Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-05-01

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ing things. Upper Iowa is practic-
ally training college for high school
teachers. To give her students
practical training in the art of
teaching. to keep the school in close
touch with public school work, and
in order that they may guarantee
the success of their graduates, they
have made an arrangement with the
city school whereby certain classes
are turned over to the college and
are taught by the senior students un-
der the close personal supervision Of
the professor of education.
One student was so successful in
his practice teaching that he has
already been employed as a regular
teacher in the high school.
The college has put in splendid
domestic science equipment. An
arrangement has been made so the
high school girls do domestic science
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An arrangement has been practic-
ally perfected that will secure for
the college and high school.
The college and the high school
are just beginning an experiment in
the use of Edison's new disc phono-
graph. and the Edison Kinetiscope
with slides and motion pictures 20
supplement- class room instruction.
Most of the county superinten-
dents of the Big Six counties have
already entered into plans for a
union summer school at Upper To-
wa. 1t is planned to include all Of
the most progressive features OF
modern education; new inventions,
model school for observation, do
nestle science, agriculture, etc.
Owing to their beautiful location,
smallness of their classes and the eff
ficiency of the instructors which
they have they believe they will
be able to give teachers more for
their time and money than Iowa
teachers have heretofore been able
to secure"
The balance of the money received
from the lectures by DR.. Myerholz and
Professor Colgrove will be saved for
next year. lectores as that is the de-.
sire reported almost unanimously from
those teachers who offered any sug-
gestions.
Many of the schools had made plans
for observing Arbor Day last Friday,
April Oath, but the weather prevented
the observance of the day as planned
in many instances. However, some
schools succeeded in doing little and
others postponed the work entirely un-
til some clear day. This is an impor-
tant work which, if properly conduct
ed, not only provides practical and in
teresting lessons in nature study and
agriculture but also beaatifies the
school grounds We hope that year
after year more and more teachers
viii give definite lessons concerning
gardening ma tree planting, conseFsyyysi;;
ton Of forests, etc., previous e. AArborr
Day, and then give the real and prac-
teal wo5k on the school grounds on
the appointed day. s,xst, u. ..t s.o,., 8 /
The teachers Of Chester township de-
serve credit fol. sending to this ONCE
all u. their complete preliminary re-
ports for the spring term before those
Of any other township. Of course
Chester township j. small and many in
dividual teachers from other townships
have done 40 well, for which we wish
to recommend them. Prompt atten-
ton to the reports to this Office 10
usually the result of prompt attention
to the regular work of the school. The
regular preliminary reports give the
classification, program, ETC., of the
school at the beginning of the term,
As the State Manual of Methods and
Course of Study and our Supplement
were sent out to the teachers during
the winter term we have been much in
terested in the preliminary reports,
We have found that many Of the teach
ers are handling the course we'll. To
those TEACHERS Who preliminary reports
do not show regular, class periods for
al, Of the required subjects we, iAlEe
sending new form Of report, calling
attention :keq ei4q to, this fact giving .Fs.er,
.encs 70 Ceo 40 and Supplement for
combining and alternating, ellapeee, and
Eeqpeeting that thea program b9 M ne
arranged allowing for these subisSetst
a. = whole, the teachers hays sh0Fp .
very good spirit and haye returned tt| he
eolpissa off, the a ,reafraHged prograps
promptly and satisfactorily. It IL for
The special attention given TO this extra
report that We especially Q Yish IA com
mend them We are making plans for