Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 8, 1919, Page 5

Needs. and Activities Detailed by . Superintendent Wilder in Fourth Annual Report to the Board; Importance of Education Urged on Patrons. i ————_—. The necessity of at least one new building to’ meet the needs of the Casper schools during the coming year as a result of the phenom- enal increase in the school census is set forth in the annual report of George Wilder, superintendent of schools, who also deals in an inter- esting way with the actiyities of the term just closing and the im- portance of keeping pace with other local developments. Despite the fact that the term presented more | ——————___ ng than the usual quota of handicaps,| United States bureau of education) chief among which was the epidemic compares the wages of a group of requiring a recess of six weeks, prog-| children who left school at 14 years ress was made along educational lines | o¢ age with another group at 18 years has shown marked improvement dur-| o¢ age. ing recent months. lp 8 hy The repurt of Superintendent Wil-/ Darnin gs per | Eee nuy ance ual ith - | der shows unucual care with scrupu. who left school || who left schoal lous attention to detail and as pub- . “ FH $ at 14, the end of || at 18, the end of lished in full should prave interesting # iJ ‘ar school. |} high i mae to the public in general: BY HARD. LABOR ———— =. [eae year will show more concrete results, Respectfully submitted, HARRIETT H. LITTLE. Art. Report of the Art Supervisor: With the sweep of vocational art thru the schools it is interesting to note the adjustment of the drawing course to the new conditions which haye made our erstwhile high art course more practical. The narrow- est view only holds that paint and eanvas, with a north light and tem- jperament, make the four boundaries of art. If we are endeavoring to jhold our pupils to the ideas of the aesthetic side of art only, we are dwarfing their vision. This country’s needs surely require a closer merg- ing of art and the industries. The jtime has come when it should be im- possible to know where art ends and labor begins. | TI have during this school year at- tempted to teach the pupils how to convert raw material into something |poth useful and beautiful. The value jof the manufactured article consists \chiefly in the character of the trans- formation made in the raw material |by the designer or workman. The ;more artistic the designer or work- man, the more he increases the value |of. the raw material. | In the grades articles were made ‘the United States our taste in archt-|ments makes the child more compe- | jtecture, sculpture, painting and home tent to do additional sewing at home NEGESGITY OF NEW SGHODL 1G HELO QUT IN REPORT HANDICAP OF FPIDEWIG. OVERCOME Casper, Wyoming, Age. i ‘April 30. 1919. | $ 4.00 14 To the Honorable Board of Education, 4.50 15 School District Number 2, 5.00 16 Casper, Wyoming. 6.00 17 I have the honor to submit for 7.00 18 your consideration the following as 8.50 19 my fourth annual report, for the #60 20 year ending April 30, 1919. 50 21 If by moral edueation is meant the a18 22 influences which make for correct liv- 11.75 28 ing the work of our schools is of im- aaige $e measurable value. Punctuality, obed- ience, order, thrift, and industry, | necessary in the daily outline of school life, become by constant prac- tice, habits in the lives of the chil- dren. They are moral qualities be- cause they call for the constant ex- ercise of self-restraint for the sake of the higher interests of the in- dividual and for the sake of the whole. In general permit me ta say that more intensive effort has character- ized our work this year than ever be-| fore. Our purpose has been to sepa-| rate and drill upon essential, basic matters: a process of culling from the valuable rounded-out course or-! dinarily outlined for a full year’s | work. Our teachers have responded enthusiastically and painstakingly to | the emergency created by the loss of | time due to epidemics. Growth of the Schools. The growth of the schools the past; year has been as phenomenal as last. ; The school census af 1914-15 totalled 958 | Total salary till || 25 years of age, | $5,112.50. |) $7,337.50. From this time on the salary of the better educated boy will rise still more rapidly, while the earnings of the boy wha left schaol at 14 will in- crease but little. “Although the wages paid now are much higher than when this study was made, the comparison remains the same. Does it Pay to Consider Your Studies? Education means a successful and Total salary till 25 years of age, useful life. |principles of lettering were taught It pays the individual. Education means efficient workers. It pays the nation. Influenza. During the influenza quarantine, letters were sent to eath teacher sug-! gest carefully, noting essentials ‘and eli- minating from her plans the rela-. oe the common school that we may |making of several undergarments. tively unimportant matter. Meetings, from muslin, linen, and silk, designs |supply of warm water for baths with ‘were made, stencils were cut, then better dressing