Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1913-01-23
The Beresford Meeting


Separate meetings of the school
officers and teachers of the north half
Of the county was held at Beresford
on Saturday morning and they equalled
in interest the Elk Point meetings.
The discussions were lively and highly
beneficial to those present. Tn the
teachers section q number Of interest
ing papers were read and Paul Elving
of Dist. No. SO recited an original
story which he named Billy and the
Corn Stalk. His story dealt with
industrial training and contests and
brought out the possible effects of this
work on th e boy Prof. Zimmer, of
Alcester, spoke ON, What the Teacher
has q Right to Expect of the Parents. Z
He likened the school TO delicate ins-
trument placed on tripod, with the
child, the parent and the teacher rep
resented in the three legs. AS long as
the three legs are in perfect adjust
ment the instrument works perfectly
but as soon as there is breaking of
harmony the whole structure falls,
which aptly represents the result when
the child and parents coincide against
the teacher, which is always detrimen-
tai to the school, He illustrated the
school board as the force which furnish
ed the power for the machine and
brought out the fact that that the board
was powerless when the parts of the
machine failed to work hargnoniously.
In the afternoon Supt. Lawrence gave
practically the same talk as he gave
at the south end meeting and was given
the best of attention. His talk was
followed by two excellent selections BY
the girls glee club OF Beresford.
Rev II w. Jameson then gave
mastery address on the subject, What
the Parent has q Right to Expect of
the Teacher and School Officer. He
used as illustration the method follows
ed by the farmer IN planting his corn.
When the farmer plants q hundred hills
of corn he expects to reap harvest
accordingly and works with that end
IN view He thought that the same
idea should be foremost in the schools.
He used some interesting statistics
taken from the Union county school
records. He pointed to the fact that
last year there were l40 pupils IN the
Sth grade of the rural schools, that
only 65 took the final examination and
that only 70 we're graduated. He
favored industrial education and did
not .believe all children could be
moulded in the same form like bullets
and that care should be taken to fit the
child for his or her individual station
in life that the chlld who shows an
inclination for languages should be
given special training in that line and
the boy who desired to be farmer
should be taught the things that would
be most helpful in that work. He said
that parents should expect of the
boards better buildings properly lighted
heated and ventilated and pied for the
the things that tend to improve rather
than detract from the educational fa-
cilities. His talk was followed by am
interesting and appropriate original
story On, What the Thumb Marks
Told, /" BY Miss Elliot. of the Beres-
ford high school. Prof Roberts closed
the program with an excellent talk Oh
Irregular Attendance. \
At the close Of the meeting the
gathering followed the example Of the
Elk Point meeting and endorsed the
proposed Legislative program unanis
mously.