CONVENTION NUMBER SOUTH DAKOTA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION JOURNAL OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SOUTH DAKOTA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION VOLUME XI NOVEMBER, 1935 NUMBER THREE \ | ~ VDL a A~ | ORP, THE CORN PALACE, AND YOU AED, MAP STENCIL See Our Exhibit at the SDEA Convention SPEESRR PER... This is just one of : : many new money- saving, time-saving, “teacher-saving’”’ ser- vices of the Mimeo- graph Process. We welcome an_ oppor- tunity to tell you 2 other services. A. B DICK Coe ee: SERVICE Outline maps — clean cut, clear, ac- curate in every detail, at a fraction of - former cost — from Prepared Mimeo- graph Stencils. The stencil is completely prepared, ready for use. SUBSTANTIAL SAVINGS Every school using outline maps can effect substantial savings through this service. These stencils can be used on any model Mimeograph. We shall be pleased to submit samples and a price list. y BROWN & SAENGER AUTHORIZED MIMEOGRAPH DEALER “At the sign of the shield” “SIOUX FALLS, S. DAK. A Record Hard to Equal Adopted by 11 states for basal, co-basal or supplementary use. Used in 51 of the 100 largest cities in the country. Used in more than 25,500 school systems. Books Hard to Equal ATWOOD -THOMAS GEOGRAPHIES Ginn and Company | Represented by Mr. Vance Trueblood, Box 537, Sioux Falls, South Dakota ——_ HURON SAYS — Howdy, Folks! HURON sincerely hopes you have a successful and beneficial convention in Mitchell, and because we enjoyed having you and being your host city last year, we will be looking forward with much pleasure to the time when we will again entertain you. —The Huron Chamber of Commerce SDEA JOURNAL e November, 1935 89 OO IO OO OO tO COO OP OP OD OO CO COO OO IOP IOP OO AO Oe OP OO OW OO OO OO OO OW 6 OO OO AIO OO ro LY The SOUTH DAKOTA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION Journal N. E. STEELE, Ex. See’y S. B. NISSEN, Editor Vireinia BENSON-KNIGHT, Office Sec’y Official Organ of South Dakota Education Association Published monthly except June, July and August Editorial and Business Offices, 3 Perry Bldg., Sioux Falls, S. D. The payment of the annual The SDEA Journal is owned and published by the South Da- ze kota Education Association. Represented nationally by 189 W. Madison St., Chicago, Ill., of which it is a member. Subscription to non-members is $1.50; single copies 25 cents. Advertising rates on application. z —>— FS = PAU? — OF AMERICA Entered as second class matter August 28, 1925, at the post office at Sioux Falls, South Dakota, under Act of March 1, 1879. dues of $1.50 entitles a member to attend all meetings of the as- sociation, to vote for delegates to the General Council, to hold office and to receive the SDEA Journal and services directed by the General Council or the Ex- cents of each annual fee is for @ year’s subscription to the Journal. SDEA OFFICERS C, J. Dalthorp, President— City Superintendent, Aberdeen C. E. Werden, Vice-President— City Superintendent, Geddes N. E, Steele, Executive Secretary— 3 Perry Building, Sioux Falls W.I. Early, Treasurer— MEMBER SOUTH DAKOTA =e PRESS ASSOCIATION SDEA EXECUTIVE COUNCIL President, Treasurer, Vice-President, and the following: J. F. Hines, Pierre— Supt. of Public Instruction Harry T. Jensen, Watertown— Principal, Junior High School R. O. Dott, Pierre— Science Teacher C. W. Pugsley, Brookings— President So. Dak. State College Principal,Washington High School. Sioux Falls State Teachers’ Magazines, Inc., | j | : \ \ \ | \ j \ \ \ ecutive Council. Seventy-five \ \ \ \ \ \ { j \ \ TABLE OF CONTENTS Announcements and Notices, Convention________._ 127-8 Art Projects, Interesting (J. T. Lemos)____________ 118 Banquets 154 Book Reviews aE 114 Classroom: Service: (zoe ee a 115-123 Clubs, News of 113 Convention Programs 180-154 Convention “Speakers, SDBA :=-> =) 3003 = es 99-102 Educational Events 90 Mitchell and the SDEA (Willard Jordan)____________ 96 On7 to: Mitchell! -(C..:0. Dalthorp) 722 ea 97 PTA Department 156 Robot, Are You A? (Marie M. Crisler) ____________ 103 Ruggiero Ricci 129 SCHOOL NeGWHySOe Dale ae Meee ee a oe ee 109-113 SDEA Enrollment 95 So;- bak: 5 S:. Athletic Assn. cc. 2 ice ea 124 State: Dept: cof Public: Instruction 2 107 Teacher Personnel, Improvement of (Gessie Me Rangpur); ce eee een ed 106 Educational Meetings NOV. 24-27 —SDEA CONVENTION, Mitchell Feb. 22-27—-NEA Dept. Superintendence, St. Louis, Mo. June 28-July 2, 1936—NEA Convention, Portland, Ore. Special Days, Weeks Nov. 11-17—American Education Week Nov. 11-29—Annual Red Cross Roll Call INDEX TO ADVERTISERS An Go BACON. oe ee ey Cover No. 4 American Book Co. 91 American Crayon Co. 121 Beach: (Printing Co.F Will Aco) Cover No. 3 Becker Costume Co., E. 128 BrOWn wr SReEN gers on a ee en Cover No. 2 Eppley Hotels Co. 125 Ginn and Company 89 Heath’ -& °Co:;° D;C. 123 FLUD: (City School “Supply: Coy 26 ee 123 Huron ;Chamber: of (Commerce 33°22 .42.5 7 3 89 Mitchell SDEA Convention Advertisers’ Index_______ 92 Nat’l Ass’n of Chewing Gum Mfers._______ Cover No. 3 Nettleton: _Commefeial College: “wre 121 Rapid City Chamber of Commerce____________ 93 Sioux Falls Chamber of Commerce______._____ 94 So. Dak. Engraving Co. 121 Teachers Casualty Underwriters. _______._____. 125 University<-of) South (Dakota: = soir ee ee et 126 Wetmore: Declamation Bureau 2222s ee 123 Williams Piano Co. 123 Eugene Field School, Mitchell Group Meeting Place THE LATEST MERRIAM-WEBSTER A DICTIONARY FOR BOYS AND GIRLS Modern in Every Way Clear Accurate Comprehensive Authoritative THAT’S WHY This New Book is Superior Large, readable type 162 four-color pictures Wide, open columns 1,600 black-and-white illustrations THAT’S WHY This New Book will Appeal 38,500 words chosen from children’s reading Definitions easily understood because They have been clearly phrased, logically grouped, and tested in schools _THAT’S WHY This New Book is the Best Dictionary for Schools LIST PRICE ONLY $1.20 Webster’s Elementary Dictionary FOR BOYS AND GIRLS is based on Webster’s New International Dictionary, Second Edition See Our Exhibit at S. D. Representatives: the SDEA Convention, R. S. Gleason, Sioux Falls Mitchell, S. D. E. H. Er lyons Aberdeen AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY NEW YORK CINCINNATI CHICAGO BOSTON ATLANTA DALLAS SAN FRANCISCO SDEA JOURNAL e November, 1935 91 SDEA CONVENTION ADVERTISERS — MITCHELL PATRONIZE THESE ADVERTISERS WHILE ATTENDING SDEA CONVENTION THEY ARE GOOD FRIENDS Autos, Services: Day & Nite Garage 141 Edwards-Schneller Co. 153 Mizel Motor Co. 147 Rozum Motor Co. __ 153 Shetwood Petroleum ‘Corp. —2'3 ss" 147 Stransky Motor Co. 149 White Eagle Corp. 145 Cleaners, Tailors: Mitchell>- Cleaners: & = Tailors*02- 20 o es 155 Only Way Tailors 151 Dept. Stores, Women’s Ready-to-Wear» etc.: Baron Bros. Inc. 133 Butterfield’s 133 Feinstein’s 149 Geyerman’s 155 Hoon Millinery 151 K & K Co. 147 Montgomery Ward: Co, = 220 0.20 eee ee 141 Penney Co., J. C. 145 Style Shop 151 Drugs: Ball Drug Co. 145 Kress Drug Co. 147 Nicolls Drug Co. 151 Scallin Co. 153 Furniture: Home Furniture Co. 149 Johnson Furniture Co. 151 Hotels, Restaurants: Corker’s Confectionery 155 Home Cafe 153 Hoon’s Cafe 153 151 Lydia’s Eat Shoppe HIGH SCHOO Senior High School, Mitchell Group Meeting Place gz Biliot (Grocery '@ Market): gs ee oe Gazette Mitchell Wholesale Grocery & Fruit Co. _________ New York Life Insurance Co. Noble & Son, Ince., H. Navin Cafe 149 Navin Hotel 143 Oriental..Chocolate--Shop-Cafe-s2aseseersesrtses 149 Palace City Cafe 151 Virginia Cafe 155 Widmann Hotel 137 Men’s Clothing: Becker Clothing Co. 147 Grigg’s Clothing Co. 153 ul Maer to) in aeeen gales 2 Sai icceme ab met Mase dee Vc Scranton 1438 Miscellaneous: Chamber of Commerce 131 Deluxe Cab_ 151 Dethlef’s Greenhouse 153 Educator Supply Co. 135 Northwestern Public Service __..________.__.-_____ Snow-Flake Bakery 143 Solberg, A. C. Wick Jewelry Store, Leonard ___________________ Broadbent Funeral Home Photographers: Eliason Studio High Studio Shoe Stores: Blynn Shoe Shop Burg Shoe Co., Joe Theatres: Paramount-Lyric Theatres Roxy Theatre ia anne City Hall, Mitchell Group Meeting Place 149 November, 1935 e@ SDEA JOURNAL RAPID CITY (IN THE BLACK HILLS) INVITES SDEA for Next (1936) Year Rapid City APPRECIATED FORMER SDEA MEETINGS and GREATLY DESIRES TO BE THE HOST CITY IN 1936 Rapid City HAS EVERYTHING FOR THE SDEA CONVENIENCE AUDITORIUM SEATS 3,000, AMPLE HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS, EVERY THING CLOSE IN, SCENIC PLACES UNSURPASSED, HOSPITALITY, ETC. Rapid City HOPES SDEA HAS A.GREAT CONVENTION AT MITCHELL RAPID CITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CITY OF RAPID CITY SDEA JOURNAL e November, 1935 93 Sioux Falls’ Home for South Dakota’s Largest Conventions THE SIOUX FALLS COLISEUM For a Most Successful and Comfortable Meeting in 1936, Both for Convention Visitors and Exhibitors, WE want YOU to know that Sioux Falls Wants You in 1936 We know that you will have a dandy good time in Mitchell. We know that SDEA visitors always have good times in any South Dakota city having the privilege of entertaining your group, because we all consider the SDEA convention as the BEST IN SOUTH DAKOTA. We think not only of the commercial value to the city, but we enjoy the acquaintances we make during the convention. We will sincerely appreciate your giving us this privilese NEXT YEAR. AND THEN—we think that you like to come to Sioux Falls—Because: {| We are a friendly city and like to make new friends. {| Our convention facilities are second to none in the United States. {| Our Coliseum (auditorium) is spacious, seating capacity of 3500. {| Under the same roof (in separate room) we have 10,000 sq. ft. of floor space for exhibitors. | Newest style loud speaker equipment in auditorium. {| Finest hotel and shopping facilities in the northwest. {| Recreational and pastime facilities, not equaled in cities twice the size of Sioux Falls. {| We’re close to where people live in South Dakota, with excellent transportation facilities from all points. yj AND—well, WE JUST WANT YOU, that’s all, and we hope that you will want to Come to Sioux Falls Next Year !/ (Our Latchstrings Will Be Out) The Sioux Falls Chamber of Commerce The City of Sioux Falls J. P. ADAMS, #Pres. A. N. GRAFF, Mayor PAUL K. MYERS. Sec’y 94 November, 1935 e@ _SDEA JOURNAL “IMPROVED EDUCATION WITH IMPROVED CONDITIONS” 1935 SDEA CONVENTION THEME Below is a report of 100% enrollmentts todate. Honor Roll 100% Counties Roberts Hamlin McCook Jones *Shannon Lawrence Hughes Clark Hyde - Hanson Sanborn Harding Codington Deuel Davison Lake Lincoln 100% School Boards Mitchell Shannon Co. Mobridge Clark Parkston Eastern High, Wakpala Faulkton Kadoka Lemmon Redfield Madison Aberdeen Egan Westport Milbank Rockham McLaughlin Volga Vermillion Flandreau Madison Ft. Pierre Centerville © 100% Colleges Southern State Normal School Spearfish State Normal School 100% Independent Schools Fulton Wallace Lily Alcester Cresbard Tulare Newell (Plano Cons.) Wess. Spgs. Rosholt Draper Gary Virgil Corsica Yale *Egan Viborg *Redfield Sioux Falls— Ashton Huron Wentworth — Estelline Spencer Herrick Irving Kennebec Baltic Gregory *Vermillion Scotland Herreid Lowell *Eastern High, Burke Wilmot Humboldt Marion Loyalton Whittier Madison Carthage Wakonda Isabel Canton Hitchcock Mark Twain Deadwood Langford Raymond Tripp *Madison Hetland Hawthorne Bruce Conde Irene Revillo Corona Valley Springs Lincoln *Wakpala Chester Warner *Centerville Pierre Rapid City Ben Franklin *McLaughlin Garden City Hecla Lake NordenChancellor Gayville Beadle Volin McIntosh Miller Ideal Fulton Lesterville Bancroft Tyndall Chamberlain Pollock Hayti Quinn Iroquois Freeman Bonilla Hartford Frederick Canova Worthing *Rockham St. Charles Armour Onida Harrisburg Murdo Midland *Volga Colman Clear Lake Bridgewater Beresford Blunt Arlington Wolsey *Frt. Pierre Selby Ree Heights Jefferson Watertown *Parkston Howard Harrold *Mobridge Vivian Sisseton *Kadoka —_ Florence Fedora Bancroft Onaka +Nisland Custer Elkton Summit Kimball Faith Kidder Winner Castlewood — Lake Preston Highmore Ravinia Dupree Raymond, ._ Spearfish Parker Alpena Aurora Lennox Hurley (Logan Cons.) Plankinton **Clark Canova— (Bur- Wall DeSmet *Lemmon bank Cons.) Morristown *100% plus—teachers and board members. Philip *Milbank Big Stone City Springfield **100% teachers & board members for 5 years. Salem Northville Warner Montrose +100% SDEA and NEA for 10 years. This list represents returns up to Oct. 21. IMPROVED EDUCATION WITH IMPROVED CONDITIONS SDEA, No. 3, Perry Bldg., Sioux Falls, So. Dak. Gentlemen: Enclosed please find (check, money order, draft) for one dollar and a half ($1.50) to pay for membership in the South Dakota Education Association for the school year 1935-36. I understand I'am to receive the SDEA Journal and to enjoy all of the rights and benefits of the Association. DRS 2 ee eee eee CN ies se ee ee (Address to which SDEA, Jousnal should; be sent)... ce eee = SDEA JOURNAL e November, 1935 95 MITCHELL AND THE SDEA WILLARD JORDAN, Mitchell Instructor in Dramatics and English, Senior High School 1 is a pleasure for Mitchell people—teachers, parents, PTA’s, school board members, business and professional people and all others—at this time to extend greetings and a hearty word of welcome to the SDEA and to the teachers of South Dakota for their annual convention. Mit- chell is happy to be again the host city of the SDEA. Playing host to this largest South Dakota con- vention attended by thousands of school people is not a new experience to Mitchell people. The first SDEA convention held in Mitchell was that of 1902; this year’s is the seventh to be held in Mitchell. The 1935 convention is the fourth since 1925. These more recent conventions in Mitchell have made Mitchell folks alert to and aware of the needs of the SDEA. A knowledge of SDEA needs and SDEA mem- bers’ wishes in convention matters are not based solely upon convention experiences—so far as Mit- chell teachers and school administrators are con- cerned. Mitchell school teachers and administra- tors, like those of other communities, have been and continue active as members of the SDEA and as members of SDEA roundtables, depart- ments and committees. This year about a dozen’ Mitchell school people are officers of sectional groups, a number are members of SDEA com- mittees and still others are scheduled to take part on this years’ con- vention programs. A list of local (Mitchell) con- vention committtes shows a goodly number of Mit- chell teachers serving as chairmen and as mem- bers. Two past presi- dents ‘of the SDEA, Supt. J. C. ‘Lindsey (1921) and Prin. L. M. Fort (1929) are to be numbered among these local committee chair- men. Not only those with special assignments or duties, but all teach- ers of all schools of Mit- chell are enlisting as ac- tive workers and hosts. 