The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1907-08-17
HIGH SCHOOL
EDUCATION
Some Things About Our
High School and the
Advantages It Affords
(By Superintendent P. S. Berg.)

This is distinctively progressive age.
Never before was so much preparation
for any particular line of effort required.
The demand for men and women quail.
fed by education and special training for
various kinds of work is everywhere on
the increase. Hence, the man or woman
who will succeed in any kind of work
must have been prepared by study to
meet the different requirements. The
broader the culture, the more certain the
success. This applies not alone to the
boy or girl born and reared in the city.
1t is Just as true of the youth of the |
country. The farmer of the future to
keep up with the general progress and
to derive the best results from his labor |
and investments must know more of
some subjects and be able to apply scien- |
tific methods to his business. Moreover,
if the farmers are to continue to be the
wealth-producing part of the state they
have been, and if they are to have the
influence in public affairs they should
have, they must have the necessary edu-
cation.
In America, the high school has come
to be recognized as a necessary factor in
the education of the youth. An effort is
made to adapt the training given therein
to the needs of American life so that its
graduates may enter upon the active
duties of life or may enter institutions for
higher or special education.
North Dakota has made excellent pro-
vision for the education of its youth. All
accredited high schools receive pupils
who have completed the common school
subjects free of tuition. Since there is
this provision, it would seem that every
boy and girl having good health and an
earnest purpose to make the best OF life
some high school.
of pupils and for the purpose of carrying
the studies of the Dickinson High school
are grouped in three courses, as follows:
The classical course.
The science course.
The commercial course.
The classical course when properly
completed will afford preparation for
almost any college. Electives or alter
nations are permitted in every year of the
work to aid the student to prepare .Dr
the particular course he may desire after
ward to take. @
The science course is intended to fur
nish good elementary education, one
that prepares for life or for admission to
engineering and technical schools. 1t
embraces English, history, economics,
mathematics and science. This is the
course for general education.
The commercial course combines
part of the science course with CONNER
cial and industrial studies, and is designed
to extend the usefulness of the high
school by giving some business and in
dustrial training.
Definite literary work is required of
every pupil in the high school and an
opportunity given for systematic training
in vocal music and drawing.
i In harmony with the plans pursued in
the best schools, an attempt is made to
adopt more fully the departmental meth
cd of teaching in the high school. This
gives an opportunity for more special
ization and hence better work on the
part of both teachers and pupils. The
facilities for teaching science, English
and history have been much improved.
Talks on subjects of practical interest to
be given before the high school once a
! week will be part of the training given,
/ During the semester beginning Sep
tember I'd, courses will be offered in the
following subjects: Two classes in alge.
bra, one class in plane geometry, four
classes in English, three classes in Latin
ancient history, German, physics, physi.
cal geography, chemistry, bookkeeping
botany, commercial correspondence, pen.
manship and spelling.
Some reasons for attending high
. school:
I. The time spent in high school will
add greatly to the ability to earn money
The average earnings of uneducated
labor are s. per day for 300 days in the
year. This for 40 years will amount tc
$4,000. The average wages of educated
labor are $500 for the year. This for 40
!. years will be $4,000. Gain for educated
labor $4,000, or sIl per day for each day
spent in School from primary through
, high school.
:. The higher the education the
! larger the adaptability to different kinds
of work, the wider the field of labor and
the greater the sphere of usefulness.
3. In the high school there is an op.
portunity to prepare for college, acquire
the elements of good general educa.
ton or obtain business education.
4. The training given in course in the
high school will not only increase the
:: power to earn money, but will also en-
large the capacity forhappiness and de-
velop stronger character.
: 5. Already some Of the largest busi
! : ness houses in America have announced
! that only those who have an education
equal to that given by good high schoo
: will be employed.
: 6. By taking a course in the higf
school an opportunity is afforded to dis
cover the talents for some particular
kind of work or peculiar mental endow
ments, which would have an influence II
determining the business or profession il
life. Since the present is day of spe
8 cialists, this opportunity to discover tn,
+ adaptation to particular line of effort il
: very important
E u. After study of the latest censu
e returns Of the United States, higl
y authority arrives at the following conclu
y sions:e First, that an uneducated chill,