Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 20, 1910, Page 7

Members of the Boar of Education Dr. E. H. Smith, president. J. P. Lahr, clerk. Dr. E. H. Marcum, treasurer | A. A. Warfield. E. Jackson. A. P. Ritchie. W. P. Dyer, superintendent High School Faculty Eliza Loe, principal, instruc-| tor in English and history. W. Z. Robinson, instructor in science. Ella Bickford, instructor in| mathmaties. Reca Grailing, instructor in Latin and German. Mabel Wager, instructor in commercial branches. Katherine Grest, instructor in domestic econemy. Supervisors Floy Donaldson, drawing. Ethel Murray, music. Grade Teachers High School Building. Grace Brown, principal 7-8th grade department. Ann McGillin, instructor in 7-8th grade departmeant. Minnie Lyon, instructor in 7-8 grade department. Lois Obert, second grade. Edpa Hill, first grade. Central Building. Faunie HMosford, and sixth grade. Mabel Wheeler, sixth grade. Julia Kleve, fifth grade. Nellie Erh. fifth grade.™ - Ethel Haines, fourth and fifth grades. Golda Hill, fourth grade. Dorothy Clark, fourth grade. Madeline Johnson, fourth grade. Elsie Schmitt, third grade. Rose Endres, third grade. Mamie Jones, s:cond grade. Nora Pfeil, first grade. Ruth, Whiting, kindergarten. North Side Building. Helen Dunnington, third and tourth grades. Karna Anderson, first and second grades. East Bemidji School. Nancy Dunavau. High School Advantages Offered by the Be- midji High School: A large, attractive assembly room. Large, comfortably seated, well lighted, steam heated, fan- ventilated class rooms. A good se’ection of reference books in the school library. Free text books. A splendid public library ac- cessible to all students. A laboratory equipped with chemical desks (gas supplied for heat), a hood and all the necessary apparatus for a strong.course in chemistry. Another laboratory equipped with tables and apparatus for work in physics, botany and zoology. A cooking room provided with cooking desks, individual gas stoves and utensils, gas range, food charts, sinks and cupboards. A sewing room provided with sewing tables, sewing ma- chines, cutting and drafting tables. A manual training room with wood-working benches and tools, band and circular saws, mechanical drawing boards and instruments. principal |apply the same in pieces of A model commercial room. A large, well lighted gym- nasium, with shower baths. A corps of - experienced teachers, each one a sp2cialist in the subjects assigned for instruction. Three courses of instruction, Latin, Scientific and Commer- jcial. { Entrance Requirements: Students seeking to pursue lthe regular courses of the high i school must present state board 1 1 !certificates, county certificates jor principals’ final grades to show satisfactory completion of the common bradches. No Tuition: This school receives special laid from the state on condition {that it throw its doors wide open to all the young people of this community, charging no tuition to anyone who seeks admission. Young people liv- ing outside of the district are urged to take advantage of the oppertunities offered by _this school for a higher education. i Board and Room: | * Th2 superintamdent will be pleased to assist any ome to secure a place to board and room at rates within his means, or a place where he may work for his board and room. iTime to Begin: { It is very desirable to be on {hand the first day, Sept. 6. |Subjects will be entirely new 'and the first Jessons are exceed- |ingly important. If you cannot enroll on the first day on ac- 'count of circumstances beyond iyour control, do so at the learliest opportunity. Every |effort will be made to advance | you in your work. Manual Training i Boysin the sixth, seventh and eighth grades learn the uses and proper care offools for wood-working. ‘They ' make many useful articlesfor the home and office, also articles that ap- peal especially to boys’ fancies, as sleds, snow shoes, etc. The course of the first year in the high school is cabinet- making and mechanical draw- ing. The boys learn how to make all kinds of joints, and to furniture and other articles. Considerable choice is g ven in the articles to be mde, each student paying for the materirl used and taking “the finished product home. The applica- tions of stains and varmishes is also taught. In mechanical drawing the students learn the uses of draft- ing instruments through geo- metrical constructions, projec- tions, intersections and the making of working drawings. In the second year advanced cabinet-making and machine drawing are taken wup. It is hoped that some arrangements may be made before the end of the year to offer a course i wood-turning. i Domestic Economy Every girl should be trained