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,; . I f . - . - - " - : V-- 'f THE OREGON STATESMAN TUESDAY", JANUARY 1. 1017. ... . MQRMIIC VIEW ISTMEiOF: 1 -COUNT Y EDiMOffiYSTEi Superintendent Smith and two Rural Sup crvifort Tell of ' Work - Accomplished and . ' ; Jr ' ; I ". Thing Planned f o r Future Innovations Attract National Attention STAfiTINO TODAY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL Ik HilY i I I EVERY TEACHER ; IS GIVEN HELP Practical Motives Guide Ad ministration of County Superintendent j' ' ' ' ; ' w. c. nopPES. , The bis Idea In the policy of : County Superintendent Smith is to j fender the greatest- possible amount of - practical. help t6 every teacher -in ? the county. .To make definite, prog ress - In teaching proficiency ' each t month of the school year 1$ the pro gram r Bet for the , teaching, force of the county, . ' i ' ,; .... The. first opportunity offered the teachers in this program was a rural teachers' plan day, September 29. This day, before many school had ooened, , was devoted ! to making jlatm for he work of rural schools. ; A uniforms, dally." program of , classes covering problems had been worked out and was explained to the teach ers'. - Speclle directions, i covering .problemsi in discipline, how; to as sign - ls.ons. how ; to conduct; reclta tions and how to conserve .time in an right grade, one-room school, were Fiven onT. and discussed. State Su perintendent Churchill attended this meeting and spoke on "Adapting the Course, of Study to Rural Schools." Prof esaor . Plttman.-head of ' the de partment of rural schools of the Oregon Normal school, gave an ad dress on "The 'Professional Progres sireness of the Rural Teacher." Teachers Advise Together. '". The success of the plan day sug t'ld-.Jrie plan i-of holding, small. locVl teachers' meetings every four or f Ive'weeks at; convenient centers throueffout the cflunty. Donald. Woodburn; : Silverfon, Stavton and Salem aire the centers i selected for these meet'ngs. l.Durlng. the rest of the, ear there will . be eighteen or more opportunities for .the: rural teachers to meet; discuss In a' frank and professional manner their proo Jeras.and exchange their ldeis which hive .proved successful. .This, plan enables the superintendent and su pervisors - to do their work r In the most efficient and systematic, war. Fach "meeting is devoted to1 one phase of the rural teachers' problem; th teaching of reading, ; language. e rithmetic. etc. are ; presented, with fertain definite suggestions for the improvement of the teaching'of these rubjeets. During he visits to the rchool' following -these .meetings, the snoerintendent or. V supervisor glv the teacher) any help she may: ped In' apolyine lth suggestions to the . work in her school.- Definite ness ct ' purpose In all supervision wcrk"" is the Ideal which radiates frem th superintendent's office. ' In order make the work of these local metiacs, - more definite, to reach ' many as -possible of th teacher's-every; day problems and to nnlfv: the professional feeling of. the county's teachlngj orce. s course In professional reading will be eonduct rd through these ; meetings. , Two or more of. the reading circle books f'ora the state llst will be read throughout the county. ! : Slarton County at Front; , One .of he . most seriously con "r'dored problems of educators todav hows to measure , the results of Inching. Many: normal schools and college now bm one or more ex perts -who devote their attention to reientlf Ic investigation along: t these lines.'; The result from these Inves t lotions has been a number of tests pnd; meurements ; which have been r tnndardlzed according to the iver ape abilities of various, grade J of pupils. A ireat many city systems cf schools hvevlnsed one or more of ; these standard tests. Portland J nerhaps the mos notable example in tha northwest. The convention of !ty inperiptendents whlch met In Kna CitV deroted .practically .the whole time to the dlscnssloa of tests : 3t.'.mejuinremeBtC"'. V ; 1 - : Iloro agiln l7,rJon connty. ii In ' v front rnfr. of educstional oroa: i hi. 1 On all the available; tables, of sult. from standard tests there "Bvnot Ifliwar; any 'record of- a "ntx1 Sf .-schaiol. yet there, are s -.of ', ity i systems ' recorded. ' county, however, has had a 'Hj wd systefnatic measnre-nt'-nWlt if read in and aHth ; The individual scores in these 4 wo 4 jects :or: four thousand puoils 1 1 s,xth.';eventh and f eighth -adt r.t tjie,Vo-qnty,ar on file in "rtntendfnTs Office. I More ""'"' mts ottbeee tests will be -nnonnr. :.ittej;V:,' - - . . - rnp-rlfis.