The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-11-25
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
OF THE COUNTY
Supt. F. N. DRY Spends Week Visiting
Schools and Finds Much Enthus-
iasm Among Pupils.
HAVE FINE BUILDING AT DELoIT

Advocates Normal Training High
Schoo!s-State Would Donate
SEQ for Each School Year
We visited the Schleswig schools
& Weekhtbefore last and found them in
I BEST OF condition and doing good
xydr The domestic science room is
4 va Hed "a tid pupils and PATRONS
!. sys iiteres tao u 1'he Aiptlier's club has
sixty members an1 meets With the
teachers at@flie school building once
each month to discuss plans for the
community. We need more of this
immunity spirit in Our schools.
The new building at Deloit is fine
one and a credit to the patrons OF the
school The schools have moved into
the new building and this makes a
much nicer place for the teachers and
children.
Many of our teachers attended the
State Teachers meeting at Des Moines
the 9TH, 9th and It'll of this month.
Those who attended all of the meet
luSS MSle SSll paul III tllS SiioAt.
Normal Training High Schools.
Why not have three or four normal
training high schools in Crawford
county? There are other schools be-
sides Denison schools that could have
The course. 1t is one OF the best
courses in the high school because it
helps prepare the student for some
thing definite. For two years they are
working with the thought OF being
teachers and are reading and studying
with this thought uppermost in their
minds.
/. The state will give to each
school which it approves for this
course, the sum Of $3.50 each year.
2. Along with the training course
in elementary pedagogy and the art of
teaching agriculture, domestic science
and manual training, there must be a
review in the common branches deem
ed essential by the state superintend-
ent.
3. A class of ten must be maintain
ed during each semester. The $3.50
with the extra tuition from the rural
graduates would help to add one or
two competent teachers to the high
school corps and make any of our
high schools much better and able to
do much better work.
Tuition in High Schools.
Pupils who graduate from our coun-
try schools shall be permitted to at
tend any high school which will re-
ceive them and their tuition up to
three and one-half (S3.50) dollars shall
be paid by the home district Pupils
who graduate from the ninth or tenth
grades of our smaller high schools
will be allowed to attend any high
school which will receive them and
the one. two or three years necessary
to complete the course must be paid
by the home district up to $3.50 per
month as in the case OF rural schools.
If the graded school is approved for
two years then tuition must be paid
the home district for. two years in
four year high school. If the school
Ia approved for three years then the
home district must pay for one year.
1t is the opinion of those in author
ity that in case high school accept
graduates from the eighth grade in
the country schools or from the eighth
grade of a town school that they must
be given a trial for the year in the
ninth grade and in case OF failure that
they make up the, subjects in which
they fail in the ninth grade.
Teachers Examinations.
After July l, 1915, it will be neces-
sary for every one who takes the
teachers examination to pass in sg-
riculture and domestic science.
1t will be necessary for beginners
to have at least twelve weeks OF nor
mai training before they will be al
lowed to try the examinat ton
Teachers who can furnish evidence.
of six co months successful teaching
experience will not be required to
have twelve weeks of normal training.
Boys Corn.
We hear sorle excellent reports from
the corn furnished the boys and girls
this spring. In many cases it has
gone from fifteen to twenty-five bush
els more to the acre than the fathers
corn. Many bushels will be saved for
seed and many farms will be planted
10 this corn next spring. 1t is pure
bred corn and grows stronger stalk
land ear than the ordinary seed corn.
One girl says that her papa did not
believe much in the seed, but planted
it and gave it an equal chance with his
other corn and that it is a better corn
and made more bushels to the acre
than his corn. We would like to have
every boy send the one best ear and
five ears to the short course in Deni-
son. December 14th to 18th.
The following prizes will be given:
Class A-Best five ears yellow corn.
LIST prize, cash ....... ........$I 30
I'd prize, cash 5.oo
Sd prize, cash ........ ......... 300
18th prize, cash ....... $3.50. zoo
9Th prize, cash ........ 49,. 100
Glass B-Best five ears white corn.
list prize, cash $50. $3.50
ID prize, cash ........ 80. SEQ
d prize, cash ........ 800
tn prize, cash ........ ....... 2oo
tn prize, cash ....... go. LOO
Glass C-Best ear of yellow corn.
1t prize, cash ........ $500. $500
prize, cash ......-. ..... ".oV
prize, cash ........ ........ 20
prize, cash ...... ........... LOO
Glass D-Best ear of white corn.
prize, cash .-..... ........$5 100
prize, cash ......-. ... ".oo
nrizp cash -. .... C.oN