The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-15
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The alumni advisory board of Yale
university has recommended moderate
advance of the tuition charges in those
departments where expenses have been
considerably increased At the same time
the board has urged the adoption of
uniform system of loans to students.
payable at reasonable periods after their
graduation.
The trustees of Williams college have
announced that President Henry Hopkins
of the institution has rendered his resig-
nation, to take effect in June, 1908. Prof.
Harry a. Garfield, son of the late Presi
dent James A. Garfield a Williams alum
nus and at present occupying the chair
of politics at Princeton university, has
been chosen to succeed President Hop
kns.
The Experiment Station Record an
nounces that the Massachusetts College
has established a department of agricul
tural education, its work to include both
instruction and research. Normal courses
will be offered to prospective teachers.
and studies will be made of problems con-
fronting agricultural teaching in colleges
and schools of various grades. and of ag-
ricultural extension, with a view to intro
ducing agriculture into the elementary
schools. establishing agricultural high
schools. and Corrclating and unifying the
agricultural instruction given in the
State. The work will be in close co OPP
Grafton with existing educational agen-
cics. especially the State Industrial Com
mission.
The declaration of principles made by
the recent Semi-centcnnial convention of
the National Educational Association at
Los Angeles ndorScS the growing in
SistenCe upon the special preparation of
teachers favors the advance in salaries
to "a living wage: approves the spread
! of rural high schools; says that CONNER
cial and trade schools should be added
wherever possible; urges free evening
| schools and the use of buildings and
grounds ''for the relief of the poor of the
| crowded districts in The summer: asks
the harmonizing of child labor and tru-
ancy laws; regrets 1.-The revival of the
| idea that the common school is a place
for teaching nothing but reading. spell
ing. writing and cIphering." and declares
| Hlat the object is ito teach children how
to live righteously and happily. and that
10 accomplish this object it. is essential
that every school inculcate the love of
truth. justice, purity and beauty through
the study also of biography, history.
Fthics, natural history, music drawing
and the manual arts. 1t also expresses
the belief that interschool games should
b. played for craftsmanship and not
merely for victory. 1t commpndS the ten
GnnC:cS Of cities and towns to replace
large school committees or boards with
small boards. which determine general
policies. but intrust ell executive func-
tons to salaricd experts. 1t also ap-
proves in qualified way the efforts of
the simplfied spelling board; urges the
call for greater facilities for the higher
education of women. especially in the
South and West advises the abolition of
secret societies and fraternities in all sec
pndary and elementary schools; approves
the merit system of promoting teachers
and filling vacancies; presses the need
of better facilities for the practical prep
aratOn of teachers; indorses The Hague
conference and peace associations and re-
fleets somewhat vaguely upon the spirit
OF trades unionism among feathers