Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-03-23
of checks, pass-books, drafts, notes,
bills and receipts; they should be
trained to know when such papers are

OIL checks, pass books, drafts, notes,
bills and receipts; they should be
trained to know when such papers are
correctly made.
Children deserve to learn better les
sons from now on than have ever been
taught before. Reading must be taught
not simply to enlghten the understands
ing, but TO create a love for good pure
literature. Writing must be drilled into
habit with legibility and speed. Arith-
rnetic must be accurate and quick il
these children are to be up with the
times as they have right to be. Spell
Ing must be correct, for these two
branches are found in every other. Ge-
ography and history combine in the!
study OF future civilization. Physiology
is the science of saving life and should;
be taught with more meaning every day
We live. Civics must be taught for the
future of America. In Snort, Educa-
ton is the chief defense Of nations,
now, and always will be.
Not one of these branches is a. fad
Tor can u fad be found in any of the
whole list that the Iowa legislature rec
cnlmends to be taught in the public
schools, high or low. rural or city, nor
nal school, university or agricultural
college. do not believe our private
schools deal in fads or wilims No one
Can rightly find fault with the list OF
studies laid down by law for the COM
mon schools.
Now for the point.-To teach all of
these necessary common branches to the
pupils of any group of small schools
requires. under the present system, one
teacher for each rural school and one or
more for a village school. Nobody
claims that the work is as we'll done as
ri, needs to be. Each teacher is over
W rked at disadvantage to herself or
Himself, to the pupils, and to the COM
munity. Everyone knows that when a
teacher is hired who is satisfied not to
try, it is II sorry bargain for the tax
payer. When one is found who will try,
and try wisely. ten chances to one there
are better places elsewhere for better
price than $27 or $50 or even $S2 per
month.
THE young lady teacher who gets UP
atS6 O'clock in the morning. prepares
herself for school, walks a mile. more or
Hess. to the school. builds her own fire,
sweeps and dusts the room, works
several hard examples for backward or
Islazy pupils, preserves domestic tran
l3quility on the school grounds, before
and after school and during the day,
teaches thirty-two children in twenty
aE.neg classes, and who does her work in
such way, and conducts herself in
issuch a way that she is above criticism
| of the usual country neighborfood-
lssuch teacher is a paragon, she is
worth her weight in. gold. = Litchfield
Review.
From a group Of five to nire small
schools (rural or village) employ any
live of the teachers together in one
| building. divide their work into five
EQUAL parts. two grades in each room,
end even without a principal and With
cut consultation, they can teach twice
| their combined number of pupils With
better Satisfaction to all concerned. Ac-
/ tually every citizen would be better
I pleased in one year and the pupils
4 would be farther advanced in every
| study Why do l say take any FIVE Of
these teachers? and why do claim they
/ Will do better work 2 Simply because
the work will be divided and they Will
then have opportunity for advice. plans
land mutual help that they can not have