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

The people of Idaho county are to
he congratulated upon the executive
ability OF their county supreintend-
ent of schools.
Mr.. Glanville had this problem to
handle; of the 109 teachers at work
IN this county SO are newcomers, and
u are teaching for the first time.
Close PERSONAL supervisor by Mr..
Granville being impracticable owing
% the size of the county Zone dis
trict alone, No. Is, South Fork of
Salmon, being larger in area than the
state of Massachusetts), he has civ.
en- us 63 newcomers and the begin
pers an institute and a program
worth while.
We teachers are at school this
week; and we are enjoying it.
Personally We wish that our trus-
tees, and the parents could come al
20. We are getting technical train
ing. Some of US are reviewing meth
ods learned long ago. We are also
getting this years new view point,
glimpses due to the progress in edu-
cation itself. Many of the parents,
We are sure, would enjoy this view
Of the advances made since their
own school days ceased, ten, fifteen
or twenty years ago. Maybe an in
creased use of school houses as Soc
iR centers will make such views and
reviews easy in the future for par
ents.
Our instructors are seven. Three
are skilled in the profession: Miss
Margaret Sweet of the University at
Moscow; Miss Janet St. John of the
Normal at Lewiston, and Mr.. E. j.
Klemme, of the Normal at Ellens.
burg, Washington.
Miss Sweet talks about foods and
health; Miss st. John, about read
Ing, word-recognition and expression.
and Mr.. Kemme gives us a standard
for efficiency, both in lighting and
heating the room, and in our own per
sonal attitude. In fact, all three are
exponents of efficiency. They are
stating that we teachers are trus-
tees for society, having an almost des
podc power over children,-the citi-
zens OF ten years hence. What is
our attitude to our work? Are we
chselling them as a stonemason does
the granite? Or hammering them
q smith does his steel? Or are
We developing them to become active
human beings?
Mr.. Kemme sums up the spirit of
ms institute In his phrase: Push,
don't knock"
The four local instructors are as
interesting. Miss Helen Gwin has
ied the singing twice q day. She
leads us to sing with a vim. And
N ner three minute talks has given
vs. bit of musical history, the origin
Of America, Star Spangled Banner
and Dixie, our three national songs;
slso the origin of the lines, clefs and
aotes used in written music. Her
WORK In the town schools lis that of
. specialist and is familiar to our
readers.
Mrs. P. M. Glanville filled in a
vacant period Tuesday forenoon with
= .alK about Mendessolm, and then,
aaned our ears to appreciate the
0,'ierence between "rag-time'' and
N'assic music, by rendering Mendels-
'0nas Wedding March," four
sunes without words, Consolation, /"
hunting song," Spring Song" and
stunning Song,'' and the "Rondo
capricciso."
we wished for more but were CON
e@ TO await Thursday afternoon,
'.esnoven's Moonlight Sonata"
ile unexpected came Wednesday
=. w. In a duet from Wagner IS
~ uannnauser" by Mrs. Glanville and
Ss fulton. The rendition was ap-
m00'ated all the more because it was
Unexpected.
NJ. hice's paper on the teacher
49, M ae community Is to be given
tM M we go to press an will be no
so , In our next issue. Grangeville
Ions. 40 A"' p''''e op-n
fourth local instructor Is our
~ ~ Superintendent, p. M. Glanville.
n. pening greetings Monday morn.
PUT everybody at their aese.
s0ay morning he gave us view
sn.s 0oi affairs as he sees them, and
s.sl slaslzed the fact that many a
s.s 80 many miles away from the
seat, is thrown unon her own