The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-09-20

way tO"dTuS SuOOtulnk OUT
that may have existed or may come in
the future. To take up with a member
Of the board of education any misun-
Outstanding that may have arisen
without first consulting with teacher
and then with superintendent if neces
sary is an abominable source of dis
satisfaction which often materially
affects the efficiency of whole school
system. A school board member
alert to his duties will not listen to
such complaint unless the appeal come
in the time honored way, teacher first,
then superintendent aud afterwards
the board of education in session if
agreement cannot be made before the
last step is taken. Affairs affecting
the whole school more than an indi-
vidual teacher should be brought to
the attention of the superintendent
first rather than to the attention OF
any teacher.
1t seems the patrons of the schools
are liberal in expenditures. They
know that expenditures in schools are
a wise investment not only for the pu-
pills in the schools but also for prop
erty in the district. 1t is no
longer a disputed question that prop
erty values are raised by increased
efficiency in the schools and especially
is this r of the high school. The
high school that does not yearly draw
more pupils from the farms in its vi
cinity bears investigation. The time
has passed when the farmer without a
thorough education is regarded suf1-
cient.
Our boys and girls need to have set
before them high ideals that cause
them to be forgetful Of self but mind
full of the needs Of the human race.
Truth, righteousness. democracy and
philanthropy are ideals set up in the
youthful mind by the right teaching OF
the subjects of %civics, psychology,
economics and the natural sciences.
How to rid our country of the brown
rat, which destroys our national food
supply to an amount equivalent to the
food products raised by 200, 000 of our
farmers and has brot to a premature
death more millions of men through
the bubonic plague than any other
disease of mankind, and how to check
the destruction of crops by such in
sects as the locust (grass-hopper),
boil weevil and cutworm are problems
that should be set before our youth
in the public schools.
Other problems set before them
should be the elimination of waste in
heating systems, electric lighting
plants, water systems, boarders among
mich COWS, scrubs among working
horses, sheep and swine, and drones
among Ter In general economics
they should learn that competition
alone is no longer a safe way for the
government to handle the monopoly
question, but that government regula-
ton is going to play a more import
ant part in the solution of that prob.
lem. Another purpose Of the study of
this subject is to cause them to become
more keen in buying and selling as
we'll as to teach the scope and benefits
Of the credit system.
The subject of general economics is
made a required subject for all
graduates from first class high schools
of the state. Community civics to
create civic pride. economy and clean
illness is another new subject strongly
recommended by the State Board of
Education for the high school curricu.
lum. When judged from the stand
point of relative values these new SUBJ
jects may justly take the place of
some of the subjects of the older cur.
riculum.
Let the citizens of Hope cooperate
with those whom they have placed in
positions of authority in their schools
directly and Indirectly so that the con-
eerted effort of all may be productive
of much good at a time when our
physical and mental resources need
be conserved for our national honor
and defense. Let them countenance
with pleasure the elimination of waste
in the curriculum of their schools,
When q subject or part of a subject
taught has nothing to merit it than
time honored custom or mental disci-
pine alone it should be superseded
by a unitarian subject. The dry
bones of ancient lore need to be deep
ly imbedded in the round flesh of the
new monster of science and invention.
TO be able to run a tractor, q print
ing press, q spinning jenny or a loco.
motive is of far more value in these
times than to conjugate a Greek or
Latin verb or read fairy tales in Ger.