The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1905-10-21
COURSE OF STUDY


various courses Of study from the
best schools Of the states, keeping
IN view the particular needs and
conditions Of our schools in their
present status, as well as what OBJ.
servation, study and experience in
the school room have suggested.
Though making no claim to per.
fiction, it is believed that this work
may be made the means of accom-.
plishing much toward the desired
end.
ut is impossible to prepare a
eOnrse Of study that is equally adj
apted to the country and town
schools, but we believe that teach
ers in the ungraded schools can
teach the course by alternating some
subjects and uniting several grades
for work mothers. An entire school
can take penmanship or drawing at
the same time, though the different
grades will be doing different work,
the teacher passing from one to an
other giving such suggestions as the
individuals need. All may take cal
isthenics together, etc.
I'm a school where there is only
one teacher, no attempt should be
made to teach the course higher
than the seventh grade and in many
cases not higher than the sixth.
We hope<that the first work Of the
teachers Of all such schools viii bs
to grade them as closely aspossibIe.
"Of course the work cannot be
made to conform at once to this
course Of study, but if the teachers
viii unite in a determined effort to
make it do so education will make
d long stride forwardin our county.
Introduction: THAT system is
economy" all know; and that there
is. IN oar present arrangement Of
school work, = visible lack of sys-
tenn, entaiIing an enormous waste
Of both time and energy upon teach
er and pupils no one, familiar with
the working Of our schools, will pre-
sumo to deny.
s'In school work, as in other vo.
cations Of life, success depends, not
so much upon the amount Of time
and energy spent as upon the skill
ful and effective application Of that
energy to the work to be done OF
the object to Be accomplished.
The maximum amount Of work
with the minimum waste in our
public schools can Be accomplished
only through and BY . thorough or
ganizaticn and a complete psychoI-
ogical arrangement Of the work to
be done BY teacher and pupil.
''This course Of study is designed
to meet that end. It is to be used
BY teacher, pupil and parent, giving
them . definite idea Of the work re
quired in each branch and grade.
1T aims
.First, TO advance the pupils
step b. step, to give them credit for
work done, and to lessen the dam
aging results Of a too frequent
change Of teachers.
Second ITO unity the work in
the separate schools from year to
year BY forming q basis for grading
and promoting and for closer and
more effective supervision.
'Third, TO enable the pupil, II
amy time. to know just where be
stands. how he i progressing and
how much he has to do to b pro.
noted or to finish the course.
''FOurth To enable trustees and
parents to know better what the
public school Is accomplishing for
their chiIdren, and u this way.
gain their sympathy and co-operal
tion in the work. z
Regulations: sThe general ur;n.
ciple "DO RIGHT should b tI,e
guide u all cases 0f discipline. aud
children should Be taught 70 ~
right for rights sake and not from
the fear Of punishment. =
The ''Course of Stndy'' outline.
the duty Cf teachers, e wen a. prirl.
eipals. and Z complete system 81
SCHOOL work through the seventh
grade. There are No kne-hairet
jaw-breakiAg terms, nor higher
school room technicaIities about tIss
"course o( skudv. Z but. Tie 4.
authcf, plain, practical and devoid
q theory only where theory asia
s.rnes;es kSS.,,ss.s:;..