The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-09-12
SCHOOL
ATTENDANCE
UNUSUALLY LARGE ENROLMENT
IN CITY SCHOOLS FOR THE
SECOND WEEK.
FOOTBALL TEAM WILL Be A WINNER
Twenty-nine Men Are in Training and
Prospects Are Good for a Strong
Team-Good Games Assured.

The second week of school indicates
that this is to be a record breaker not
only in point of attendance but in
kind of work as well. The excellent
manner in which the schools are begin.
ming the work of the yea is gratifying
to all concerned. The organization OF
the classes in the different department
has been completed and the splendid
spirit in which all begun their work
portends the excellence Of the work
to be done during the year.
Classes in Manual Training and
Household Science are all large and
the work is promoting industry and
health as we'll as developing general
efficiency and skill and helping the
boy to find himself and discover the
place for which he is best adapted.
More than 80 boys Of the schools are
taking advantage Of the Manual Train.
ing courses. There are about 100 girls
in the Household Science classes.
The enrolment in the high school
is near the 200 mark and it is expected
that there will be 225 enrolled before
the close of the month. There are
now AZ seniors and it is expected that
the class Of 1918 will end with over
40 graduates.
The new plan under which the 7th
and Sth grades is organized has
already proved highly satisfactory and
shows that ther els being some pro,
gress forward in this department. The
7th and Sth grades are organized un-
der the departmental plan and the
advantages the new plan has over
the old, as already seen, shows that
the Bookings schools are making
some great strides in keeping up with
the wonderful progress that Is being
made in all lines Of trade, industry,
and education. Supt. Browning is re-
ceiving many inquiries from school
men concerning the plan Of organiza-
ton and all are much interested in
this new departure.
The work under the new plan is ar
ranged so that one teacher handles
the arithmetic and physiology, another
the grammar and reading, and another
the history and geography, pupils OF
these grades get music, manual train
ing and household science under the
special teachers of these departments.
The classes or sections change rooms
for recitations the same as in the
high school. This gives the pupil the
advantage of a teacher who makes
her subject a specially. AS a result
a well balanced course Is carried out
and pupils are not adrift with inter
est in one or two subjects. A higher
grade of work is being done; a great
er independence and self reliance Is
being displayed by the pupils; the
teacher is better prepared to teach
in the subject of her choice and enters
her classes with an abundance Of en-
thusiasm for the subject.
We are living in an age Of special
lists and the jack-of-all-trades has seen
his day. No teacher can teach all
subjects with the same enthusiasm
nor are they found as efficient in all
subjects as they are in those subjects
which they have a natural or acquired
interest. The plan also gives the
teacher a better chance to prepare
her work than in the ordinary method
having only one or two subjects to
teach. If a pupil Is poor in arithmetic
and good in every thing else, he is
allowed to 60 on in everything else
except arithmetic, thus giving him an
opportunity to strengthen his weaker
studies. Already valuable results
have been accomplished which EN-
phasizes the fact that this Is an age Of
success to the man who can do some
one thing and do that well.