Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1914-03-19
FINE ADDRESSES At
co. SCHOOL MEETING
State Supt. Taylor and Others
Speak on School Subjects.

the educational value of domestic SCI
ence. She referred to all business
conventions which discussed voca-
tional education, and apply it's prin-
ciples. Domestic education, she said,
has to do with everything that per-
tains to right living. Girls should
| be educated to be home makers. Some
teachers make girls dissatisfied with
farm life. Teachers should not be
hired who are deeply out of SYM
pathy with farm life. She referred
to the large number of girls who
! have completed their domestic sci
ence training, and married, and that
there have been actually few or no
divorces amongst them. Kansas re-
| quires every rural teacher to have
had at least six months instruction
every teacher must be able to furnish
a warm lunch. Our rural schools
have not been educating for the
home. We learn music for culture;
we must have art at least, to appre-
ciate good pictures, and we must have
good literature for it's culture. There
is culture in domestic science; a good
spirit, helpfulness, cleanliness, order
and accuracy are taught. Absolute
cleanliness of back yard as we'll as
front yard.
Does the girl help her mother? The
teacher should help the girl to ap-
preciate her mother. What can we
expect of this man? Look at the
home he comes from. Culture means
absolute cleanliness, highmindedness.
If your COW must have balanced ra-
ton, you must have a balanced ra-
ton. Boys and girls must be train
ed in the right living. We are try
ing to make girls believe housework
is most dignified work. We are not
going to have the servant class long
er. We are dignifying labor, we are
to have educated and trained help,
and are teaching economy. Our girls
cents an hour. When our girls mar
ry, they furnish the kitchen first, and
what is left they put in the parlor.
The girl is taught how to spend mon
ey, and what proportion of the salary
should be spent for food. We teach
simplicity. An overdressed teacher
is a bad example for pupils. Simplic-
ity in the home makes for happiness.
Cleanliness must be taught. The
girl who did not battle properly was
accosted by her teacher, who asked
how often she bathed, and she said
once in six weeks. The person who
is not clean is lot of trouble to him
self. Many mistakes are made in
domestic work, but we are going to
have strong, self reliant woman
who will not grumble or complain.
Transportation Zones.
Under the compulsory attendance
law of 1913, the zones for the trans
portation of children at the expense of
the district, are as follows: Chill
dren living within not less than one
and one-quarter miles nor more than
two and one-quarter miles from the
school house, by the nearest public
route, shall be in zone No. /. Chill
dren living within not less than two
one-fourth miles nor more than three
and one-fourth miles shall be in zone
No. 2. Children living at distance
greater than three and one-fourth
miles by the nearest public route,
shall be in zone No. 3.
In providing for transportation the
school board shall provide a maxi
mum compensation per family for the
first zone, and compensation per fam
lily from zone No. 2 shall be one-half
greater than for zone No. !, and COM
pensation for zone No. 8 shall be
twice that for zone No. /. This law
does not apply where transportation
provision has been made under the
law by the school board of any dis
trict, nor to deaf, blind, or feeble
minded children, nor to children be-
tween the ages of and Is whose
parents desire to send them for a
period not exceeding six months, to
any parochial school.
Afternoon Session.
The afternoon session was begun
by a prayer by Rev. G. w. Simon, a
short address of welcome by Mayor
Blewett, and a demonstration lesson
from school No. 4, by the teacher,
Arthur Lawrence. The object OF the