The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-10-29
EDUCATORS ANNUAL MEETING
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for more adequate assistance in the
county superintendent office, state
aid for consolidated schools and fol
standardizing rural schools, as EN-
bodied in senate bills Nos. 113 and 131
of last legislature. introduced through
the committee on legislation appoint
ed by the county superintendent al
the Pierre meeting OF the State Educa
tional Association.
We recommend hat the State Educa
tional association authorize the ex
penditure of not to exceed Two hundred
dollars for the expenses of a commit.
tee on legislative enactment which
your committee has authorized the
chairman of this committee to appoint,
The resolutions committee reported
the following:
The South Dakota Educational asso.
citation in annual convention resolves
as follows:
/. We fully appreciate the cordial
welcome and the warm hospitality ex-
tended by the people of Deadwood to
the members of this association and
We thank all who so faithfully aided
in making our stay in the city so en-
joyable.
2. We wish in no uncertain terms
to commend the officers of this asso-
citation for the interesting and instruc-
tive program arranged and the very
able manner in which they con ON
Quoted the various meetings.
3. We desire to take this opportun-
ity to recognize the worth and sterling
character of an exceptional school man
with an exceptional record. We thus
recognize his worth as an educator as
well as his influences on all educa-
tional advancement in the twenty-five
years that Superintendent Strachan
has been connected with this associa-
ton.
4. We commend the efforts of the
Regents of Education in extending the
activity of the normal schools to rural
communities and the encouragement
given to those in charge of the normal
extension work.
5. We recognize that the greatest
educational problem in this state is
the improvement of our rural schools
in which 10000 Of our 10000 grade
pupils are enrolled. The fact that only
.one-fourth of the pupils enrolled in
the eighth grade complete their work
is evidence of the deplorable, if not
pathetic condition of our rural educa-
tional system. We believe the stigma
on our school system by the Russell
Sage Foundation report of 1912 is
due to the fact that, for years
we have had little constructive school
in this state. We, there
fore. heartily endorse the recommends
tons Of the legislative committee of
our association. We especially urge
favorable action of the legislature on
the measures designed to foster con-
Of schools and better one
room rural schools, and those meas
resigned to secure more adequate
supervision of rural schools, profess
sionally, trained rural teachers and
free text books in grades below the
high school.
s. We recommend that the depart
ment Of public instruction carry out
a campaign of health education by
preparing and distributing bulletins
and other literature on school hygiene
among all schools of the state.
z. We favor the encouragement of
bible study by high school pupils and
that a representative COM
be appointed by the president
of the association to make a careful
study Of the question of allowing high
schools to give credit for such teach
ing to be done entirely under the d.
of the churches.
s. We strongly favor the measure
upon which the people of South Da-
xota will vote on November Bird, next,
provision for the calling of a
state constitutional convention.