96 Everything will be done to make the SDEA convention successful. Local effort will match that of SDEA officers. Group meeting places will be in buildings close to the Corn Palace. Members will not find any difficulty in getting from one meeting to another. Mitchell people are united in all pre-conven- tion and convention efforts to make this year’s SDEA meeting a great one in all respects. To the many teachers who have been here before nothing need be said of Mitchell’s hospitality and genuine desire to make this a profitable and delightful experience. To those who haven’t been here before, the same cordial welcome will be extended. —SDEA Goat—100% State MemBersHip— Mitchell Convention Committees Write to the chairmen of Mitchell convention committees, listed below, for desired information or to give suggestions. Write Carl I. Rolston, sec- retary, Chamber of Commerce, Mitchell, for gen- eral information: Group Meeting Places: E. E. Schmierer Information: C. I. Rolston Gift Entertainment: J. C. Lindsey Housing (rooms): C. I. Rolston Banquets: W. W. Moulton Music: L. M. Fort Joint Service Club Meeting: L. W. Robinson MITCHELL CORN PALACE—THE WORLD’‘S ONLY SDEA Convention, Nov. 24-27 Headquarters, Exhibits, General Sessions November, 1935 @ SDEA JOURNAL ON TO MITCHELL! SUPT. C. J. DALTHORP, Aberdeen President of the SDEA for 1935 ht of us who are vitally interested in educa- tion in South Dakota are at this time con- sidering a trek to Mitchell, the Corn Palace City, to attend the SDEA meeting the four days pre- ceding Thanksgiving Day. Our decisions involve both time and money. If we spend those two valuable things for an as- sembly of this type, we cet- tainly expect something very worthwhile in the form of entertainment and inspiration. Consequently our decisions will depend largely upon the attractions promised by the program. It is easy to survey the con- vention talent, regardless of its merit, and nonchalantly push it aside with the com- ment, “There is nothing to interest me.” This article is intended to supplement the programs published elsewhere in this magazine and to assure you that there is something or several things which justify your decision to go to Mit- chell. Your president, who has devoted much time and thought to the 1935 selections of speakers, is proud to recommend them to you as constituting an outstanding, well-balanced array of speakers with messages = oF interest to every educator in the state. William McAndrew William McAndrew is known as the grand old man of education and the sage of Mamaroneck. He is a homely philosopher with a touch of subtle humor and a dispenser of sound educational prin- ciples in a simple and interesting manner. His audiences are always enthusiastic about him. Any- one who reads School and Society or the Nation’s Schools is stimulated by his expressive and timely educational articles. Years of experience as class- room teacher, as a high school principal, and as superintendent of schools in Chicago during the famous Mayor Bill Thompson fights give him a background unequalled from an educational point of view. SDEA JOURNAL e November,. 1935 Supt. C. J. Dalthorp, Aberdeen President of apie 1935 Forrest (Phog) Allen The director of athletics at the University of Kansas is without a peer in America when it comes to lectures on athletics. His fine stage ap- pearance, expressive English, and excellent voice have made him popular throughout the nation. His broad experience as a basketball coach, a writer, and organizer in athletics qualifies him as an authority who will bring an inspiration- al message to all of us. Robert England This fine Canadian gentle- man who lives in Winnipeg was educated in the schools of England. His lectures on international relations are sane and informative. His broad educational background and extensive experience as a public lecturer before nation- al radio audiences and public groups in both the United States and Canada assure us he will make an excellent contribution to our program. Roy W. Hatch - Professor of the social studies and geography at the New Jersey State Teachers College at Montclair, Dr. Hatch has served as visiting professor at many of the leading universities in the east. His exten- sive writings in the field of geography and the social studies, in addition to his scholarly lectures on the place of geography and the social studies in the curriculum, eminently qualify him for one of the leading parts on the program. Mrs. Carol Pitts As an Omaha, Nebraska, musician and teacher, Mrs. Pitts is not a stranger to the school people of South Dakota. Last April she served as a critic judge for the state music contest in Sioux Falls. For many years she has attracted national attention with her outstanding choruses and glee clubs in Central High School, Omaha. She knows music thoroughly and has a direct and forceful stage delivery that will interest us all. (Continued on next page) 97 Laura Zirbes Miss Zirbes is perhaps as widely known in the field of elementary education as anyone in the country. At the present time she is professor of education and director of the demonstration school at Ohio State University. Every progressive pri- mary teacher has at some time used her materials on reading. Her knowledge of elementary prob- lems, her personality, and her charming delivery will be sure to captivate South Dakota teachers. Agnes Samuelson The president of the National Education As- sociation has made her influence felt throughout the Northwest for many years through her con- tribution to better opportunities for rural school children. Her election in 1933 to the office of state superintendent of public instruction in Iowa was unopposed, a fine tribute to her ability as an educator. Her sincere interest in problems similar to those confronting us in South Dakota will challenge us to greater efforts in our own state. Clemens Granskou The president of Augustana College has made a distinct place for himself in South Dakota edu- cational circles during the few years he has been in the state. His experiences as a missionary in China, a soldier in the World War and_ his theological training will make us all eager to listen to his convention sermon on Sunday evening. Important Notice! _ Bring your receipt (blue) for membership paid in the SDEA with you to Mitchell. John F. Hines Our state superintendent of public instruction, Mr. John F. Hines, has proved his right to the respect of the people of South Dakota during the few months he has served in the office. Everyone will be interested in hearing his program for edu- cation in the state. Greetings Greetings from two great organizations most friendly to education, through their South Da- kota leaders will be extended to the SDEA at Mitchell. Leo Temmey, Huron, state commander, Department of South Dakota, American Legion, will extend greetings from the Legion and Mrs. Chris Hirning, Mitchell, state president of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers will do likewise for the PTA. Music The State College military band under the direction of Carl Christensen, the University of South Dakota symphony orchestra under Dean W. R. Colton, the Yankton Congregational Church choir under Prof. L. N. Dailey, the Mit- chell schools, and the Dakota Wesleyan musical talent will furnish us entertainment of an out- standing nature. December SDEA Journal The December Journal will carry abstracts of addresses by out-of-state speakers. A report of ‘convention proceedings and of officers elected will appear in the January Journal. The December number will be printed before the convention. South Dakota State College Military Band, Director, Carl Christensen General Session, SDEA Convention, Mitchell, November 25 98 November, 1935 e@ SDEA JOURNAL SDEA CONVENTION SPEAKERS AGNES SAMUELSON WILLIAM McANDREW President of the National Education Ass‘n Editor, School and Society State Supt. of Public Instruction of lowa Mamaroneck, N. Y. Speakers’ Convention Schedules President Agnes Samuelson: General Session, Monday Evening, Nov. 25 Combined Vocational, Monday afternoon, Nov. 25 William McAndrew: General Session, Tuesday Evening, Nov. 26 Rural Department, Monday afternoon, Nov. 25 Forrest C. Allen: General Session, Monday Evening, Nov. 25 _ Health & Physical Education Dept., Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 26 FORREST C. ALLEN Athletic Director, University of Kansas SDEA JOURNAL e November, 1935 99 SDEA CONVENTION SPEAKERS MRS. CAROL M. PITTS DR. R. W. HATCH Director of Music, Central High School Professor of Education Omaha, Nebraska State Teachers College, Montclair, N. J. Speakers’ Convention Schedules Carol M. Pitts: General Session, Monday A. M., Nov. 25 Music Teachers Roundtable, Vocal Clinics, Monday & Tuesday afternoons, Nov. 25, 26 R. W. Hatch: General Session, Monday Evening, Nov. 25 Joint Meeting of Junior High School Depart- ment and History Teachers Roundtable, Monday afternoon, Nov. 25 Robert England: General Session, Tuesday Evening, Nov. 26 Joint Meeting of Higher Education and City Superintendents and High School Principals Departments and English Teachers Round- ROBERT ENGLAND table, Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 26 Winnipeg, Canada Service Clubs, Wednesday noon, Nov. 27 100 November, 1935 @ SDEA JOURNAL SDEA CONVENTION SPEAKERS LAURA ZIRBES Director of Demonstrattion School Ohio State University, Columbus, O. Speakers’ Convention Schedules Laura Zirbes: General Session, Tuesday A. M., Nov. 26 Joint Meeting of Association for Childhood Education and Intermediate Grade Teachers Department, Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 26 Supt. J. F. Hines: General Session, Tuesday A. M., Nov. 26 President County Superintendents Dept. President C. M. Granskou: General Session, Sunday Evening, Nov. 24 (Convention Sermon) SDEA JOURNAL e November, 1935 J. F. HINES State Superintendent of Public Instruction Pierre, S. D. (C. M. GRANSKOU © President, Augustana College Sioux Falls, S. D. 101 SDEA CONVENTION SPEAKERS MRS. CHRIS HIRNING, Mitchell State Pres. National Congress of Parents i and Teachers General Session, Monday, A. M., Nov. 25 All-State H. S. Journalists The 4th annual all-state staff of high school newswriters will report the proceedings of the 1935 SDEA convention at Mitchell. Members of the staff were chosen by taking a test at the high school press association on Oct. 18 and wiil be under the supervision of A. A. Applegate, college editor, State College, assisted by journal- ism teachers. LEO TEMMEY, Huron State Commander, South Dakota Department of The American Legion General Session, Monday, A. M., Nov. 25 —SDEA Goat—100% Strate MemBersHip— College Ass’n Name Changed The name of the organization of independent colleges of the state has been changed to the South Dakota Association of Church Related Colleges. This action was taken at a meeting of representatives held at Huron Sept. 28. Yankton Congregational Church Choir, Director, L. N. Dailey, Yankton College General Session, SDEA Convention, Mitchell, Noy. 24 102 November, 1935 e@ SDEA JOURNAL ARE YOU A ROBOT? TEACHERS AND PROFESSIONAL CONTROL OF THE TEACHING PROFESSION* MARIE M. CRISLER Junior High School, Lead, South Dakota GCL FED MOORE has completed a costly and unique doll house, the most beautiful in the world. It has a robot princess for its mistress and beautiful dolls for occupants. The pretty actress is the general manager, who directs the entire institution from the outside. _ Our modern institution of education appears to be approaching a similar state. We have an elaborate edifice, utilizing the latest and best in scientific knowledge and workmanship, yet it is found wanting in the balance of human relation- ships, because the control is from the outside. The Specialists’ Role Only educators, well removed from the child- teaching ranks, have time, means, and permission to control the educational profession. Being out- side the real school situation, their vision is sub- jected to the refractions of distance and artificial illumination. Other attractions—details, reports, politics, conventions, teachers’ meetings, publicity, and so on—divide their attention and lessen their already imperfect and blurred vision. If anyone can find an article or book on educational thought, philosophy, or methods that is written by someone actually engaged in classroom teaching on the public school level, he is a keen observer and should become an astronomer who discovers new stars. College professors, superintendents, super- visors, and critic teachers write, but they direct from outside the actual classroom situation. They are specialists in research and administration who contribute valuable information and theory, or- ganize and unify the teaching profession, and serve as go-betweens for the school and society. Their advice affects the institution, but does it affect the education that takes place in the in- stitution? One may see the whole situation more clearly from the outside, some may argue. When inside there is always a part out of view and one’s at- tention is necessarily limited to a small scope. The teacher, schoolroom, equipment, methods, and children with their visible and artificial reactions to unnatural circumstances, can be seen best as a *Winning article on the subject in one of eight divisions in the second nationwide contest of last spring, sponsored by State Teachers Magazines, Inc.; of. which the SDEA Journal is a member. Other winning articles of the other divisions will be used during the school year. SDEA JOURNAL e November, 1935 Marie M. Crisler Marie M. Crisler was reared in Colorado and attended elementary and high school in Denver and Weld County. She was graduated from Teachers College high school and holds a B. A. degree from Colorado State College of Educa- tion, Greeley. She has done additional work with the Palmer School, Chicago, the University of Iowa and the University of Wichita. Her chief interest is junior high school education with a major in natural sciences, and minors in social