The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-10-06
Editorial

ability to accomplih things. We have
to know how to carry on a particular
line of work before we begin it. In
dustry and business cannot wait fol-
us to learn our trade slowly, through
experience, by working as an appren-
tice; we must know the trade before
hand and have the knowledge and the
training to carry it on successfully.
Sages say that experience is the
best teacher. 1t is true that all
knowledge was originally attained by
experience, but that does not mean
that everyone has to obtain it by that
means. 1t is much easier for one to
learn something from someone else
who has spent considerable time ex-
perimenting to gain it than to learn
it by personal experience.
Our schools of today are sources of
knowledge and experience ready to
train young minds so as to fit them
for carrying on the increasing bust
ness of the world.
High School training can be said
to be concentrated experience because
it is the result of years Of experience
and study of great men who have
spent whole lives at this work. 1t
gives, us the advantage of obtaining
allSFthis knowledge without spending
NANNY valuable years of our lives in
learning it through experience.
The mind can be "fed up" on know
ledge of a particular thing so that a
person knows it as he would verse
of poetry, but when some unusual OBJ
stacle confronts him, he is lost.
High School training broadens and
strengthens the mind and develops in
genunity and initiative so that when
strange obstacles are met with in
every day life, it can calculate and
act of its own accord. Business calls
for just such trained minds. A high
school diploma is required for even
the eommonest position.
Despite the thousands of trained
men and women turned out of schools
every year the innumerable industries
of the country are continually calling
for more and more trained minds to-
fill positions ut higher and higher
salaries.
Every young person who does not
take advantage Of the wonderful OPP
portunity offered by our public school
system, is passing up one OF the
greatest gifts Of our present-day civ
ilization.
School News
The Literary Society met Monday
morning for the purpose of electing
q critic and to vote again on a sec
rotary. At the last election the re-
turns showed tie between Elizabeth
Irish and Arthur MacDermond. The
returns Of Mondays election are:
Elizabeth, 81; Arthur, 81. Mr.. Scott
the principal of the Senior High was
elected critic.
The Central Minnesota Teachers
Association will meet at st. Cloud
this month. Mr.. Scott will have
charge of the round table discussions.
Mr.. Edwards expects to have 100 per
cent enrolment in the Minnesota Ed
vocational Association this year.
A new marking system has been
inaugurated so as to get new uni
formity in the pupils marking. The
reports of the attendance will be sent
to the office every six weeks instead
of every four weeks. Thus the marks
and the attendance record will De
sent in together hereafter.
Tn the normal training department.
thew have an enrolment OF twenty
two pupils, according to regulations
twenty pupils are all that can De
handled. The superintendent is try
ing to make provision so that all may
be Accommodated. -@
The vocational agricultural class
began Monday. Sixteen farm boys
enrolled and several more are plan
ming to enter within the next ten
DAVIS. Plans will be made to accomo-
date any of the farm boys for wnom
II will be impossible to come Until
later. The prospects are that tae
total enrolment will be about tne
same as last year.
The new chemistry table when IS
to accommodate the extra eight pupils
ms nearly completed, and will be very
much appreciated.
The Senior Class have appointed a
committee to handle the sale OF sea-
son tickets for the Lyceum program.
Corene Schroeder is the chairman OF
the committee. Plans are under way
to begin with the ticket sale tins
week.
There has been a new scale INSTALL
ed in the office of the school nurse
for the purpose of registering the
weight and height of each pupil.
Miss Crowell, representative OF
the state school for the defective peo-
ME at Faribault, was visitor in our
special industrial department the last
Of the week.
Mr. Edwards is giving direct sup
- oil classes in the grades