The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-12-06
NEWS CRIST FROM
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
FIRST BASKETBALL GAME in
SIGHT-SCHOOL PLAY
college TOWN

PenmanSnlp report 1ol Hiss A
dall's room: These 5-A pupils hav.
won the Palmer pin-Hulda Nyland
Marguerite Rygg, Alvelde Anderson
Audrey Knorr, Bertha Smith anf
Ava Jensen.
Mr.. Smith gave good assemol!
talk last Wednesday. His subJec'
was Money"
IF the weather continues good we
hope to meet the Richey basketball
team here Friday night of this week
This will be the opening game OF the
season. On Dec. IA we meet the
strong Williston five on the local
floor. This will be a game worth
seeing. Watch for the bills.
The outdoor basketball standards
have been repaired and the grades
are enjoying them.
Don't forget the high school play
college Town" to be given Tuesday
! evening, Dec. 18.
There is much absence from school
because of sickness.
Ideas on Education
The following are several excell-
ent articles handed in after the edu-
cational articles were sent to the
paper last week:
Mr.. Foor writes
@. What aid should be given to
the schools by the State of Montana!
A. The state should collect and
distribute more money to the various
districts of the state. There has been
and is a tendency for the burden OF
taxation to fall more and more heav-
ilv upon the school districts, while
state and county support decreases.
Hence. some districts that are bles-
sed with greater finances can main
tain +he best of schools while others
find their finances so low that IN
adequate schools are the only result.
1T seems to me that greater democ-
racv would exist were the schools
more uniform throughout the state
@. Have you suggestion IN re-
gard to taxation for educational pur-
poses? -,
A. Taxes are already too high on
property. 1t appears that the intan-
gible forms, such as incomes, bonds,
etc. should bear its just share OF
taxation for school purposes.
The changing conditions of the
schools have made greater demands
ON them and if these additional re-
snonsibilities are to be met, 1T Will
certainly require additional expendl-
lures. A certain percentage OF
nations resources must be spent Tor
food. shelter and clothing. The sur
plus may be used to build large pat
tie ships, construct roads, MAINTAIN
race tracks, maintenance of schools
or for any of the thousands of instl-
tutions capable of satisfying human
wants. Certainly there is none that
promises a greater return IN worthy
human satisfaction than does the
public schools.
/ O. How may the public schools
best serve the public?
A. The public school is the agency
of the public 1t is through the ]
school that the following aims should
be realized:
Improve the health of the student
and the public. t
Prepare the student for higher ed 7
ucatiom. f
Prepare the student for voca- ;
ton in an economic society.
Make the mind of the student IN :.
keen. =
Train them for good cltlzenshlp.
Develop a better moral education. +
Cultivate lasts and avocational in
terests SO as to be wholesome IN their
attitude toward life. :
Provide for a broad cultural atti- i
tude of the individual SO that he may !
fully realize himself. =
There has been a tendency IN the
past to neglect the economic voca-
tional aim. The last couple of years :
Montana has not progressed very :, :,
rapidly in this direction because OF y y
he lack of finances. =
O. Do YOU believe the schools are
loing all possible to prepare children
or citizenship.
A. This depends upon the local L
.ouinment resources and previous m
raining of the teachers. "a a.
O. Have you any suggestlon as W
low we may better prepare the =, -
hildren so that they may make good u
itizens?
A. Increase the moral training; "
orms of local government and the
of each; laying stress q.
pom the results to be obtained by - -
he citizens cooperation. ~
@. What in your opinion is the ee
lost important thing to be done in ~ ~
egard to modern education? -
A. Many important things need to
e done in regard to education. The
7ar gave US valuable information as a.
} the prevalence of illiteracy. Ac-
ording to the 1920 census f,438,0 900 his