The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-11-10
EDUCATIONAL IDEAS.
They Were Set Forth in the City
Hall by Prof. auigley and

DR.. Heston.
Though lightly attended that was
an interesting educational meeting
at the city hall Friday evening. It
was informal In character and was
designed tosgive something Of a well
come to the city suerpintendents Of
the schools Of the state who had.
come here to discuss the revision of
the.state course Of study. Superin-
tendent Hoff was in charge OF the
meeting. Some excellent music was
rendered by the high school chorus
of about IS young ladies, and they
presenetd a.fne selection under the
direction OF Wiss Windle, the SUPER.
intendent of music, with Mary Louise
Burns as the piano. The chorus
gave. the. ....superintendents some idea
as to what can be done by teaching
music IN the city schools, and later
in the evening DR.. Heston paid the
young ladies and their director a
handsome compliment on their good
sinRing and referring to the further
fact that there were YER Few cities
In the state that were doing what
what Mitchell Is In teaching music
10 the schools, and he wished that
there were more Of them that had
the same ambition.
Prof. Quigley, county superinten.
dent OF schools, gave the visitors q
ery.cordial welcome to the city, but,
regretted that so few people OF the
city were out to the meeting. he
said however, that he wanted the
visitors to understand that the citi-
zens OF the city were deeply Interest,"
ed In the cause Of education. While
all kinds Of conventions were being
held In which the participants had
more or less personal gain in them,
yet the cause the educators repre-
sented was second to none in the
state and the interest the educators
take is for, the good of all. With
them 1t is a constant struggle for
something better. Particularly is
this true Of good educator, for he
is never satisfied with the present
but always wants something better.
Supt. Quigley said he was particu-
larly interested in this conference,
and after reading the state course OF
study through that applied to the
rural schools he discovered. that more
was required Of those students than
those In the city schools, for they
were required 20 do as much work in
seven months that the city schools
do in nine months, and this was an
actual impossibility, and for that
reason the rural schools could not
come up to the same standard. The
county superintendent said he
couldn't understand why there
should be the least difference between
the city and the rural schools, and he
fuEJher could not understand why
there should be any difference in the
instruction afforded the boy on the
farm and the boy in the city. He
said he did not favor the idea OF
educating the farmer boy i'm tie
belief that be should never leave the
farm, but was in favor OF giving him
an equal show with the boy in the
lefty.
| Miss Windle favored the audience
W ith soprano solo, and her singing
was so greatly appreciated and en-
joyed that she was recalled for a sec
cd selec Ito n. Her accompaniment
was riay ed by Maude Silsby. Nichols.
DR.. j. W. Heston, president Of the
Madison Normal School, responded tc
the address Of Prof. Quigley, and the