Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-05-21

the right man in the right place
Ever since he qualified in his posi-
ton he has been untiring in efforts
for the benefit Of the educational
facilities OF the state. All during
the session Of the legislature he was
busy with the committee on educa.
] ton of either the house or senate, or
both drafting new laws, or amend
ing defective ones already upon on
the statute books to raise the stand
ard of education, and he secured the
passage of several new and practical
laws and amendments. Since the
close of the session he has been busy
Visiting the various schools of the
state getting more closely in touch
with science of teaching, of which
be is already past master. But of
iall the good things the superintend-
ent has done, in which he eclipsed
himself, was the calling of a meet
ing of the educators of state in the
City of Canton last week to adopt a
state course of study for the high
schools which should be uniform
throughout the state. and which was
attended by representative teachers
from every county in the state, who
after being dined not wined, for,
remember, the meeting was held in
Canton and treated the most hos
pital treatment the city affords -
which is as good as there is on earth
Transacted business that will be a
lasting monument TO their good
sense and sound judgment.
For years this state has gone along
with every high school having its
own course of study. While all were
good, there were probably no two of
them alike. A pupil attending the
school of one city removing to any
other would find no grade in which
he could indemnity himself. Nor
was this all. His parentsw COM
PEELED to go to the expense of pur-
chasing a complete new set of school
books.
These evils were completely
corrected by the Canton meeting by
the adoption of a uniform system
and il is for this action that we
highly commend the superintendent
and the state meeting. The follow
ing is the course adopted:
FIRST YEAR
Latin rse--Beginning Latin.
Required in each course Elementary
algebra, grammar and composition,
civics (half year,, PHYSICAL geography
(half Searl.
Engssssh course Any two of the fol-
lowing: Bookkeeping (haf year,,
geography (half year,. common law
(half yearl
SECOND YEAR.
Latin course Caesar or its equivalent
aud arose composition.
Hlniredin each COURSE Plane Geom-
etry, MMEican literature, botany (half
year, and geosegy thalf year, or zool-
ogy (half year,.
English course English history thalf
year.. American history (half yeari
THIRD YEAR.
Latin--Cicero with prose composition,
Required il each course Rhetoric,
physicsS Greek history (half year),
Roman history (half year, or general
history.
English course Any one of the fol-
lowing: German /, chemistry, reviews
FoUTRH YEAR.
Latin course Virgil and any two of
the following: Science. history, reviews
and higher mathematics algebra shalf
year,. solid geometry (half year,.
Requi red in each course English TT
eratnre.
English course-Any three of the fol-
lowing: German or /, science. his
tory, reviews, higher mathematics,
algebra (half year,, solid geometry (half
year,.
This is step in the right direc-
ton now it remains for the next SEES
sion of the legislature to adopt a
uniform system of instruction and
books for the preparatory depart
ments OF the schools of the state and
the educational institutions of the
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