sciences and English. Miss Crisler has taught in schools near Greeley, and at Silverton, Colo., and now teaches social science and penmanship in the junior high school at Lead, So. Dak. Teaching in the most desolate and most prosperous of agricultural and mining districts gives Miss Crisler what she terms a real educational course in the science of life. unit by one looking on. That perspective is what has been termed education, while as a matter of fact, it constitutes only the setting and the tools, with these rarely checked against the judgment of teachers’ feeling free-to express their honest convictions. : 103 The teachers in apparent charge are almost literally robots, who bow, smile, or try to teach in response to buttons pushed by supervisors or educational “specialists” who are entirely outside the teaching situation. Even colleges and univer- sities for the training of teachers prepare this robot type of teachers. In attractive, modern, well- equipped school buildings, these teachers “scien- tifically” teach their daily rounds of swarming pupils who must be treated as puppets controlled by strings. The pupils are expected to absorb something, but whether or not they have gained a thing to make them individually better or wiser boys and girls, they will pass the tests and stan- dards imposed from outside or above. The right proportion will fall in the A, B, C, D, and F groups, thanks to the bell curve discovered in the realm of statistics, not in the classroom. Education: A Living Process A desirable school has competent workmen and ample modern equipment. Certainly these with the children’s visible reactions are contributing factors, but education is much more. It is a living process, an invisible growth of ideas and ideals, from embryos as they are planted into the child’s consciousness, to a state bearing fruit and functioning in his life. Such a philosophy is not new, but the use of principles governing other sciences of life and growth would deal a death - blow to mary an educator’s pet theory. Topics like “Enriched Curriculum,” “The Only Meth- od,” “Character Education as a Subject,” and “Education Justified” would lose their charms. It makes no difference to the biologist what he Ve Oran a — CR@H, EG produces so long as he reaps what he sows, and reaps abundantly so he and others may profit by his labors. The value of the curriculum and methods by which subject matter is presented has been overestimated. Just how or what the child is taught makes little difference, but how that knowledge functions in his life, is of vital im- portance to him and to the world. Effective teaching is the influencing of one life or personality by another. No profession calls for higher ideals and more desire for service than teaching. Today, often the teacher with the high- est ideals, and the most hours of effort and ser- vice to her credit, stays farthest down the scale of success as measured by so-called scientific in- struments. The robot type of teacher who re- sponds most graciously to the outside controls or who demonstrates her work to the public in an impressive and entertaining way (though these demonstrations may be almost, if not quite, void of any educational value) rises to seats of honor and is the one most likely to fill a vacancy among the button-pushers, or become a regulator of other robots. Scientific means and equipment are valuable aids, but if genuine education is an increase in one’s ability to live a fuller, happier, and more useful life, a master teacher who understands and has the confidence of a pupil, knows what will affect his life now in the schoolroom and have a favorable influence on his later life. The con- trols on the outside justify this, or justify that; they prove one method “scientifically” and con- demn another. Frequently these decisions are re- versed with the results of new or different measur- 104 November, 1935 @ SDEA JOURNAL ing devices. In order to keep our social order abreast of the industrial world, mass production is copied. Belts carrying articles in the process of manufacture pass by specialists who in turn con- tribute their bits by adding a bolt, screwing a nut, or adjusting a brake until at the end of the rounds a material thing—perhaps an automobile—has been made. Similarly all children are sent along belts of grades and departments for each “special- ized” teacher to mechanically “turn her few hun- dred nuts” each day, with no extra time for one not perfectly made or properly set. All “slicked up” in evening clothes, or in cap and gown, at the end of the tour (commencement) we admire these children, the beautiful or comely specimens of educationally milled humanity. The test of the machine is the way it functions on the road. The road for the child is Life. When his veritable test comes, should his motor balk at a life task, or his brakes slip on a dangerous temptation grade, some life may be marred if not ruined. The manufacturer (education) was at fault. Might educators not better emulate Stradi- varius producing perfect violins, than the sweat shops producing thousands of gaudy articles with little value or lasting quality? When trained, conscientious teachers are given unhampered con- trols, and a free hand at trying to make perfect lives, we shall approach a solution for the prob- lems of prisons, world peace, and others. The system I am advocating may be un-Ameri- can. America has done things in a big way. America scorned the tree and wasted the forest; bestowed a township and lost the public domain; disregarded the buffalo and slaughtered the herds; and picked the columbine and denuded the moun- tainsides. Because of this improvident attitude, future American generations are deprived of their rightful heritage. The founders of this nation, on the other hand, thought in terms of individuals when they declared, “We hold these truths to be self-evident: That all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights; that among these are Life, Liberty and pursuit of Happiness.” glomerated production of our factory type of school, the individual is lost sight of. The average children fare best, but the genius and dull child suffer much injustice to themselves and to the society of which they are a part. For a general view of a whole, the observer must be at a distance, but to effectively improve that unit, or save it, close individual attention is imperative. Those in remote control term education a science, an art, or life. Classroom teachers call SDEA JOURNAL e@ November, 1935 In the ag- ~ it a real job, requiring inspiration, perspiration, patience, and love. Children positively do not react according to the orderly laws of science, especially when they are put into large heterogen- eous groups. Art and life are too indefinite; they may mean anything or nothing. Such general- izations, however, are typical of the philosophy and suggestions given by outside educators. When a teacher seeks help from them, she usually is offered such a broad solution that it cannot pos- sibly fit the specific case. Teachers are warned against trying to fit square pegs into round holes when dealing with children, yet the pegs of those in control of the teaching profession require much whittling (on the sly) before they will fit into the intended holes. Classroom teachers are happy in their work and they want an opportunity to make their efforts count for the most as they serve. Administrators, supervisors, and even educa- tional theorists have very important niches to fill in our educational scheme, but the Kingdom of Education is within. When master teachers have the free control of the teaching profession as it touches real boys and girls, instead of statistical substitutes for them, Education will no longer need to be proved or justified. It will fulfill its rightful function and occupy a place of honor among the social agencies that promote individual happiness, and train for proper relationships of one man with another. SUPT. J. C. LINDSEY, Mitchell Past President of the SDEA Mitchell Convention Committee Chairman 105 STUDY OF IMPROVEMENT OF TEACHER PERSONNEL DR. JESSIE M. PANGBURN, Spearfish Gen. Dir., SDEA Study of Teacher Preparation Be long-term program committee in initiating an investigation of the improvement of teach- er personnel in South Dakota schools has under- taken a project which calls forth the enthusiastic support of the educators of the state. The hearty response of those invited to participate in the in- vestigation, and the cordial cooperation of the teachers who filled out the questionnaires at the time of the couny institutes, indicate a readiness to focus professional effort upon “Improved Edu- cation with Improved Conditions” in the most vital of all educational activities, that of class- room contact of pupil with teacher. The sub-committees in charge of the various divisions of the investigation bring to the work they are undertaking a combination of competent scholarship, practical experience and professional zeal. In them are represented varying special in- terests and points of view. As they investigate present conditions in our state, compare them with those in other parts of the nation, and dis- cover trends in educational practice, they may confidently be expected to formulate policies and recommendations informed by the facts discovered and guided by the vision of what our schools may contribute to the welfare of South Dakota. Organization of Committees Study of Teacher Personnel Director—Jessie M. Pangburn, Spearfish. Advisory —Sec’y N. E. Steele, Sioux Falls; Supt. J. F. Hines, Pierre; Pres. I. D. Weeks, Vermillion; Pres. C. W. Pugsley, Brookings; Regent H. N. Nissen, Yankton. 1. Improvement of Pre-Service Education of Teachers: Wilma Leslie Garnett, chairman, Madi- son; Mrs. Nellie Kallman, Mission Hill; Co. Supt. Anna Godsmith, Highmore; Prof. R. H. Eliassen, Yankton; Supt. E. B. Bergquist, Rapid City. 2. Improvement of Teachers in Service: Mable Cummings, chairman, Rapid City; Margaret Nevill, Aberdeen; Co. Supt. Mrs. W. S. Hodg- son, Redfield; Prof. E. ‘A. Bixler, Aberdeen; Supt. E. Jorgenson, Selby; Dean M. W. Hyde, Mitchell; Olive Ringsrud, Beresford; Paul Heide, Sioux Falls. 3. Supply and Demand of Teachers in Relation to a Program of Improving Teacher Personnel: M. O. Skarsten, chairman, Spearfish (graded ele- mentary); Guy A. Jacobs, Spearfish (1- and 2- teacher); E. L. Bersagel, Aberdeen (secondary schools) ; M. F. Tostlebe, Aberdeen. 4. Certification Requirements in Relation to Improvement of Teacher Personnel: Prof. W. H. Batson, chairman; Robert Reedy, Aberdeen; Co. Supt. Mamie Grace, Mitchell; Gertrude Fishback, Pierre; Supt. J. M. Grieg, Buffalo Gap. 5. Salaries and Living Costs as Affecting Im- provement of Teacher Personnel: (The SDEA committee on teachers’ living costs is in charge of this phase of the teacher personnel investiga- tion.) Prof. C. R. Wiseman, chairman, Brook- ings; Deputy V. J. Linn, Pierre; Editor S. B. Nissen, Sioux Falls; Co. Supt. Douglas Chittick, Leola; Delbert Reutter, Huron; Supt. F. S. Wag- ener, Salem. A Cappela Choir, Dakota Wesleyan University, Director, Thos W. Williams General Session, SDEA Convention, Mitchell, Nov. 26 106 November, 1935 @ SDEA JOURNAL STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION J. F. HINES, Superintendent V. J. LINN, Deputy R. W. Kraushaar, State H. S. Supervisor, Director of Secondary Curriculum Emma Meistrik, Director of Curriculum and Young Citizens League R. J. Moulton, Director of Certification C. O. Gottschalk, Super. of Trades & Ind. W. P. Beard, Supervisor of Agri. Education Nora V. Hasle, Super. of Home Economics Mrs. Anna Struble, Supervisor of Rehabilitation HIGH SCHOOL CREDITS IN CCC J. F. Hines, State Supt. With the lowering of the entrance age for boys in CCC camps, the question of correspondence work done in these camps has again come up. A large number of boys 17 to 19 years old have joined the CCC. They may lack one or two units of credit for high school graduation or they may wish to do work for additional school credit. In this matter, the Department of Public In- struction will give permission to high schools to accept credit for work done in institutions with approved correspondence courses for either elec- tives or constants. It will be understood that local school officials may exercise the option of accept- ing or of rejecting this work as they see fit. Both students and schools should arrange for such work in advance. While the number who wish to avail them- selves of the opportunity may be small, it is hoped this move will assist some very worthy young men. I am sure school people generally will recognize the fairness of this move. —SDEA—SUPPORTS, DEFENDS EDUCATION ALWAYS— SCHOOL LAW INTERPRETATIONS School Boards Superintendents Teachers Vincent J. Linn, Deputy State Supt. Board Purchases: A board of education may not buy coal from an elevator company of which a member of the board is manager. (Sec. 75) H. S. Tuition: 1. A county maintaining an ac- credited 4-year county high school, has no liability for tuition of pupils attending high school else- where. 2. A pupil residing more than 10 miles from a high school in the district other than one maintaining a county high school may attend school in another district in this state or an ad- joining state and the home district is liable for tuition. (Sec. 286) Pupils’ Injuries: An independent consolidated school district is not liable for damages for in- juries sustained by pupils resulting from a bus, provided for transportation, becoming involved in an accident. (Sec. 289) Board of Health: “Regularly licensed osteo- SDEA JOURNAL e November, 1935 paths may conduct Mantoux tests and issue cer- tificates to school teachers.” Tax Levy: A tax levy for payment of a judg- ment against a school district must not exceed 2% on the assessed valuation for any one year. School Buildings: School districts may not in- vest funds in erecting a building not on school grounds nor in a building for the purpose of leas- ing to the city. Reopening School: A special meeting held with- out notice when all members are present and par- ticipate may reopen a closed school. SDEA WELCOMES NEW TEACHERS HOLDING POWER OF SO. DAK. SCHOOLS R. W. Kraushaar, H. S. Supervisor While the total elementary school enrollment in South Dakota* increased only 26% from 1905 until 1934, the number of 8th grade graduates increased 725%. In 1934 there were 13,461 pupils graduated from the 8th grade as compared with 1,632 in 1905. During this same period the en- rollment in elementary schools increased from 103,766 to 130,531. In 1905 the number of 8th grade graduates was 1.6% of the total elementary school enroll- ment; in 1934 it was 10.3% of the total. In 1920, which may be considered a half-way mark for the period, the number of 8th grade graduates was 5.8% of the total. Holding Power of High Schools From 1920 to 1934, the enrollments in high schools of the state increased as follows: Freshmen—from 5,512 to 10,648 Sophomores—from 3,643 to 9,346 Juniors—from 2,302 to 8,370 Seniors—from 1,799 to 7,488 Of those who enrolled as freshmen in the fall of 1930, 66% were graduated in 1934. *Based upon tabulations in master’s thesis, “Inequal- ities in the Opportunities for Secondary School At- tendance in South Dakota,” by Supt. P. J. Simons, Ravinia, S. D., at Univ. of Iowa, 1935, —-SDEA INVITES ALL TEACHERS TO MEMBERSHIP—- We'll be seeing you at Mitchell during the SDEA convention. The dates are Nov. 24-27. 