room facilities are the designs applied to the articles greatly needed. with paint. Paper construction prob-| lems were made and original designs | applied to beautify the article. Wark- ing drawings were made for a candle stick to be made fram a tin coffee | can. These candle sticks were then To, cut out from the coffee cans, painted | and decorated with original designs. The theory of design was taken up in tl each grade beginning with the analy- sis drawings and paper cuttings from plant forms to the designing of bor- ‘ders, corners, circles, pr squares, as the problem should demand. The The work in home economics has een carried on very much the same his year as last. Sewing was begun lin the sixth grade and continued thru |the eighth. In the sixth grade the ifirst principles are taught, most of the work being harid sewing which ‘takes up the most common stitches, jas: Basting, uneven basting, running, hemming, back-stitch, overhand, over- cast, outline, blanket, and cross- stitches. During the latter part of the year some work has been done ‘by the machine in order to teach thruout the grades, and posters de- signed. The sixth, the’ seventh and eighth grades designed posters which! advertised nearly every business ‘house in Casper. system has been installed which has reduced loss by theft and breakage to a minimum. The chief aim in the work this year has been to require a proper selection of tools for the work in hand, and to instill a certain sense of precision and a pride in a piece of work well done. Quantity has not been asked for. Leck of space and time has made it impossible to re- quire a proper amount of correlated drawing. bers are small and A large number of childr building have our utility teacher, and will make their grades. { PAGE FIV! ecessitated a constant readjustment | these coupled with the practical out to conditions with a consequent loss lets of stirred impulses of this yea jfurnishing was at its lowest ebb when without the aid of the teacher. Much/of attainment. The amount of good and last have contributed to a lofty SEV jpublic school art education was most emphasis has been placed upon the| work turned out has not been sat- type of patriotism. = neglected, and I believe the rise of a selection and buying of material for isfactory, but the improvement in the Use of Tobacco 4 ifiner taste has been commensurated/a given garmer The kind of ma-| work and attitude of the boys has I desire to take this opportunity with the advance of our public school | terial, it: ity and cost are care-| been enough to sive us a certain to call the attention of our patron education: fully discussed in class, before tha|meosure of success to the farmful effects which resul 27@ | Respectfully submitted, child purchases anything new. j Respectful bmitted, from the use of tobacco by immature | NATALIE DEATRICH. We have been somewhat handi- JAM K. SHALLENBERGER. boys. The laws with reference tc __p, | — capped in our work because each year e the sele of tobacco to young boy: q R, | Physical Training. the amount of time devoted to sewing Penmanship are quite ne\ ertheless, it ne Jp Report of the Physical Director: {im the grades is shortened in order} Report of the Penmenship Super-|!™2"Y possible for .onfe In the physical work an attempt | that the increased number of grade | visor: SheRe bo tobacco by of ¢, has been made to present in each |‘lasses can receive instruction. This! ‘The past year has been an un- piece ea ne It would vbe Help resu lesson exercises that made use of a/fact is particularly noticeable in the} usually hard one for all kinds of 'f¥! if we might secure throughou cq f, arge number of muscles, both flexors |¢i#hth grade, for this year just one-| school work, but in spite of the the en ak ner. realization jg q, and extensors. Every lesson includ. half vear has been given to sewing) breaks a great deal has been ac {hihi Marninl eects of tobacco Scan | jed exercises for arms, legs, trunk and 27d the other half to cooking, while |complished in the penmanship. Ein nl thelbartve riallinterssreugineree neck, The drills were varied in order |", Previous years with two periods a) The teachers entered the work vorne lives te prevent ite aise: Doug jto make the work as attractive as | Weel Sue jeocn. Stlewed te [earnestly and in every grade splen-|"""' "The Efficiency of Teachers. possible. Every lesson was composed |)0 emplak Me aye nor been |did results have been obtained. Of, | am pleased to report that, tht aor of new exercises or old ones in new | Rescecctulesaabeatied the teachers who were here at the ndard of grading throughout tht me, combinations so that some mental ef- | ad oe wy a beginning of the school year all have is now up with the ‘bes fort was required to follow the in- HARRIETT B. GARDNER. | qualified to teach the Palmer Method | of our counizy. This. ha: « structions. The lessons should be ae nee of Business Penmanship by obtain- de possible only through thi 1 my giyen whenever the pupil becomes Manual Training ing a teacher's certificate. ard of efficiency of th: rose- top restless or between periods of| Report of the