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THE COLUMBIAN.
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
THURSDAY, MARCH l!), liKW.
HIGH SCHOOL COURSE OF STUDY,
f Continual from lft Fage.
corn is grown, while the educational
value to the children of the high
school as well as the teachers of the
common schools ih the district
would be most fruitful. No one
thing is better calculated to dem
onstrale to the patrons the genuine
value of their high school to them
and their children.
If corn can be improved by breed
ing, similar experiments could eas
ily be made with wheat and oats
which would do much toward im
proving these crops. Whether or
not it pays to fatten hogs on corn
could be actually proved by weigh
ing some hogs, measuring the corn
fed to them and working out the
problem. The mathematics lnvolv
ed would be of the genuine sort. It
would be a valuable experience if
on butchering day the principal and
his pupils would spend the time
studying all that takes place. It
would be a profitable thing to find
out the best way to cure pork and
visit a neighbor when he prepares
his meats. If there is a dairy in
the community, it could be made
the basis of much good school work
How to make good butter on a farm
would be a profitable question for
study. The value and construction
of a silo could be studied. Recently
we were given a problem something
like this: A man has twenty cows
to which he desires to feed 40 cubic
feet of ensilage each day from No
vember until May. He expects to
build a cylindrical silo. He desires
to take two inches of ensilage off
the top each day; what would be
the dimensions of the silo ? This
problem illustrates the kind of
mathematics progressive farmers
are often called upon to use. The
township high school should be
willing servant of those who cannot
solve them, while those who attend
the school should work over every
problem of the community until
ihey are fully competent to solve
any problem they are likely to meet.
Then there are experiments and
observations concerning the house
hold which should be studied. The
water and. sewer systems, heating
and ventilating a home properly,
the arrangement and decoration of
the rooms, home conveniences
which save time and effort, the
right kind of pictures and reading
matter, the lawn and garden, the
right kind of vegetables and how to
raise and keep them, how to can
trait and vegetables successfully,
how to fry a steak and cook meats,
the dangers in dampness and dust,
care of the sick, etc.
One of the best tests of a man's
usefulness is his ability to repair
common things when they need it.
How to mend a leaking valve in a
common pump, repair and care of
'arm implements, making common
apparatus necessary 011 the farm,
ihe way to prepare and use cement;
all these things and many more
may very wisely be included in the
work of the township high school
Every township high school ought
to have a common workshop equip
ped with tools and apparatus enough
.0 make all the devices necessary
:n the industrial work of the
school, such as the box to test seed
corn, apparatus for physics, chem
istry and botany, etc. Many things
needed in the home could thus be
made under the direction of the
teacher. In this connection there
would be afforded good practice in
sketching and drawing plans of
work to be done.
There should be actual accounts
kept by the pupils showing the ex
act profit or loss from each field on
the iarm, the dairy, tfle horses, the
garden, the hogs, the orchard and
any other line of occupation carried
on in the community. Under the
direction of the principal these ac
DR. KENNEDY'S
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race; whore it canuot help, it doeg not
harm. It fa
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Dioou out cools ami purines it. In all cases
of Kidney troubles, Liver eomplniuta, Con.
stipation of the Bowels, and the dolicate
uonuKemeau wnicn aniict women, the ac
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in letters to Dr. Kennedy j and with a
warmth and fullness of words which mere
business certificates never possess. It
makes no drunkards excuses no crimp..
breaks no hearts. Ws challenge a trial and
are confident of the result. ONE DOLLA It
Bottle. All druggists. Bear in mind the
name and address i Dr. David KENNEDY.
Kondout, New York. Write for free sam
ple bottle and medical booklet full of valu-
w iitauwM auYioe, mutton ims paper.
How Is Your Blood?
If you lade strength, ore nervous, hove
no npprtltr, don't sleep well, Ret tired
pnslly, your blood Is In bud condition.
You cannot bo RtroiiR without pure, rich
Hood. Hood's Pnrsnjuirlllo makes good,
rich blood and keeps it good.
Dyspepsia " Tor six months my sys
tem was out of onler with dyspepsia and
Impure blond. Spent lots of money In vnin,
but Hood's iSarsnparilla cured lue. Jos. S,
Zauba, Ueuoa, Nub.
Had No Appetite "I was troubled
With dyspepsia and lind JiO sppetltp. 1 hud
a faint feeling after entlne. My constitution
was all run down, but liuod's Sarsnparilln bns
fully relieved me." i'LOHKNCB Stowe,
bnldervllle. Wisconsin.
Weaknoss-' I bless the dnyt heard of
Iliiod'i, Snrxiipnrilln. as It cured nieof extreme
weakness after grip, built my bnHband up
after pneumonia, and cured eeKenia and
blood-poisoning In our children." Mrs. W.
