The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-01-26

For instance there has been some
adverse comment on giving instruC-
ton in physical culture he said.
I'VE must lake into consideration
that the boys of today are living a
much different life from that OF the
boys in our youth. The boy OF today
must have his muscles trained, If not
by hard manual labor. then by other
reasonable exercise. Education must
come to meet that end
Touching on the relations between
the city and Normal schools, Prof.
May said it had been remarked that
the high school had ~endeavored to get
students from outside the district to
attend that institution i'm preference
to enrolling at the Normal school.
He said that such is far from being
the case, and that when assuming the
superintendency OF the city schools,
he was asked by the board of educa-
tion Tot TO cater to students from
abroad.
Needs OF the Normal.
A paper on the Needs OF the State
Normal School, written by Dr.. J. w.
Heston. was read by the president.
Dir. Heston had intended TO be pres
ent. but was called to Sioux Falls 10
attend a meeting of the board OF re-
gents. In the paper he asked that
the Normal school should receive the
hearty support of the citizens and the
public schools. and he gave as one of
the Normal schools greatest needs
more money.
II. e.,sJ sh,+ "a I1,4xr -, tho ARrrau1
school had been the stealing away
from the local institution by the State
college at Brookings the annual insti-
tute. He related that the State col
lege in putting the matter before the
board of regents had not given hat
body the actual facts. The Normal
school will be considerably compen-
stated for the loss of the institute,
however. by the large teachers meet
ing TO be held here this summer. The
attendance at the Normal school "a
given as being over 500 in the teach
ers' training department. the best in
that institutions existence.
Cost OF Transportation.
Prof. l.. C.. Atherton. the farmer
member" of the Normal school fac
ulty. in a plea for betterment of high
ways, said hat there is nothing that
adds TO progress more than good
roads. and that a community develops
Just as rapidly as its means of trans
p~ortation increases. He pointed Il
that where there is not adequate
transportation facilities it frequently
costs twice as much to deliver Il com
modify as il does TO actually produce
that commodity. AS an illustration.
Prof. Atherton said that III the roads
here were in proper condition a team
could haul about twice as much as ii
would be possible TO do now, making
a difference of about one-half in the
cost of transportation here. He told
that i'm Iowa, where he visited last
M the mudhole in the road is
almost a thing of the past. He said
that farmers there had proved that it
is most economical to keep their
highways properly graded and drain
ed, and to oil the dirt roads. In his
opinion the rural roads in Lake coun-
ty are not typical OF those in other
counties of the state. He thought the
roads here are far behind those in
other parts of the state. Not all the
expense of bringing the highways to
a better condition should be borne by
the farmers, he believed. The man in
the city also derives benefits from
! good roads. and he should therefore
/, do his share toward bringing them up
! TO standard.
1t was estimated by Prof. Anterior
that nearer 500. 600 than $4,000
/ was spent in Madison each year by
students who come from out of town
! and by those who live here, but
! would attend school elsewhere If il
were not for the presence of the Nor
f nal school and a good high school
. here. He calculated that the average
visiting student spends about S333 a
yea As an outstanding need OF the
! Normal school. the speaker gave
/, more room as predominating. lie
/ said hat when the proposed training
. school is finished there Will still be
6 great need of more space, and that II
is the intention TO keep going after
o successive legislatures until more
A buildings are obtained for the inst1-
: tuition. With regard to statements he
had heard to the effect that it costs
Q an excessive amount to operate the
: Normal school. he said that the eX-
pense of maintaining the Normal
r school is less, per capita, than is that
q of any other similar institution in the
9 state. He told that it is hoped To
Q bring some TOO people here for the
j two weeks institute next summer
1 and that they will spend here, at {
+ rough estimate. 10000. The citi
4 zens generally were asked to give tn,
Q Normal school all the publicity pos
n sible, and especially 10 talk of the
a school when away from home.
The large attendance at Madison
school made il appear to A. e. Ran
q kin. of Chicago, temperance lecturer
: that there is no race suicide here
@ Mr.. Rankin said that it vas probable
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