The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-11-21

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school house, in Miller, Saturday,
Nov. %.
Opening exercises.
Mental Science, Prof. Snoddy.
Recitation, Clara Burke.
Botany, Prof. Davis.
Recess and enrolment.
Instrumental music, Eva Purkey.
Pedagogy, NJ. A. Shuster.
Current events, Society.
Recitation, Minnie Hurshman.
Roll call and response by IL quota
ton from "School interest and du-
ties" We desire to begin at n
o'clock SO that that those who are
at a distance may attend the entire
session and get home in good time.
Last Saturday would have been a
model day for a meeting. The
Sup't's. office ''swarMed' with teach
ers almost the entire afternoon.
James Clifford has returned and
will have charge of a schoolin Spring
Hills district. Ethel Cokayne taught
the past week in his stead.
John Shuster has relieved his Sis
ter, Carrie of the Moncur school in
Florence district. Carrie will proba-
bly, 90 to Iowa for n months visit
and then enter the school room
again.
Daisy Jones has begun a term at
the ROwen school in Hubert; Arthur
Woodruff, the Sayles school in Plato.
Mr.. Failing is well pleased with his
new work in Mo. Mrs. Failing is as
sisting him.
The following is a list OF the new
school officers that have been APP
pointed this fall: f. ID. Pringle, treas
nrer of Grand; r. A Hannum, chair
man Gilbert; L.. H. Primer, clerk,
Spring Lake; j. S. Smith, clerk. Pearl
l.. w. Chrisman, clerk, Ohio; H. Mat
ter, clerk, Spring; Ole Olson, chair
man, Como; Carrie Gloss, Clerk, Har-
rison.
The pupil that is first to arrive at
a correct conclusion, stands at the
head of his class. A zeal to occupy
this precedence, however, should not
lead pupils to Ego across lots" unless
they are perfectly familiar with the
paths around. Whatever is done at
the expense of thought, should be
discarded from the school room.
Eating may be pleasant work, but
what is the result if Indigestion
does not proceed properly? Health
IS that which We are after and it's
whole dependence is upon the latter.
1t is the object OF the educator to
train I'm intellectual energy by which
the most vivid impressions OF a sub
iect should be presented to the mind,
not merely by itself, bnt with all its
attendant relations, and this distinct
view, reached by the most rapid per-
ception. 1t is thus that this knowl-
edge is capable of being thought
over and over, and, thoroughly ''di-
gested," becomes a part of ones self.
There is q two-fold method OF re-
garding a subject, which greatly aids
the thinking power. The first is the
collection of details and throwing
them into generalizatiOn-the perpet-
uaIly looking at the parts in relation
to the whole. Thus the mind finds
its views enlarged. But ii the mind
is too much accustomed to looking
at things in their larger relations,
then let it be educated by rejecting.
on the minute parts which make up
the whole; instead OF tracing from
the inner to the outer, it becomes the
duty TO trace from the outer to the
inner.
Let it be well remembered that the
teacher should be a student OF his
own mind, and a close observer OF
method. Ii he is capable OF arrang-
ing his own ideas, he will be the bet
ter able to detect the DISCREPANCY of
those, the chambers OF whose intel
lects he is permitted to inspect.