Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-06-03

we educate our girls :" is briefly this
| GlYe them right, safe, a sane educa-
tlon, and you neeu not worry about their
future. No matter what their eventual
station or rank In life may be, you wlll
| always have the assurance, II you have
done this duty by them they Will not be
found wanting when weighed iii the
| balance.
We therefore see the great necessity
Of the parents cooperating with our
teachers and assisting them in various
ways along the educational lines. Let
Us give our teachers generous share of
boosts" instead of knocks" and form
a bond between our children and their
teachers which will prove blessing to
both concerned. Let US teach them to
be courteous TO their instructors in and
out OF the school room. AS the teacher
Is the superior of our child IN education
al matters he or she demands respect
from them. Annually and semi-annu.
ally we witness the part or complete
failure of pupils IN our public schools.
Can we account for thus? Perhaps some
failures are due 10 back wardness or III
health, but what Of tue rest? Why can
not pupil reclte what he seemingly
studies beforehand? Perhaps foremost
iH hIs thoughts all the time he was
studying was the game OF marbles played
at noon, the base ball game after school,
or the moving picture show the night
before. Ills mind is not on the lesson.
aud SO we say the first and greatest
cause of failure is lack OF concentration
Inls habit may begin early ln life. All,
but the result Here, pupil is requlr-
ed TO take several OF the grades twice or
three times; high school student loses
several credits and yet they do not rea-
NE the capacity of their minds growth
any more than pupil IN the lower
grades. Occasionally we hear, Miss So
and SO was SO cranky, and she gives
such awful lessons, just wouldn't recite
tins morning, | was 30 mad"
This may De pure stubborness on the
part OF the pupil and he thinks he has
splted the teacher. But has he? Why
no. 1t is the child who is hurt in that
he has missed a recitation, lost his tenn
per and been very rude. This lack OF
control, caused by nervousness or two
little sleep, is Witnessed among pupils
where entertainments, parties or picture
shows are being continually attended.
school work as we'll as health, would be
far better than one failure. AS We all
know, lack of sleep dulls the nerves and
the power of thought and of concentra-
ton. Sleep aud concentration walk
nand in hand. Even practicing Que and
not the other, Will bring weak points
CONT nualy.
Frequently uneducated people mock
the ambitious boy or girl with, "Aw,
never passed sucn grade and Pm living
yet" not stopping to think that times
change, and In the world of tomorrow,
the education of the twelve grades will
be regarded as the education of the three
"Rs" OF yesterday. A few pupils in
such influence 60 through school and
piucky they are, too, even though they
do not get as much as some from their
| books; but grow more discouraged, drop
out of school and follow in the drudging
| footsteps of their fathers. The boy gives
up more readily than the girl, not mind
! ing the Teproaches and advice of his
teacher, and the girl, anxious to have
| her lessons and To please her teachers,
worries and sits up late to complete
some lessons. Perhaps this is due TO b or
| irrtability, but more frequently to her
irregular duties in the home. While
the boy has definite tasks to be finished
| before supper, the girl has the uncom-
| pleted tasks of her mother, the dishes to
do, and occasionally because her mother
is indisposed, various other duties fall to
| her. When these are disposed of it il
| bed time, but some lessons must be look
ed over. How much better to prepare
| these when the mind is more clear. Ii
| every case of failure were studied separ.
ately, there would be found more topics
than these. So 1t still appears to be a
tangled web in which there is no end of
small threads, even after the greater
ones have been removed.
| This community is to be congratulated
upon having as its ideal the magnificent
school building now in progress, which
will furnish all the opportunities afford.
ed by any high school in any other city
in this great state of South Dakota. BY
giving to the pupils of this community
every possible advantage in an educa'
tional line, it will send out graduates
who will be equal of any other high
school graduate in this state. Our School
Board is to be congratulated upon their
untiring efforts in securing the splendid
new building now in progress for the
betterment of education in Custer.
And We must not forget to express to
the present Faculty of Custer school, ere
their departure from our midst, an ap.
probation of the good work completed
by them. During their time here many
difficulties presented themselves but by
their perseverance, these have been
overcome and we feel safe in ing that
by their faithfulness to the many we will
have higher standard of manhood and
/ Womanhood for our community.