The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-05-27
EDUCATIONAL
THINGS
BY o. W. cOURsEY.
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT


Prof. Geo. Fl. Smith, Of ..Vermil-
lion, will have charge of the delega-
tion from this state to the N. T.. A..
at ST. Louis. Write him for inform
alton.
The four schools in .Blendon town
ship will unite and hold a picnic in
Wilson'S grove, Friday, June 3. The
public is invited.
Owing to the requests Of sixteen
teachers who have specihed a desire
to attend the N. E. A., at st. Louis.
June 27-July /, the date OF institute
has been changed to accommodate
them. The rates to the fair will be
cheaper at that time than any other
during the summer. All but one
member Of the institute faculty,
Professor F. H.. Hof, were able, by
altering somewhat their own indi-
vidual plans, to accommodate them
selves to the change. The perman-
emit dates that have been decided up
on are June 20-25. The picnic has
also been changed to June Is. Com
pany "Dn of Mitchell. has has been
ordered into camp at Watertown,
June "a, and unless the change were
made in the date Of the picnic. we
could not have them with US.
"We, the students of the Victor
school, planted a plumb tree in hon.
or of the county superintendent of
Dawson county, as an Arbor Day
tree; The above communication
was signed by twenty-five scholars
and the teacher. Since receiving it
the superintendent has called to see
his little name sake. He found that
it had been planted very carefully,
and was being watered daily by the
school. The superintendent hereby
expresses his thanks, publicly, for
this expression of gratitude. His
name was neatly written on a piece
Of paper and the same folded care
fully, tucked into a bottle and i'm
bedded at the roots OF the tree.
This Office sincerely hopes that the
little tree may live and grow, even
il they ale "raising it on a bottle"
Miss Pearl Pratt. who taught in
Union No. 80. this year, has been
promoted to the head of the steno-
graphic department. of the Western
Business College in this city. She is
a good scholar, a thorough stenog.
rapher, and a splendid teacher. The
college will be greatly benefited by
her presence and influence.
There were upwards Of sixty eighth
grade pupils to take the final exam
ination last Friday and Saturday.
OF this number, Only % responded.
The questions were furnished by the
state. They were as hard and long
as they are for a teachers examina-
tion. The requirements were also
established by the state. They Fixed
a minimum limit of 70 In each
branch, with an average of 80. Only
g we're able to meet the conditions.
For the third grade teachers GER
titicates, the state:only requires that
they shall not fall below sixty go
with an average of Is. The peculi-
arity Of the situation is, that son e
Of the teachers whose pupils aook the
examination, only held third grade |
certificates, themselves; yet their
pupils were compelled to measure up
to a much higher standard than that
established for the source Of author
ity from which they received their
Instruction. You might as we'll try
to get water to rise above its source
Prosper township had the greatest
number of applicants; Blendon will
have the largest number Of gradu-
ates. The highest average was at
tanned by Miss Julia Nelson, of Blen-
don township, 50 As. The graduates
come from the following townships:
Blendon, Mt. Vernon, Prosper and
Baker. Their names are as follows:
Alice Bourret, Henry and George
Mcleod, Martha and Ingertha
Thormodsgard, Roscoe Sherman,
Julia Nelson and Regina Scheich.
The teachers of these young people
were: Grace Johnson. Matte Cor.
don, Blanche Orswell and S. G..
Oathout. The graduating exercises
will be held in the corn palace in
the city Of Mitchell, Friday evening.
June "a. On this occasion, DR..
Thomas Nicholson. President of Da-
kota University, will deli yer his
thrilling lecture on 1.-The Twentieth
Century Man."