Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1895-11-07
EDUCATIONAL MATTERS.
Course Of Lectures to be In
stituted in the Near
Future.

0SSSNS0N III SdI0 lN0ot
Future.
New Books Ordered Pur-
chased-A Couple Of
Lawsuits.
At the meeting Of the board OF educs-
ton Tuesday the selection OF books
by Mr.. Camp and Mrs. Jones, Q special
committee appointed for that purpose.
was approved and the purchase Of the
same authorized. The list comprises
many valuable reference books, classics,
and general literature especially valu-
able in forming taste for good reading.
The books, numbering many volumes,
will be valuable and important addi-
ton to the public school library.
The teachers committee and the board
have been considering for some time th 70
advislblllty of securing q series Of leo
lures for the benefit Of the pupils of the
city schools. 1t was considered that it
would not be foreign to school manage
ment If they should endeavor to secure
from time to time, for the instruction of
the pupils, lectures by men Of ability, as
far as possible, on SUBJECTS desirable and
of educational value. The board, of
course, realizes that the time for public
lectures, to considerable extent, has
gone by and that the nodern Newspaper
and magaziae furnishes the same infor-
nation in better form and far better
than can be obtained through the
medium Of public lecture. But in
listening to q lecture an inspiration is
received which 10 not felt IN reading the
most carefully prepared magazine article.
Also, children are more impressionable
than elder people and it is relatively
more advantageous to them than possi.
oily to their elders. The school boaro
is expending annually certain amount
for supplementary reading and one of
the objects of that expenditure is to give
esster serstnss sk4RSS 4RSSss6e
otherwise be brought in contact. This
comes within the legitimate province of
school management. A course OF leo
lures would induce taste for the better
class Of public entertainments. To
many OF the ycath Of the CITY the pleas
ure Of listening to good lectures is un-
known.
With those iGeas in view the board
secured lectarer recently with the
favorable result of which the public 10
aware. The beard decided unanimously
upon the sdvlsability Of continuing the
lectures or entertainments. They are
now IN correspondence with lecturer
we'll known, and having state reputa-
ton for brillisncy and Intellectual at.
talnmeats, and will probably secure him
in the immediate future. A special
committee of two, Members Steel and
Ingalls,, will look up the matter, report,
and make the proper announcements.
Sufficient new slate black has
been purchased to complete the furnish
ing OF the high school room, which ,s
now excelleutly equipped.
The following bills we're audited and
allowed:
Wonnenberg & AVIS, supplies. : Il 80
Churchill & Webster, supplies on
CONTRACT. % OIL
u n uotohkia lahor On hui1H
inos. 1s9 IS
Kirk & Allen, hardware. 500
A. G. Tellner, repairing Clocks. 90
H. Avery, tuning piano .......:. OO
Slatineton-Baugor Slate Syndi-
cate, stating, .................\ ~ ~
The Alert, publishing charter
and rules, and printing, ...... 80 70
W. B. S. Trimble, insurance on
OullQlng6, W w
The report of Superintendent Schmidt
for the month ending October 25th,
shows that the attendance is much
larger than for the corresponding month
year ago. Then the total enrolment
was 40, now 454, an increase of nearly
II per cent. In the enrolment of boys
there is an increase of nearly l6 per cent
over the corresponding month in '94,
and among the girls an increase of SIX
per cent There were q pupils admit
ted Oh original entry IN October against
80 in October, '94; four were received by
transfer. The average daily attendance
is 372, On increase of seven per cent over
the same month last year. Some "a
nonresident pupils are now in atten-
dance.