Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1917-04-26

short of standards in not being re-
plete with subject matter told in
sudh a Way that lit appealed to
the children, which fact may be
one OF the basis determd NATIONS i'm
Judging the merits of THE texts 1t
was further shown that little or
NO space ds ordinarily given ito in
dust rial stories, of raj lroadS and
the men who built them for in
stance. with which the HISTORY of
the country is so intimately bound
Acco riding to THE st andlards of judg
ing, we are driven to accept the
conclusion of many present day
educators-thatw we have few ON no
suit able text books
Mrs Williams showed in her dis
cussion ON spelling that thIe course
of study should be made UP of pra-
ctical worlds whdch are compara-
tively few I'm number and THAT
IL este should be mastered. that the
| mercy Of the rnlnil s',orlnd be con-
centra nn THE difficnlt words.
It was further SIT afed that th erie
IS probably too much imnhasis on
the rmHes rf smelling
X The tor'ic hweiene was discussed
tw Miss Haese1er 1t was shown
that the hygien tamoht should he
qrr1HraIble to everv dalv Life and
therefore largely transferable
G THE school, for inst amce tnarh-
ing the proner method Of ventilati on
would not be dome rough lang,ia"e
alone fhplt womnd be hmm diatelv
annHed in the sohoo1 Tho rame
shie said is true with hahit ts nf
| nereop ~ cleamTiinFees etc. The rhwsi-
a1 training should not be neelect-
ed
On the tcrfc. F,dmaat'on Throlhoh
Flaw. Miss johnson eafd that ffhe
-hi'd learns more IN the ffhst few
wears OF its n fe than at anv llafer
time Shte siatd THAT the play e1e-
nent is identified with the growth
# the child Through the driving
rower of fnsttnct amd therefore
baetaI to the eNnerri,amces necessary
for a complete deve'ppmert of the
inddvIidnal. What the adult is, he
owes MOSTLY to the play instinct
that causes him to weigh, inMestd-
gate and experiment.. urged by
.oagthfr1 iplayful curiosity.
The library in the School and
Home, was discussed by Mrs.
Cu1p. She spoke OF the fmDor-
tance of the library i'm its relation
to EVERY day work ais means OF
escape from the dead facts told
in the uninteFesting way OF the
average recitation. She said Chat
by THE library school may be not ia
mere preparation for life but kfe
in the process of development.
Mrs. Jennie O'Nea1 spoke of the
Boys Corn Contest by which she ds
endeavoring to stimulate interest
IN corn raising i'm Haakon county
The question OF text books was also
brought up. p.T'he teachers Were qlues-
TONED concerning various texts in
use, from which it developed that
several chances are desirable.
On THE subject of Formal Dfsd-
phne, Mr.. Van Camp said that in
making UP curriculum, we should
study human needs Further we MUST
have Them definitely in mind that
they may function properly in the
deve1opm emit OF the means for edu-
cation When we have studied
carefully the wants of society and
have discovered the means for sat
iefying those wants no doubt 1T
win be found that i'm onder to
minister adequately ITO tn ese we
shall have to remodel our currfcu-
lum so that There will be no sub
ject matter taught that will
not give knowledge wthih1 will
imm dfately function dn life. 1t
may not be surprisdng to expert
that the greater part of this in
the elementary and secondary
sch coils will fall aF,ong the so
called practical lines.
A vocal trio by Missrs Olive
WraV, Julda Eglgen and Dorothy
Phillips and a song by the girls
Of the Fifth and sixth grades, were
enjoyed very much by the teach ers.
Committee on Report