-e,! SmUh.pUns to ar- a t.iecQunty an oppor v" t!:s work af at least lynchers Mho has to rrteet. ThU 6oe ! f spected, to -result ! an enthusiasm ' tie time spent! "- 'i a county , bolhi "ve shown -an J Deration la -ten:--t. The !" t r titl the haads the actlt T5'0f tl4 -. ; Tt rt-t-tf tten u tance COUNTY SCHOOLS ARE MODERNIZED Criticism of Former Years Eliminated by Up-to-date Mthods By J. i W. L. SMITH ' Before the year of 1911. there was much criticism of rural school con ditions in Marion county. . A mass of expensive, unusable equipment had been acquired through unreliable agents. This equipment consisted laregly of expensive charts, planetan turns, out-of-date maps and some worthless books. , However, these fchools whosej jboards have been careful, were provided with good equipment. There was a lack of ery necessary supplies, each as good blackboards, small up-to-date dic tionaries, crayons, erasers and sup plementary readers. Teacher Needed Advice. Perhaps the -most aerious criticism was based on the faet that all inex- perlended teachers began teaching in the one-room schools. 5 Here they were compelled td meet many trials of the achool-room : alone with no chance to get the advice that the ex perienced teacher fa the itr schools could get from, the city principal. Af ter a teacher had acquired some ex perience in the rural school and prov ed her , worthy she was elected to tome super city school and placed un der., the efficient supervision of the city superintendent.! , Freqtient change of teachers, coupl ed with these otherdefects, led many parents to leave the! country in order to get better Ischool advantages In the city. It is claimed that four fam ilies out of efery five leaving the farm do so fr this reason alone. One . result of such Conditions led to the false idea that the main purpose of an education Is to get a living without work. Those who complain of inefficient farm labor and the . W. W. movement trfce it tQ this one idea.: Thinking people began to try to change the objectionable condi tions. The legislature was asked to provide the legal means .and In 19H passed the supervisory law. jThls law provides for frequent visits to the schools by a regularly appointed of ficial whose duty it Is to unify the sco hoi work and assist the teachers to bring each school up to its high est efficiency, i To do ithis. cooper eration.ou the part of teacher, pat ron and directors must' be secured. It is also the intention, as. expressed by the law, to bring each school close to the homes of its patrons and make it render real service thern. One of the prominent ways of doing aia is mrougn tne Indusrtial work. Kaperrlnion Urine HomuHh. Six prominent results of rural sup ervision in Marion county are:: - 1 No teacher need blunder along with a lot of mistakes in methods, in organization or: cooperation with the bchool board or patrons. 2. The school equipment is much better and far moral usable. : 3." The sanitary conditions com pare favorably ! with thoae in .the home. ' ! x 4.-.; Many of the teachers are using methods that are equal to the best found in the cities. ) 6. More teachers with good train ing are staying; In the rural schools. ' 6. The rural .community- inter ests are awake as shown oy the num ber of Parent-teacher! associations. In 1911 there were; none, and now there are forty br more. I-" Duty Owed To Community . The duties of the rural ischool will become more important and the de mands placed upon it greater In h 5xtiw ears-' JF wb of these dutle stand out prominently ' at t present. Every school should help solve the business and cwimmunltir illfe proo lema of its patrons. Every pupil should have sufficient industrial ex perience to make him at ! least self sustaining. It s the business of the stjiool to inake efficient; citizens. There is a health education as well as a mental education. Good health depends largely on sound teeth, eyes ear and throat Proper nurishment most nave attention also. The intro ducatlon of the! hot lunch Ik only the The rural school must do much must ed . morals more than evert before, j lt acate tne health. Industry and efficient citizenship!. :;-,',;:" - t - i. td inward Effect of humors are worse than the outward. They en dan ger the whIe system. - Hood's Sarsaparilla eradicates all humors, cures all their Jnward and outward effects. . It Is ruhe great alterative and tonic. ;rwhese merit has been everywhere established. - X One of the leadin g ' architects ' on the coast is -Ffed4: 'AJ Legg of this city, : Mr, Legg nas designed ! manv of the . larger and - more important buildings Jn Salem and surrounding country. He designed all. of the school-buildings in the city that are of, later, constrttction. excepting the jcKlnley school building;- : '(- ."Am one th later' hnlMlnM ii Vr, Legg has designed are the Roth. wuiis, "arrar ana . imren, also -the girls' ,: dormitory ; and the addition to the? dining room and kitchen at the state institution for feeble mind ed While there are not as many '1aInr3, eonteciplated ftr the com. 1 Year- ps. .there, has bcan during rears.