A. DkLjWokth, Box 4. Emhrcevillo. Pa.
Hood's Sarsaparilla Is sold everywhere.
In the usual liquid, or in tablet form called
Sar9atabs. 100 Doses One Dollar. Pre
pared only by C. I. Hood Co., Lowell, Mass.
counts could be made the means of
enabling farmers to detect the por
tion 01 ttieir wort which is unprof
itable, a thing which many are at
present uuable to do.
Mimcient studv :of the nossiht i.
ties of industries other than those
followed in the community should
be investigated bv findine- out what
is being done in other places in the
raising of poultry, armies, alfalfa.
crimson clover, celery, tomatoes.
onions, etc.
We have thu9 detailed these thincs
at length in order that our point of
view might the more easily be ap
prehended. What has been said
concerning the industrial phase of
the subject illustrates the attitude
ot a high school in any community
toward its pursuits. It mav also
be inferred what would be said cou
cerning the social, civic and litera-
ry nre ot tne community if time
would permit. We can only say
here that we believe the township
Inch school should be the lpnW
and chief promoter of the commu
nity me in all its various aspects
and this not. so much for the sake
of the value it can be to the com
munity as for the fact that it can
only be instrumental in aiding the
pupils to become useful citizen nf
the community by thus incorporat
ing the experiences of life into the
school, and making them serve as
the educative material for that nat
ural development which constitutes
real education.
To those holding this nnint r(
view, it will be observed that the
township hieh school occnm'es a
position somewhere oetween an el
ementary and a trade school, We
are not contending for the strictly
high class scientific agricultural and
domestic science school, with sev
eral specialists as teachers and the
departmental system. Such schools
win unaouDtecuy come, but they
will be comparatively few in num
ber, and can never take the nlarp
of the township high school in the
average rural district. According
to the last report, there are 22
township high schools in this State
taught by one teacher. These
schools are fed by pupils from a
few small common schools. So far
as one can see now, there is every
indication that the maioritv of such
schools will be taught by one teach
er, it win also be observed that
the aim of such schools is to pre
pare those pupils for life who have
no prospect of ever attending school
elsewhere. In fixing the minimum
of essentials, we should therefore
OASTOSIXA.
Bean th a i to Kind You Haw Wwars BaiurM
3ifntur
of
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
A SPECIAL FOUR-DAY TOUR
PERSONALLY CONDUCTED
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
WILL LEAVE ON
MONDAY, MARCH 30, 1908
A SPECIAL TRAIN
will be run from Wilkes-Barre to Washington and return, and will leave East Bloomsburg at 9:59
A. M. A stop will be made at Harrisburg for luncheon on going trip.
ROUND TRIP RATE $13.80
covers transportation to and from Washington and hotel accommodations from dinner on date of
tour until after luncheon the following Thursday three days.
SEE CONGRESS IN SESSION
For detailed itinerary and full information apply to Ticket Agents, or address Tourist Agent,
50 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
J. R WOOD, GEO. W.BOYD,
Passenger Traffic Manager. General Passenger Agent.
THE COLUMBIAN,
pay little or no attention to the de
mands of higher institutions, but
rather let them adjust themselves
to the needs of the comparatively
few pupils who come to them from
such schools. It may be impossible
at this time to. secure the kind of
teachers necessary to do this quali
ty of work, but this should be no
objection when planning for the
future. We should set our goal,
outline our course, and then pro
vide an opportunity for the prepa
ration of teachers. Any good teach
er who has had a scientific training
and who has a desire for useful ser
vice and a sympathy with the coun
try people, can soon develop into a
fine teacher and leader in this great
rural school problem. Personally
we are looking forward to a time in
the near future when teachers will
make this line of work a specialty.
Rather than teach in the country
merely to get experience enough to
enter the town, men will live in the
community, do a certain amount of
real farming, teach the township
high school, and work out thU ru
ral problem at first hand; then and
not until men can we nope lor a
real solution of this problem. What
a wonderful opportunity is here
presented for the progressive young
teacher with these qualifications !
The present course of study is
probably as good as could be had
under the circumstances, and in the
past has enabled us to do some ex
cellent work, but in view of the
great awakening and rapid advance
ment in all things pertaining to ru
ral improvements, we venture to
make a few suggestions in the hope
of being helpful.
