The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-02-26
THINGS EDUCATIONAL, ,
BY U. w. COURSEY. 4
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT

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ty. at the court house in the city of
Mitchell, Saturday, March u, 1904.
beginning at | 600 a. IN. sharp, and
closing at 300 p. III. Each teacher
must attend unless excused by ire.
1t is the week preceding teachers
examination. BE thoroughly pre-
pared on the entire lesson.
a. Reading circle work: Chaps.
ll-l6 Janet's Morals. The following
questions will be used as a guide.
They are not all based on subject
matter found in the book. Some are
inserted to develop subordinate
ideas. Chapter nj. Define life;
death; the body; tie soul suicide.
Explain difference between suicide
and s~elf-sacritice. Give a few of
Rousseau's points in favor Of and
against suicide. Collect statistics of
suicide in the q. S Discuss the
mutilations of the body; are of the
health, such as cleanliness, temper
ance, use of tobacco, and regular
habits.
Chapter NII. Explain the process
OF maintaining life. Distinguish
between cupidity and avarice. What
is poverty? Explain some of its
common causes; remedies. Explain
prodigality: economy. What is meant
by work? Give cause. DO all ami
mails work? Give essence Of dialogue
between Socrates and Aristarchus.
Chapter NH. Distinguish be-
tween intellectual and moral virtues:
between knowledge and wisdom.
What is common sense? Discuss the
habit Of telling the truth; of lying.
two kinds, little %falsehoods and
malicious lying. Distinguish be-
tween lying and perjury.
Chapter NV. Define a citizen; a
good citizen, (see Roosevelt's ad.
dress. Mitchell. 1909. Define cour-
age. Discuss military and civic
courage, with historic examples of
each, of both. Discuss patience as a
virtue; anger unrlghteous and
righteous; pride false and true:
modesty.
CHAPTER Nv. Define Cod; man.
Why is the latter inclined toward
the former? What is religion? Dis
cuss religious rights; the influence
of environment and the formation
of religious Organizations. When
did the separation Of church and
state take place in U. s.?
Chapter XVI. Teachers, read this
chapter slowly and thoughtfully,
with a profound ~earnestness, and a
deep sense of your responsibility to
those whose early lives you are now
training. Specialize on paragraphs
1916, and you will have gotten the
value, %thrice-fold, OF your book.
Please commit and appropriate to
you own use the following eloquent
words uttered recently by DR.. Thorn
as Nicholson, President of Dakota
University: Couture divorced from
piety and character, is a delusion and
a snare"
~ Current events. Feb. j to
March IL.
(3) General information class.
This class has covered such a vide
scope Of information during the year
that | deem it best to center the
work for this, our last meeting. on
arithmetic. The following prob-
lens, taken perhaps from a variety
of arithemtics. have been sent to
me, during the past three years for
solution.
In solving them, | fuond that each
one contained some good m1themati-
cal principles worthy of ampliica-
tion in II meetings. Algel1a So
buttons will not be accepted. Solve
each one by arithmetic and be pre-
pared to give its analysis.
L. a farmer exchanged his butter
for coffee, q living n pound Of butter
for AS of a pound of coffee. He then
exchanged his coffee for tea. giving
As of a pound CT coffee for l-5 of a
pound Of tea. If he got 81 pounds
Of tea. how much butter had he?
2. A boy having lost = of bis kite
string, added 454 feet. The string
was then AS of its original length.
Find the original length.
J 3. A boat whose rate CT sailing in
still water is IA miles an hour. was
accelerated 315 miles per hour in 60
ing down stream, and retarded the
same distance per hour in coming
up. 1t was 5 hours longer liz coming
up a certain distance than in going
down. Find the distance.
4. A ciStern which holds $50 gall
Ions is empty. 1t las a supply pipe
which will fill it in 10 hours. and d
discharge pipe that will empty it in
I hours. If the supply pipe has been
running into it for four hours. and
then 10th pipes are opeued. in what
time will it be emptied.
5. Whites arithmetic. problem "a,