107 APPROVED PROGRAMS OF STUDIES 3, 4, AND 5-TEACHER HIGH SCHOOLS R. W. Kraushaar, H. S. Supervisor During the first week of school each superin- tendent or principal of a South Dakota second- ary school was mailed Bulletin No. 16 which out- lines for the small 4-year accredited high schools a variety of possibilities in the field of subject offerings. There is now offered the schools an opportunity to select programs based upon a definite philosophy of secondary education as it applies to a rural state. Too many of our smaller schools maintained just another accredited school with no apparent emphasis upon other than college entrance. If the high schools of South Dakota are to prepare for citizenship there must be a philosophy which does not neglect the masses who cannot attend higher institutions. The Department has no de- sire to permit new schools to become accredited unless they actually give preparation in prelimin- ary training for some of the pursuits of an agri- cultural state. A good farmer and rancher is also a good citizen. The public school receives support from taxation because it prepares for worthy citizenship. What, therefore, is the responsibility of the high school? Bulletin No. 16 has a mission to perform. The 3, 4, and 5-teacher high schools must introduce vocational and cultural subject offerings if they seek to meet the real needs of the average community. The Department expects the school authorities to study this bulletin. Every small school should be able to adopt one of the schedules within a year or so. It is our intention to call regional meetings throughout the state to discuss these problems with the superintendents, principals and interested school officers. These conferences are being planned for December, January and Febru- ary and will be held Saturdays. Announcement concerning these meetings will come from this of- fice soon. SDEA WELCOMES NEW TEACHERS—— Mark Twain Day Gov. Tom Berry has designated Friday, Nov. 1, as Mark Twain Day in South Dakota. The 100th anniversary of Twain’s birth is Nov. 30. In his proclamation the governor says: “I earn- estly urge that all schools observe Mark Twain day with a special program in commemoration of the life of America’s best known and best loved childhood author, and I also urge that the press of the state cooperate with us in paying tribute to this great American, who never thought of his greatness.” 108 H. S. PRESS AWARDS ~ Over 500 high school journalism students and their advisers attended the 14th annual convention of the state high school press association at State College, Oct. 18. Winners in the different contests are as fol- lows: Printed papers (200 enrollment): 1. Orange and Black, Washington high, Sioux Falls; 2. Pine Needle, Rapid City; 3. Lemmon Squeezer, Lemmon; honorable mention—Maroon, Madison. Printed papers (less than 200): 1. Dakota, Alcester; 2. Reflector, Notre Dame high, Mit- chell; 3. Push—Energy—Pride, Wakonda. Mimeographed papers: 1. Websterian, Web- ster; 2. Searchlight, Waubay; 3. Rodeo, Winner; honorable mention—En La Pampa, Faith. Departmental Division: 1. C. H. S. Mirror, Centerville; 2. Valley Breeze, Gann Valley; 3. Rek-Rap, Parker; honorable mention—Blue and White, Garretson; Beresonian, Beresford. Printed annuals (200 enrollment): 1. Arrow, Aberdeen; 2. Tiger, Huron; 3. Arrow, Water- town; honorable mention — Warbler, Mitchell; Bobcat, Brookings; Monogram, Washington high, Sioux Falls. Printed annuals (less than 200): 1. Cactus, Edgemont; 2. Hillcrest, Wessington Springs; 3. Dakota, Alcester; honorable mention—Push—En- ergy—Pride, Wakonda. Mimeographed annuals: 1. Gorilla, Andover; 2. Philipian, Philip; 3. Senedak, Seneca; honorable mention—Quill, Sherman; Cardinal, Wentworth. Editorials: 1. Virginia Cooper, Collidge high, Rapid City; 2. Cathedral high, Sioux Falls; 3. Philip; honorable mention — Watertown and Vivian. Masonic Temple, Mitchell Group Meeting Place A Number of Banquets Are Scheduled Here November, 1935 e@ SDEA JOURNAL SCHOOL NEWS OF SOUTH DAKOTA So. Dak. College Notes Note: See list of banquets, luncheons and re- unions for different colleges on page 154 of this Journal. Eastern: Enrollment in Eastern high has in- creased 18%. Health services to students have been expanded with employment of a school nurse. Northern State Teachers College: Students come from 55 counties and three outside states. Enrollment this year exceeds that of last year by 23%. Ninety-eight per cent of last spring’s gradu- ates who wanted teaching positions have been placed. Miss Mary Garlock, B. A. M. A, Kansas State Teachers college, is a new instructor in English and physical education. School of Mines: Enrollment increased 18% this year over last; 90% of the 313 students are South Dakotans. Southern State Normal: A regular alumni newsletter is being sent former students. Dean W. W.:Ludeman is author of an article in a recent issue of the School Board Journal entitled “Teaching: An Agency for Marriage.” He also had an article in the September Rotarian on “Do Schools Cost Too Much?” Spearfish State Normal: Dr. Jessie M. Pang- burn, head of the education department and state AAUW president, gave a series of addresses before AAUW groups in October. State College: The college is cooperating with a committee of farmers and business men of Scot- land in planning for a series of public forum meetings. A scout mastership course is being offered. Recent faculty additions include: Dr. N. O. Long, chemistry; J. F. Wyckoff, M. A., Yale; and Henry Delong, B. S., State, agricul- tural engineering. An aviation course is being offered. Enrollment totals 897, an increase of 25% over last year. Dr. P. H. Landis has accepted a permanent position as associate professor of rural sociology at Washington State College. The 14th annual state high school press meeting was held on the campus, Oct. 18. Univ. of So. Dak.: Enrollment of collegiate students totals over 900, an increase of 15% over last year. Extension registration for the cur- rent year is 219. The Univ. high school enroll- ment is equal to that of last year. Augustana College: Present enrollment of 436 is the highest ever. An extensive physical educa- tion program has been made effective. All June graduates with teachers’ certificates have been placed. A sermon by Pres. C. M. Granskou, “The Impact of Jesus upon Life” is included in a book “Jesus Christ and the World Today” recently released by the Layman’s Missionary movement. Dakota Wesleyan Univ.: After a year’s leave, Russell Danburg, teacher of piano, theory and cello, is back on the campus. The second half century of the university notes an increase in en- rollment over last year’s. Forty-five percent of the students are working for part of their ex- penses. The 50th anniversary campaign to raise $100,000 was successful at commencement time. Huron College: Dr. R. J. Bailey has been ap- pointed professor of biology. Enrollment this year increased 19% over last year. Pres. F. L. Eversull spoke before the Central Wisconsin teachers’ association in October. Sioux Falls College: Pres. C. R. Sattgast spoke before Augustana college’s assembly recently and Pres. C. M. Granskou, Augustana, at the same time appeared before Sioux Falls college students. Wessington Springs College: A 3-story house i i 4 COLLEGE ROW—Dakota Wesleyan University, Mitchell SDEA JOURNAL e November, 1935 109 has been purchased and converted into a modern men’s dormitory. Yankton College: Students from 10 states are included in the student body; 87% of the enroll- ment is of South Dakotans. County School Notes Buffalo: A teachers’ committee on health has been appointed to plan for discussion of health at meetings and for observance of child health day in the spring. Clay: Officers of the county educational associa- tion, which was reorganized recently, are F. A. Jensen, Burbank, president; Myrtle Dahlberg, Centerville, vice president; Faye Hollingsworth, Meckling, corresponding sec’y; Esther Jaeger, Vermillion, treasurer; and Fern Stiles, Vermillion, recording sec’y. The association sponsored a ban- quet during the institute. Greenfield school, No. 18, destroyed by fire, is being rebulit on the stan- dard 4A plan. Codington: Five new rural school buildings at a cost of $4,000 each are planned as PWA pro- jects. Custer: A new school was opened on Oct. 7 in Junction district to care for children residing more than 4 miles from established schools. Par- ents are providing the building and furnishings and guaranteeing fuel for the year. The district provides a teacher and books. Douglas: Co. Supt. Lee De Boer has introduced new courses in art and science. All eligible teach- ers in the county have been employed; 20% are beginning teachers. One school has been te- opened. Hutchinson: At a meeting of the county teach- ers’ association during the institute the following officers were elected: Paul Bodenman, president; Luella Perman, vice president; Anna Mosby, sec’y- treas. Many schools have been redecorated, re- painted and furnished with new reference sets. Hughes: Mildred Roda is president of the county rural teachers’ association. The associa- tion’s executive committee helps formulate plans for the year. A special objective this year is the compiling of a county history. McCook: A county project is that of develop- ing PTA units. Perkins: So-Dak-Wo-Te-O and Hickory Stick clubs held dinner meetings during the institute. Potter: A new schoolhouse is planned for Forest City school district No. 17. Four schools in ses- sion last year are closed and two closed schools are open. About one-third of the teachers are in their first year in the county. 110 Tripp: Co. Supt. Martin E. Williams will rate all teachers this year. Union: The new $18,000 building in McCook school district No. 4 was dedicated on Sept. 27 with Pres. I. D. Weeks, USD, and H. S. Super- visor R. W. Kraushaar as speakers. Walworth: The average salary of rural teach- ers is $53 per month; the lowest is $45 and the highest is $65. Eleven teachers are beginners. Yankton: A feature of each annual institute is a Y. C. E. A. banquet at which the teachers’ chorus sings and a special guest is honored. Mrs. Minnie Gilliland, who began teaching in the county in 1880 was so honored this year. Mrs. Cora Moore, who began teaching before her 17th birthday and who was still in the schoolroom at her 70th was honored two years ago. Last year Mrs. Ezra Champion, rated one of the county’s best teachers a decade or two ago, was honored. City School Notes Enrollments: The following reports, additional to those already given in the Journal, have been received: Big Stone City—191 total, inc.; Bristol —124 h. s., inc.; Clark—200 h. s., inc.; Cresbard —84 h. s., 135 gr.; Deadwood—h. s. inc.; Egan —124 h. s., inc.; Eureka—125 h. s.; Fairburn— h. s. 33% inc.; Faith—134 h. s., inc., 91 tuition; Freeman—h. s. inc.; Gayville—70 h. s., inc.; Glenham—50 h. s., 19% inc. 70% tuition; Gregory—238 h. s., inc.; Hitchcock—h. s. inc.; Hot Springs—874 total, 10% inc.; Lake Norden —104 h. s., inc.; McIntosh—h. s. 25% inc.; Mc- Laughlin—140 h. s., same; Piedmont—h. s. 10% inc.; Presho—h. s. 59% tuition; Ramona—h. s. same, grade 12% inc.; Volin—h. s. 10% inc., grade 20% inc.; Waubay—135 h. s.; Wolsey— 97 h. s., inc.; Yankton—588 h. s., 16% inc., 804 grades, inc. Dormitories: Schools have reported operation of dormitories as follows (not including those al- ready reported): Bancroft, Woonsocket, Hitch- cock, McLaughlin, Presho. Aberdeen: Miss Alice Roose, director of girls’ physical education, in Central high, was a mem- ber of the 1928 Olympic track team. Argonne: An orchestra has been organized. An additional grade teacher has been employed. Additional commercial equipment has been pur- chased. Ashton: Band instruction and vocational guid- ance are new offerings. A speech club has been organized. Aurora: Typing is a new offering. Bancroft: Children of preschool age attend kindergarten one-half day a week. November, 1935 @ SDEA JOURNAL Big Stone City: Manual training is offered again after two years. A high school orchestra is being organized. Bridgewater: An F. F. A. chapter has been or- ganized. The home room plan has been instituted. The high school paper is a department of the local paper. Bonilla: An additional grade room is used this year. Buffalo: Marjorie Evenson and Hoadley Dean won 6th place with their history of the high school in the national contest sponsored by Scho- lastic Magazine. _ Canistota: Special violin instruction is given to prepare students for the orchestra. A new dra- matic course includes building and painting scen- ery, directing and taking part in plays and in make-up. Canova: The high school is reorganized upon the 6-year plan. Credit in music, sports and clubs is given. . Castlewood: A full program of dramatics is offered. Cavour: Bookkeeping, typing and shorthand are new. Commercial equipment has been pur- chased. Salaries of teachers have been increased 10-15%. Centerville: Because of increased enrollment a part-time teacher has been employed. Clark: An additional high school teacher has been employed to teach Spanish and journalism, new subjects. Conde: Six-man football is being played this fall. Corona: A commercial department has been or- ganized. Corsica: Salary increases of 2/,-5% have been granted. Cresbard: Two new busses have been purchased. A combined community and high school orchestra will present a fall program. A school band is being