The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-10-03
Rural school Drive

| Beginning October the 9th, 1919,
and extending over period of three
weeks, statewide educational cam
paign for better rural schools will be
held under the direction of the De-
partment of Public Instruction, with
United States Bureau of Education
cooperating. 1t is planned in this
campaign to reach every community
in the state and to preach the gospel
of equal Educational Opportunity
for ALL" Every county in the state will
be visited by number of speakers,
who will all emphasize as the princi-
pal points of their addresses the same
things in connection with rural school
feducation, namely:
Nine months term OF school as a
minimum in the country.
Better qualified and better paid
teachers.
Better school buildings and better
equipment.
High school advantages for the
country boy and girl.
More regular attendance of child
rem of school age.
more practical course of study
suited to the needs of rural life.
Among the speakers employed will
be many of National reputation and
the leaders of our own state, includ-
ing Gov. Norbeck, DIR. A. E. Winship,
of Boston, Prof. P. G: Holden of
Chicago, DR.. j. L. McBrien of Wash
ington, d. c., and many other prom
inent men and women. Preliminary
to the speaking campaign the ground
will be prepared by systmatic adver-
tising campaign, which will reach
every home in the rural communities
of the state. To do this it will be neces
sary to employ quite force of stem
ographers, at headquarters and the
entire campaign will cost several
thousand dollars.
The commercial clubs of our larg-
est cities have agreed to assist in the
financing of this campaign, but it is
not fair to ask them to carry the en-
tire burden. Accordingly county sup
erintendents have agreed to endeavor
to raise a sum of money equivalent to
SIS for each school in their county. A
portion Of this money should be rails
ed by October the first, and the bal
ance by November the first. Make. all
checks and drafts payable to Mr.
Alex Highland, treasurer, Aberdeen
National Bank, Aberdeen, South Da-
kota. If you feel that your county
cannot raise as much as $5 pei
school, send what you can raise, OF
If you can raise more than this quota
we shall not object. An itemized state
ment of all expenditures will be fur
nlshed each county superintendent at
the close of the campaign. In addition
to the funds above mentioned, each
county will be required to take care
of the speakers while in the county
that is, to provide their meals and
lodging and transportation to the
places in the county where the rallies
will be held.
This, in brief, is the outline of the
statewide educational campaign which
the State Department, with the assis-
tance of the United States Bureau of
Education and the commercial clubs
and county superintendents of the
State, is putting on. The good effects
OF such campaign will not be CON.
fined to day or year, but will be
lasting and will not only benefit South
Dakota but the rest of the United
States as we'll. This campaign will be
the biggest thing that has ever been
undertaken for the schools of your
ounty.Get back of it with all you1
might.
Fred L. Shaw.
Supt. Of Public instruction.