The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-25
EDUCATIONAL COLUMN
Edited by +. +. SUTHERLAND,
superintendent Jasper Schools.


Literature is the Immortality Of
speech"
"There is no royal road to emf
nence.
Error is a scrubbed sheet from
which we must erase"
Reading without reflection is
like eating without digestion
"The line that divides the known
from the unknown is where the
child is struggling"
| We are pleased to announce, so
far as we have canvassed, that the
public schools of Dubois County
are doing excellent work this year.
The teachers, generally, seem to be
well pleased with their own efforts
and the efforts Of their pupils.
Our own Indiana University, so
they say, has chapel exercises only
once week, and then some noted
minister discourses before the stu
dents on some suitable subject.
The Southern | diana Teachers
Association will be held in Terre
Haute, March 24-26. An excel.
lent meeting is expected. Half fare
will be given on all railroads in this
section of the State, and cheap en-
tertainment provided FOR all guests
at TIRE Haute. The City Public
Schools will be open to visitors un-
til Thursday at o'clock, p. m,
and the Rose Polytechnic Institute
and shops in connection Herewith
throughout the session. Supt.
VIM. H. Wiley, of Terre Haute
Public Schools, is chairman Of the
financial committee. teachers
may become associate members of
the Association ~ paying a men,
bership fee OF 25 cents.
Persons who Anticipate attending
the State Normal School at Terre
Haute this Spring should bear well
in mind that no one can enter tn ere
who does not hold "a months
license or who is not a graduate of
commits stoned High School. To
all who are thus barred the place to
attend school is your commissioned
high school, and receive credits that
will count for you in the State Nor
NAL at a future time.
The subject OF school libraries
can not receive too great attention
in our public schools and especially
in our high schools. No factor will |
will broaden pupils so much as a
reference and general library Of the |
best and most carefully selected
books. Every home can not offer
to its children the advantages Of the
library, and many hungry mind
must 60 starved in consequence.
The school can offer such advan-
tages IF 1T WILL, and it should do
lit. II is a public duty to fit every
child for the broadest usefulness and
for the best citizenship.
JASPER SCHOOL MITES.
The new circular, announcing the
complete line of work for the Du-
bois County Normal, and the facul-
ty, will be out this week.
We have secured the services of
Prof. Thomas Jackson, one of the
finest penman in Indiana, a gradu-
ate Of Michael's Business College at
Lcgansport, and formerly a teacher
in that institution, to give SPECIAL
THREE WEEKS COURSE in penman-
ship and penwolk, beginning the
first day of the Dubois County Nor
NAL school. This course is free to
all students. Prof. Jackson will
teach shorthand and typewriting if
there is sufficient demand for these
branches.
Mrs. Yates will keep lady board.
ers during the Normal. Call on
her.
Supt. Geo. X. Wilson will give
some SPECIAL free work in Mensur-
alton in Arithmetic, and in Survey
ing during the Normal, all for the !
great benefit Of the students.
Miss Wilson is holding special ex-
this week.
Mrs. Gutgsell had some fine
drawings on her board for Wash 4
ington's birthday. The children; d
appreciated them very highly. a
Mrs. Eckert is cultivating taste
or drawing in her room, which is .
light. !,