The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-04-05
School Notes.

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dent OF Public Instruction and State
High School Inspector, visited, in
spectcd and classified our public
schools and raised our system from a
second class school to the first rank.
By being raised to the first class, we
shall now receive from the State De-
partment about $s00.O0 per annum
which will amply meet all increased
demands made upon our present
system.
Perhaps, the greatest benefit derived
from our classification, is the super.
vision exercised by the State High
School Board which is composed OF
practical educators.
The following are the conditions OF
classification for first class State
High Schools:
(a) They shall afford instruction
in all subjects OF the high school
course prescribed by the State High
School Board.
(b) The instruction shall be of a
high order.
(c) The schools shall have suit
able and commodious quarters and
shall have we'll established laboratory
courses in Biology, Botany. Zoology,
Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics.
(d) They shall have an ample work
n library including a sufficient supply
of supplementary reading for each OF
the twelve grades.
(e) They shall have not less than
thirty we'll prepared students and at
least one assistant instructor, two
assistants are earnestly recommended.
(D Beginning with the school year
of 1907, music and drawing shall be
constants and examinations shall be
required in these subjects.
Our present system was organized
from an unclassiied and ungraded
school and our growth has somewhat
phenomenal, Our superstructure is of
the best quality and material and in
fact all departments are in a prosper
Gus condition.
In u plan of extension, careful
attention has been given to the prep
aration of the children in the grades
as regards writing, language, reading
spelling and number works-the essen
tial fundamentals of all higher edu-
cation. Three years ago the grades
were in a badly congested condition,
but fortunately, this evil has been
eliminated and the first four grades
are now provided with individual
teachers which feature gives the chill
dren an excellent start for their COM
mon school course.
The curse of study has been
broadened so that we. are now able
to prepare our students for entrance
into the freshman year of our best
colleges and universities. A student
who graduates from our high school
can complete the normal course in
one year.
Our library has steadily grown
until it contains reference works
along the lines of all branches OF
science, art literature, philosophy,
economics and history, which gives
the student a broader field for re-
search work in connection with his
regular prescribed studies. The con-
duct of the library is of the University
plan, that is, open to the student
body at all hours during the day
under the direction of the teacher in
charge. The public has access to the
library only on Friday of each week
at 4 O'Clock P. NJ.
Ample apparatus for the depart
ments of Physics, Botany, Zoology,
Chemistry and Photography has
been purchased, and all experiments
are now illustrated with appropriate
apparatus which makes instruction
easier and results more satisfactory.
The department of drawing has
been strongly reinforced by putting
into the hands of the children ample
and appropriate material and by
placing in charge Of the department a
teacher eminently qualified for the
systematic supervision of the depart
ment.
The denartment Of nhvsica1 %cultura