, but our pupils
are known to have a good record for at
tendance and we anticipate but little
absence except on account Of badweather.
Although school has been IN progress
but one week, we have our classes as
well organized and settled in their work
as though a term were nearly finished.
We do not think it should take month
to find where one sis at"
Have all necessary objects for illustra-
tion at hand. Nothing is more de,
moralizing than for class to have to sit
and wait while the teacher hunts some
thing which is needed in the lesson.
Make but few rules, but live up to
those you make. See that every pupil
follows your direction exactly and un-
hesitat1ngly. If you have an order for
opening or closing the desks, have the
order followed by all at the same time.
We believe that ventilation is thing
that cannot have too careful attention;
this is often sadly neglected in many of
our schools The best plan is to have
the upper sash arranged to lower, and in
this way no cold draughts of air will
strike the pupils. If the wind be blow
ing it is we'll to open those on the
opposite side uf the room from which the
wind comes.
The teacher and pupils of this school
are making an effort 70 make this the
best school in Granite county if there
is one who can pass under the wire ahead |
of us at the end of the term we shall be |
pleased to note the fact.
Arrangements are already completed |
for Thanksgiving entertainment we
hope to make it a very bright and at
tractive one.
The best way for parents to know how
thsir children are succeeding in school
is to make an occasional visit too many
rely upon hearsay. We invite all parents
to call and become acquainted with our
methods. Others as WE'LL
Soon another of those quarterly meet
lngs will convene and the pedagogue who
finds that his certificate has expired will
betake himself to the hub and arm him
self with another. We believe that
examinations are not rigid enough why
can they not be more like those in the
eastern states There IS always sur
plus Of teachers, and in this way only the
best would enter the school-room.
Now that the winter terms are all in
session, we may soon look for visit
from the superintendent. AS far as we
are personally concerned it is immaterial
whether we know beforehand of the
coming or not; we know it is usually tho
custom to surprise the teacher. But it
does not always work: We heard of a
school where 1t was not known that the
superintendent was coming and when he
AJOSC up UAO 1aoJ UCdCuCl IdQ duu ulQ
the weeds; another, man, on seeing the
coming, jumped from the
window in order to put on pair of boots
and coat. We are always prepared for
calls.
Frank Durand will have his wood
packing outfit in full operation this
winter supplying wood for Bi-Metallic
mill. Seventy animals are employed,
and in the course of a few days that
number will be doubled. Mr.. Durand
has also got the contract for hauling the
ore from the Bi-Metallic mine to the
Granite tramway, from which point
it will be transported to the Rumsey
mill.