The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-09-08
PRIDE IN SCHOOLS
Dominant Feeling Among Settlers
in Western Canada.
Despite "Newness" o. the Country
There Are No Better institutions
OF Learning Anywhere.

There Is frequently hesitation ex
pressed by those whose minds are
almost made up 10 move TO the agri
cultural lands of Western Canada,
that the children will not enjoy the
school privileges afforded their In
their present surroundings. This Is q
reasonable doubt. The country Is new
IL Is within the memory OF many who
will read this that the bison roamed
these prairies at Will. that there were
no railroads, no settlements beyond
that OF some of the Hudson Bay posts
Few courageous ranchmen and In
dams. II was country OF unknown
quantity. Ii Is different today, and II
has been made different in that short
time because OF the latent stores of
wealth hidden In the land. which has
been made to yield bountlfully through
the daring enterprise OF the pioneer
and the railways that had the courage
10 extend their enterprislng lines OF
steel throughout its length and great
portion OF its breadth. Villages and
hamlets have developed into towns and
At"h ihAV NiAlfF, anu
tanned by those who, coming practl.
cally from all parts of the world. and
many, yes. thousands, from the neigh.
boring states To the south, have taken
up land that cost them but a trife as
compared with what they were aple
TO dispose OF the holdings upon which
they had been living for years. These
naAnlA hFnnyht with than tpAfhAA
In life that electrified and changed the
entire Canadian West. Today things
are different. and a trip 10 Western
Canada al show country new but
old New because cham es have been
wrought that give To the newcomer
| the opportunity to become part OF
growing and developing eountry--it
gives the chance 10 say what shall be
made OF II old because there has been
brought into Its life those things
that have proven useful IN older coun
tries, while there has been eliminated
everything that would tend TO back
ward stage. A writer. dealing with
social matters, treats Of the schools,
and says:
Everywhere the school follows the
| pillow. Cities which a few years ago
were represented by scattered shacks
are proud today OF their school build
ings. The web OF education Ia being
spread over the prairie. Lately.
however. a new policy has been adopt
ed. Instead OF many rural schools,
big central schools are being estab.
| lishaH aach sarying an araa ~ afty
square miles or 30. and children who
live u mile and a half away are con
veyed thither In wellwarmed motor
cars. In the summer. OF course, they
come on bikes" or ponies.
"And the Young idea II taught "a
shoot In many directions. The instruc
ton is not limited TO the three RS
but nature study and manual crafts
are taught, IN order that the future
agrlculturlst may have his education
al foundation laid, Many rural schools
have pleasant gardens attached. with
flower and vegetable beds, and III,
visitor TO one such school deep In the
country says she will never forget IN,
pride with which a little lad SHOWED
her the patch OF onions In his plot
Thrift IL also taught In the schools
by means of the dime bank.
"Fol!owing the primary schools Their,
are secondary schools where training
10 free. This includes classics. modert
languages, science. mathematics. nd
yanced English, and often agricultural
commercial. and technical subjects
and-but this concerns the girls
household economies. For three year
this lasts, and then comes matricula
ton into the university. "a matricula
ton which admits direct 10 The nri
or science degree. or the educntio'
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