The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-02-04
County School Letter.

County School Letter.
A very fine new teachers desk
has been added to the equipment
Of Cass school, No. 10. Miss Par
ker and her pupils raised half the
funds for il and the board added
the rest.
A teacher Of this county who
lately has secured q set Of Parish
number cards and with them is
teaching number work in the most
approved and up-to.date way, was
very severely criticised BY some Of
the patrons az having played.
"dominoes with the pupils, instead
of teaching them to add and sub
tract"
The pupils aud teacher of James
school raised a considerable sum
by means of an entertainment and
basket social. This money is be-
ing used to purchase pictures, cur
tains and other things to improve
the appearance of the school room.
A Webster's International diction-
airy and a stove shield have been
added to the equipment Of the
school. Miss Iva King who has
charge Of this school is doing ex-
cellent work.
The work of the schools of Avon
is progressing in a very satisfactory
manner. The people have good.
reason to congratulate themselves
that they have a building large
enough and substantial enough to
meet their needs for a long time to
come, and for the further reason
that the school board has managed
the financial affairs of the district
SO we'll that, tho the building is
comparatively new, it is now en-
tirely paid for, and that now, with
a considerably reduced school tax
there will be ample funds for an
efficient corps of teachers and all
necessary equipment. The inte-
rior and exterior of the building
have been painted the past year.
The following pupils have re-
oeived certificates of award the
past week: Rena Baker, Hanna
DeRoos, May Sell, Rose Mircur,
Clarence Talsma, Emma and Net
tie Colgan, and Ivy Sell.
The following pupils have earned
seals which will be forwarded to
them as soon as they can be Sc
cured: Louis Thum, Alice and
Ida Baker, and Carrie Mattso.
ct seems almost impossible to
convince teachers and school off.
GERS that interest is the great COM
polling force in school life. This
interest cannot be coaxed, bot O,
driven but must be created in &C.
cordanoe with psychological law
Yet we go on apparently thinking
that interest is something for which
the pupil is mainly responsible
something which he should bring
to school with him, not something
which the school should create. T,
say that pupils have no interest il
the school work ought to be th,
very s%everest indictment of tn
school. The fact is that the meas
ure of interest is the measure 0
} real efficiency of the school. An,
} yet we are all the time trying t
induce pupils to work by othe
means prizes, marks, praise an
even the rod. We ought to lear
better South Dakota Educator
Mr. G. G. Carkuff and his pupil
of Read school, No. 81, are plar
ming an entertainment and baskt
social to be held on Saturday, Eel
ruary 9th.
The pupils end teacher, Mr.. Be
81. Unruh, of Mennonite schoo
No. Al, r planning an entertain
ment for the closing of their scho'
the latter part of this month. The
plan to raise some funds wit
which to add some improvement
to the school in the way of picture
Tho the thermometer shove
that The tamnnrat1ra was consit