Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1915-05-06

should be left undone to pro-
vide them with IA good education
Rev. O. E.Tell discussed The
Parent s Problem. That such
a problem does exist one must
believe after hearing Rev. Tell
He brought out the thought
that the school board and the
teacher are not alone responsible
for the education Of the child.
lie is in the school room but IA
,maNl fraction Of the day. At
other times he is, or ought to
be under the care Of the par
tnt. Greater responsibility
rests with the parent, then,
than with the board and the
teacher.
{. II. Lugg, superintendent of
public instruction for the state.
followed with his address, and a
though me hour was late, tIs,
audience was SO Interested in
what this gentleman presented
that they remained unit the end
The superintendent is very prac-
tical, not a theorist in any sense,
and he gave expression to many
helpful suggestions. We do
bot need so much money for
school purposes: we need to
know, rather, how to use
such funds as are at hand. The
teacher should be interested in
the life Of the individual ;througll
she may be weIl educated, if she
is not in fu1 sympathy with
each pupil, and with the com
nnnity at Large, she is failing
in MANY ways in which SHE
shoWd succeed. The school
shomd be more practical. teach
ing those tlings which win
actually hep. There should
be cooperation between the
nome and the school and the
'atter cannot completely fuafil
its mission until there is. Mr..
Llagg s address was a summary
Of the advancement of education
from the early days Of the
republic until the presen: Time.
and it was interspersed with
many thought, like those we
have quoted.
The evening session was de-
voted to the county school con
test and the different events
were interspersed by musical
numbers. Because of weather con
ditions number Of districts did
not have their representatives
here. There were quite a few
children in each of the con
tests, though, and everyone of
them did splendid work. The
crowd III attendance taxed the
capacity Of the opera house,
and a large number We're com
PEELED to remain standing
throughout the long program.
Prior to the commencement of
the program, the band boys play.
cd Il number Of selections on
the street, and two numbers in
the hall.
Following the greeting ex-
tended to the visitors by Attor-
ney Alvin Waggoner, the con
test in additi ion by lst and 2nd
grade pupils took place. Each
was given foltyfive combinations
to add, and the count was made
by time and mistakes, every mis-
take adding a second to the
time. The results: June Rey-
rick, &c seconds time, 4 mis-
takes, total minute 10 seconds
Roy Abrahamson, time 50 4-5
seconds, 3 mistakes, total 55
4-5 seconds; Thelma ScmroIl,
time 81 Is seconds, } mista kes,
total 81 Is seconds; Margaret
Eggm, time 2 minutes 5 Sc
conds, mistake, total 2 min
ntes 6 seconds; Irene Robinson,
time 48 3-5 seconds. / mista ke,
total 49 3-5 seconds. Winners
1st, Irene Robinson; 2nd, Thel-
ma Schroll; Bird, Roy Abraham
son. Judges-Mrs. O. NJ. Culp,
Philip; Mrs. Katherine II.
Williams, Powell; j. +. Taggert,
Midland.
An instrumental duet by Mrs
Ben Carr and Mrs. f. NJ. Larson
was we'll received, the ladies' res
ponding to an encore.
Next was the contest in multi
pIication, by Bird and 4th grade
pupils. Thirtys;x combinations
, were nSaI and +hn co,,n+ mad o