The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-07-30
Continued from Last Week

greatest stumbling block 10 the waJ ;
Of efficiency of tie rural schools Ii
/ the indifference Of the country peo-
Pile. Df course there are other stun
aling bocks-poorly trained teach
err, tue tax unit. vast. and parsi-
mopy iu financial administrations
bat all Of these can ne swept away
shsn people wake up to the in port
ance OF this big business OF educa
ton.
The majority OF the children In the .
United States are In the rural /
scho lis. Statistics show that o. per /
cent of the children III tine nation are /
Ia the rural schools: In twenty one |
states the ratio Is above 20 per cent |
or the 81 per cent ia rural schools,
% per cent are In one room school
houses aud the aggregate attendance
IL but IL per cent Of the 81 per cent.
| Tie length OF school terms In rural
| schools varies from 1910 days In Rhode
| Island To 30 days IA New Mexico
The average in rural districts is .J7
days compared with $40 In urban
| schools.
Il Fcrty.t~o per cent OF the 81 per
cent who do attend school drop out
at from IL TO ~ years OF age, leaving
| an average Of per cent Of rural
school children To reach the high
school. Furthermore, In spits III the
Il great number OF immigTants and for
elgn born In the great elites, the H.
Il literaoy 10 this rural territory Is twice
il as great a. in the cities.
II The above figures are for the whole
II United States and cannot be called
satisfactory. You can compare then
II Nth conditions In your own district
II especially az to length Of school tern
aud per esntags Of children wis
reach the high school, 1t IL tru'
that western sta ranks hrst n
- school efficiency. TIE Russell sag
- Foundation gives the following orde
~ for the leading states: Washington
. Ma.sac husstts, New York, Califor
. MA, Connecticut, ONO, New Jersey
~ Illinois, CulofadO our own stat
X idaho, Is coming right along, an
x results are expected from the ne
u arlrt o. having an Educational Boar
- All Clmmlm >ioner OF Education 4
@ tie head of oar educ itiOnat system.
q The teaching eurps, however, 81
X uake Or brnag the basl sehool systo
x 80 the world Haif.based teachs
" make hail. baked students
" SAYS writer 80 the English tai
g Mail newspaper For the ~eifA
q OF the RISING generation IN the rur
II districts the teachers there sAou
x ne people OF culture ana should ho
Ma certain social position. 10 /
" towns there are K ineraily other ca
g tses of light and learning than
q provided schools, so that any ~ea
~ ness Ic the urban stan is no lri
x mediAbls, but this il not
" ease In the country A great 4
" vance would he achieved II the 10
g Of the rural teacher could bo rails
q To that OF the rural teacher Ia 81
n land or Germany
n The quotation refers 10 eonditi'
x ia Engiand, but IL applies even IN
Z tornibly 10 this country
TIE quotation refers 10 conditli
. In England. but It applies even IN
@ foreihly to this country,
n We Gao learn much irom Eur
X about raising the standard ana sta
x ing OF our teachers
" To get ~oTtn-whils teaehefs
9 pr lfe4siou OF teachins must be N
Ga ~ortn-whlle lie work. And
q DOT only 10 financial sense,
\ also hy dlgnifying school work a
x special nslA al hign Importance.
x Nos, most people have tol
Y tutyey ~ay Of booking Al this mat
" Tnay aFe willing Ia grant fairly (
@ salaries 10 etty super intsndents.
q ~chssll tvaehsls aud university
y iazzars = ll,aSe wurk -, compact
u ~ spsae king saSY and agreeable
" not one whig noEs important
g that Of those t~ssehsrS sho lay
q foundation STONES but the tsac
~ ia the elementary grades aud IN
TX ltutAi schools are aot not GENE
wv look-d upon as being ~otthy OF
special vaaeidas alton. Fros
.AAAs teachers point IT viv~ the
scbnngs necessarily become stop
, uutil a better pustton can he oil
> 81
Tue natural result - that
, sounttY districts have IA
; mtsa pEosvssion Of traasteat Il
@ !. pfs
pn Ire other hand, ali real
Gators agree that the me~t lmpo
, place tos kpa3 tsachsfs Is "a It's
X :. grades wbare gAbtss 81 ~0tk
= ssssdy and OF tl9ouGut AEs terafss
il = tFatsm shAt tie pulse '
IL : sivw. life and saev t1 oar shols
, eattuaal SYSTEM yeats strongest
4. > tlla etGbta krs ~. Then, sinc'
II ; matortty 81 tue chtblfva "a
cuantry are "A the TufAi schools
> clear that ate heat tsaetgRss sll"i
;. Ia tie rural schools Der na
.tvsehet can .a directly afwc