organized. Busses transport 146 pupils daily. Custer: The high school PWA building pro- ject has been approved. Dell Rapids: “The Scholastic Echo” is a new departmentalized school paper in the local . “Tribune.” Delmont: A dramatic club, “Masquers,” has been organized. Egan: Shorthand is new. A new bus has been purchased; transportation service is extended out- side the district. Seven busses are used. Elkton: Business information and typing are SDEA JOURNAL e November, 1935 new offerings. A student handbook was issued for the first time. Eureka: Journalism is a new offering. “The Trojanite” is a new monthly mimeographed school paper. Six-man football is played. A band is being organized. Faith: Increased enrollment has necessitated em- ployment of a half-time teacher. A band has been started. Additional commercial equipment has been purchased. Flandreau: The Spafford Booster, school paper, is in its 6th volume. Frankfort: A teacher has been added to the staff. Band enrollment totals 59. Florence: A school band has been organized. Freeman: Typing and band are new. Fulton: A high school assembly stage has been built and a series of one-act plays are planned. Garretson: The hour-period plan has been adopted; each teacher has four subjects. Geddes: New courses this year are advanced mathematics, shorthand, Latin, 3rd year agricul- ture. Glenham: New subjects are bookkeeping and journalism. Harrold: Bookkeeping is new. Post-graduate work is offered. Student government has been established. Hetland: Additional library books have been purchased. Hitchcock: Agriculture and French are new. The high school band gave concerts during the summer. High school classes meet for 1 hour. Hot Springs: A third of the high school teach- ers have M. A. degrees. Hudson: Wm. Sprick, band director, has been appointed high school principal. Supt. L. T. Uecker is president of the Lincoln county plan- ning board. Huron: A new high school athletic field was recently dedicated. Hurley: Grades 3 to 8 have been fully depart- mentalized. Notre Dame Academy, Mitchell, So. Dak. 111 Ideal: A graded course in music appreciation is offered. Kidder: Bookkeeping is new. Additional com- mercial equipment has been purchased. A new bus route has been established to replace dorm- itories. Lennox: Buildings have been completely re- novated. Leola: Work has commenced on a $2500 WPA school project. Pupil personnel studies are car- ried on in the grades. Marion: A high school band has been started. McIntosh: Increased enrollment has neces- sitated employment of an additional high school teacher. McLaughlin: Agriculture is a new subject. Menno: The faculty presented a 3-act play re- cently. Milbank: An additional high school teacher has been employed. Miller: An additional elementary school teach- er has been employed. The faculty presented a program for the opening meeting of the local commercial club—an annual practice. Mission Hill: With funds realized from a “fun fest” the high school will finance an educational tour of Sioux Falls. Murdo: Instead of a dormitory, students are housed in homes and a dean checks upon discip- line, etc. New subjects include chemistry, ad- vanced typing, Latin II, and business English. Parkston: Band is a curriculum subject this year. Daily instruction in music is given in the grades. Philip: A complete elementary and secondary school music course has been instituted. Plano Cons.: International relations is a new elective. Orchestra, interschool debate and a school paper are new. Two activity periods are provided. Regular music periods are provided for the grades. Ramona: Biology is a new subject. Rapid City: Religious instruction for children in grades 3 to 8 is given one hour a week. Ravinia: A new library and reading room has been equipped. Redfield: 1000 visitors attended the open house day when the new $100,000 grade addition was dedicated. Rockham: A science course has been introduced in the grades. Roslyn: New courses are: journalism, business English, commercial geography and _ sociology. The school received 25 library books as an award 112 for winning second place in the midwestern zone contest of Scholastic Magazine. Selby: The commercial department has been ex- panded to include two new courses. Sioux Falls: The primary teachers of All Saints and the public schools held a tea meeting at All Saints recently. A six-period day is new in Wash- ington high school. Masonry work on the new high school unit is completed. East Side park, athletic field of Washington high, is equipped with flood lights for night football. St. Charles: A 25-piece band has been organ- ized. Viborg: A 30-piece band is being organized. Virgil: A band has been started. Volga: An additional high school teacher has been engaged because of large enrollment. Volin: The school building was completely renovated this summer. W akonda: Baseball is a fall sport. Wasta: Journalism, bookkeeping and biology are new offerings. A band is being organized. Waubay: An additional teacher has been em- ployed. White Lake: The 8-day trip made by the class of 1935 to Chicago last May was successful. Plans are being formulated to make this an annual af- fair. An additional teacher has been employed to teach music in grades and high school. Chem- istry is new. Winner: Students with high grades are excused from attendance in study halls. Wolsey: A school paper is a new enterprise. A full-time music teacher is employed. A kittenball tournament in which 10 schools participated was held here on Oct. 11. Woonsocket: An $18,000 WPA dormitory pro- ject is planned. The 17 pupils of the primary grade are all boys. Worthing: A band is being organized. Yankton: Miss Harriett A. Jenney, former English teacher, is now full-time librarian. Two extra teachers have been added to the high school. Kindergarten has been reinstated and two new teachers employed. Twenty-six of Yankton’s 50 teachers attended school during the summer. —SDEA GoaLt—100% State MemsBersHitp— Schoolmasters: A meeting of the Black Hills club was held at Rapid City on Sept. 27 with Capt. O. A. Anderson, pilot of the stratosphere expedition, and Sec’y N. E. Steele, Sioux Falls, as guests speakers. Supt. H. S. Berger, Dead- wood, is president, and Supt. J. E. Crouch, Hill City, is secretary. November, 1935 e SDEA JOURNAL News of Clubs State Meetings: The following schedule of club banquets during the SDEA convention, Mitchell, has been set: So-Dak-Wo-Te-O Club, Methodist Church, Monday, 5:30 P. M., Nov. 25; Hickory Stick Club, Masonic Temple, Monday, 5:30 P. M., Nov. 25; Tatankaiyotanka Club, Masonic Temple, Monday, 11:00 P. M., Nov. 25. So-Dak-Wo-Te-O: The Perkins County club held a meeting, during the institute, on Sept. 23 with Miss Lillian Russell as guest of honor. The annual Lincoln County club banquet was held on Sept. 25 at Canton with institute speakers as guest speakers. Hickory Stick: A meeting of the Southeastern club will be held at Wakonda on Nov. 13 with Pres. I. D. Weeks, USD, Vermillion, in charge of the program. A dinner meeting of the Perkins county club was held on the evening of Sept. 23 with Dr. C. R. Wiseman, State College, as guest of honor. The Southeastern club met at Vermillion on Sept. 28 for a luncheon and to attend the Yank- ton-University football game. At its annual fall meeting, the Original club on Oct. 5, at Wakpala, had its largest attendance —87 members. The following new officers were appointed: J. W. Smart, Timber Lake, Big Stick; E. E. Gloege, Herried, Little Stick; C. H. Rogge, Dupree, Knot. _ On Sept. 28, the Northeastern club met at Aberdeen. Forty members played in the golf. tournament; 107 attended the dinner at which Prin. Tighe, Fargo, No. Dak., was the guest speaker. New officers appointed are: R. W. Gibson, Redfield, Big Stick; Fred Menninga, Amherst, Little Stick; A. A. Staack, Ashton, Knot. A meeting of the Corn Belt club was held at Canistota on Oct. 7 with Pres. C. R. Sattgast, Sioux Falls College, as guest speaker. The club had its annual pheasant hunt at Canova the first Saturday of the hunting season. A meeting of the Miner county club was held at Howard on Sept. 30. A joint meeting of the clubs of Hamlin and Deuel counties was held at Castlewood on Oct. 2. A feature of the get-to-gether was a kittenball game. The clubs met at Estelline on Oct. 16 to compete in volleyball and will meet at Lake Poinsett on Nov. 2 for a pheasant hunt. —SDEA—SUPPORTS, DEFENDS EDUCATION ALWAYS— We'll be seeing you at Mitchell during the SDEA convention. The dates are Nov. 24-27. SDEA JOURNAL e@ November, 1935 Personals Supt. Chet Bruce, Fairburn, has resigned to ac- cept a position as educational director of a CCC camp. He is succeeded by Justin Bale. Regent John Peart, Flandreau, has been elected president of the Board of Regents. Dean E. W. Peterson, Eastern Normal, Mad- ison, and Supt. M. T. Whealy, Colton, are com- manders of their respective local American Legion posts. Supt. J. M. Greig, Buffalo Gap, received his M. A. from the Univ. of Minn., this summer. His thesis subject was “Certification of Teachers in South Dakota.” Alice Bjornson has succeeded Supt. R. T. Graham at Manchester, resigned. Mr. Graham has entered business. R. W. Kraushaar is author of an article on “The Junior Historical Society of America” in the School Activities Magazine for Oct. Necrology Mildred E. Buck, Latin teacher in Washing- ton high school, Sioux Falls, from 1919 to 1923, died recently in Sioux Falls. She was a graduate of Washington high and held Ph. B. and M. A. degrees from the Univ. of Chicago and was about to receive her Ph. D. from Chicago. After leaving Sioux Falls she was engaged in social work in Brooklyn, N. Y., Chicago, and the state of Washington. J. Jones, Jr., 81, former superintendent at Faulkton, Vermillion, and in educational work in South Dakota and Iowa for 40 years, died on Sept. 2 in Minneapolis. Jessie Liklater, 65, rural and city school teacher in South Dakota for 44 years, died in Mitchell re- cently. She had retired from teaching about three years ago. Elks Club, Mitchell A Number of Group Meetings Are Scheduled Here 113 THE RED CROSS IN SO. DAK. For more than 20 years the American Red Cross has been working to prevent needless suf- fering and death through instruction in first aid, water life saving, home hygiene and care of the sick. Today its efforts are being rewarded by a dawning public consciousness that it is easier to retain health and whole bodies than to regain them. In this mission of public education the Red Cross has had the cooperation of school teachers and the guidance of physicians, whose influence has helped spread these doctrines of prevention throughout the length and breadth of the Nation. In many smaller communities teachers have qual- ified as first aid instructors and are conducting classes for groups of high school girls and boys. Marked advances in the number of persons qualifying in first aid, water life saving, and home hygiene and care of the sick have been made in South Dakota during the past year. More than 1,700 persons in this State received training in first aid, passed examinations in the work and were certificated in the last twelve months as compared to less than 1,000 in the preceding year. Nearly twice as many adults and boys and girls received training in water life saving and success- fully passed the Red Cross tests which entitle them to wear the life saving emblem as did in the previous year. Since the beginning of this Red Cross program nearly 2,000 persons in South Dakota have been taught to take care of them- selves in the water and to help those who may need_ assistance. Thirty-eight chapters in South Dakota which had not previously given instruction in home hygiene and care of the sick sponsored this pro- gram last year with the result that eight times as many students were enrolled in the state as formerly. The holders of Red Cross first aid, life saving and home hygiene certificates, living in every state, county and almost every community, are safety and health sentinels, minute men and wo- men teady to aid in emergencies. These Red Cross safety and health services are supported by the nation-wide annual Roll Call— just as are its disaster, nursing, veteran and civil- ian relief programs. —SDEA INVITES ALL TEACHERS TO MEMBERSHIP— Bring your membership card with you to Mit- chell for the SDEA convention. It’s your badge of admittance to all sessions. 114 BOOK REVIEWS Publishers’ Announcements A Dictionary For Boys and Girls. Merriam- Webster. (1935) $1.20. 