The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-06-12

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institution primarily for the purpose
Of preparing its students for entrance
to college. This one purpose shaped
the course Of study. This isinot true
q the high school oftoday. Itsnnds
for a much wider service. II has be-
come just as much the school Of all
the people as the first eight grades.
This change has come in accord with
i the wish Of an intelligent and pro.
gfssstve people, who claimed that if
the public furnished four years be-
yond the grammar grades to the boys
and girls who wish to attend college,
so also ought the public furnish four
years of useful school training be-
yond the eight grades to the boysand
girls who do not look forward to
college education. II is in keeping
with this wish of the people, that the
high school stands as it does today.
The high school still has courses
that prepare for college entrance in
to the best grade of colleges and uni
versities. In fact, this work was
never so well done as it is today.
But in addition to these courses
that fit for college entrance, there
are other courses for that greater
number Of young people who will
never enter a college or university,
the young people for whom former
ly there was no high school to meet
their needs. These modern courses
permit the student to take, instead of
Latin, extended work in science,
normal training or commercial sub
jects. The farmer of today cannot
read with proper intelligence, the
bulletins sent out from the agricul-
tural experiment stations unless he
knows something of science. Yet
the ability to read these bulletins is
of vital importance to him in the
growing OF his crops, the breeding
of his stock and the preservation of
his soil.
But it is not the farmer alone whose
usefulness is increased by an oppor-
tunity for high school education. A
broader intelligence means increased
opportunity in any vocation.
This, in brief, is an idea of the
American high school Of today. In
the Butler High School, this idea is
being carried out so far as means and
conditions permit. y 4
The Butler High School has always
borne an enviable reputation in re-
gard to its work, its numbers, and
splendid school spirit. Not only are
all subjects taught accredited by the
state institutions, but our school has
also been put on the accredited list
of the North Central Association of
Colleges and Secondary Schools,
which includes the higher institutions
of learning in fifteen states. Out
side of St. Louis and Kansas City,
there are only thirty-five high schools
accredited by this association. Such
institutions as the University of Chi
cago, Northwestern University and
the University Of Michigan are men,
bers Of this association. Butler may
well feel proud of being accredited
by this association.
The last legislature made provis-
ion for teachers training course in
the eleventh and twelfth grades of
such approved first class high schools
as the State Superintendent might
designate. The purpose Of the law.
was to increase the facilities for train.
ing teachers for the elementary and
rural public schools. It was one of
the best laws ever passed in Missouri.
Butler is one of the schools approved
for giving this course.
The State Superintendent has pre-
scribed the following course: Three
units Of English, one unit of algebra,
one unit Of geometry, two units Of
science Of which must be agri-
culture, two units Of history-one
being American history and govern
ment one Of pedagogy, one Of re-
views, one Of methods, one Of voca- Il
tional subjects, such as music or |,
bookkeeping, and three elective L
units. +,
The State Superintendent furnishesl |,
the questions in pedagogy, reviews.