The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-04-11

Natural geography reviewed. Grammar re
/ viewed.
History reviewed and McCleary's Civics.
Overton's Physiology.
HIGH SCHOOL.
First Year or GRADE TX.
1. Webster's English Composition with I'D
vanced Grammar.
2. Latin-Collar & Daniels First Lessons.
3. Advanced Physiology and Burnette's FOOL
ogy.
4. Whites Algebra, half through.
s. Greek History, IL weeks; Roman history
IL weeks; English history IL weeks.
GRADE x.
s. Webster's English continued with Genung'e
Rhetoric.
7. Latin-Casar, 6 books.
&. Humans Physical Geography and Dana's
Geology.
9. Whites Algebra, finished,
10. Elocution, etc.
GRADE XII.
Il. Webster continued with Painters Ameri-
can Literature.
IL. Latin Cicero, 6 o~rations.
10. Cooley's Physics.
IA. Whites Geometery, plane.
Is. Myers General History.
GRADE XII.
Is. Webster continued with Painters English
Literature.
II. Latin-virgil. 6 books
IS. Cooley's Chemistry aud Bergen's Botany.
10. Whites Geometry, solid.
20. Normal Reviews.
Rhetoricals, throughout the course,
as often as once a month are required.
Constant care is to be taken in all
written work.
Minimum standing for passing q
study or exercise, IS. Pupils are ad-
mitted to the high school on diploma
of the county superintendent. All
branches marked below IS by him
shall be reviewed. Pupils from one
grade to another are permitted to
pass on q standing of not less than Is
in any branch. No pupil is allowed
to graduate without q common school
diploma. All seniors must review the
common branches. Normal reviews
is counted as a point only in the
senior year.
1t would be q great advantage to a
good many OF the young people of the
the town and vicinity if an ungraded
department could be established for
those who do not wish and are not
able, to take full work. AS we have
no oom for such a department in our
present building, it might be estab-
lished down town under q strong, we'll
equipped teacher. Such an out side
department would not only be very
useful to transient students, but it
would greatly relieve the congestion
of our intermediate grades. Studies
in this department should be elective
or largely SO. Practical business
studies such as bookkeeping, type
writing, shorthand, penmanship etc,
should be especially encouraged,
pupils being classified in any line OF
work according to their ability, re-
ceiving credit for what ever they do,
much or little. There is certainly
a demand for such a department.
1t would keep many of the boys
interested much of the year who
have not the ability to take a regular
course. AS matters now stand some
fail, become discouraged, fall out and
cultivate habits of dissipation. May
l he forgiven, If | say that it is next
to cruelty to compel boys, who have
all their lives been weakening their
nervous energy by self indulgence to
attend school. They cannot control
themselves and they refuse to be con-
trolled by others. They are to be
pitied not tortured. They better be
put at manual labor in the open air
where they can be of some use. The
public school ought not to be spoiled
by them. A very few boys of that
kind will spoil any department. 1t is
not strange, when uncontrolled at
home, they leave school to free them
selves from restraint. At the same
time, it will not do to loosen the reins
Of the public school to retain them.
That would be bad for all. No at
tention has been paid to the compul-
sorry attendance law because of our
want of room.
In our government I have tried to
apply the Golden Rule. I have tried
to treat the children as If they
were my own. Some have need.
ed very little pressure; they
have been ready to do as directed,
~cheerfully and pleasantly. Exception.
al ases have made us trouble, the
few in each department. Perhaps II
some departments, more than q few
In some departments there have beer
some who needed repression by the
teacher and sometimes with the aid Of