752 pp., illustrated. American Book Co., Chicago. This dictionary is different. A selected vocabulary of 38,500 words found in children’s reading are defined, simply, clearly and accurately. Illustrations include 1,600 black-and-white pictures in the text and 162 pic- tures in colors. Definitions are easily understood because they have been clearly phrased, logically grouped and tested in schools. The type is large and readable. Literature for the High School: Trail Breaking; On the High Road; American Literature; English Literature. H. G. Bennett. (1935) $1.20 each. 608-632 pages. American Book Co., Chicago. This series of anthologies for the 9th to 12th years in high schools presents a reading program in which the aims are pleasure, information and culture. The selections provide a comprehensive survey of American and English literature. Students’ Arithmetic Inventory. Teachers’ Arithmetic Inventory. Bernard Linn and Ervin Peregrine. (1935) Educator Supply Co., Mit- chell. These are complementary publications. The students’ booklet is made up of tests of arithmetic abilities. The teachers’ is a book of instructions and a compilation of accomplishments and lack of adequate knowledge of each pupil. Eight Summers at Bonny Oaks, A Treatise on Art and Art Appreciation. Mary Cox Florine. _ (1935) $2.00. Educator Supply Co., Mitchell. This book includes art materials for each of the grades and interprets the new state art course for teachers. Civil Government of the United States. F. L. Ransom. Tenth edition. $1.20. Educator Supply Co., Mitchell. A new feature is the inclusion of the full text of the state civics course of study with page references to the text. World Literature. E. A. Cross. (1935) 1396 pages. $4.00. American Book Co., Chicago. This book is an introduction to general literature. Its purpose is to guide young people as they make their first hurried exploration into the body of the literature of the world. —SDEA Goat—100% Strate MremBersHip— So. Dak. Historical Review The first issue of the South Dakota Historical Review, a new quarterly publication sponsored by the State Historical society has been released by State Historian L. K. Fox. November, 1935 @ SDEA JOURNAL CLASSROOM SERVICE COURSE OF STUDY Emma Meistrik Supervisor of Elementary Education, Pierre Suggestive Questions There is a difference of opinion among educa- tors regarding the value of examinations and no doubt there is truth on both sides of any argument relative to this question. It is the aim of modern education to make the school environment as much as possible like the life situations which the pupil will meet both now and in the future. Ex- aminations are still an important part of our life set-up. They are still given to teachers, lawyers and all classes of civil service workers. If this be true, how shall teachers prepare our boys and girls in their school work so that they will be able to adapt themselves to conditions as they will con- front them? In many cases, emotional attitudes of fear have been built up in our testing program and this fear makes the test unpopular regardless of its con- tent. Some pupils are dominated by this fear even before they see the questions. Too much stress is placed upon the examinations in the promotion of pupils. Pupils should be taught to evaluate their work by a testing program of their own but they must have some general standards by which they may make these evaluations. It seems that we talk too much about “facts” as something we should avoid, as if we could get along without them. Facts are the elements out of which thoughts are built into judgments and upon judgments de- pend our actions. It is not that we should avoid learning facts, but that we should learn them as tools in the solving of problems. Memory is quite necessary, too, in utilizing these facts. We must remember them, not as isolated elements, but in their relation to other facts, if we are to solve our problems. For example, here are two ways of asking a question involving practically the same facts. Which is the better question? 1. Name the important rivers in South Da- kota. 2. Where might we develop electrical power in the rivers of South Dakota? Could we intelligent- ly answer question 2 without knowing the facts involved in question 1? The following questions may aid teachers in checking the work done in art. They do not in- clude all that pupils have learned but represent some of the results we may well expect of 7th and 8th graders at the end of the course. SDEA JOURNAL e November, 1935 Art— Seventh and Eighth Grades 1. When do we use the warm colors? the cool colors? 2. Draw-a picture of a sunset. What colors are used? 3. Draw a picture of a winter scene. What colors are used? 4. Draw a plan of a good schoolroom. 5. Arrange the furniture in a dining room. 6. Arrange the furniture in a living room. 7.Plan the walls, draperies, floor coverings and furniture of a living room. 8. Draw a landscape suitable for a living room. 9. Describe a picture you have studied. 10. Name and describe five types of period fur- niture. Which do you like best? 11. Plan a flower garden. 12. Discuss one of the following pictures, ob- serving line direction, color, light-dark arrange- ment and proportion: The Last Supper, Da- Vinci; Whistler’s Mother; DaVinci’s Mona *Lisa, or some other favorite picture. 13. Name types of material used for draperies. 14. How shall pictures be framed? 15. Give rules for hanging pictures. 16. How should color and design in draperies be chosen? 17. How would you choose rugs, if you were fur- nishing a home? 18. In tinting the walls, what colors shall you use if you wish to make the room appear larger? more cheerful? What is the effect of large patterns in wall covering? 19.Do you understand what is meant by per- spective line, primary and secondary colors, de- sign, proportion? 20. What shape should the rug have that is to be placed in a long narrow room? 21. How would you test the wall in a north room. Why? 22. What sort of curtains would you use if the rug contained a figured pattern? If the rug were plain colored? 23. If there is figured paper on the walls, what kind of rug would you use? 24. Draw a rug design. 25. Draw a design for curtains. 26. Draw a design for linoleum to be used in the bathroom. 27. Arrange the kitchen. 28. Furnish a bathroom. 29. Draw a snow scene suitable for a living room; a summer scene. 30. Draw a study in fruits or flowers. 115 REVIEW QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS N. E. Steele, Ex. Sec’y, SDEA 7th Grade Arithmetic Within the month the writer encountered some high school seniors and some college freshmen who were unable to solve a type of fraction fre- quently encountered. Example: Numerator is 21; denominator is 1 minus 4% plus %6. The solu- tion of this complex fraction involves the steps needed for a review of the processes involved in solving common fraction problems. Reduction of 1, 4, and %6 to equivalent fractions having a common denominator, namely 1%6, “6, and %e; the addition and subtraction of numerators of fractions having a common denominator, name- ly 16 minus 4 plus 9. The resulting fraction is 2%46. We now have the original fraction in the form, numerator 21, denominator 16. The next step is the division of the numerator by the de- nominator; the denominator being inverted we now have a problem in multiplication of frac- tions, namely 74 X 1%1. The multiplication is accomplished by cancellation and the result® is the whole number 16, which is the value of the original complex fraction, expressed as an integer. This type of problem should be presented, not as a new difficulty, but as an opportunity to review skills in solving fractions that the pupil already has acquired. Science One other fact in addition to the earth’s revolu- tion around the sun causes changes of seasons on earth. What is this fact? Show that without this fact, even though the earth does revolve around the sun, it would experience no changes of seasons. The course of study lists Saturn as the planet of our solar system having the largest diameter. Use the school dictionary to make a list of the planets with the diameter of each to test the ac- curacy of this statement. Mercury always shows the same hemisphere to the sun, and the moon always shows the same hemisphere to the earth. What has to be true of the speed of rotation and of revolution of each of these bodies if this is true? Between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter is the orbit of the asteroids. There are hundreds of these asteriods, the largest, Ceres, is about 500 miles in diameter, and only three others are more than 100 miles in diameter. From where did these asteroids come? What is the galactic system? The nearest star of this system is 4.23 light years from us. How far is that? If a star is 8 light years from us, 116 how long ago did the particles of light from this star that strike us this instant leave it? History Slavery, tariff, and states’ rights may be re- garded as three remote causes of the Civil War; what is a remote cause of war? An immediate cause of war? Explain how inventions widened the schism between the North and the South. List some of these inventions. Show how each of these inven- tions influenced the tariff issue. ‘Name several federal laws that divided the North and the South, and give the provisions of each law in one or two general statements. Who were Garrison, Brown, Stowe? What is meant by nullification? Compare the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions and the Nullification Act of South Carolina as to similarities and dif- ferences. Who were Douglas, Phillips, Lovejoy, Lundy, Lincoln? What states formed the Confederate States of America? Why did not Missouri join this confed- eracy? Kentucky? Civics Just how did each of the 13 original states ratify the constitution of the U. S.? How did this method of ratification make the constitution binding upon the people as the supreme law of the nation? Explain how the constitution of the United States became binding upon each of the states that entered the Union later. South Dakota accepted the federal constitu- tion as the supreme law of the Nation when she became a state in 1889. How is the constitution of the state and of the U. S. binding upon citizens of South Dakota who have become voters since 1889? By what provisions do the citizens of a com- munity establish a city, township, county, or school district? Why, within limits defined in our state constitution, can our state legislature change the laws respecting these units of local government? Geography Locate and bound the kingdom of Ethiopia. Locate each Italian, each French, and each British possession in Africa. From a map of Europe, Asia, and Africa discuss the reasons why Great Britain fears the attempt of Italy to secure con- trol of Ethiopia. From the same maps discuss the reasons why France is hesitant to break with Italy. Present an account of the natural re- sources of Italy, Italian colonial possessions, and November, 1935 e@ SDEA JOURNAL of Ethiopia to show that if Italy is to be a first rate world power she must secure special privileges in Ethiopia. Why was the military advance of Italy in Ethiopia delayed until early October? What does the League of Nations mean when it mentions the imposition of sanctions against Italy? Why does the League propose to impose sanctions upon Italy? 8th Grade Arithmetic Find the equivalent single discount of a com- mercial discount of 20-10-10, when such series of discounts is given. What percent of the list price, is the actual selling price? What remittance will pay for a bill of goods amounting to $131.50, if discounts of 10-5-2 are allowed for immediate payment? Bank Discount is the name applied to the fee the bank charges the seller of a note to the bank. It is another name for interest charged by the bank for services rendered. If a 90-day note for $500 with interest at 6% is sold to the bank 60 days after date, how long does the bank hold the note before payment thereon is due? Who is entitled to the interest for 90 days on $500 at 6%? In reality how much in addition to the $500 is the bank purchasing? Suppose the bank charges the seller of the note 8% for services rendered, what more than 8% interest on the amount of $500 for 90 days at 6% interest is the bank en- titled to collect from the seller of the note? What amount will the seller of the note receive from the bank the day he sells the note? What will the. bank make on the transaction? H. S. Debate Broadcast On Nov. 12 at 1 to 2 P. M., CST, over the NBC red network and affiliated stations, there will be a debate on this year’s high school debate question on socializing medical service. Affirma- tive speakers will be William Trufont Foster, director of the Pollak Foundation, and Prof. Bower Aly, editor of the debate handbook, and negative speakers will be Dr. Morris Fishbein, editor, Journal of the Am. Medical Ass’n, and Dr. R. G. Leland of the Am. Medical Ass’n. December SDEA Journal The December number of the SDEA Journal will be sent to bona fide (actual) members of the SDEA only. Since this number will contain re- view questions as will succeeding numbers, teach- ers will not want to miss any numbers. SDEA JOURNAL e@ November, 1935 CURRENT EVENTS The following are suggestive topics for study and discussion. More detailed information can be secured from textbooks, encyclopedia, diction- aries, daily and weekly newspapers, magazines and from radio news reports. South Dakota Events Hunting Season: What are the dates for legal hunting of various game birds? Note local re- ports of numbers of game birds. Study the ques- tion in connection with this year’s YCL and 4-H club projects on preservation of wild animal life. Road Safety: Note reports of trends in auto- mobile accidents. What effect does liquor have upon these? Sales Tax: Returns from the new sales tax totals about a quarter million per month. How is the money distributed? Lewis & Clark: A tablet to these men was re- cently dedicated on Farm Island near Pierre. Why? Read the story of their expedition. TB Cattle Tests: Marked progress is being made in these tests. The Federal government is interested. Why is the campaign important? Last Man’s Club: Charles M. Lockwood, 93- year old Civil War veteran recently died at Cham- berlain, So. Dak. He was the last man of this veteran’s club organized in 1885. Conventions: Read reports of all types of con- ventions held—district, county, regional and state. Note resolutions adopted and actions taken. These determine policies of organization and re- veal public opinion regarding various problems. National Events Politics: Partisan maneuvers on state and na- tional bases are in evidence. The party in office —Democratic—defends what has been done and the party out of office—Republican—criticizes what has been done. The Republicans must choose a candidate to run for the presidency; note what newspapers say about various prospective can- didates. Hurricanes: Severe storms and hurricanes visit southern Atlantic coasts at various seasons. Often these are predicted hours in advance. How? Presidential Trip: President Roosevelt made a trip across country, and returned by way of the Panama Canal. He made several important ad- dresses. Of what significance were his trip and addresses? We'll be seeing you at Mitchell during the SDEA convention. The dates are Nov. 24-27. 