to step with confidence into the kitchen to prepare a meal of digestable victuals and to make her plain clothes, no matter what her future may be planned to be. This department is in- tended to supplement and ex- tend the training received by girls in their homes, stress be- ing placed upon the art and economy of home-making. In the grades the girls learn all the principal stitches,how to make buttonholes, how to darn stockings, how to patch, do ' 8 Plans and Courses Anno simple embroidery and drawn work, make bags, aprons, pil-| low slips and many other nse- ful articles. This wors is done entirely by hand. Sewing in the h'gh school is| a course in dressmakiog. Each girl makes a full outfitof un-| derwear and outer garments from material furnished by her- self. She is tauxzht to judge the quality of cloth, how to re- move stains and how to get eatisfactory results from laun- dry work. ‘; The course in cooking in- volves a knowledge of what| food materials are needed for| the body, in what proportion they should be regularly sup- | Canning, pickling and jelly-| making will receive due atten- tion. ; ! Each student will have a | cooking desk, a gas stove and 1be furnished materials. A din- the students witl learn to lay| the table, to serve and to act| as host or hostess. Economy| . |will be taught with every 'pos-| ~ | sible emphasis, attention” being| - given to the preparation of the cheaper food materials to offset the present high cost of living. Thisdepartment should prove ! very popular with the girlsand wothers of this community, in- asmuch as this is an- attemps to give girls a practical educa- tion at the same time that they receive culture from the regu- lar studies. Sewing may be taken by the girls in any of the four years of high school, preferably the first year; cook- ing may be taken by the girls| of the junior or senior years. A vear’s work in either course will count a credit, the dame as a regular study. Eighty min- utes a day will be the minimum amount of time to be given to either course. ! Commercial Department! Attention is called Yo the excellent commercial depart. | ment of the high school. Al special room 1is set apart for this work and a teacher com- petent to give instruction in| all of the usual studies of a business college, has charge of the work. Bookkeeping desks, typewriters, tables and all the necessary equipment of a busi- ness school are provided. The full course calls for three regular studies with one com- mercial study each year, a chance being given to take an additional commercial branch in the junior and senior years. The order of the special studies is as follows; - Pen: manship and English grammar, bookkeeping, typewriting and stenography 1I,” commercial arithmetic and geography, typewriting-stenography ~ II and commercial law and cor- respondence. It 18 hoped that many stud- ents will enroll in this depart-. ‘meént. This department does plied to be easily digested., == joven, cooking utensi!s and will! ing outfit will be furnished and | THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING R —— e — ness colleges which make a specialty of short courses for young men and women whose time, for education is very limited. But it does aim to give a four year course of broad general culture special training in office work and business transactions| which will enable any young person can master and make his means of livelihood. AMN& The study of sceintific agri- culture is spreading over the and | whole country with great rapidity. To keep pace with this movement the high school offers a course in agricultural botany the first year, in which all the principles of seed selec- tion, soil preparation and cul- tivation, vegetable gardening, { planting and care of trees, etc., will be studied. The work will be made intensely prac- | tical. - It is possible that a special iclass in- agriculture, covering all the general topics of farm life may be organized, pro- ivided a sufficient number of students ask for it. Gourses of Study Parents are requested to {consider the following courses of study carefully and deter- mine before the opening of school which ore seems best suited to the needs and inch- {nations of their children. Students of the junior and isenior years will be given isome latitude in the choice of subjects, that they may take ladvantage of the new subjects e lintroduced. unced by W. J. Dyer The Opening Day School opens Tuesday, Sept. The first day will be de- voted to enrollment and classi- -] a short session. All pupils should be present on this day [to facilitate the organization {of the school. The Compulsory Law Chapter 400 of the State Laws of 1909 reads: “Every parent, guardian or other per- son