- yet jMr' Legg on tLa . rot tc PLAN OF YEAR IS OUTLINED County Schools, Strive ; Teach Thrift, Courtesy and Patriotism to By WALTER M. SMITH. . There are three things which the schools of Marlon-county are es pecially striving for thi year. They j are tne teaching of thrift, courtesy and patriotism1. ; f Th necessity ' for saving should be) impressed upon the minds tf children at all times, and especially during the war. We feel that if courtesy ls: taught In, 'the schools, it. will be an as-t. of Incalculable value to the pupilj in after life. When one hears the students; sin patriotic songs and . salute the: flag he may: doubt their real patriotism but when J he sees ' them enlist in large ; numbers . from ;our I high schools and volunteer o," do what ever the government isks them to do, no one can doubt that patriot ism Is being taught with a' marvelous degree of success. Vii i .Attendance nMordr High. " During the past three j years the per cent of attendance in the schools has been 95. W are proud that Marion county has helped lace Ore gon at the head of the list In the United States for best attendance The pupils feel that their prosresa depends in large measure on their regular attendance at school. - . Our ; schools have distinguished themselves ' In the industrial club work, i They won the first prize for the best exhibit at the Oregon, State fair. The enrollment? in this -work was larger than that Qf any othe county in the state, totaling over 1500. ;The following Industrial 'club members won the first prize in the state wide competition and-; will go to the; Oregon Agricultural college summer school for two weeRa, their expenses feeing paid by nrominectj business men or ;tortiana: tr . : William Blake. Jr., Kelzer Tkhool, corn growing. K " Thelma Boettger, Auburn school, baking bread. Frank Eggler, Ftultland echool pig; raising. - ' v. ; " - - Madison iNichols, Bethel achool, pig raising. .''.;' iy K Alice Jaquet. Victor Point school dalrv herd record keeplnr. - A wonderful stimulus-was given to pig "ralsnr In Marlon , county, when the United State Nationa hank offered to loan $1000 to lvr and girls who would care for on t Mr. O. W. Kvre. vice pres'dent of the bank.' backed the movement not orilT with money, hut with tlm in Ivslting schools; bringing the ni iM hor toeether. then encouragi- the bov to make a heg, of the pljr as ouickly as possjble. ; Mr. Kvre rave the members of h' vg club a trin .to Portland to vli the stock yards. FUty-six ooys an girls took this trip. - Value of Tnltlon I w rhwii. ; The high school attendance ha rrown with lea-ps and bounds since the passage cf the county .tuition lnw. A. county fud U created by this law from wh tuition of non-resident nnn'l fif-ndang stan dard high schools in the county lf paid. Thns an equsl owoortunlty I given the country "v d rirls tr get a high school edif-tn that for merlv was entoyed only W those 1 h ritv. Kollowlnr is a 'list of th- standard high Iscboolf, and the num ber of students attenaing eacn: Ralem ... ...... . . - RMverton -. . . ...... . i 2 13ft 8? 39 51 f 2 1 1 Woodburn Sts vton . . . Jefferson-; Hnbbard ; Scotts Mill' . . . . Turner- .. '. . Aurora . Anmsville Total - A. . ........ ..1351 The deciding factor in the succe-s of a school Often Is determined by the lntefwst the community take' n it. Fortv dlstHcU have regular i organised Parent teacher assocla tlons holding regular meetings an discussing not only school progrei but other topics of so-cial interest to the community. Other d'strlc re carryiffe' on community wrv through the debating club, literary society, etc.-.':. i -.