The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-09-07

dentials of each teacher have been
closely scrutinized, and the public
schools have been raised to a sub.
stantitial degree of efficiency. The
saving in the cost of text books has been
more than sufficient to pay the cost of
supervision.
New Course of Study Ready
This year the schools will open with
an up.to-date uniform course of study
as the foundation for educational work.
This is without doubt the most import
ant step along educational lines that
has yet been taken, and one which will
insure for the children of Nevada ad.
vantages equal to those enjoyed by
residents of the most advanced State in
in the American Union.
The Course of Study is a neatly
arranged book of SO pages. containing
good working outlines of all of the
subjects taught in all of the grades from
the first to the l2tn inclusive. 1t is
based upon the uniform text books now
in use in the schools, and directs the
teachers In the methods to be pursued
and the amount of work to be done in
each grade. 1t was prepared by the
Deputy Superintendents of Public In
struction, and adopted and prescribed
by the State Board of Education under
the authority of the Act of 1895, and
the deputies have been authorized and
directed by the State Board to enforce
its use in all of the public schools of
Nevada.
The object of the Course as stated in
the Introduction is, ITO set forth a
plain. simple. and progressive line of
work which can be followed from year
to year until a good common school
education is attained" The amount of
required work has been reduced as far
as possible and cover the subjects
generally recognized as necessary to be
taught in the common schools. Fads
and educational flourishes have been
eliminated, and an earnest effort has
been made to place the school system of
the State upon a solid, practical working
basis.
Subject Matter Somewhat Changed
The cha nges made by the new course
of study consist largely in re-arrange-
ment of the work that has bsen done.
The receiving grade has been wholly
abolished, and work in numbers in the
primary grades has been greatly re-
duced. The Gordon Method Of Teach
ing Reading is established as the basis
of all the work of the first three grades.
Four academic branches for study is
made the maximum work for any
grade, and the amount of subject mat
ter outlined in these studies is intended
to give thorough training in each.
Geography is omitted in the sixth grade
to make room for the text book in
physiology. the advanced geography
being taken up in the seventh grade
and completed in the eighth. Arithme-
tic, aud language. including grammar.
are studied in all of the grades above
the third. The work in U. s. History
is begun in the fifth grade and con-
tinued through the eighth.
A uniform eighth grade examination
similar to that given for the first time
last year will be given near the close OF
each school year. and the pupils who
are successful on this ex animation will
receive an eighth grade diploma bearing
the State seal. This diploma will admit
the holder to any high school in the
State without further examination, and
is expected to receive the same recogni.
ton In other States.
Music and Drawing NoW Required
Elementary music and drawing are
required subjects to be taught in all OF
the grades at least one.half hour each
week. English history. algebra and