Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1910-02-24
Trustees of County Held Meet
ing in This City Saturday
PROMINENT EDUCATORSHE
Board Asked to Provide Sup.
erintendent Office Deputy

The annual meeting of the school
trustees Of Idaho county was held in
Grangeville last Saturday and brought
out large attendance and resulted in
most interesting meeting and a
world Of good. Thirty-six districts
were represented by forty-seven trus-
tees, school officers from the entire
county being present. Prominent
educators from the state educational
institutions in the North were present
and addressed the meeting.
1t developed that many of the trus-
tees are not fully informed as to the
provisions of the state school law, one
instance being that district lost $120
school money because its board had
considered the school age limit at 18
instead of 81. Another district lost
$50 for the same reason. Another
district finds itself confronted with the
maturity of 20 year bond issue and
there has been no special taxes collect
ed to provide fund for the payment
of these bonds.
The speakers had prepared their ad-
dresses in such matter that copies
were furnished the trustees to be tax
en- home for general reference, all of
the important matters to be in mind
being covered in this manner The
discussion Of the day developed the
great amount of travel and clerical
work required of the county school
superintendent of Idaho county and
resolution was passed by the trustees
urging the board Of county commits
sioners to provide an office deputy for
the superintendent.
Professor John H. Nicholson, of the
department Of agriculture Of the uni
versity of Idaho, discussed the needs
of an agricultural education and the
needs of the teachers now being espec-
tally instructed for this work. He
said the agricultural schools, state uni
versities and normal schools were rem
dering a valuable service in their edu-
cational work along these lines
Professor Philip Soulan, of the de-
partment of education Of the univer-
sity of Idaho, discussed the possibili-
ties of the rural schools and the edu-
eating of pupils under conditions
where they were brought into close
touch with nature. He advocated
better trained and better paid teachers
He believed the school trustees should
visit the state institutions Of education
as frequently as possible.
President George H. Black, Of the
Lewiston normal school spoke on the
rural schools and the rural welfare
He reviewed history of rural educa-
ton and called attention to the nation
al conditions and changes. He stated
the present aims of education are to
train tor particular fields of labor
The government statistics show that in
1897 there were but 1000 students in
the agricultural colleges Of the United
States while in 1907 the number had
been increased to over 1000.
Professor H. L. Talkington, of the
Lewiston state normal school, discuss
ed in general the advance in education
in Idaho. "One of the brightest pages
in Idaho history is that which records
its educational progress during the
last five years." said Professor Talk
ington. "The high schools have
doubled in number and efficiency.
The courses have been strengthened,
better apparatus has been provided,
libraries have been installed and the
schools of Idaho have one Of the larg-
est and most valuable landed endow-
mdnts." He stated IS per cent of
the pupils of Idaho are in the rural
schools. He spoke Of the school laws,
reviewing them in detail
The following trustees were pres
ent:
District No. l, A. M. Donnally,
Mt. Idaho.
y District No. 2, r., F. Fulton, John
Norwood, H. Taylor, Grangeville.
District No. 3, J. L. Wilson and G.
}, A. Cowgirl, Grangeville.
District No. 4, c. r. Hanson and o,
| B. Perkins, Grangeville.
District No. 5, A. P. Chamberlain
and Bert Howell, Grangeville.
District No. 6, A. A. Heath and C.
L. Kerlee, Grangeville.
District No. Z, J. G. Cash, Tolo.