The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-01-21
County School Letter.
Miss Rose Novak has tken
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charge Of Hauck school, No. u.
The pupils Of Dahlenburg school
made good contribution toward
the earthquake sufferers fund.
The pupils Of Thomas school
contributed So. 40 to the Children's .
Home Of this state. Willie Thorn
as and Mae Lorash of this school
have been neither absent nor tardy
since school opened in September.
Miss Margaret Williams is in
charge Of this school.
AS the 18th Of next month (Feb-
ruary) will be the one hundredth
anniversary Of Abraham Lincoln's
birthday, it would be very appro-
pirate to hold exercises for this oc-
casion in each school in the coun-
ty. We have copies of two appro-
pirate songs which we will forward
y
to teachers upon request.
There was but one teacher alb
sent land that was due to sickness)
from the teachers meeting in
Springfield on Saturday last. The
papers and discussions we're all of
a high order. The piano duet by
the Misses Myrtle Young and Cor
della Colburn, and the vocal solo
by Prof. Goodenough were very
pleasing.
The dates of the teachers meet
ings in the other towns are as fol-
lows: Scotland, Saturday Jan. % !;
Avon, Jan. SOth; Tabor, Feb. 9th,
and Tyndall, Feb. 18th.
Some very creditable specimens
of penmanship have been received
from Daisy Valley schools. This
work was done by Veronica and
Katherine Kirwan and Frances
Danb.
When we enter a school room
and find as we do once in while
that the tea cher is relying entirely
upon the text book for work for the
pupils, in other words, when we
find that the teacher is giving the
pupils just the work found in the
books, is giving the pupils no thots
except those found in the books,
when the blackboard bears almost
no evidence of being used, we cam
not avoid concluding that here is a
teacher who needs either one of two
things-a thoro shaking up in a
good training school or a relega-
tion to the ranks of "dead timber"
The contrast of those who have
charge of schools is sometimes re-
markable. Last week we had oc-
casion in one school to offer sug-
gestions (they were much needed)
and in each case they were receiv-
ed by the one in charge with an air
of injured Indifference. At the very
next school we visited one of the
first things the one in charge said
was; 81 wish you would give me
some suggestions in this for | am
not satisfied with my work in it. :"
1t is very easy to decide which of
these is a school keeper" and
which is a teacher.
Who Is TO BLAME? :?
If 45 out Of 48 pupils are neither
absent nor tardy, the teacher is to
blame. She has made school work
too interesting to be lightly missed.
If the pupils of a given school
or room are unusually orderly in
passing from the room or building
and unusually courteous in their
bearing. the teacher is to blame.
Should she be less earnest and less
persistent, this condition would
soon disappear.
If there is real JOY in the work OF
the school, or an earnestness not
measured by percentages, and a
healthful love Of study, the teacher
is to blame.
If, during recitation, pupils
maintain good posture, and recite
with animation and good language.
the teacher is to blame.
If the pupils Of a particular room
or school have the reputation Of
being the best body Of pupils in