Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1894-03-23
School Notes.

lDAY, MARCH 70, 1891
School Notes. ,.<4
Storm windows are being taken
of today at the Central. r.
Miss Cecil Finseth is still sick and
unable to attend to her duties.
Miss Nora Mansfield will teach
school at Swan River after the
spring holidays.
- Miss Manning visited the teachers
of the High school Thursday.
Several members OF the school
board visited our schools Thursday.
A meeting Of the legal voters OF the
Independent school district Of Little
F alls will be held at the Central On
March 81, 1894, at 1880 p. m. for the
purpose of voting on the issuing of
bonds to the amount of $4,000 for
school purposes.
The meeting of the Literarysociety
was very interesting. The debate
was "Resolved that capital punish
ment is. justi6able" Affirmative,
Ed. Della Hunt, Sadie Barton and
Flora Terry; the negative, Nora
Mansfield, Fred L. Hoffman and Eu-
gene Warren. The debate was, de-
cided in favor of the affirmative by
jury, consisting of Miss Ashley, Miss
Janson and Prot. Thatcher. After
the debate q defamation was given
by Miss Jans0n, beginning:
.What! would you hang your brothers form
Suspended high In air,
And place the image ofyour God
dying victim there?"
It was a beautiful recitation and
very we'll given and would have been
a good point in favor of the negative
if it hadn't come little too late.
AS it was, the decision of the jury
was already made.
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MISS AsHLEY's PAPER
Was given at the meeting of the
teachers last evening after school.
The subject was 1.-THE value of a
program and of systematic work in
the class room." She said, "Much
has been said and written concern
ing the need of program and no
true teacher could think of a school
where there was no order or system,
or in other words, no program. But
wish to consider today some of tile
reasons why we should so strictly
follow a regular program. There
are various minor ones which ap.
pear at a glance. such as impressing
upon our pupils the value Of system
and order without which no effort,
no matter how earnest, can accom-.
plish it's full measure, and by reliev.
ing the teacher from that constant
planning, which would of course be
necessary otherwise, it enables he,
to give more undivided attention to
her work.
But when we consider that &
child's work is study and not reci
tation and that we could dispense
with recitations altogether if we
could assure ourselves that the work
was being. performed in the right
way, we shall see the primary
reason for recitation PR,
gram. It is simply because with
out a recitation program, q study
program is impossible for the pupil
Our men tai actions are governed sc
largely by habit that a great amount
of energy is saved If a regular system
is followed in the preparation of les
sons.
In the German schools the reeita
tion period does not occupy nearly
so important q place as it does will
us, but is simply period ofexamina
ton to test the amount and char
acter of the work done by the pupils
at the seat.
In our schools we have too much
the idea that recitation is the chic
aim and in endeavoring to give al
much time as possible to each recita
ton we neglect u proper attention
to the seat-work.
If q recita tion is interesting it is {
temptation to run over a short TIM
into the next period and many teach
ers argue with PestalOzzi that thi
is right. But more is lost in violat
ing the course of study than is gaine'
in that one subject.
If mathematics seems to be tn
hardest subject and the second AM
third periods are taken by thos
classes, arrange to have the mex
two study periods occupied by sub
jects that bring a different set of fac
ult1es into play, at for instance, his
tory or language.
If we observe carefully the laws c
the mind, we shall then be able t.
make our program with view no
only to order but also the creates
economy of mental energy" A
though the greater part of Miss Ash
ley's paper is not given here, it will
be seen from the above what 1
thorough exposition it was of tn
different methods to be employed b
teachers and the value Of systemat
class work.
Hdvertioed Letters.
List of letters remaining unclaimed in Il
? postofice at Little Falls. Morrison county. Min
March::2o 1894, which II not called for in t,
weeks will be sent to the dead letter office:
Asp, Mrs. Alfred
! Bradt. Mrs, A. F,