The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-01-11
School Apparatus.

with. In a sense a teacher IL a car
peuter. He, too, must have tools
60 work with The tools with which
a teacher works are books, maps
charts, globes, etc. Other conditions
being equal, To sc''a,l that has q
good snare OF appara,usin Use Ia The
regular work, will be doing better
school work than the one that hat
not the necessary apparatus. | am
speaking now / maps, charts, globes
ard blackbosrds. Parents very gen.
orally and very willingly supply their
children with the necessary books.
have said thst apparatus is nee
essary To she best school work. l
am aware TINT the old time school,
with but little, il any apparatus,
other than books, turned out many
good scholars. This, however was
in spite Of the conditions, and not Dc
cause OF the lack OF apparatus. The
instruction given those students
would have been greatly strength
ened and enriched by the help OF the
proper apparatus; and those same
students would have gone out from
school with fuller and more uni.
form and complete knowledge OF the
subjects, II they had had the advan
tage OF. the necessary apparatus,
And what was amply sufficient for
I he student and the schoolhouse OF
I've olden time" Is not sufficient for
the student and the school house OF
this age OF progress and universal
education.
My visiting the schools OF the coun-
ty has disclosed the fact that not
many are supplied with the necessary
apparatus. Just few have sppa.
ratus in good condition. In many
schoolhouses find battered globe
in one corner Of the room, q dilapi-
dated map hanging awry on
the wall, or a chart that has seen
better days. In Others find that
no apparatus has ever been supplied,
These are conditions that ought not
to exist. The law makes it the duty
of the school board to supply the
necessary apparatus. When it Is
supplied, it should be properly cared
for and not given the abuse even, Of
disuse.
In my reports to school boards ]
am recommending that the necessary
apparatus be supplied as soon as
possible, What apparatus is neces
sary? Aside from a good library, II
seems to me that every schoolhoust
should have plenty Of good black
board, q reading chart, a set OF maps
and a globe Perhaps other things
are useful and should be furnished
but these, think, are necessary.
Good blackboard can be used In
teaching every subject and In almost
every recitation. Plenty OF good
board should, therefore, be supplied
Slate board is decidedly the best and
also the cheapest in the end. A read.
ing chart is necessary for teaching
primary reading. A large amount
OF material is necessary for practice
in reading In the first grade. No first
reader contains sufficient material
The reading chart meets the demh nd
for extra reading lessons. Every one
will acknowledge the need OF a good
set OF maps to supplement the work
in geography and history. II a full
set OF maps cannot be supplied Ger.
tainly every schoolroom In the coun-
ty should be furnished with q good
map Of Missouri and q map OF the
United States. A globe is necessary
with which to teach the size, shape,
rotation, ETC., OF the earth. For this
purpose an S.inch globe lie better
than q larger one, because 1t shows
the relation OF the diameter and cir.
cumierence OF the earth better than
any other size.
It isgratifying to know that school
boards are very generally recognize
ing the need Of these helps in the
schoolroom, and are supplying them
as fast as tie funds will permit. The
people at the next annual schoul
meeting should make very liberal
appropriation to the incidental fund,
80 that the schoolhouses can be- fur.
nished with the necessary apparatus.
The children Of Bates county are en-.
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