The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-09-01

Vu1Y 81 M 11O01As
FRIDAY. SEPT. l. 1905
what Il the matter with the conduct Of the
oummer echoolat Simpson Park Traverse Coun- |
~ = part Of II but there must be something
vrong about it for we notice that Supt. Williams
8 wheaton, becinni5e August Ss, to last a week.
Tho Roberts County teachers have been forced
% 90 down there also since Randolph's regime
suit. Can is DO possible that these honorable
goatlemen are financially interested In the sue |
sss Of that Grant County enterprises
The above was taken from the
Sisseton COURANT. Evidently the
writer is in ignorance of the
facts in the case or else has been
prompted to make such an attack
on the Simpson Park summer
school because he himself has
some az to grind. The fact of the
case is there is absolutely moth
ing wrong with the Simpson
Park summer school, as every
unprejudiced person. who knows
what the school is and does, will
attest.
just why Supt. Williams is
holding q local institute as stated
above, we shall not attempt to
answer. But whatever the cause
may be, we shall venture to affirm
that neither Supt. Williams nor
any of his teachers will say that
the local institute is q necessity
because there is something
wrong" about the school at Simp-
son Park.
The insinuation made by the
writer Of the above paragraph to
the effect that Supt. Jones and
hls predecessor .sare financially
interested ia the success of that
Grant County enterprise is
ridiculous. Can it be possible
that the writer of the above item
belongs to that class of people
who always ascribe to some mer-
ceuary motive the acts of other
men, no matter how unselfsh
these acts may be? Be this as it
may, he is assured that the only
motive the friends Of this sum-
mer school can possibly have is
70 build up large summer
school Of six weeks duration
where the teachers from all con-
Yenient counties can come and
take q six weeks course of nor
NAL training, under the best in
structors with all instructions
absolutely free, and with board
to teachers ct prices much below
what would have to be paid in
any city or town where an insti-
tute might be held. Just how q
summer school conducted on
this basis can bea financial enter
prise to any one, none but this
lynx-eyed gentleman Of the CoU-
RANT is able to see.
All experienced institute con-
ductors and superintendents
know that the little local institute
Of one or two weeks duration,
and with one or two instr uctors
and with small attendance
amounts to but little, and is very
expensive considering the
work accomplished. It costs no
more to instruct q class of one
hundred teachers than to in.
struct = class Of ten, and much
more enthusiasm can be aroused
II the larger class. Institute
instructors demand twice the
price for their services in the
brief institute Of two or three !
weeks duration as they do in
the summer school Of four or sixl
weeks duration. In the sum mer |
school with it's large corps Of in
structors teachers can take any
line Of work they most need and
follow it long enough to accom-
pliSh much. This is impossible
ii she brief institute. The large
summer school has many ele-
nents Of economy in it when
compared with the small local
institute. Other reasons might
b given 70 show the advantages
cf the consolidated school over
the local institute, but space will
not permit.
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