The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-02-09
SCHOOL NEWS

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County Supt jerks recently sent out
TO the various boards Of education the
following letter and suggestions for
q four-year course in agriculture for
the rural high schools Of Medina coun-
I ty. This course was drawn up after
careful consultation with Dean Vivian
Of o. s. u, Prof. X. I. Hatch Of Wis
consin and various other well known
educators who have made deep study
Of agricultural teaching. The letter:
Medina, Ohio January 5, 1917
We are submitting for your inspec-
| tions course Of study for rural high
schools OF Medina County. We have
/ felt for some time that. In considers
tion OF the fact that Medina 10 strictly
an agricultural county, our schools
have been giving ridiculously small
amount Of time 70 the study OF tne SUP.
depending for their living. The gem
eral code OF Ohio requires that each
high school shall devote at least one
course. one semester In length, to the
study OF Agriculture. and many OF our
!. schools have been barely meeting this
reuuirement and no more. H
In order to correct this state OF faf-
4 fairs we are suggesting that the rural
4 high schools Of the county offer the f0l-
4 lowing course OF study In addition to O..
course requiring Latin Or. German.
4 We shall be glad to have your sug-
4 gestions or comments whether favor
4 able or otherwise.
Yours very truly. 2@s
g. u. JENKs.
' Suggested four-year course in Ag-
riculture for Medina county high
schools:, a,i.sS
FIRST YEAR
Algebra VA '
General Science 1-2, Botany 1.2
! Farm Crops 10. Gardening IL
4 Farm Carpentry periods per week.
(. SECOND YEAR
n Plane Geometry /
4 Farm Animals IL, Dairying IL
Zoology 1-2
Z Farm Accounts IL
woodwork or Forge periods per week.
THIRD YEAR
! Chemistry /
English l
Field Management & Crop Rotation 1-2
Soils and Fertilizer 1-2
Mechanical Draw. y Blue Prlnls
periods per week.
FOURTH YEAR
English
Am. Hist. and Civics 1
Physics 1
Farm Management including market
I ing 1-2
J. Farm Engineering IL
u Cement work & Building Construction
II 2 periods per week
n Third and fourth years work may
be alternated in small high schools.
! The figures and u indicate
4 whether course covers whole year
or only one semester.
5 Judging from the replies received
to this letter the boards Of education
: tof Medina county and elsewhere in the
state are strongly in favor Of paying
more attention to the study Of various
agricultural activities. Moreover, tht
taking Of this course Of study does
not mean that boy needs to become 2
farmer If he finds his tastes lie along
other lines, as the completion Of the
work outlined above will admit a stu
dent to the arts courses at o. S. Y anc
other great state institutions. @
/. iA parallel course is being planned
81 for girls emphasizing household
economies instead of agriculture,
{ The course as it stands is closely
I; modelled upon the work being done II
the high schools of the northwestern
4 states, where the subject Of agricul
!. ture has been strongly emphasized fol
several years.
a Liverpool schools have just takeI
Y another step forward, and a course II
Il dairying is now being offered by Prin
!; e. K. Gabler who he's had excellen
r training for this work at .. ,. Y.
]; The course includes study Of tn
! lifrerent dairy products, the value o
7 fcattle IN maintaining fertility OF tn
! ,oil. various breeds of dairy cattle
election and Improvement Of the herd
care and feeding Of cattle, balance'
ration, milk and butter records, Bab