who resides in any district and who has charge of any child or’ children of or be- tween the ages of eight and sixteen years,......... shall send such child or children toa public or private school in each year during the entire time the public schools of such district are in session. Pro- vided, however, that such child or ' children my be ex- cused from such attendance upon a written application to the school board by the parent, guardian or person having control of such child or children....... ” The excuses COURSES OF STUDY IN THE BEMIDJI HIGH SCHOOL. LATIH COURSE SCIENTIFIC COURSE COMMERCIAL COURSE English 1 English 1 American History-Civics Solid Geometry-Higher Algebra (Any Elective Subject) FOURTH YEAR American History-Civics Agriculture 2 (Any Elective Subject) German 3 American History-Civics Commercial Law and Correspondence (Any Elective Subject) 2 English 1 : g Elementary Algebra Elementary Algebra Elementary Algebra fi & | Latin Grammar | Botany Penmanship-English Grammar - o E 3| Botany | Latin Grammar Latin Grammar = § Manual Trzining 1 | Manual Training 1 Manual Training 1 S| Sewing Sewing Sewing = | «|2| English 2 | Zoology-Physiology Bookkeeping g § Plane Geometry English 2 - English 2 > |Z| Caesar Plane Geometry Plane Geometry 8 | | | 5 S| Ancient History - | Ancient History Ancient History % & | German 1 | German 1 g Manual Training 2" " | Manhal Training 2 German 1 = 2| English 3 Chemistry English 3 < § Modern History Modern History Modern History ‘;’ @ | Cicero English 3 Stenography-Typewriting 1 W g S| Chemistry Agriculture 1 Chemistry o (% | German 2 German 2 German 2 B § Cooking Cooking Commercial Arithmetic and Geography 3 2| English 4 English 4 English 4 ;’ Physics Physics Physics @2 [ Vergil Solid Geometry-Higher Algebra Stenography-Typewriting 2 w H =] g 8 3 1-2 Credit (Extra) May Be Earned in Either Drawing or Music by Two Consecutive Years of Work, Two Periods a Week. Notes on Courses of Study 1. To enter the high school students must present credits in geography, arithmetic, English grammar, com- position (8th grade), U. S spelling and penmanship. . history, physiology-hygiene, 2. On entering the high school every student must select a course of study, take the subjects in the order outlined - and will not be permitted to change to other| courses except upon the written request of the parent and | the consent of the superintendent . 3. No student will be permitted to take more than four subjects without the consent of the superintendent. A subject must be dropped after failure for two consecu- tive six weeks’ periods. 4. A year’s work in a subject counts a credit, Six- teen credits are required for graduation. To receive credit students must attain a final record of 75. No less than two years’ work in Latin or German will be credited. 5. Students wi'l be classified at the beginning of the year as “First Year,” if they have less than three credits; as “Second Year,” if they have three to six credits; as juniors if they have seven to they have twelve credits. -'6. Required subjects Elective subjects will not be bers less than eight. eleven credits; as seniors if will be taught every year. taught when the class num- The daily program will be planned for students = ; who have no conditions. Students who have conditions|Pupils, charges being made must adapt themselves to the program. . 8. Students completing one of the courses will be ad-|damage. mitted to any State Normal School or to any of the ' colleges of the State University without examination, if the following subjects are elected: = . 4 L (a) For Normal School—American history, civics, botany or zoology. For College of Engineering—solid geometry, |his office or at his home. higher algebra and chemistry. (c) For College of Medicine or Pharmacy—two years of Latin. not aim to compete with busi- (d) Yor College of Dentistry—Two years of Latin and :°“'s° of study will be mailed one year of manual training, recognized by the law are poverty, child’s bodily or mental condition or completion of the eighth grade studies. | Parents are liable to a heavy fine for failure to comply with the provisions of this law. Entrance Requirements Children must be five years lof age to enter the kinder- garten and six years of age to enter the first grade. Pupils entering from other schools should present report or pro- motion cards, otherwise they must take examinations to determine their classification. Books Books are loaned free to the for careless handling or willful Write or telephone to Supt. W. P. Dyer for additional in- formation, or call upon him in He will be pleased to confer with any students or parents. A 0 anyone asking for it. fication and will probably be - ! I .