The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-09-29
HOME AND SCHOOL
revised music and agriculture. II Mr..
Cr0cker's suggestions are followed. N

revised music and agriculture. II Mr..
Crocker's suggestions are followed. ".
Dakota will become one Of the great
corn growing states of the union and
all our children will be able to sing
praises In her name. Perhaps no edr-
Gator In the state has met with greater
success In conducting classes in mu-
sic than this genial tenor.
State Supt. StOckwell revised history
and civics. 1t is generally admitted
that our state superintendent is "long"
on history and civics and these sub
1ects could not have fallen into bet
ter hands. Parents and children, as
well as teachers should study this
course carefully and become thor
oughly familiar with the scope of it's
work.
Some School Law and Comments.
Moral instruction tending to i'm.
press upon the minds of pupils the i'm
portance of truthfulness, temperance,
purity. public spirit, patriotism and
respect for honest labor, obedience to
parents and due Difference for old age,
shall be given by each teacher in the
public schools" All of which is very
good If only carried out. 1t requires
some reform in the teachers ranks,
however, if this is to be done by pre-
cept. Let's have the reform.
NO teacher shall be paid for Sat-
urday. nor permitted to teach on Sat-
urday to make up for the loss of day
in the term" How many can raise
their right hand and swear they never
wanted to violate this mandate:
School boards are authorized to
select, adopt and contract for and pur-
chase all books and supplies need
full for the school and provide for free
use or sale at cost of same to pupils.
Would it not be very good, plan
to buy pens, pencils, penholders, prac-
tice and examination paper, tablets
and ink and sell to the children at
cost, insuring uniformity and saving
of fully One-half the amount now paid?
School boards may appropriate not
more than ten nor more than twenty
five dollars, each for each school )r
separate department for a school IL
brary to be selected bv the school
board and (not the teacher) the coun-
ty superintendent.
How many school boards are look
ing to the interests of their schools
in this respect? The schools having
libraries are usually supplied by ex-
ira work on part of teachers and pu-
pills raising funds by entertainment.
School boards should and in some
cases do appropriate as much as the
teacher raises. This encourages both
teacher and pupils to continue the
good extra work.
Too much fiction and not enough
books of reference, history and bio
graphy are usually selected. A taste
for research should be cultivated.
jamestown Schools.
Supt. c. C. Schmidt has put the
schools of jamestown into the front
ranks. This year the school has been
equipped with 80 commercial desks,
so tablet arm chairs, banners sec
tional library cases. 60 pairs Indian
clubs, 60 pairs dumb bells, 81 vene-
tian blinds. roll-top desk. typewriter
table, Office table and sectional case
for superintendent office, so oak
cane-seated chairs, several library ia
bles and other smaller articles all of
which were bought of North Dakota
supply house, showing that the good
people of Jamestown have been thor