The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-03-16

SCHOOLS
lO6l IlO5O2l1l 1sl6 l79s as 1866 9s4assssiss9 5

| 3d.
In the matter of attendance the fol-
lowing schools lead in their respective
divisions: Lincoln school, McMurray,
1884, Owen 1896. Jefferson school,
! McFadden 1888, Hoffman 1852. Web
ster school, Williams 9430, Cricket
945S. Grant school, Thomas 1876, En-
vim 1858. Whittier school, Malone
9407, Schneider 9740.
The following named teachers re-
cord perfect punctuality: Lincoln,
Kenworthy, McMurray, Grace, Rowe,
Tovrea, Owen. Jefferson, McFadden,
Hoffman, Sheehan. Webster, Will
Jams, WEIGH, Cricket. Grant, Marten,
Ware, Bingaman, Erwin. Whittier,
Drinkle, Baxter, Malone, Christy, Ru,
an, Schneider, Vannest.
jefferson school leads all other
ward schools in attendance with a rec
ord of 9449, and the Whittier school
leads in punctuality at 1897.
! The regular spring vacation in the
city schools will begin Saturday, APP
ril |, and continue one week, school
opening Monday, April 10. This will
leave just eight weeks of school for
the spring term. The school year
closes Friday, June 2.
We are in receipt of an announce
ment from the Iowa State Teachers
College, entitled Special Opportunity
for Primary Teachers. ITO meet the
conditions confronting primary teach
ers and superintendent in sub-pri.
mary work where there is no oppor.
tunity at present for outright kinder
garten instruction, this institution of
fers for the coming summer term a
special course for primary teachers,
The effort will be to give those things
best suited to the needs of teachers
who wish to meet the problem of the
young child just entering school. Sc
lected work from the kindergarten
course will be offered each day of the
term in regular course, but it will be
work that is of direct value to the
primary teacher even though she has
no desire to become a kindergarten. y
The texts for supplementary read.
ing in the grades have been selected
and will be in use within a short
time. For the first grade, Short Sto
ries for Little Folks" will be used /;
for the second grade, Progressive
Road to Reading" and for the seventh
and eighth grades, American and
English Classics for the Grammar
Grades" will be used. The teachers
in these grades were called together
and large number of samples OF
texts intended for their respective
grades examined. Each teacher thus
had an opportunity to express her
preference and as a result of this
canvas the books above named were
chosen. Owing to the improved meth
DDS of reading now in use in the low
er grades the child is able to do a
larger amount of reading than former.
ly and this has resulted in demand
for more supplementary reading
Again no supplementary books have
been supplied in these grades for a
number of years and those in use were
scarcely fit for the purpose intended.
The local press has already made
mention of the session of the S. L. l.
T. A. at Keokuk, April 6-S. In addition
to the usual excellent features of this
session, Keokuk is emphasizing the
construction of the great dam now I'M
der way across the Father of Waters
at that place. With the exception OF
the Panama Canal it is the largest en-
| cheering construction plant in the
world and when completed will pro
duce electrical current equivalent to
100000 steam horse power. Mega
guides and special facilities for OBJ
serving the work now under way have
been arranged for by the water power
company.
The Bureau of Municipal Research
Is now carrying on an investigation
of health work for school children
The investigation of this bureau en-
braces AL cities of 5000 or more.
Doing Planning
221 Examine for transmissible
| disease .---..-.-..-.----..-..--.......-,-..- ~
24S Examine for defective vision 33
1857 Examine for breathing trou-
bles ............................... %
1870 Examine for defective teeth AZ
81 Note tubercular or anaemic
children ..-....-....".-......-,..........,. ~
80 Cooperate with dispensaries
or hospitals ....-..-....,....,...........-.. Ia
So have one or more nurses. "a
SO Educate by home visits. IA
90 Educate by circulars...-......... 43
\ 80
"The elimination Of dust Is duty
that must appeal with peculiar force
IN tboso cbarpad with the responsibil.
ity OF caring for the health Of pupils,
"That pure air free from dust is as
demonstrated time after time"
"The dust evil Is the greatest prob.
lem of sanitation remaining for the
public school authorities to solve"
"The usual method OF sweeping a
school room with the customary
broom or floor brush Is merely n pro
lcess OF collecting and removing the