The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-03-15
THE RURAL SCHOOL
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION.

national educators convention re-
Gently held in Kansas City. adopted
resolutions dealing with many inn
portant national school problems,
problems which face the school pa
irons of Mahaska county. Follow |
ing are the resolutions passed by the !
great body of the public school heads
of the nation:
Reso utions.
WHEREAS. there are certain con
ditions genrally prevailing in the
rural schools of the United States, |
which tend to prevent the progress
and efficiency of these schools, there
| fore be it.
Resolved, by the National Associa-
ton of State Supervisors and In
spectors of Rural Schools, in session
at Kansas City, Mo-, February % tol
March 1, 1917
First: There should be unit of
school administration that is sufii-
| ciently populous to make possible an
| efficient school In such unit,
there should be not only good ele-
mentary schools, but also good high
schools, reasonably accessible to all
the homes of the unit. In laying out
units smaller than the county, coun-
ty or state supervision is advisable.
1t is the duty of the state when To-
cal funds are not sufficient, to sup
plement the funds of such unit to
the end that the children residing
therein may have school opportunities
equal to those enjoyed by any other
school unit of the state.
| Second: The State Superintend-
ents office should be provided with
such help as is needed to properly
guide and stimulate the work OF the
rural schools of the state.
Third: The County Superintend-
ent's office should be provided with
sufficient number of supervisors to
properly direct the instruction in the
rural schools. There should be one
supervisor for every twenty teach
es.
Fourth: The Rural Superintend-
; ents, supervisors and teachers should
be paid as well as, or better than,
persons in similar positions IN city
schools in the same state.
Fifth The State Superintendent
of Public Instruction should receive
, a salary equal to or greater than that
, of any other educational officer in the
state.
: Sixth: County and State Superin-
4 | ~, chn hA paInntal hNyc am oil
/ Boards of Education, the members Of
which should serve without financial
a remuneration.
: Seventh: No person should be ap-
e pointed as rural teacher who has not
had at least six years of training
Q above the elementary schools, the
G last two years of which should be
! largely professional in character
o This training should be of a nature
which will best fit the prospective
teacher for his special work.
= Eighth: State school moneys
should be distributed to the various
:, school units in direct proportion to
the number of teachers needed, the
-, total attendance of pupils, and the
:, rate of tax levied in the unit; and
!, inversely in proportion to the finan-
cial ability of the unit to maintain
:, it's schools.
BE 1T FURTHER RESOLVED
that we indorse the following idea:
= set forth in the resolutions Of the
= Lincoln Rural Life Meeting helC
February % to "a, 1917.
= /. There should be a school tern
" of not less than 100 days in ever!
rural school community.
+ 2. There should be a home fol
S teachers, and a demonstration farm
l. of five or more acres as part o
l. the school property; and the teachel
e should be employed for twelve
r months in the year.
d 3. There should be a system o
e travelling libraries, with branch Ii.
It braries at the centers of population
$ the public schools should be used al
If distributing centers.
If 4. The school should be the edu,
cational, social, and where desirable
d the religious center of the commun
s ity.
IS .. The course of study in ele.
is mentary and secondary schools SHOULD
l. be adapted to the needs of rural life
+. broadly conceived.
Respectfully submitted,
f. G. Clark, Chairman,
= Abner Jones,
u w. B. Mooney,
'e ]. G. Muerman,
y Supt Brittian,
y T. j. Walker,
q Miss Ann Reynolds.
10 Resolutions Committee.
d. District Enlarged.
N The consolidated school district a
Pleasantville, Marion county, Iowa
he which already contained thirty-si
I, sections, or whole township, recent
le ly added two and one-half section
'e of adjacent territory. The distric
d. at Pleasantville is now one of tn