117 INTERESTING ART PROJECTS: John T. Lemos KMAS TREE ORNAMENTS A) bed teen ‘| A \ Winter | f BY a oe SCENE sketched with CRAYONEK ANIMALS made from card board 118 Grade 1—Making Christmas Decorations Objective: Development of creative ability for cutting original designs. Problem: Ornament A is made from art paper cones of different colors strung together by means of colored yarn and beads. Ornament B is cut from art construction paper. A square of paper is folded four times and then given a circular cut at the wide end. Slits are then cut as shown. The paper is then gently opened up to make a basket as shown. Application: Ornaments look very attractive on the Christmas tree. They may be also suspended by colored yarn or cord from window frames and hung in the classroom during the holiday seasen. Grade 2—A Useful Match Container Objective: Training in construction, drawing, color and design. Problem: The teacher should show the class how this little bear can be drawn over geometric forms. If desired she can furnish the pupils with cardboard patterns of the bear outline. With this as a guide, Billy Bear is traced onto fine sand- paper and outlined with crayons. He is then cut out and mounted on cardboard. The match holder is made from half of a paper drinking cup which is glued to the cardboard. Application: Makes a most attractive and use- ful gift to be hung in the kitchen as a match holder. Grade 3—Coloring A Winter Scene Objective: Development of the ability to sketch and compose simple landscapes. Problem: Have pupils bring to school holiday cards or prints showing simple winter scenes. With these as a guide, sketch a winter scene with crayons or blue green or light green art paper. In the attached scene the sky is deep blue, the trees are deep green and the snow a creamy white with light violet shadows. Application: This scene, when completed, can be mounted on stiff cardboard and given to the pupil’s mother or some friend. It might also be used with a calendar pad for the coming year. Grade 4—Making Decorative Animals Objective: This project can be used in cor- relation with nature study and language work to study animal life. Problem: Ask the class to bring to school card- board boxes of varied sizes. Candy, cereal and similar boxes are good. With these as a basis, elephants, giraffes and other animals are then made with the help of colored paper and crayons. Application: These animals may be made the nucleus for a circus project. A tent made of muslin may be built and circus wagons and cages added. Children may read interesting stories of wild animal life. November, 1935 @ SDEA JOURNAL INTERESTING ART PROJECTS: John T. Lemos Grade 5—A Holiday Turkey Objective: Motivation for work in drawing, coloring and construction. Problem: This attractive turkey is made from a cereal box or ice cream container. His head and tail are made from heavy art paper. The cereal box is covered with thin brown art paper. A slit is cut in the box to hold the head and the tail is glued to the back of the box. Application: The turkey can be so made that he will hold popcorn and nuts for the Christmas tree or he may be used as a centerpiece for a holiday luncheon table. Grade 6—Handmade Holiday Cards Objective: Training in composition, values and color schemes. Problem: A simple winter scene or design is sketched on art construction paper in silhouette style. The part to remain black is cut out and pinned to black art paper. Different colors of tempera paint are then applied to the bristles of an ordinary small brush. This is then spattered onto the background of the design by pulling a knife blade backward over the brush. After the spattering is done, the stencil pattern is removed. Application: Cards of this type when sent to friends make acceptable gifts because of their unique appearance. Grade 7—Sculpture With Crayon Objective: Training in third dimension pro- jects. This problem gives splendid training in coordination of hand and eye. Problem: The teacher should purchase some blocks of paraffin such as is used in preserving jelly. Melt two or three blocks in a stew pan and drop in one-third stick of any desired color of crayon. When still in liquid state the paraffin can be poured into cardboard show boxes or similar boxes to harden. The cardboard is then torn away from the paraffin, which can then be sawed into blocks for carving. Application: By this plan a beautiful array of colored paraffin can be obtained. This can be readily cut with a pen knife into little carved figures of birds and animals. Grade 8—Linoleum Block Printing Objective: Development of ability to plan de- signs and to carry them out in some form of applied art. Problem: Make several pencil sketches of simple holiday designs like these illustrated; these are made on thin paper. Paint the surface of a piece of linoleum with white tempera paint. When dry, trace design backwards onto linoleum. Cut out design with a penknife or linoleum tool leaving in relief the part that is to print. Paint the block with tempera paint into which a few drops of glycerine have been mixed. Print block by laying it on art paper and tapping the back with a hammer or mallet. Application: Linoleum block designs are especially fine for holiday cards or book plates. They may be varied widely by using different color schemes. SDEA JOURNAL e November, 1935 ICE CREAM CARTON A HOLIDAY *URKEY mae ES hd =e Attractive Animals may be carved from colored parafine HOLIDAY CARDS 119 YOUNG CITIZENS LEAGUE EMMA MEISTRIK, Executive Sec’y, Pierre Many inquiries have been received regarding the organization of a Young Citizen League, more particularly from teachers, who are new to the work. To these the following information will be of interest. How to Organize a League Read stories and poems from the Young Citi- zen. Talk to the children about the league, in- teresting them in its work. Then plan for a Practice meeting, using only the simplest rules of parliamentary procedure at first. Study the flag salute, motto, the pledge and the Code of Ethics. In the Constitution and By-Laws teachers will find the order of business on page 797 of the Course of Study and the duties and membership of committees on pages 801-804. When children have done a little preliminary practice, they may plan their first real meeting. Sample of a Regular Meeting President: (1) “The meeting will please come to order.” (2) “Will all members stand and join in giving the salute and pledge to the flag.” (Standing with right hand over the heart, facing the flag, all repeat together the following pledge: “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation indivisible with liberty and justice for all.”) (At the words “to the flag” the right hand is extended, palm upward toward the flag and this position is held until the end, when the hand drops to the side after the words, “justice for all.’?) (3) “Let us repeat our Young Citizens League Pledge: ‘I hereby pledge my active devotion to my country by a study of its ideals and by a constant interest in the gen- eral welfare of my state and nation. I shall strive to do something each day to improve the standards of my school and community, and thereby endeavor to promote better citizenship’.” (4) “The secretary will please call the roll.” (The secretary may rise and say: “Mr. President, all members are present,” or “three members are absent,” as the case may be.) (5) “The secretary will please read the minutes of the last meeting.” (Secretary rises and reads minutes of the last regular or special meeting, or the minutes of both.) ' (6) “Are there any corrections of the minutes?” (7) (Pause) “If there are no corrections, the minutes stand approved as read.” (Pause) “They are approved.” ‘(8) “The reports of committees are in order.” Anne: “Mr. President.” President: “Anne.” Anne: “I wish to report that the regular library com- mittee has completed the work of recording the books in the new library record.” President: “Members of the league, I feel that this committee has done a very fine piece of work and that they should be commended. Let us give them a rising 120 vote of thanks.” (All except the committee, rise to the floor.) (9) “Is there any old business?” (none.) (10) “Is there any new business?” George: “Mr. President.” President: “George.” George: “I think we should select a name for our organization and I move that it be called the ‘Be Square’ League. (Other names are suggested and voted on. A name should not be used by more than one YCL in a county. Consult the County Superintendent.) Mary: “Mr. President.” President: “Mary.” Mary: “I second that motion.” President: “It has been moved and seconded that the name of our organization shall be the ‘Be Square’ League. All those in favor of this motion say ‘Aye’; those opposed say ‘No’. The ‘Ayes’ have it. The name of this chapter shall be the ‘Be Square League’.” Jane: “Mr. President.” President: “Jane.” Jane: “I move that the secretary be instructed to write to our county chairman, Miss Brown, the County Superintendent, that we organized and elected our of- ficers for the work of the Young Citizens League on September 10 and that we have selected the name ‘Be Square’ League. Further, that the various committees have been appointed by the president and that they are carrying out their duties as young citizens.” Charles: “Mr. President.” President: “Charles.” Charles: “I second that motion.” John: “Mr. President.” President: “John.” John: “Will the secretary please read the motion. I do not think that I understood it.” President: “Miss Secretary, you will please read the motion.” (Secretary stands and reads motion, if it has been written out and if not, repeats the motion distinctly so that all may understand.) President: ‘You have heard the motion. All those in favor of this motion say ‘Aye’; opposed say ‘No’. The ‘Ayes’ have it. The motion is carried. The secretary will write our county chairman as instructed.” (11) “New members will be voted in.” (12) President: “A motion to adjourn is in order.” Helen: “Mr. President.” President: “Helen.” Helen: “I move that we adjourn.” Nadine: “Mr. President.” President: “Nadine.” - Nadine: “I second that motion.” President: “It has been moved and seconded that we adjourn. All those in favor of this motion, say ‘Aye’; opposed ‘No’. The ‘Ayes’ have it and the meeting is adjourned.” (A program may follow or may be in- serted before the close of the meeting.) Simple Rules of Order to be Observed Every member previous to speaking, shall rise from his seat, address the chair and remain stand- ing until he is recognized by the President. In YCL work “Miss President” may be used instead of “Madam President” when a girl is presiding. (Continued on page across) November, 1935 e@ SDEA JOURNAL Omaha's Finest If you want a bargain in comfort, stay at the Fon- tenelle. Unquestionably the center of things. Atmosphere of genial hospitality. Such service, courtesy and com- fort to make every minute of your stay a_ pleasure. Excellent food at sensible HOTEL FONTENELLE $950 Up EPPLEY HOTELS CO. —SDEA INVITES ALL TEACHERS TO MEMBERSHIP— In case two members ask for the floor at the same time, the President should recognize the one rising first. A nomination does not require a second but any person desiring to second a nomination just to show that he supports the candidate, may do so. Voting for officers should always be by ballot, if there is more than one candidate. If there are three or more candidates, voting should con- tinue until one receives a majority—one more than half of the votes cast. A regular meeting should not take longer than 30 or 40 minutes, if all officers know their work and have thought out their business beforehand. All important motions should be written out be- fore they are presented in the meeting. For fur- ther suggestions, see Rules of Order Article XVII of the By-Laws. Study some book such as Roberts’ Rules of Order. —SDEA—SUPPORTS, DEFENDS EDUCATION ALWAYS— | nc aD eefuenite cERVICE 5 NWA. er SDEA JOURNAL e November, -1935 THE KEY TO INTERESTING ART PROJECTS! @ Crayonex Sketchit © Decorative Anima n OLD FAITHFUL pro- ct Poi adapted to ure the best possible Have you an OLD FAITHFUL catalog? Send for yours - free. arate daa: ule tele h ANTA.FE BUILDING, DALLASSTEXA NETTLETON COLLEGE Why not add Bookkeeping, Shorthand and Type- writing to your teaching qualifications? There is a demand for degree people who can teach commercial subjects. Write for particulars and arrange to enroll soon. Address Department A. NETTLETON COMMERCIAL COLLEGE Sioux Fal!s South Dakota 121 EDUCATIONAL INTERPRETATION American Education Week: Educational oppor- tunity has been curtailed when it is needed most. The future democracy will be incredibly more complex than its past. Only a people well pre- pared for self-government can meet the challenge. In the stress of the present it is fitting that par- ents, teachers, and other citizens consider seriously the relation of the “School and Democracy”. The theme is a most appropriate one. Those who take an active part in the observance of this occasion (Nov. 11-17) will perform a service to their country—Sec’y W. E. Givens, NEA. Local activity. during American Education Week will be most effective. Many communities and schools are planning observance of the Week. The education committee of the Chamber of Commerce of Sioux Falls is planning local ob- servance which will enlist the support of churches, service clubs, and other organizations. A feature of the week’s observance in Sioux Falls will be a mass meeting of all secondary and collegiate stu- dents of the city in the Coliseum for a program consisting of a number by a major musical or- ganization of each school. See pages 52 and 75 of the Oct. SDEA Jour- nal for suggestions for the observance of Ameri- can Education Week. Plan early for adequate observance. SDEA Public Relations: A lunchean meeting of those actively interested in public relations is scheduled during the SDEA convention in Mit- chell to be held in the Widmann Hotel, Mon- day noon, Nov. 25. A state-wide SDEA Public Relations conference will be held in the Junior High School auditorium on Wednesday morn- ing, Nov. 27 during the SDEA convention. The SDEA Public Relations central committee—Mrs. Martha Delbridge, Sioux Falls; College Editor A. A. Applegate, Brookings; Supt. Barrett Lowe, Wessington Springs; and Editor S. B. Nissen, Sioux Falls—held a meeting at Brookings during the High School Press convention to plan for the Mitchell public relations conference and luncheon and for the all-state high school journalism staff which will cover the SDEA convention. Local Activity: Supt. Geo. Dirkson, Plano Cons., Fulton, has organized a publicity depart- ment the purpose of which is to get all suitable news in the school paper and in the newspapers of the nearby towns. So. Dak. Radio: SDEA programs are being broadcast over the following stations: KDFY, State College—Wednesdays, 12:45 P. M. Schools in nearby towns have been invited to sponsor programs. 