The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-10-30

pills responsible for their conduct from
the time they leave home until they
return at night. Report should be
looked over carefully.
The attorney general has ruled that
"here schools are closed during an
epidemic, the teacher Is entitled to
draw full salary where there Is a writ
ten contract.
Is. Written Contracts. Such con-
tracts are for the protection of the
teacher. Insist upon them. If dis
missed, the teacher is entitled to a
hearing held at reasonable time.
IA. Certificates and Idaho Civics.
Newcomers usually criticize our state
law which requires all applicants to
pass in Idaho school law, the course
OF study, the geography and the hts
tory and the civics of this state.
Favor the Law. Your familiarity
with your own home state and its
school law has not prepared you to
teach these things in our state.
1t is a fact that more eighth grade
pupils fail in the questions about Ida
no than in other subjects. You must
remedy that in the future Let me
help you newcomers to some facts:
There are more acres of arid land
under irrigation in Idaho than in any
other state. Look at Shoshone Falls,
200 feet high and 1000 feet wide.
The canyon of the Snake river is the
deepest in the whole country-next
after the Colorado canyon.
There are mountains 10000 feet
high; and lakes as beautiful as those
in Switzerland.
In area this Camas Prairie is as
large as the State of Rhode Island.
District No. rs is larger than Massa-
chusetts. The county would cover
the states Of Rhode Island, Connecti-
cut, Delaware and a part of Massa-
chusetts.
And the Early History. In early
times, 40 to so years ago, Warrens,
Florence and Elk were cities. War
rens once had 900 population, and
produced $100,O0O,0OO in gold dust.
Joaquin Miller, the Poet of the Sier-
ras, was the express rider between
, Florence and Walla Walla, passing
thro Mt. Idaho to Lewiston.
Thursday a. m. our state superinten
ent, Miss Grace M. Shepherd, arriv
ed and was greeted by ALL
Miss Shepherds IS Address.
Never before in the history of our
state has the outlook for education
of boys and girls been so bright. Due
largely to the law creating our pres
ent state board of education.
The eyes of the nation are certainl.
turned upon this state on account oi
its step in advance in endeavoring to
unity our schools, from the rural dis
trict to the university One of the
wisest things was the appointment ol
the members of the present state
board Many thought body of lay
men would not be good educators
But these men are sane men. They
know about educational affairs, no
only in this state but in other states
Idaho county and Grangeville Is tt
be congratulated that one of their owl
citizens Is on that board.
In choosing DR.. Sisson the commits
sioner of education, the board made
an admirable selection. In this one
respect Idaho leads in the Union.
Education is fitting of young
ster for life. Not filling his heaC
full of book knowledge. Training {
boy to be good is not sufficient. Yol
teachers must train him to be goot
for something.
My own desire is that you teach
ers all stand together, helping tbs
state board and your superintendent
and the commissioner in building VI
the schools in this new way.
My own personal aim since in OF
flee has been to bring the home an'
the schools and the community int
a closer relation.
Teachers in Georgia and in Oregon
have been making such successes wit
"home credits" that my mail is full
of requests for Idaho schools to max
use of these credits. 1t is best tha
boys and girls be recognized in thei
home duties. Such duties are no
degrading, are not menial. In
teacher can do much. Therefore,
have adopted the plans used in Geol
gia and in Oregon, and present tn
matter to you this morning.
Here is one incident: In schoo
where last year the "home credit
work was discontinued after tw
months, man who had never take
any interest in school matters, cam
to the teacher Immediately, askin
boI dicnnntinI