The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-10-30
TEACHERS AND
OFFICERS MEET
EDUCATIONAL MEETING
is HELD IN BRookiNos
ON FRIDAY
DEAN PtRISHO GIVES SPLENDID TALK
Entire Program is a Fine One and 10
Of Much Enjoyment and Profit to
the Teachers and Officers

The annual officers and teachers
meeting for Brookings county was
held at the Fad theatre in this city
on Friday. There was a splendid rep
resentation of those who control the
destinies Of the schools Of this county.
there being 145 officers and over 100
teachers present. Elkton was the only
district in the county that a not
represented by either officers or teach
ers. This is the annual meeting that
formerly took place in the spring.
The morning session opened at ten
o'clock and the house, which seats
about $50, vas practically filled. The
first speaker was Miss Stedman, the
county superintendent. Miss Stedman
stated the object of the meeting,
which Is to enable the officers and
teachers to get together for an ex-
change of ideas and to cooperate for
the welfare of the county schools. She
explained the making out of the an.
nual report Of the school clerk, and
mentioned that the public towel and
drinking cup had been prohibited by
the state law. Miss Stedman then took
UP what she termed her hobby-the
consolidation Of the schools. She
said that in thirty schools in the coun-
ty the enrolment was eight or less
and in many townships consolidation
would be economical, az well as adj
vantageous in the education of the
pupils. In closing she complimented
the officers for the excellent condition
OF the school buildings and their ap-
parent desire to do all that could be
done to improve the rural schools.
F. F. Baldridge followed Miss Sted-
with an interesting and practical
talk on Things to be Taken Into Con-
in Hiring a Teacher"
Miss Mable Severson followed Mr..
Baldridge with an equally interesting
on What the Teachers Expect
of the School Board" These two talks
were Of the practical kind and brought
out many good points that a be fol.
lowed with profit by both officers and
teachers.
The morning session was brought
to a close by an address On What
the High School Owes the Farm Boys
and Girls" by Prof. e. e. S~tivers, the
new head of the school Of agriculture
at the State College. Prof. Stivers is
an interesting speaker and his address
was one of the good mes of the day.
The afternoon session opened at
and the theatre was pack
ed. The first speaker was w. M. MAR,
the new superintendent of agricultural
extension work at the State College.
MI. MAR gave a very practical talk on
agricultural extension work In the
rural schools, a phase OF education
that the State Colleg ehas just taken
up. Mr.. MAR outlined the work his de-
partment will do, and the results 1t ex-
poets to accomplish.
The principle address Of the day
was then delivered by Dean Perisho
OF the state university at Vermillion.
The dean Is an orator of much ability
and his address was one of the best
ever given before Brookings county
teachers and officers. His talk was
along the line Of advancement OF rural
education In this state. and his whole
talk was a boost for South Dakota,
and its home and schools and people.
His aspiration when he retired from
active work was, he said, to spend his
declining years on a South Dakota
farm.
The meeting as a whole was we
think the best one ever held, and Miss
Stedman is to be complimented for the
splendid program that was arranged
for. The officers were highly pleased
with the session and several Of them
stated that they felt more than ever
the responsibility Of their positions
Following the afternoon program
the teachers and officers were the
guests Of Mr.. Erie who entertained
them with moving pictures.