Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-16

plying Stth.sthe resolution OF the state
board Recommending the discontinue
ancesof German as 9 school. subject" =
says Mr.sEdwardsst sstrongest.an.
dtctment Against German Is that We
nays fstied utterly 70. teach q, =
two percent OF the pupils now COM
pieting. their second year of German
In our high schools cam read. their
local .neWspaperssif they were printed
In the simplest German. $50
b ID no good reason why our
federal government should continue
the foreign langiage press. 9 We
who cannot read United States but
that is no eason why through our
schools we should continue to propo-
gate such persons by taking school
time that should be spent upon good
United States common sense teaching.
to. teach very effectively something
that Is not only OF doubtful value, but
positively dangerous. The great ma
jority Of u citizens Of foreign ex-
traction are loyal and patriotic in
every way, but the teaching OF GOr-
man has no obvious bearing on this.
point" ~,
When fully half Of Jul schools are
In districts where the tax rate equals
or exceeds the legal limit, and az
many are in. districts, bonded to the
limit. surely all expenditures should;
be borne in mind al all times that
the teacher is the vital considerations,
and that a poor teacher is always
over-paid.
1.-THE United States commissioner Of
education has requested that there
should be absolutely no extravaganza
in graduation exercises this year. 1
wish to heartily second this. There
is also a ban placed by the govern
ment on all building operations not
needed. This is wise. Somee of our
districts must spend money in build
ings. as they have lost their buildings
by fire, and some must have more
ROOM"
knitting in Schools. F..
Knitting in school. doesn't ,detract
from a pupils interest in his OF her
school work, is an observation made
by the inspector, who deals with the
extensive nature of. patriotic work
carried on. t4 80 8;
I'm some places the boys and girls
are taking their knitting to class, and
it Is not possible to- discern by obser-
walton that there Is my loss. of class
interest on this account" says Mr..
Edwards. I'm fact, it is evidenced
in some. cases that the students are
l. AAAO1S "a 80 ~ -AAAoA0
because of the extra work they are
doing.
"The realization that they are do
ing something for the brave men
over there seems to stimulate inter-
est in the usual tasks of the school.
Only in n or two instances have
complaints been heard that war work
and in these cases the inspector has
earnestly recommended that said
complainants get ON the end of a
swift torpedo and be. on their way
toward Germany, where they be-
long" H.
Dealing with the standards of
schools, Mr.. Edwards expresses the
fear that the number Of classified
schools will be smaller this year be-
boards in the selection of teachers.
There now are 144 classified high
schools, including 81 first class. SO
second class and 4s third class.
Seventy-seven Of these are in m
solidated school districts.
Three new schools. were added to
the list of accredited secondary
alton. Mayville, .Enderlin and Han
kinson are the new members on the
list. All old schools on the list were
accepted.
Vacation Changes Advocated.
Mr.. Edwards advises changes in the
vacation scheme, as an aid to crop
production and as q "a of keeping
boys in school.
School after school has been Wis,
tied during. the seeding season. which
had very few boyssin attendance, and
the universal answer is that they are
out working. Z
1T is evident that our school day
ands school term need reconstruction
For the first six grades 1t would prob.
ably be we'll to: open school in Sep.
TENDER and close in May. For the res
1t would probably be we'll to open in
October and close in June, allowing
for a long seeding vacation" This
may seem revolutionary, but patrio.
times when the future of our nation
and every. decent nation on earth
hangs in the balance. All 100 pei
cent Americans are anxious to make
very radical adjustments even al
personal Inconvenience. and all others
should be made to. OF course. III the
case of a few Of our larger commune
ties, the date which is logical fol
+, opening school is not at all the lpgica.
date for the rest of our state. Thi.
fact should be faced squarely.
There is no great cause fol
hysteria about teachers" continue.
Mr.. Edwards. Sufficient efforts an6
sufficient wages will secure good
teachers. We may have to drop oul
prejudices against married womer
and also accept men with slight ply
ercugh persons Of good qualification
can be secured. 1t is extremely un'
fortunate to find a few cases In which
eliplt yin. officers have used the wal