We believe that the course should
be more definite. If every teacher
and all the directors were ideal,
this might not be necessary, but in
view of present conditions, it would
help materially if the course were
prepared somewhat in detail accord
ing to subjects, with a minimum
number of study hours devoted to
each specified. We believe, if a
competent committee would inves
tigate our State and national bulle
tins and direct which are best suit
ed to specific purposes, much good
would result. These bulletins rep
resent the very best thought of our
greatest investigators, and several
of those recently issued seem to
have been prepared with such use
m mind. Our State course should
indicate the character and purpose
of each and designate which should
be used. The course should be
more flexible in order that it may
be readily adaptable to an agricul
tural community, an oil region, a
manufacturing center or any other
locality. A minimum number of
study hours for mathematics, histo
ry, English and science should be
fixed and the school authorities of
the various localities could deter
mine the subjects best suited to
their needs.
It seems to us that it might be
well to eliminate solid and possibly
plane geometry, substituting a more
thorough study of the mensuration
of surfaces and solids and devoting
additional time to science. We be
lieve that Latin has no place in
these schools and tne time usually
devoted to this subject should be
spent in the 6tudy of English. The
course should be so planned as to
give a maximum amount of prac
tice in composition as related to its
vocational aspects, aside from the
purely literary composition.
We also believe that since so
many of these schools are taught
VIA THE
TOMS MOM
BLOOMSBURG. PA
by one teacher and such a large
number of the pupils can never go
elsewhere to school, the course
should be planned with special ref
erence to such schools and a plan
of alternation by years workt d out
so that these pupils can have the
benefit of a three years' course.
This the writer has done and, after
a trial of five years, it is found to
work with a fair degree of satisfac
tion, in seventeen one-teacher high
schools with nearly three hundred
pupils. Three years' work, with
the possible slight disadvantage of
alternation, we find is bttter than
a two years' course without it.
We look upon the township high
school movement as the beginning
of a wonderful awakening among
our country people. Already its
beneficent influence is being felt by
the common school teachers, and it
is an inspiration to the common
.school pupils. The country people
are in sympathy with it wherever it
has been established because it en
ables them to educa'e their children
at home. Many of the graduates
are already finding their way to our
State college and will return to lead
and bless their home communities.
There are great things in store for
the country people, and we as Su
perintendents can do a grand work
by putting forth our utmost efforts
to hasten the day wheu the Town
ship, High School shall become the
real educational workshop of the
community,"
Robins Killed lor Food in the South,
From Leslie's Weekly.)
A million robins were killed in
Ijuisiaua during the winter of
1907-8, the offenders being men
and boys who shot them for food.
While they are protected as song
birds in Northern States, it is a
common Sou hern practice to shoot
them for the table, and in some
States the hunters kill them in
great numbers at their roosting
places. A government expert sug
gests that the eastward movement
of the boll-weevil has been facilitat
ed by the killing of the robins. If
that is shown to be so, ihe cotton
growers will not receive much sym
pathy from the members of the Au
dubon societies.
Dry Sunday in Virginia.
For the first time in the history
of Virginia, no liquor could be ob
tained at.the various social clubs of
Richmond last Sunday. The Byrd
bill, closing all bars on Sun
day, went into effect, and even at
the oldest and most influential clubs
no intoxicating drinks were served.
AUDITOR'S NOTICE.
In the matter of the eetale of Kale J.Pope, latt
of the Town of Blommtmrg, in the County
Of Columbia, and Stale of Ptnntvleanta,
. Oeoeateis
Notice is hereby given that the under
signed, an Auditor appointed by the Or
phans' Court of Columbia county, to
make distribution of the funds, in the
hands of W. C. Johnston, Executor of
said deceased, as shown by his first and
final account, filed in said Orphan's
Court, to and among the parties legally
entitled thereto, will sit at bis office in
the Moyer Building, on Main Street, in
the Town of Bloomsburg aforesaid, on
Friday, the 37th day of March, 1908, at
9 a. m. of said day. to perform the duties
of his appointment, and when and where
all persons interested in said estate may
appear and present their claims or be
forever after debarred from coming in
upon the said fund.
a a7-ta. CLINTON HERRING,
Auditor.
ffiTta
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Early buyers are invited to in
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AND
Packard Shoes
are worn by more men
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made.-
Come in and let us
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Corner Main and Iron Sts.,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
Visiting cards and Wedding invi-1
tations at the Columbian office, tf
SHOWING f WHITE GOODS
or for One Dollar will add
mm
tor the same period of time.
Our Pianos
are the foarforc rti
" VUl IU-
elude the following makes :
Chas. M. Stieff,
Henry P. Mn T CD
Brewer & Prvor, Kohler &
CAMPBELL, AND RADEL.
IN ORGANS we handlA th
Estey, Miller.H.Leiir & Co.
AND 1JOWLBY.
This Store has the agency jar
SINGER HIGH ARM SE IV.
ING MACHINES and
VICTOR TALKING
MACHINES.
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Helby, 1900, Queen, Key
stone, Majestic.
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Music Rooms No, 105 West Main
Street, Jielotv Market.
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
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