The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-10-27
County School Letter

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board of Bangert school, No. So.
According to the State Superintend-
ent's last report there are forty two
counties in the state that pay higher
average wage to rural teachers than
Bon Homme county pays. On account
of this condition this county has lost
several of its very best resident teachers
| this year. A resident of this county
who has been very successful teacher
| here for the past three years was offer
ed contract for certain school in
this county. She returned the contract
with the statement that she was offered
Sis more a month in another county.
The purpose of education is to enable
the citizens to live more successfully
from the standpoints of spiritualityy,
morality, business and enjoyment of
life. What is more important to the
boys and girls than that they should
have the best there is in this line?
The county superintendent has
visited (half day visits) more than half
the schools of the county since the first
of September.
The Department OF Education has
written to the county superb irtendents
as follows:
Dear superintendent.
The attention of this office has been
called to the fact that certain companies
selling school supplies in this state are
operating with profit sharing certifi-
Gates, giving to the school officer or
officers who place orders with them
certain premiums for such orders.
Section II Article 8 of the states can=
stitution provides as follows:
mo teacher, state, county, township
| for district school officer shall be in
terested in the sale, proceeds or profits
of any book, apparatus or furniture
used or to be used in any school in this
state, under such penalties as shall be
| provided by law"
/ do not believe that very many
school officers would be guilty of vIo-
lating this fundamental law for the
sake of obtaining a small premium,
and consequently / would request that
you warn them against companies
operating in this way and that you
| apprise them of the unlawfulness of
receiving premiums from any one on
account orders for school supplies, and
that you labor in every practicable way
to prevent any such unlawfulness of
this kind"
H. A Ustrud, Supt. of Pub. Inst.
1t is stated on good authority that
during the 18th century more than
60, 100000 people died of smallpox.
(Think of it! Nearly as many people
as there are now in the United States
died from disease that is easily pre-
vented.) In 1897 DR.. Edward Jenner
discovered smallpox vaccine and since
that time thru vaccination and the ell
lightenment of the people, smallpox
has become less and less dangerous,
until today we fear it very little. What
has the education and intelligence of
DR.. Jenner and the education and en-
lightenment of the masses been worth
to humanity during the century past?
More than sc, 100000 lives. Was that
education and enlightenment worth
its cost? In the year of 1897 Gust before
the the Americans took possession of
the Philippine isla nds( more than
100000 people died of smallpox on
those islands. Immediately upon
taking possession, the Americans in
augurated very strenuous campaign
for vaccination and enlightenment
along this line. In the year of 1907
there were 304 deaths on these islands
from smallpox. What change.
Was it worth while? Who can esti-
mate the value of these ten years of
American civilization and education
to the Philippines? Should every per-
son be vaccinated? Let us see. 1t has
been found true that Of every 100 per-
sons exposed to smallpox 95 to 9S of
them catch the disease.
In Philadelphia in 19011904 there was
an epidemic of smallpox; of 1850 cases
that were admitted to one of the hos
pitfalls not single one Of them had
been successfully vaccinated within
five years; of the more than 700 doctors
nurses and medical students who at
tended these patients none took the
disease, except, one who was not vac
cinated. During this time a squad OF
60 men were employed to enlarge the
hospital; none of these, except, two
who were not vaccin ated took the dis
ease. Later another squad ofmen was
employed, all but two We're vaccinated
and only these two took the disease.
During the Franco-Prussian war all
of the German soldiers were vaccinated
only part of the French soldiers were
vaccinated; in the German army there
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