The record., 1916-04-04

trustees of the Benewah County
schools was held in this city last
Friday. In response to Roll
Call eighteen trustees stated
briefly the conditions existing in
their individual districts. Super
intendent DuT of plummer made
a splendid talk on the County
Unit System of governing schools.
DR.. w. f. Clarke, president of the
ST Maries School Board, spoke on
a topic greatly interesting to all
schools, that Of Physical Educa-
tion Since health is the founda-
tion Of the entire school system
health should be the paramount
aim of the educators.
The subject of School Santa
tion and the requirements of the
State Health Board was ably pre-
scented by DR.. c.. j. Kinsolving.
The County superintendent, to-
gether with the Cousty Health or
licer, intend to start a cleanup
campaign i'm the schools of Bene-
wah county and this talk outlined
the items they would consider on
their tour of inspection which will
be made in the near future In
the afternoon Dr. f.. O. Sisson,
State Commissioner of Education,
lead a conference and Ronnd
Table discussion on District
School problems. Those sub
jects most pertinent to the school
situation in this county were dis
cussed thoroughly and every
trustee present took his share in
the conference. superintendent
Lukns Of this city gave a very in
teresting talk on the disadvan-
tages of frequently changing
teachers.
Before taking up The regular
business Of the afternoon, DR.
Sisson delivered a brief address
to the assembled students of TN,
High School and following the
close of the meeting he held ;
short conference with the teachers
of this city.
DR.. SissOn expressed himself a.
| highly pleased with the schools o
st. Mapies and with the work tha
is being done in Benewah Coun
ty. The first annual meeting o
trustees closed with a joint meet
ing with the Parent-Teacher As
sOciatiOn and considering the in
convenience of travel at this sea
son of the year the trustees ar
to be commended for the interes
and enthusiasm shown in thei
convention.
In the evening DR.. SissOn de
livered an address before the Par
ent-Tacher association. 1t raine
hard all the evening but in spit
of the inclement weather theT
was a good crowd present an
those who attended the meetin
were we'll repaid for the incor
vcnience of the weather.
Although not what would }
called an crater, he is a pleasir
G speaker and thoroughly imbuC
, with a desire to improve the edl
cational conditions Of the stat
Z, lie discussed what is known ;
: the six and six plan and Shove
2. its superiority over the old eigl
- grades and four years in the hig
- school system and commend,
X the st. Maries schools as beir
one of the first to adopt the ne
- system and congratulated Ii
It city upon its excellent schools.
q He explained what is known
5 the Idaho Plan of unifying q
y. school system and having the el
n tire system from the count
schools to the state unversi
under one head and showed sol
IT OF the advantages of having
OF the schools of the state wor
IS ing TO gether and for the SAL
j. general end. He explained TO
L. considerable extent the policy
the board of education to repla
non-essential studies like anciC
IS and foreign languages for {
lstudy Of more essential subje'