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Supervision
In some districts and even in some
cities the notion obtains that it is a
I waste of public money to employ a
supervisor. The idea seems to be
that with a teacher in every room,
the $chool system ought to accom
plish all of its results.
As a teacher in a normal school I
found on the pages of a certain book
^v© problems which were given to
the classes. The first of these prob
lems was: If one acre of ground
will produce thirty bushels of wheat,
how many bushels would ten such
acres produce? The answer was
quickly and accurately given as three
hundred bushels.
The next problem was: If one
man can make one chair in one day,
how many chairs can ten men make
in one day? Some of the hasty'stu
dents gave the answer as ten chairs.
Others hesitated awhile and said that
it would depend upon how the ten
men were working—whether they
worked separately or together. One
student said: “If you will let me
take the ten men and select from
among them the one who knows the
most about chair-making and let me
appoint him superintendent or boss,
as the case may be, and then assign
d3cli one of the remaining nine men
to that part of the work which he is
most capable of doing, letting this
superintendent direct and co-ordinate
the efferots of the other nine men,
the result of the efforts of these ten
men for one day might be one hun
dred chairs instead of ten.”
Th^ value of having this one man
as superintendent can be found some
where between the difference in the
value of ten chairs and one hundred
chairs. In the same way a superin
tendent of a system of schoolos will
increase the value of the work and
the efficiency of every teacher therein.
Some of the schools which are lag
ging farthest behind in the line of
educational progress, which are most
unresponsive to the best, thought and
best ideals, are those which lack any
supervision whatever. It is the work
of the superintendent to unify the
work of the several teachers in a sys
tem.—F. G. Blair, State Superinten
dent of Illinois.
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School Spirit
It’s the spirit of the school that
counts for more than anything else—
more than a fine building or the most
up-to-aate equipment. There is a fine
school spirit in Cordova. Mast of
the pupils recognize the fact that it
is their school, and that they make or
mar its good name. There is a spirit
of helpfulness and co-operation that
means much, for it shows that the
problem of discipline is being success
fully solved according to modern
methods. The present-day idea dif
J^ra widely from the old, which was
that the schoolmaster must rule with
a rod of iron, a tyrant utterly devoid
of sympathy and understanding of the
child's rights, and the pupil clever
enough to outwit him was a hero
among his fellows. But the autocratic
plan has been replaced by the idea
that the school is a miniature democ
racy for whose well-being every mem
ber is responsible. We believe we
are realizing this ideal in our school,
and the parents in this town are en
titled to no small share of the credit
because of their fine team-work with
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the teachers. The influence of the
Boy Scout organization is also very
good. Many incidents might be cited
to show what is meant by the above,
but a few will suffice.
Recently two of the upper-grade
boys, Matt O’Loughlen and Mike Shep
ard, came to the principal to report
something that needed correcting in
a third boy—not from a desire to tat
tle, as they emphatically stated, but
beeause it was for the good of the
school—which was true, because it
was not a personal matter at all and
aomething that they might well have
neglected to mention if they had not
had the good 'of the school at heart.
It is but fair to add that the boys
talked with the offender first, and re
ported him only when he had refused
to heed their request that he desist.
The day the load of coal was upset
down the bank of the school yard Ben
jamin Sherman and Raymond John
son came to the office to volunteer
their services in carrying the coal up
to the furnace in case we were out
and should need coal before the trans
fer could bring another load. This
hard service was not required of the
boys, but the offer was none the less
appreciated. There are some boys in
the world who might have been figur
ing on the chance of an enforced holi
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day instead of trying to keep school
in session.
Last week #when Donald Foster
broke a window-pane in the basement
he came at once and reported the ac
cident and offered to make good the
damage.
A few months ago it was desired
to replace all the broken panes of
glass in the playhouse windows with
whole ones; but what was the use if
the boys were to continue breaking
glass, carelessly or thoughtlessly, as
they had in the past? So all the boys
were assembled to talk the matter
over. The cost of heavy wire netting
sufficient to protect the glasg. was
estimated and it was a considerable
figure. They decided it was a need
less expenditure of monpy that could
be used in some other way to much
better advantage, as the glass could
be kept intact without wire netting.
And they were right—not a pane has
been broken since.
Last fall the basement walls were
given a much-needed coat of white
wash. Again the appeal was made to
the pupils to take good care of their
own property. Be it said to the credit
of the boys that not a single mark
has marred the basement walls since
that time.
All these incidents may be trifling
in themselves, yet they have a mean
ing. They show that our boys are de
veloping within themselves something
that will be worth more in after life
than all the facts they may glean from
arithmetic, geography or grammar—
strong characters, than which there is
no greater asset for meeting life’s in
evitable battles.
Cordova has boys to be proud of.
The girls also are trying to help make
this one of the best schools in Alaska,
and perhaps another time we may
have space to tell of some of the fine
things they have done to show the
right school spirit—in other words,
that they are good citizens.
Surprise was only exceeded by grat
itude last Monday morning at the un
wonted sight of a city employe shov
eling a much-needed path from the
foot of the schoolhouse steps to the
sidewalk opposite. No crossing in
town is more used, and none has re
ceived so little attention in times
past.
Lincoln’s birthday was observed in
a simple and appropriate manner.
Opening exercise periods were de
voted to a discussion of the life and
work of this great American. Miss
Wright gave her class a very inter
esting account of relics of Lincoln
seen by her in the house in which
Lincoln died.
In the High School English classes,
after brief discussion of the sterling
character of the man, his “Gettys
burg Address” was read, followed by
the reading of Edwin Markham’s splen
did poem, “Lincoln, the Man of the
People.” By request, a portion of
“The Perfect Tribute” was also read.
(Continued on Page Seven)
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