The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-23
County School Letter.

uncates last Thursday and Friday.
Mrs. Anna Massie of 500 Falls
has taken charge of the Perkins
school. Miss Wise of Modale, O.,
has taken charge of Nellis school.
No. IL.
Judging from the number of
teachers who have made mental
arithmetic a part of their daily
programs, that subject will receive
much deserved attention this year.
"Any coward can fight a battle
when he is sure of winning, but
give me the man or woman who
has the pluck to fight when he is
almost sure of l~osing."-George
Elliott.
The city of Lead is planning on
entertaining the teachers of the
state on November 1, 2, 8 in such
a manner as they have never been
entertained before. Luther G.. GU
lick, Booker L. Washington and
Prof. Eugene Davenport will be
among the noted speakers at the
meeting. The greatest mine in the
world-Homestake, Wind Cave,
Crystal Gave, Spearfish Canon,
Sylvan Lake, Harney's Peak. These
are opportunities that will be open
to the teachers who attend the
State Teachers Association meet.
ing in the Black Hills. Are you 60
ing? Can you afford to miss it?
Drake school, No. SO, has been
newly papered and re1oored. These
are improvements that add much
to the comfort and appearance Of
the room. Sperry school, No. SO,
has also been improved by a new
floor. The former school is in
charge Of Miss Ella Brady and the
latter is in charge OF Miss Grace
Brady.
"Do you think that anything in
all this great beautiful world is of
more lmportance-of more value
to the world-than a human life.
with all its marvellous power to
think and feel and love and hate
and so leave its mark on all life
for all time ?"-H. B. Wright.
We would hal the foregoing
question could be indelibly stamp
ed into the mind of every teacher
and every parent of the county.
Few people really realize how
important it is for good results in
school that the children attend very
regularly. Frequently people COM
plain that their children are not
doing we'll in school, or have been
going to school several years and
still know very little. Yet when
we look up the record of these child
rem we find that they have not been
in school more than half the time.
We all know that if we feed a calf
or a pig one day and starve him
the next; if we feed him two or
three days and neglect him the
next two or three days that we
surely will have nothing but a very
poor runty scrub. And yet from
this same irregular process of
schooling we expect good results
and find fault because we do not
get such results. We have no more
right to expect good school prog
ress from the irregular child than
we have to expect good growth from
the irregularly fed pig or calf. We
often say, 20 we'll, a day or two
lost does not amount to much"
But one day lost is 1-5 of a week
lost and two days lost is 2.5 Of a
week lost and it only takes SIS to
make a whole week lost, then a
month and then two months, etc.
Then, too, IN that one day,
work may be presented in school
upon which the ucces of the next
month or more may rest. When
the child loses this one day he
might about as we'll lose q month.
Il is very much to be regretted
that the average daily attendance