The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1901-09-13
AS SCHOOL OPENED
Superintendent guigley Had the Teach,
erS. Before Him Saturday for a
General Talk.
His Address Mapped Out Something Of
the Duties Of the Teachers Toward
the Scholars. =.
An Eastern Man Says South Dakota
People Have no Cause TO GPumble
Oyer the DrOuth.
NEE ETING OF TEACHERS.
MEETING OF TEACHERS.
The School Faculty Met With Sup
erintendent Saturday to Dis
cuss School Matters.

cNSS School Matters.
| An interesting meeting of the teach
ers OF the city schools was held at the
high school building Saturday afternoon
which aided the new and old teach
ers to meet and become acquainted with
each other. Superintendent Quigley
called the meeting to order and took
| occasion to deliver a short address to
the teachers with reference to the com:
! ing school work. The nature of the
superintendent's address was such as to
be applicable not only tc the teachers
| but to the patrons OF the schools as WE'LL
and that they may be- informed of some
OF the good things the superintendent
had 10 say to the teachers THE REPUB-
LIcAN publishes the larger part of the
address, which is as follows:
81 have never been more encouraged
in regard to our schools, large
amount OF money has been expended in
placing the buildings and grounds in
good condition. A fine bell has been
placed on The east side school house.
A steam heating plant has been placed
in the building, trees have been set out
and cared for and cement walks con-
structed.
"On the west side the third story of the
high school building has been finished
off, which gives the high school all the
room they will need Tor many years.
The old high school building has been
nicely painsed, new floors put in and a
we'll bored upon the premises. The
schools have been provided with SER
les of language charts and with relief
maps.
j SIN accordance with the recent law
substantial additions have been made to
our libraries.
| "An increase in salary has been al
lowed in some cases and believe that
soon all our teachers will receive as
high salaries as those doing similac
work in other cities of our class, in this
state.
"These provisions made for the well
fare Of the schools by the board OF edu-
cation show that there is prevailing
sentiment that our schools must keep
pace with the material advancement Of
ouc city. On every side we note evil
derces of thrift and prosperity. Our
city ranks among the best in the state
it is a reasonable demand that her
schools should be amoag the best. The
schools have been given into our hands
for the coming year.
| much is expected of US. If we meet
the demand it will be we'll with US. If,
for any reason, we should fail, we shall
be obliged to give place to others.
Mediocrity will not be accepted as salts
factory. Failure will not be tolerated.
| 10 do fairly we'll is not sufficient. All
of us must 90 excellent work. believe
that we can, each and all, fully meet
these requirements, but to do so we
must have true conception of the ma
ture and scope of our task and then con-
1 centrate our energies and abilities in its
mplishment.
between US and cur school work. No
interest, public or private, no amuse.
ment or labor, no practice or study not
pertaining to school work should be al
lowed to exhaust our vitality. The
idea that our obligations as teachers
are fully met by any certain number OF
hours during FIVE days of the week is
wholly erroneous
| 81 am aware that obstacles to oursuc
cess will present themselves. Many
| difficulties and -embarasSments will
come trooping down upon US from time
to time. Some parents will be unrea.
sonable and unwise. Many pupils will
be careless, indolent and mischievous.
Still, Notwithstanding all these unfavor.
able conditions which arise in all places
in the experience of every teacher, we
must remember that we have the right
OF way, that we are in command, that as
the teacher is SO is the school.
"The graded school has its peculiar
advantages over the ungraded but it is
equally true that it has some disad van
tages. The graded system has for its
unit OF advancement in most cities ol
our class year OF school work. One O.
the most difficult problems is what tc
do with those pupils who cannot be
classified because they are either alittle
in ad- Ance or little behind the regu
lar grades. In large cities where they
sometimes promote every term and ir
ungraded schools this difficulty is cas-
lily met. We cannot form separate
classes for these misfts SO we are
obliged to do as best we can for them il
other ways. Something may be done
by allowing pupils to recite in differen
grades. For example, if a pupil has
4 passed out of all the studies in one
grade excepting arithmetic and gram
mar he might be allowed to take these
branches in different room.
'sThis plan has recently been advo
Gated in many cities but it seems to mt
! that unless guarded with care it viii