The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-03-29
County School Letter
BY supt. j. w. whiting

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one set Of men to work with their
hands and another act Of men to work
with their brains. This is condi-
tion that no American community
should tolerate. It means permanent
str atification of American society.
w e want to educate the man for his
life as well as for his living. The
schools should give not simply skill,
they should give right habits methods
and ideals. -
It is interesting to note some ct
the statistics rela We to the expendi-
tures for educational purposes and
! the amounts which the American peo-
pie levy upon themselves for the so
called luxuries Of life. Compare 9
years outlay in the United States in
these features. For luxuries the Am-
erican people pay $3.50 millions Of dol
lars and for education they pay 500
million. Is it any wonder that the
efficiency of our schools is continually
questioned?
Out Of the 53I electoral votes in the
final choice for president of the uni-
ted States women have a vote in
choosing lis. There are 13 states in
which women have the right to vote
at the general elections. Is South
Dakota one of these states? Do any
of these states border on South Dako-
ia
Our country is passing through q
crisis. International complications
have arisen that m ay force this nation
to maintain its rights by the use Of
its military power. In these trying
times it is fitting and proper that our
schools review the respect due the
American flag and the honor due the
nation. Our patriotism should be ev-
ident by a display of the national
coiors, and the youth of our land
should be instructed by the teachers
that are thoroughly American. It
has been lately discovered that one
state has 500 teachers in its public
schools. who are foreign born and have
never sworn allegiance to the. United
States. This state of affairs is de-
plorable and there ought to be pro-
vision making allegiance to our ma
tional government part of teach
er's qualification.
In few days the annual spring
cleaning will be the order of the day
and the disposal Of useless rubbish
will be brought about Iby the common
bonfire. This kind of fire is usually
small, but if carelessn4ess is evident,
the aggregate loss 'of property is
often large. It woul q be good in
struction if teachers would give les
sons on the necessity of carefulness
in conducting and wattching bonfire
I'm press upon the pupils that the
smaller the bonfire the less IS the
danger Of destroying : valuable proper
ty.
Miss Lois Hays of McCrea and
Misses Ruth and Ly aia Linka of dis
tricts % and "a he we reported sue.
cessful basket soci ais The social
given by Miss H ays netted about
$40 and the one Civ 'en by the Misses
Linka netted abuut $43 These soclals
were successful not only from a fin
ancial standpoint, but educationally
as well. Instructive and creditable
programs were given 10y the pupils
Receipts will be used in purchasing
school supplies.
The Office had 1,repateo' the examin-
alton questions and papers for the
seventh and eighth grade examination
and intended to mail same to the
teachers the latter part of last week.
The. weather man seems to have in
terfered with our plans and the ma
terial for the examinations was not
mailed until Monday of this week.
Should the material fail to re ach any
Of the teachers in time tal.e care
OF papers and questions and ,old the
examinations on March 29th al Id 3Otl'
following instructions.
Notice is hereby given tn at the
next regular Teachers exami nation
for Second, Third and Primary certi-
ficates will be held at the Court
House in the City Of lynda. II OF
Thursday and Friday, April S al I'd 6.
Applicants having credits sk .oult
bring same as such credits must ac'
company the examination pal per-
when sent to the State DEPARTING mt
The examination will commence at s
o'clock a. m. the first day and " ii
follow the usual schedule unle ,s
same is changed by the State Supe =
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