Manual Training Our aim this year has been to » and care in making hardest mental work. Among the p! Teacher: teach a rapid, legible, and easy promotion: The rule requiring thai mary teachers there was a tendency I am handing you herewith a re-|style of business penmanship. At the | candidates for appointment as grad¢ 9-12t to have the pupils imitate rather than | port of the work of the Manual{beginning of the year only a few, teachers have at least two — respond to directions. Formal com-/ Training department for the closing|grades were using the Palmer norma hool or college training, ir ——$ mands are valuable as a means of } year. em of writing, Now all the grades = 5 = inereasing the vocabularies of small @empeworkethatawerare doing in[#"e using this em with good re-: (Continued on Page 6) children as well as teaching accuracy | this department points not so much sults. All eighth grade graduates ae Sie ale = and Precision of execution. \to an attempt to a trade or vocation have been required to obtain a Gorns Calluses More time is needed so that some ras to teach them a proper under- student’s final certificate in penman- attention can be given to special | standing of tools end tool processes ship before entering high school! x s s ! jtraining for such physical defects aslo that, with a clearer vision, the and many of these certificates have | ul wis 5 steeped and rounded shoulders, flat} boys may more intelligently choose | tleady been awarded: | . an arrow chests, ani droopin; ;- ineli i efore closing this report I wis ” rr: [Res asUn TAG carard¥ae) brie wisesure: whether oF not ghey ee tel to thank Superintendent’ Wilder ter, Two Drops of “Gets-It” Will Do It, |ments and weights extending over a knowledge and interest in this type; his earnest support and the inter- A Rot ae Ea ba Pe period of several years might be of | of work. If we provide a means for | est he has shown in the work, also | Eyer use scissors and snip off part value in encouraging better carriage. |the boy to find his fits and misfits | the grade teachers for their fine’ | Playground apparatus and more] our course is justified. In addition | SPirit of co-operation throughout the | \competitive games could be used to}we are teaching a pleasant vocation, | ¥¢@"- 4 advantage. A constant and abundant a clezrer sense of proportion, of pre-| Respectfully Submitted, cision and of the art and_ structural | EUGENIA M. NEER. | values of wood work products which | RGSS ema | ; will follow thru life, Utility Teacher Respectfully See ENDER To carry on this work the board Our action in electing a special | » L. b . has provided generously in equip- teacher to instruct pur ls who are " ment and materials. The deficiences weak in their work is a wise Oe and —_ Home Economics. which existed at the beginning of the|i" line with the best jeducational Report of the Home Economies}year no longer remain. To take|thought and progress. It is a dis- = acher : care of this equipment a tool room) tinct help to the children as the num- Po is more largely individual. It also helps very decidedly the congested rooms from which these pupils are taken. instruction ‘ “Gets-It” Puts Your in It Ends Corns Quickly, ver pack up your toe with tions” and n in each! nce of 2 result had the DIT SIO Patriotism in the Schools a S$, D = Early in September each grade ope eat school contributed its annual per capita dues for Junior Red Cross membership. Our pupils have since Since it is desirable that taste be ing that she go over all courses cultivated in our people at large, it! follows that it is thru the functions In jape_to refine the public taste. Many things entirely beyond the control of school officials have mili- tated against entire success. Not the lezst of these was the instruc- tor’s being a stranger to both the boys and the school system, which ithe child the usual seams. | In the seventh and eighth grades the work has been confined to the Much practice on the plainer gar- undertaken the support of three French orphans, the teachers of an- other. The formal opening of each day’s ; work with the fleg salute, the memo- the world Jrizing of patriotic songs ahd poems, ' Kimball 1 buta trifle at any drug store. B=. Lawrence & Co., Chicago, I and recommend n remedy by jaf the teachers of each grade were then held, and a consensus of opinion 1917-18 totalled’ 2414 {determined a uniform course for the 1918-19 totalled 3125 \remainder of the year. j The enrollment of the schools has} Truancy. | increased correspondingly. This year, a truant officer appointed by the, we have 14 more teachers in the sheriff has heen successful in per- grades than we had last year, a total/suading’ parents that they have no| of 56. Two new school buildings, right to keep a child from school ex. | both unique in their utilization of cept for illness; that they are re-| ) 1915-16 totalled 1090 1916-17 totalled 1428 * RREREEERE I ——— space, have been erected, ed marth (Spansible for his presence there and dating children in the east and narth nay he penalized if this duty is not sections of Casper. To apr Sate erformed. | the 14 additional