The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1906-08-24
PHrrUrPs ID - rEACHERs.
County Superintendent OF Schools Is
sues Circular.

PHILLIPS 10 THE TEACHERS
County Superintendent OF Schools Is
sues Circular
County Superintendent James p
Phillips on Wednesday Of this week
Initiated educational activity among
the Sherman county teachers by is
suing 2 circular Of encouragement and
information Mr.. Phillips is a vigorous
dOer OF the things that seem to him to
be OF good to the teaching fraternity,
and by his careful OveE-watch and
helpfulneSs he has uncOnsciOusiy won
the respect and hearty good viii Of
the teachers Of the county In his last
circular, he again appeals to his help
ers IN education TO raise their prOfeS-
sion to the highest elevation possible
His letter is as follows:
What shall be our professional
standing in the year We are just en-
tering2 Shall we lift ourselves higher
in the greatest and grandest prOfes-
sion known to mankind-the work Of
training the boys and girls for the
duties and responsibilities Of life, or
shall we be content with our present
conditions and attachments
The best wages in the history Of the
county are being paid and every
teacher should do her best to teach
the best term Of school her district
has ever had.
It may interest you to know some
you as a teacher this year.
SCHOOL ROOM DECORATION.
I visited a few schools last year and
found the school room walls without
a single picture. Every school room
should be decorated I have a large
collection Of calendars, pictures and
maps that was sent to me by different
colleges over the state. These will be
distributed among the teachers and
they can be usd for school room de-
cOrauOn- No school room is COM
plete unless there is some good mot
to on the wall. Large letters to make
these notices with can be bought Of
most any large publishing house for
about 1 cent a piece In my visits TO
the schools this winter I hope to see
good motto in every school room
The following are good: God Bless
Our School,; Welcome; The Ma
tons Hope; knowledge Is Power"
CERTIFICATES OF PERFECT AT
TENDANCE.
To encourage punctuality and regu-
larity Of attendance, certificates viii
be issued again this year, but on a
different plan Each teacher viii be
furnished with a small book contain
ing small certificates Of attendance.
When pupil has attended school
twenty consecutive days without be
ing neither absent nor tardy, the
teacher viii then issue the pupil a
small certificate Of attendance. When
any pupil receives five small certifi-
Gates then I viii issue them a large
certificate Of perfect attendance. II
the school term is five months or less,
and any pupil comes the full term
without being neither absent nor tardy
f. they viii receive a large certificate,
anyway. This plan is much better
than the one we used last year.
SPECIMENS OF SCHOOL WORK
Each teacher will be furnished with
y Fnrs L.
You are kindly requested to have each
pupil do some written work and place
il in this book At the close Of school
return this book to my Office. A prize
will be given TO the book containing
the best work. On the first page of
this book you will find a few sugges-
tons in regard to what is wanted in
this book.
COURSE OF STUDY FOR THE
COMMON SCHOOLS.
The same course OF study that was
used last year will be used again this
year. Each teacher that has not got
a course Of study will be furnished
with a copy You are requested to
grade your school the best you can ac-
cOrding to the suggestion on page 5.
The monthly examination questions
will be based upon the work as out
lined in this course of study.
THE NEWSPAPERS IN THE PUB
Lie SCHOOLS.
At least twenty minutes should be
taken each week for the studying Of
current events. In a large number
Of counties over the state the daily
paper is read in the public schools.
highly indOrse this plan. The boys
and girls should know what the great
thrObbing, pulsating, busy world is do
ing today They need to know what
IS happening today as well as they
need to know what happened two or
three hundred years ago The Kansas
City Star is a good paper for studying
Of current events. Subscribe for it
and teach current events in your
school this winter. This paper will
cost you only 25 cents for a year.
QUOTATIONS.
am a great believer in good quo
taiOns- The more we study them,
the more we try to live just what
they teach Some good quotation
should be written on the blackboard
every Monday morning and left there
all week. Friday afternoon before
school is dismissed the teacher might
ask the pupils to give the quotation
from memory When I visityOur school
am going to ask every pupil to give
quotation Enclosed you viii find a
list Of quotations that may be Of some
use to you
QUESTIONS.
Examination questions based upon
the course Of study for the common
schools will be sent to YOU each
month If you follow the course you
viii have no trouble in using them
These questions have done more to
help grade our schools than any thing
every teacher will use them. Ask the
school board to furnish you eXamina-
ton paper. Pupils will take more
pride in their work If they have nice