The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-03-14
County School Letter

and II.
-Four years ago the board of Hit
school purchased new single desks
for its school. It is very much to
the credit of the pupils and the
teachers vino have been in charge
that not q SINGLE desk shows knife
or peucil marks.
Last week Prof. Z. NJ. Everhart
of the ryndalt schools received O
life diploma from the State Depart
ment of Education. This is, with
one exception, perhaps, the only
one that is or has been held in the
county.
A new set of maps and a new
organ have been purchased for Hit
school. With these additions this
is now one of the very best equip
ped schools in The county. Miss
Rachel Stephens who has charge
at the present time is doing very
creditable work. We wish every
school might be so fortunate.
Mr. Frank Nellis and his pupils
by means of an entertainment
raised something over $40 which
was forwarded to the Children's
Home. This is an action that
every school should emulate.
"The prettiest things in life are
but shadows and they come and
go, and change and fade away, as
rapidly as these. Dickens.
III view of a question that has
been raised it is not amiss to re-
peat the following section of our
school law: 1.-The county superin-
tendent of schools shall encourage
teachers institutes and associa.
tons, and shall labor in every prac
ticable way to elevate the standard
of teaching, urge the continual en-
ployment of successful and efficient
teachers, and prevent by all prop
er means, the employment of those
who are incompetent and inetfi-
Gent and seek to make the employ
ment of teachers a responsible pub
lie duty. for the public advantage
only, and free from favor and sec
tartan interest" Sec. Nc. 81.
F! ono institution can be called a
good school unless it is we'll and
properly lighted, well heated and
ventilated, cleanly and we'll fur,
nished."
The following taken from a bull
letin Of the Bureau of Education OF
the United States is we'll worth
considering: "Canada's rural
schools increased the average yield
Of wheat there five bushels per acre
in a few years. time. Suppose that
our rural school teachers shout
set for themselves the problem OF
increasing the corn crop five bush.
els per acre, what would be the re-
suit? Let us see In 1910 the
farmers of Kentucky, for instance,
planted 100000 acres of corr
which yielded los, 10000 bushels.
An increase of five bushels per acre
would have made the yield 15, 500
900 more. These Is, 500, 900 bush
els of corn would have brot, at the
average farm price Dec. /, 1910,
approximately 100000 600. This
money would have gone directly to
the rural communities where it is
much needed, and would have been
of vast Importance in solving the
problems that confront our rural
people. 1t could have been used
to build 1000 miles of first class
pike roads, or it would have paid
the expenses of our public schools
for two and a half years. 1t would
have gone far toward paying the
farmers taxes, or it would have
built and furnished many a com.
Portable modern home. Can any
one figure the comfort and happi-
ness that five bushels more of corn
per acre would buy for the rural
people of any state 2" For that
reason let us make the rural school
OF the greatest possible practical