rooms us pro-/| n R vided have not adequately cared for Medical Inspection. | : d number of children at-, The board of heajth ezrly in the; the increase a 1 | year appointed Dr. E. P. Rohrbaugh tending our schools. school doctor. He has yisited every, It has been necessary to use a) * ESI Tarl seen room at the library, the assembly|city school regulayly each morning | room at the Park school building, be-|thruout the year. No child who has | sides seven basement rooms not all/been absent is permitted to return | of which are suited to school-room to his work without a satisfactory surposes. A rural school has been| examination by Dr. Rohrbaugh. He Ee iecd at Wilson’s ranch; an| Many diseases have been detected in pa iy room has heen added tp the| their incipient stages. This daily Salt Creek school. During the win- examination has been invaluable to ter the destruction by fire of the two- the school. * room building at Salt Creek neressi- Common Branches. tated the purchasing of new school Jt has been our continued purpose | furniture and complete sets ok hooks. to emphasize theavalu of the work | These were obtained so tha | in the common branches, and to se- schools were closed only a week On| cure thoroness in them. We believe | this account. E ; | that facility in their use constitutes | At least one new building will be! a truly practical education and one| necessary to meet the needs of an-| that will always be the basis of future | other year. The three unfinished individual development, social inter- in the basement of the North) course, and public service. Geaner school should be made ready | We have caine The system of for use. Provision should be made | departmental teaching in the three | for more rooms in the Bast Gasper upper grades with continued snseegey schaol. Twelve new teachers wi! |The teachers in these departments needed next year in addition to our! were selected after su¢cessful ex- present teaching staff. | perience in their particular line of THE TWO BEST BETS Excitement Running High As reports come in from the Powder River Fiel The outlook is good---BUY Attendance. The attendance for the past year was interrupted to an unusual de- gree by epidemics. The schoals were closed for six weeks in the fall as a, precaution against influenza. Mumps, chicken-pox, -and measles have placed under quarantine children who could otherwise have done the year’s work satisfactorily. It would seem wise for the schools to conduct a summer session for these children. Another cause of poor attendance has been the high wages offered boys of school age. The following is an ex- tract from a United States bulletin to the effect that children should stay in school because education pays: “Children should stay in school as long as possible because EDUCA- TION MEANS BETTER JOBS. Boys and girls who go to work at the end of grammar school rarely get good jobs, The work they find tg do is usually unskilled; it pffers ljttle training or chance for advance- ment. When they grow older they find that they are still untrained for the skilled work which offers a fu-| ture. EDUCATION MEANS HIGH-) ER WAGES. “Many boys and girls when they lgaye school find work that offers a high wage for a beginner. But these wages seldom grow because the work requires no training. _ {A position with a future and steadily increasing wages requires s¢hgol training. Here Is the Proof: “This table (prepared by th ie work, and the results are exceedingly | gratifying. Music. | Report of the Music Supervisor: ,| The music has been very satis- | factory as a whole, natwithstanding ; | the interruptions the past year. | | Iam glad to be able to report the decided imprayement of the depart- | mental classes. Several of these’ ap-! ‘peared with credit before the high | school assembly of choruses. I regret very much that because | \the time was needed to complete the jregular course of study, it was de- |cided best to give .up the regular \spring festival. | On May 1, an out-of-doors patriotic \program was given at each grade ibuilding. The exercises included the flag salute, the singing of our na- tional songs, and the French national janthem. “The Marseillaise.” | A feature of the work this spring is the systematic testing pf results ifrom the first thru the eighth grades, Outlines for next year’s course of | study will be based upon this survey. Because of the general unrest and change that is taking place in educa- tional methods, and unusual attention land consideration, which is being! igiven to music in the United States, iI am alive to the necessity of getting jready to meet the new conditions. I} {expect to spend six weeks of the |summer vacation gathering new ma- terial, new methods, and inspiration. | These I hope to use to such good | ~ effect that the music in the school < < ‘ | | WINONA STOC Aya oc a Share Before the Advance and POWDER RIVER SYNDICATE UNITS At $100.00 Per Unit Before They Are All Sold For Further Information Which Will Be Cheerfully Furnished, Address C. KIRCHNER Phone 703 520 East 3rd Street WINONA ? ge} O = w) iB A a < 7 wo P.O. Box 1117 CASPER, WYOMING ALVOIGNAS