The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-07-29
New Course for Rural Schools.

DNPNs II dAh W. Will EOLlPlCN0
the formulation of a new uniform
course of study for use in the rural
and village schools of the state. The
committee consists of County School
Supts. A. G. Yawberg of Cuyahoga and
G. ]. Biery of Fulton, DR.. w. H. Heck
ert Of the state normal school at Ok
ford and Clark Fullerton of Ports
mouth, one of the district superintend-
ents of Scioto county. When the
county and district school superintend-
ents held their annual meeting in Co
lumbus last fall they asked the state
school superintendent to select a COM
mittee of competent educators to
draw up uniform course of study for
the schools under their charge. The
course which is being completed will
consist of an outline of the work Of
the school year together with full in
structions regarding the best method
to teach it, Several members of the
committee were in Columbus Saturday
putting the finishing touches to the
parts of the course assigned to them
for preparation. This course of study
will be printed and ready for distribu-
tion in August" said County Supt.
Biery.
Unique Military Training Camp.
If you were on battlefield and ex-
posed to fire would you know how to
"dig yourself in?" Also, would you
know how to hit the enemy if you
shot at him and would you know what
the commands of your officers were?
These questions are being "shot" at
Ohio's business and professional men,
at the men who are too engrossed or
busy to join the National Guard, and
the questioner in chief is the Office Of
the adjutant general, head of the Ohio
military. The purpose of the queries
is to show how little the average man
knows about military matters and
how impotent he would be should the
United States get embroiled in the
war. All of which leads up to the
unique military training camp which
is being planned to be held at Camp
Perry on Lake Erie during September.
1t will not only be camp for soldiers,
but to make soldiers. Every man who
is physically fit and has $40 to spare
is eligible to go to the camp. If
enough are enlisted, the camp will be
a go. Otherwise it will be called off.
The experiment is the first of its kind
in the history of Ohio and probably,
with the exception of New York, is
unique in the history of the United
States. Because there is no public
money available for the scheme, the
people who go to the camp school will
have to defray the cost. AS indicated
before that will be $40 man. 1t will
pay for uniforms, salary for the off,
GERS Of the National Guard, who will
do the teaching, and for rations for
the two weeks. The adjutant gen.
erals department is just now sending
out letters to the mayors of all the
principal cities asking them to recon-
mend leading citizens for the camp
school.
Names Farm Commission Men.
Gov. Frank B. Willis named the 1C
members of the new state board of
agriculture Thursday, putting on five
and the same number of
Democrats. The members met Friday
and organized. The new members are:
DR.. W. ]. Kirgan, Democrat, Cincin-
natl; John Begg, Republican, Colum-
bus Grove; Don R. Acklin, Democrat,
Perrysburg, Wood county; G. A. Bran
son, Republican, Cadiz, Harrison coun-
ty; Newton D. Bunnell, Democrat, Leb-
anon, Warren county; I. S. Myers,
Democrat, Akron; c. K. Patterson, Re.
publican, Piketon, Pike county; r. D.
Williamson, Republican, Xenia; D. D.
Snider, Democrat, Gratiot, Licking
county; T. D. West, Republican, Perry,
Lake county.
Township officials Praised.
Officials of Grand Prairie township,
Marion county, are praised by State
School Commissioner Frank W. Miller
because of their action in appointing
only teachers who are graduates of a
state normal school to have charge of
the schools in the township. "This is
the first township without centralized
schools to make such a selection"
said Supt. Miller. ut demonstrates
that the township was eager to get
the best teaching talent possible for
it's children" The superintendent said
that he would hold up the township as
a model for other townships.
FraternaI Orders Not Exempt.
All property of fraternal orders ex-
cept that used for charitable purposes
is subject to taxation, so Attorney
General Turner holds in a ruling given
the state tax commission. Homes
maintained by orders for the care of
children and women and INDECENT
members of orders are held to be used
for charitable purposes and thus are
not to be taxed.
Rules Against School Head.
Attorney General Turner has held
a bill put through the
legislature directing the Pickaway
county board of education to pay Sam
ual Sark of Circleville $416 for his
services as county school superintend-
ent. Declaring Jnar ne had never been
legally chosen for the position, the
courts held that Sark could draw no
pay. Sark got busy and had special
bill put through at the legislative ses-
sion granting him the money. Turner
says that the act is clearly unsound
and SO Sark will get nothing.
Find Municipal Ownership Pays.
Municipal ownership pays in Colum,
bus. Experts from New York City and
Cleveland, who have just completed an