The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-03-15
School and Education.

ought to be.
A BLACK FRIDAY.
Mark Twain, on his last visit to his
birthplace-Hannibal, Mo.,-told to
the schno! children q true story about
a schoolboy.
"This boy" he said, "awoke one
morning very i'll. His groans alarmed
the household. The doctor was sent
for and came post haste.
"'Well,'" said the doctor as he ell
tered the sick room, what is the lroub
le??
"a pain in my side.' said the boy.
"' Any pain in the heal?'
".Yes, SIR
lis the right hand stift?'
CA little.'
How about your right foot?'
"'That's stiff, too
"The doctor winked at the boys
mother.
"'Well,' he said, you're pretty sick.
But you'll be able to go to school on
Monday. Let me see, today is satur-
day, and
els today Saturdays said the boy in
a vexed tone. I%thoughttit was Friday
"Half al hour later the boy declared
himself healed and got up Then they
| packed him off to school. for it was
Friday, after all"-Philadelphia Rec
ord.
Geo. B. Alton, State Inspector
of High Schools in Minnesota:
The enrolment of high school stu
denus in Minnesota is over 10000 and
the number of graduates is increasing
more rapidly than the enrolment, a
very encouraging feature. The average
number Of recitations is six daily per
Instructor.
AS to subjects, there are no indica-
tons of a revival Of interest in GreeN.
1t has been crowded aside by other sub
jects. German grows rapidly. French
is taught i'll the large schools ouly. On
the face of the reports, Latin appears to
have received a check. l am aware
that it is diminishing somewhat in rel
ative importance, but l expected the
fontings to show the usual annual in
crease in the number Of students en-
rolled. In trying to locate the defec-
ton, / find that the Central and South
Side of Minneapolis report an enroll.
ment in Latin Grammar Of three hun
bred less than that Of last year. The
natural growth in a large number of
the smaller schools is offset by this fall
ing off.
For the first time in the history of
the state no superintendent of a high
school receives less than 5000 for his
years work. Caledonia, Cokato, Ell
gin, Elmore, Fertile, Gaylord, Grand
Meadow, Hawley, Heron Lake, James
VILE, Jordan, Lake Benton, Lamber-
ton, Mabel, MapIetCn, Mora, Morton,
Pine City, Pine Island, Royalton, Sand
stone and West Concord paid 5000
each, but nearly all have added from
forty-five to two hundred dollars to The
salary. IN engaging new men several
boards have'slipped back to 5000.
The tendency of the school is to sive
the false notion that labor of all SORTS is
to be left to those who cannot rise above
it. The school but reflects and accent
yates the attitude Of society. The pro-
LESSONS are crowded with worthless
members who hold Oh at the point Of
starvation for the sake of the supposed
social standing it gives them.
All this should be changed. 1t can
be changed. All that the school and
society need TO do is divert attention
toward Industry not away from ito
make work fashionable.
1t is for this reason that / wish we
might establish classes in sewing and
cooking and in household economy ia
every high school in the state. wish
such instruction might be oG.ted by
the most iuielmg gent aud gracious wO-
man III the community that our 9irl-
might realize that the true lady and
the loaf giver are the same. wish
that shops for woodwork and ironwork
and drafting might be established in
every state high school. I wish that
instru elton in these branches might be
placed on Il high level, aud that the
boys might realize that the true gen
tleman, like the president OF this great
nation, is a nan with clean hands and
a right heart, not one who shuns the
Oil OF machinery or marks Of toll in the
field.