-..' '. v ' "Marion county was ono of thr first In the state to formulate a n'a for standardixtng rural schools. Now every school la striving to win th' sHrs on i the sUndardlzstlon rnr which, nangs 1n every school. When all twelve points have been won. the school is a standard school and e plate bearing the inscription "Stan dard School," - is placed tover the door." i . ' " "', ' HUrh RtaiwlaM Is Ret. Following are the retirement for a standard school for the -ye' 1917-18: t - ." Flag'Mnst be firing on all achoo davs. '- :,'-,; -. C" ' , : Uchtlng The total ; amount o' window space mnt equal at leas une-flfth of the floor snace. and the light must come only from the left or from the left and the rear of th room.' V rv-. !;-::': ' '-; -,H Eq ulpment Teacher's . desk and chair:' desk fhr pupils pmuerlv adapted and placed; suitable TjUcIc boardsj window shades In good condition.-.. sJ:": ''.'' V'"--- .'"'i: T"- - - ; a -Ventilating Jack:et "itnatcd, minimum - - ",-artf"" or "The Littte Princess" from the book by t - " '' ' 1 .' ' :.l - ' ."'.-.' FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT You have all road ahout "Sarah Crewe" and you all loved her, but ".Mary " makes her even more pa-. thetie, more laughable and; inore lovable. We dare say that)' The. Little Prineess" is even a greater picture than "Rebecca of Sunny hrook Fann." I . some other-approved method of ven tilating, Roome -Attractive at all .times. Standard Picture One new one, unless three J are alrcaCy in the room, 'framed. Grounds To be clean, free .from paper, etc. At least three feature? of play apparatus. , Walks, : if nec essary.? 1 '',-:..'. . '-.: ' ' Sanitation J'nre drinking water, either drinking, fountain or covered tank and individual drinking cups; individual, family or paper, towels. Outbuildings At least, two good ones, to be sanitary at all times and fre from marks. " v". . : :' Teacher Mast-maintain good or der at all times; supervise play ground ; have (her work well pre pared; follow state course of study; take at least one education al jour nal; have program posted in tooth; keep register ingood condition; be neat in attire, j-! - Library Good ; selection of at least 100 books from state list. Part 1 . excluding duplicates. Case , for the books, liooks; kept upright in good " condition, and recorded ac cording to the rnles specified by the Oregon State library ; and required by law. - -, -'"-..', ,".; s ' :' - Attendance r-Average 92 per cen, for the year and not to ev.ceed 2 per cent in tardtnestper year. School Visits At least one direc tor must 'visit the i school ..for 4 on" hour each month while, the school is In session. , ," ' . ' -, AsMlstknce ' Given .Govertiraent. The schools '; rendered aluable service to the' government during the recent rood conservation ram nalgn. The bulletins wsre , ktudied by, teacher and pupils ,an such n campaign of education was carried on that nearly every distrkt in i th-9 county signed up 100 per cent. The teachers of Marlon count, v are loyal to the government in this time of great need and, they are wiring to help In any way theyfcan to win1 the war so that the money that is beln spent for war may be spetft to give every. boy and girl a good. education whirb mean opportunity. . ... The last annual teacher meet'ng went on record as favoring, the coun ty as a unit for taxation' and alsv for the- administration - of -": our school. This coupled with "more equitable method of apportIonmftnt of school funds would mean greato progress for'ipur schools. . . Marriages Run Far Head ' of Divorces Daring Ytar The number of marriages In Ma ion county has run far ahead of the 'lumber of divorces, according; to gures Aat are available In the of ice of County Clerk Boyer. The rer rds show , that a, total of seven.ty our divorce cases have been: filed luring th year. The total, number f mrrto-e ftr the twelve mnth 'ncluding the five latest ones of yes erdav, is 3R7. " Suits ot nH klndn filed in the cir cuit court during the year total 454 nd of this number thirty-five have been criminal cases. : v OUR JTTJTKT OFFKR TH IS and " DONT MISS '.THIS. Cut out thM illp, enclose with 5 cents to Foley & "!o., 2835 Sheffield Ave.. Chicago. Tll.. writing ysur name and address clearly. You will receive In return 'rial package! containing 4 Foley' Honey and : tar' Compound.' for roughs, colds aid croup. Folei Kid ney Pill and t-oley Cathartic TaV ets. J. C. Perty. . ' . f v :. 'J 7"-' Hotel ProprieUr-l-And may I ask what the little contrivance Is viu are carrying? f ?; , Visitor -That ih this Is. my pri vate fire escape. V 'i i Hotel -PreprletorV-TJm. Arell. we hv ,a. rul hers? with reference .to vnests with fire' iwio. ' t t rH la advance. --fiatutdaj Journal. , n- -.-V.- in Other Attractions S'-' f.. CotHnuou rt 1 : m - lThe OREtSONlJ -.'. tv ; - -. . i .... 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