The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-03-18

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BY SUPERINTENDENT MORTON.


ent at the meeting last SATURDAY :
Jennie White, b. a. Dunn, W. X. Da-
Wis. Media Sedan, Josie Wharton,
Harry Fross, Bert Hubbard, II. a.
Carl, +. II: Lauzon, j. II. Snoddy,
James Clifford, Carrie Taylor, {. II.
Williams, Orrin Adams, Grace An
drewS.
Also the following visitors: Rev.
Seyey OF Washington, Bessie Maxwell
Margie Davis, Charley Carroll, Frank
Kellogg, Hattie Pitcher, Nellie An
drews, Emma Woods, Lulu DoIen
and Fannie Sedan.
After the usual opening exercises q
general review OF the worlds doings
was had in which nearly all took
part. Mr.. Fross then proceeded to
bring out the main points in Eng
lish history relative to the self de-
struction of Feudalism. This was
done in a very comprehensive way,
the entire subject being discussed
which is an unusual thing.
Recess and enrolment next follow
ed during which time the executive
committee with Chas. Williams in
place of Miss Moncur prepared pro,
gram for our next meeting which Will
be held April 10-ramemberthe date.
BY request of several members the
program was preceded after recess
by the singing of Merry sings the
lark" etc, the object OF which was
a drill OF the imagination.
Mr.. Williams then proceeded toan.
alyze the problem which appeared in
the column some time ago. This he
did in a logical way. When l7-lOths
equal $40, how show that I-1Oth
equals 1T OF $40, produced a
great deal of profitable discussion.
All were agreed that this must be
made very concrete until the pupil
is able to grasp the thought clearly.
Prof. Davis continued the discus
sion OF school government, setting
forth in vivid language the greatend
OF all government to be the fitting
OF the individual for complete living
in this life and thus be ready for citi-
zenship in the higher life to come.
AS he proceeded, a number OF ques-
tions were asked him upon the vari-
Gus phases of his subject, theanswer-
ing of which added to the interest
already aroused. The following are
q few of the maXims which are well
worth remembering: "Have princi-
ples-be sure that they are right and
then adhere to them,' "Have digni-
ty and use it without appearing to
use it." ''If we overlook the small
things we fail in the larger things
Have system in everything" "lf an
apology is due from any one it
should be made" the teacher should
control himself" There should be
no lack OF confidence in self etc. etc"
We're the entire talk and discussions
reported verbatim they would prove
valuable reading.
Miss Dunn gave an oral analysis
of the test sentence which was profit
able. The necessity OF distinguish
ing the logical subject and the logic
al predicate from the grammatical
produced considerable discussion, as
did also the disposition OF a posses
sive pronoun as attribute compile
ment.
The next topic was the naming OF
the greatest event OF the 18th centu,
ry. This was a broad subject, talk
ing in nearly everything from the
winter OF '96-7 to the Emancipation
Proclamation, while it vas rumored
that one young lady was OF the Opin,
ion that the greatest event lin which
she vas Interested was yet to come,
After the reading OF the program
for u next, the meeting reluctantly
adjourned at $50 feeling that we
had, to some extent, compensated
for our inability to meet the past
{ two times.