Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1895-12-21
SATURDAY, DECEMBER II.
Report Of Cherokee County Teachers
Association.


president, c. ii. Brooks, took the
chair and called the house to order
after which we were led in prayer
by Rev. Young of Baxter.
The students of Baxter College
deserve special mention for their
kindness in furnishing music for
this occasion, which was very
much appreciated.
The first paper on the program,
"The Purpose or Aim of High
Schools" by Miss Ella Funk of
Galena, was ably handled. She
brought very fully it's functions as
a stepping stone from the common
schools to the university, and that
when possible should contain
three courses.
rhe discussion by Prof. Bowman
of the Baxter College. was hardly
in harmony with Miss Funk's
ideas. and he stated that the high
schools did not fit the pupils
sufficiently for the university, and
thai there was a missing link in
our system somewhere, which had
TO be supplemented either by
attending some college or
extending the high school course
to four years course. These
ideas were heartily supported by
Sup. John Curran, of Columbus,
who in addition stated that one of
the principal functions of the
high school is to give the pupils
higher, and nobler purpose in life.
He Impressed It's with the idea.
that until a pupil had tasted of the
higher knowledge which lies
before him, he cannot, and will
nv, grapple for the unfathomable
knowledge which is yet unknown.
Blu, lee him get fore taste of
th,'-,. in n high school and he will
be so inspired that he will continue
To i.cu .trate the darkness which
surrounds him.
The next to take the floor for
discussion was Prof. +. l.. EnlOe,
pr,ncipal of the high school of
Columbus. He maintained that a
three years. course is sufficient,
ana supported his position by
such arguments as these. Very
little science is necessary for
entering the university. also that
If tile missing link does exist as
the previous speakers stated,
then our university is above us
aud our state educational system
il entirely wrong. But is this
true! Would the leading
educators be guilty of asking the
high schools to do impossibilities!
Ii 80, let us maintain our position,
aud bring the university to the
required level, or so we can enter
il from three years high school
course. This is necessary, for how
few of the cities which can even
support high school course of
three years. say nothing of the
fourth. All of these ideas were
fully supported by Prof. c. +.
Cool, principal of the Scammon
schools.
he paper "When is the
Written Work of the Pupil Well
Prepared for the Teacher" read
by Prof. Elliott, principal of the
high school of Weir City, was
excellent. He emphasized fully
the necessity of being very careful
in the use of capital letters,
punctuation marks, and
observing different margins in
writing. He also presented for
inspection work which his pupils
had prepared, which shows us tina
he fully practices the ideas
expounded.
The discussion which followed
by Co. Supt Herod, was very
thoughtful, and in his remarks he
presented one of the best ideas /
have ever heard for improvement
in manuscripts. He said that
every school building should hav
a secure place for keeping all
examination papers on file. As
soon as this is done and fully
realized by the pupils, they will
take more pride in their work and
ever strive 10 make their work,
which is to be inspected in years I
come, a model of neatness.
The next on the program was
supt. Ayre, of Baxter. His paper
ON ethics in public schools was nc
out of the regular order in
excellence, and suppressed US with
this great truth. A time for every
thing, and everything in time, and
further stated that we should
teach poiiteness and prudence to
our pupils continually. This was
discussed by Prof s. L. Enioe,
who stated that one of the best
methods TO instill ethics into the
minds of the pupils lie to have
them study such works as
Shakespeare and Dickens.
This discussion was followed