Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-08-13


them for high school and at the sam,
time to mod the advanced work s
Grammar, Arithmet tic, History, etc.
in.such q way as to meet=the re
quirements Of prac tical life for thos,
who do not wish to take the higl
school course. This arrangement
would also make it possible for US (
make promotions In the. seventh
eighth and ninth grades BY subjects
instead of.by grades, as is done and
Of necessity must be done under
present conditions. 1t would also
relieve the over-crowded condition
which is sure to occur in the present
high school quarters within the near
future. tt would be my thought that
the Junior high school should oc-
cupy the second story Of the central
building, and that the two grade
rooms in the high school building
and the four rooms on the first floor
Of the central building would serve
to accommodate the six grades which
it would be necessary to maintain
below the high school in the central
group.
Further, this arrangement would
relieve the present crowded condi-
tons in the laboratory in the high
school building. Under present con-
ditions it is necessary for the teach
er in Physics to get out and set up
apparatus in the morning for her
Physics class, then take it to pieces
and put it away before the after
noon session, to accommodate the
sixty pupils who take Zoology or
Physiology in the afternoon, whereas
it is generally desirable and occas-
ionally necessary that at least a por-
ton of the Physics class shall have
an opportunity to complete expert
ments time did not permit to be done
at the regular Physics period, or to
repeat an experiment which was UNI
satisfactorily accomplished, and also
to allow an opportunity for ambitious
students to put in extra time and
thereby gain a more complete and
thorough understanding Of the sub
ject.
1t has been often times suggested
by individual Board members, and
some times discussed in Board meet
ings that it would be desirable
thing to introduce course in COM
mercial subjects in the high school
curriculum. We're the Senior high
school only to occupy the present
high school quarters it is probable
that room could be set aside for
this purpose, If such course is de-
sired. -. - - ...1. ....
I recommend that for the next
year, six new FORCES be placed in the
blacksmith shop. The teacher in
blacksmithing can handle twelve at
a time just as effectively as he cen
handle six under the present ar
rangement, and his time is too valu-
able to allow him to spend it with six
pupils when the quality Of the work
would not be lowered, if he were
handling twice that number.
ut has been my desire that the
Willmar school should own a pro-
jecting lantern, together with edu-
cational views, that might be used
throughout the system. A pupil gains
knowledge and insight into human
affairs by many various means, and
it is now commonly believed by the
best educators that a picture thrown
upon the screen is often times Of
more value in teaching a subject,
than the reading Of various volumes
upon that subject: f. XII. -
81 have also felt the need of a
good victrola or similar machine, to-
gether with a few high grade rec
ords, and few books portraying the
life and character Of the authors, to-
gether with "a brief explanation Of
the musical productions. If such an
instrument could be had and moved
from room to room, and a few good
records played to the children while
the history Of the author and the
production were being studied, ] be-
lieve that love for, and an appre-
citation of higher grade Of music
could easily be implanted in the
heart Of every child, and that his
course in public school music would
become enlivened to him and take on
an entirely different meaning. I do
not expect that the Board under
present financial conditions would
feel justified in purchasing these
things for the school, however, much
they might approve the principle Of
having them, but I have hoped that
the money might be raised in one
way or another in the school itself,
and that these instruments might be-
come part Of the equipment within
the near future. === .. .s E.
STATE AID shall close this
report by enumerating approximate
" the amount Of aid which this
school district will receive beginning
with the year 19l 3-'l4.
Special high school aid So, 200
Special Industrial aid $500