Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-09-20
DOINGS IN THE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS OF AUDUBON

DOINGS IN THE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS OF AUDUBON
Supt M. M. McIntire returned yes
terday from attending the Normal
Training conference of Iowa, held at
Cedar Falls Monday and Tuesday of
this week. Upon summons from the
state department sent out to the $50
normal training schools of the state,
los of them were represented by the
superintendent and critic teachers.
Many problems of and pertaining
to normal training in high schools
were presented and discussed by en-
minent leaders of education in Wis
cousin, Minnesota and Iowa. The
public will be especially interested
in one of the questions submitted
and discussed by the leaders. 1t was
recommended that the normal train
ing course be somewhat changed and
I instead of two years, the students
will complete their high school
course of four years and then take
one year of normal training to pre-
pare them for the schools of the rur-
al districts and grades. Those of
experience, recommend this change |
has been found that it is better for
q, the students to have better found
alton in the higher branches. They
will be better equipped to handle
the perplexing problems that arise
in the school room than they could
without the training of their high
school advanced work.
Their year of normal training will
i be equal to the first year of instruc-
ton received in a professional nor
NAL training school if the contem-
plated change is made. 1t is hoped
that the state will change the
laws so as to grant this change in
high school instruction.
Upon the superintendent return
yesterday, he reports that the meet
ing was very interesting and that
the representatives of so many of the
normal training high schools of the
state was a feature that precludes
all former meetings of similar
kind. L. Id
The high school enrolment is
steadily growing, there being enroll
ed at the present time ia. There
is also some increase in the grades
but we were unable to learn just how
many have entered s;nce the last re-
port. Keep on boosting the school,
make it the best in the state. Your
help and not your kicks will do it.
Be booster and not a bumper.
n Rev. Charles Lang delivered an
address before the assembly of high
school students in Monday mornings
chapel. The subject of his talk was
David as an exposition of Manhood"
1t was very interesting from start to
finish and portrayed the life of Da-
vid in very logical and pleasant
way. He clearly pointed out how
the young man of today might lead
as examplar life as David led
thousands of years ago.
The excessive amount of work
formerly thrown upon the high
\ Nschool instructors has been greatly
ameliorated by the election of Miss
Il Brown to the faculty. She has a
large assortment of classes for high
school teacher as follows: Two al
zebra, one geometry, one physics and
one English class. She also has full
and complete charge of the girls ath-
letfcs. She is very competent
teacher and her presence in the
school is to be greatly appreciated.
For two years she was director of
the ladies gymnasium work in Penn
college, .Oskaloosa, Iowa. Some
time the coming week it is her ex-
pectations to organize the girls
basket ball teams and a little later
she will begin the gym work in ear
nest Some gym work has already
been done by the girls but they have
not yet been organized into classes.
This will soon be done however and
then every department of the school
will be running full capacity. This
will be the first step taken to carry
on the gym work in systematic way.
The foot ball team is doing nicely,
and it is sincerely hoped, by the Of
ficers in charge, that the boys will
develop a winning team. This can
be done if every boy will play his
part of the game and not be a
Chinaman, or in other words have
no yellow streaks. The man who is
yellow of disposition has no place on
an athletic team,.or in any contest.
He will never make success and he
+, will lose the games of those who do
Y their part. There were Fl out for
scrimage last evening. They are
husky and in good shape and if each
will do his part. there is no reason
why Audubon should not win her
share of the games this season.
Don't forget that the team has
game with Coon Rapids the 28th of
this month at Coon Rapids. Re-
vive your pep and help the boys to
win. If you never had any pep, get
witt fol xuh
catch it, for it's contagious.
&. Supt. McIntire very highly COM
plimented the faculty for the good
way in which the business of the high
school was carried on during his abb
sence. However, all credit is not
due them for a large part of it
should go to the superintendent him
self for the mastery way in which
he has organized the school and its
departments. Everything runs as
smoothly as the clock in his office.
The large pile of dirt that was re-
moved from the basement of the new
building andfpiied on the south side
of the school campus has all been
removed this week by the Finn Paw
ing Co. A part of the pile n'the
north side of the grounds was left
so the play ground may be leveled
with the west half. This will make
the play ground around the two
buildings for the grade pupils an
ideal place and greatly enlarged.
Beyond the line of trees separat-
ing the north and south halves, much
of the dirt was used to fill in the
east part of the football field. This
work will very much improve the
gridiron and be of much assistance
To the hnys The leYeling of the