122 KSOO, Sioux Falls — Sundays, 3:30 P. M. Schools within driving distance have been invited to sponsor programs. The following November dates have been scheduled: Nov. 3 — Valley Springs; Nov. 10—Hurley. KGFX, Pierre—State Department staff mem- bers broadcast each Tuesday at 1 P. M. Nearby schools will also participate. Other stations will cooperate later. The speech department of Yankton high school is sponsoring a series of 13 programs over WNAX given by nearby schools. The series began on Oct. 11 and are given each Friday at 7:30 P. M. Faculty members of N. S. T. C. participate in regular weekly broadcasts over KABR, Aberdeen, each Sunday at 3 P. M. A faculty radio com- mittee plans the programs. Yankton College broadcasts a daily program by remote control from the campus. The series began on October 1. KUSD, University of So. Dak., has two per- iods of broadcasts each day—from 4 to 5 P. M. and from 9 to 10 P. M. Publicity Exhibit: An exhibit of school publicity materials will be on display at the SDEA con- vention, Mitchell. Send such materials to S. B. Nissen, Sioux Falls, on or before November 10. The following are suggested: school papers, bul- letins, annuals, posters, and accounts of local activ- ities. .DR. E. A. ROADMAN Pres., Dakota Wesleyan University, Mitchell November, 1935 e@ SDEA JOURNAL SPECIAL SCIENCE SUPPLIES FOR RURAL SCHOOLS We are offering the minimum list of science materials for experimental purposes in rural schools as suggested by Professor Milton F. Tostlebe of Aberdeen. This set includes a Meter Stick, Compass, Lever Clamp, Rubber Tubing, 15 feet of Glass Tubing in two sizes, 1 and 2 hole Rubber Stoppers in 7 assorted sizes, Alcohol Lamp Burner, and Erlenmeyer Flask. PRICE, COMPLETE. SET so 2 $3.00 EIGHTH GRADE SCIENCE by Milton F. Tostlebe To be used by grades seven and eight for school year ending in even numbered years (this year). Based upon the 1933 Course of Study, Alternation Plan. Provides information necessary for an understanding of science principles in language children can comprehend. Numerous experiments are included, in each of which, the most simple apparatus is suggested and the methods of pro- cedure and explanation of results of the experi- ments given. PRICE, EACH POSTPAID___________ 60 CENTS Hub City School Supply Co. ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA Visit Our BOOTH AT Mitchell Convention CRIQOSE , YOUR PLAYS READINGS ENTERTAINMENTS Wetmore Declamation Bur eau IOWA Sioux CITy The Only Ten-Year English Program With one integrating idea and the ad- vantages resulting from the active par- ticipation of one author throughout. THE TRESSLER English in Action Series Bardwell, Mabie, Tressler ELEMENTARY ENGLISH IN ACTION (Gr. ITI—VIII) Tressler and Shelmadine JUNIOR ENGLISH IN ACTION INTRODUCTORY ENGLISH IN YOUR SCHOOL And Every Accessory that ACTION (Gr. TII—VI) - you need Tressler 6 ENGLISH IN ACTION, REVISED “14° e (Gr. XXII) Williams Piano Co. Write to 1815 Prairie Ave. Chicago, II. oped Since 1887 der'yay D. C. HEATH and COMPANY SUH, aaa iP OR: SDEA JOURNAL e@ November, 1935 123 SO. DAK. HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION BOARD OF CONTROL SUPT. A. A. MacDONALD, Chm., Sioux Falls SUPT. R. M. WALSETH, Vice-Chm., Ipswich SUPT. R. E. RAWLINS, Secretary-Treasurer, Pierre (Contributions to this page must come through the office of the Secretary of the SDHSAA) 1935—Calendar—1936 Return card acknowledging 1935-1936 record book filler. November 26, Annual Meeting in City Hall, Mitchell, at 8:30 A. M. 1936 annual dues payable before Jan. 1. Tournaments and Meets: District basketball, Feb. 29*. Regional basketball, March 7*. State basketball, March 13-14. Regional track and field, May 9*. State track and field, May 16. State tennis, May 15-16. State golf, May 16. *Not later than. Annual report filed with Secretary—not later than last day of school. Membership Brandt, Corsica and Raymond (Ash Consol- idated) are now members in good standing. . Athol, Corona and Owanka are new members. Farmingdale, Manchester and Reliance high schools are still delinquent in their 1934-1935 an- nual reports. No SDHSAA school can have athletic relations with any of these until they are once more members in good standing. SDHSAA Annual Meeting The 1935 annual meeting of the SDHSAA will be held in the City Hall at Mitchell on Tuesday, Nov. 26, at 8:30 a. m. The final date for the filing of proposed amendments was Oct. 20. Pamphlets containing copies of all pro- posed amendments and the report of the certified public accountant’s audit of the financial records for the year ending June 30, were sent to all member schools about Oct. 25. It is hoped that a representative attendance will be present at the annual meeting so that the actions taken on any imporant measures may re- flect the sentiment of a majority of the member schools. Basketball Play Situation Books The Secretary’s office handles basketball play situation books and is glad to furnish them to member schools at 20c a copy as long as the sup- ply lasts. The official basketball playing rules may 124 be had at any regular sports shop. Only a limited number of these are handled by the Secretary and they are paper bound high school editions without any advertising. They are furnished to officials only. Molded Basketball Some inquiries have come to the Secretary concerning the rubber molded basketball which was exhibited at the last annual meeting. The Secretary is in receipt of an announcement from the National Federation headquarters to the ef- fect that some difficulties have arisen between the National Federation and the manufacturers of this ball. The members will recall that at the last annual meeting, the Secretary was afraid that there was too much at stake for basketball manufacturers to allow this ball to be perfected under the direction of the Federation. A certain agreement was en- tered into and signed by the manufacturers and the Federation last March. At the present time, the National Federation is not actively promoting the sale of, or directing the construction of the molded ball. A meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Fed- eration will be held in Chicago immediately fol- lowing our annual meeting. At this executive committee meeting, the differences between the Federation and the manufacturers will be one of the principal items of business. A detailed report of just what the difficulty is will be presented in these columns following that meeting. An Announcement Aberdeen High School has received permission from the Athletic Board of Control to sponsor a Thanksgiving day football game between an outstanding North and South Dakota high school team. This game is in no sense to determine the championship between the two states, but to pro- vide a colorful event for Aberdeen. The Football Rules The progress made in the efforts to establish an independent high school football guide is worthy of special notice. Within the past three years the state high school athletic associations of thirteen states have officially adopted the Na- tional Federation football guide and in at least November, 1935 e@ SDEA JOURNAL Oe —will stretch out to you in time of need if you join T.C.U. NOW! Are you apt to think of sickness, accident or quarantine as something that will only come to someone else? Many teachers make that mistake. That is why unexpected misfortune finds them unprepared to meet the burden of added expense. 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Bldg., Lincoln, Neb. ee 1 (This couvon places the sender under no obliaation.) 2 one other state the high schools have all agreed to the use of a part of the regulations. Last year there were eight states which had adopted the guide, Alabama, Illinois, Iowa, Kan- sas, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin. This year, Florida, Colorado, Missouri, Tennessee and Utah have been added and Ohio has adopted a part of the code, includ- ing the rule which permits forward passes to be made from anywhere back of the line of scrim- mage. The new forward pass rule has proved to be particularly popular and those who have tried it have no thought of giving it up. It pleases coaches and especially the players and spectators. The fourteen states which use the forward pass rule contain more than half the high schools of the United States which play football so that now it may safely be stated that more than half the high school boys of the country are playing under the high school pass rule and almost half of them are using the entire high school guide—Kansas Ath- lete. Six-Man Football Book Here it is—the first book on this new popular abbreviated edition of football. The name of the publication is “Six-Man Football” and the author SDEA JOURNAL e November, 1935 is Stephen E. Epler of Beatrice (Nebr.) high school, recognized as the founder of the game. The book contains the purpose and need of the game for small schools, the rules are explained in connection with a diagram of the field, and there are general playing suggestions. Blocking, kick- ing, offense, defense, equipment, cost of trips, etc., are discussed. There are sixty-four pages in all. “Six-Man Football” sells for 50c, plus P. P.— The Coach, September, 1935. Write direct to the author, Stephen E. Epler of Beatrice, Nebraska for a copy. Junior High School, Mitchell A Number of Group Meetings Are Scheduled Here ne 125 University of South Dakota SUMMER SESSION June 9 to July 17, 1936 Work will be offered in the following schools and col- leges—College of Arts and Sciences, School of Business Administration, School of Education, including the Univer- sity High School, the College of Fine Arts, School of Law, and the Graduate School. Practice teaching will be given for both high school and elementary school work. Most of the heads of departments in the University will be retained for instruction during the summer. The 1985 enrollment broke all previous attendance records. A more comprehensive program of courses to meet the increasing demands of school administrators and both high school and grade school teachers will be offered during the 1936 Summer Session. For Information Write to Director of Summer Session University of South Dakota VERMILLION, SOUTH DAKOTA 126 November, 1935 @ SDEA JOURNAL ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NOTICES SDEA CONVENTION, MITCHELL, NOV. 24-27, 1935 Called Meetings SDEA General Council: The first meeting of the General Council at Mitchell will be held on Monday, Nov. 25, at 8:30 A. M., in the Metho- dist church auditorium. The second and final meeting of the General Council will be held after the evening general session on Tuesday, Nov. 26, in the Methodist church auditorium.— N. E. Steele, Executive Secretary. So. Dak. H. S. Athletic Ass'n: The annual meeting of the SDHSAA will be held at 8:30 A. M.,. Tuesday, Nov. 26, in the auditorium of the City Hall of Mitchell—R. E. Rawlins, Sec- retary- Treasurer. So. Dak. H. S. Music Ass'n: The annual meet- ing of the SDHSMA will be held in the audi- torium of the Senior high school, Mitchell, on Sunday, 3:00 P. M., Nov. 24.—H. G. Mosby, Secretary-Treasurer. Forensic League: The annual business meeting of the So. Dak. High School Forensic League will be held at Mitchell in the Congregational church on Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 26, immedi- ately following the meeting of the Speech Round Table—E. F. Voss, Secretary-Treasurer. Declamatory League: The annual meeting of the So. Dak. High School Declamatory League will be held on Monday afternoon, Nov. 25, im- mediately following the meeting of the Speech Teachers Roundtable in the Congregational church, Mitchell—C. E. Werden, president. So-Dak-Wo-Te-O: The third annual banquet- meeting of the So-Dak-Wo-Te-O club of South Dakota will be held at 5:30 P. M., Monday, Nov. 25, in M. E. Church, Mitchell—Amy Hagedorn, Sodak. Hickory Stick: The annual funfest banquet of the Hickory Stick clubs of South Dakota will take place at 5:30 P. M., Monday, Nov. 25, in the Masonic Temple, Mitchell—H. S. Freeman, Big Stick. Tatankaiyotanka: The annual roundup of Ta- tankas and eligible yearlings will begin at 11:00 P. M., Monday, Nov. 25, in the Masonic Temple, Mitchell—Vance Trueblood, Scribe. Beadle Club: The second annual breakfast meeting of old and new (1935) members of the Beadle club will be held at Mitchell at 7:45 A. M., Wednesday, Nov. 27. Place to be desig- nated in official program.—J. E. Martin, Presi- dent. SDEA JOURNAL e November, 1935 Public Relations: A luncheon meeting of mem- bers of SDEA Public Relations committees is scheduled to be held in the Widmann Cafe on Monday, 12:00 M., Nov. 25. A public relations conference to which all are invited will be held in the Junior High School auditorium on Wednes- day, 9:00 A. M., Nov. 27.—S. B. Nissen, Chm. Teacher Personnel Committee: A meeting of the SDEA committee on the improvement of teacher personnel is called for Tuesday, 4:30 P. M., Nov. 26, in room 7 of the Junior High School, Mitchell. Members of the SDEA Long Term Education Program are requested to at- tend this meeting—Jessie M. Panburn, Chm. Certification Conference: A roundtable confer- ence on teacher training and certification will be held on Monday, 2:00 P. M., Nov. 25, in the parlors of Graham Hall, Dakota Wesleyan Uni- versity.—R. J. Moulton, state director of certifica- tion. Service Clubs: A joint meeting of the Mitchell service clubs will be held at noon on Wednesday, Nov. 27, at the Masonic Temple. All visiting club members are invited to attend and to secure their attendance credit for the week—L. W. Robinson, chairman. Important Notice! The closing date for publication of the official SDEA convention program is Nov. 10. Write Sec’y N. E. Steele, Sioux Falls, about changes and additions to programs and announcements. C. I. ROLSTON Sec.-Treas., Chamber of Commerce, Mitchell 127 PRIN. L. M. FORT, Mitchell Past President of thte SDEA Chairman of a Mitchell Convention Committee SDEA Committees Will Report To General Council Chairmen of the following standing and special committees will make reports to the General Council at its meetings during the SDEA con- vention at Mitchell, Nov. 24-27: Teachers’ Living Costs: Dr. C. R. Wiseman, Brookings Long-Term Program for Education: Supt. R. L. Hunt, Madison Joint PTA and SDEA: Supt. A. J. Lang, Huron Public Relations: Editor S. B. Nissen, Sioux Falls Resolutions: Supt. H. Mackenzie, Watertown Beadle Centennial: Supt. Barrett Lowe, Wessing- ton Springs Teacher Personnel Study: Dr. Jessie Pangburn, Spearfish Legislation: Supt. J. C. Lindsey, Mitchell The following SDEA representatives to dif- ferent conferences and groups will also report: Character Education: Supt. R. L. Hunt, Madison State Chamber of Commerce Tax Study: Supt. J. C. Lindsey, Mitchell NEA Director for So. Dak.: S. B. Nissen, Sioux Falls Librarians: Supt. C. A. Beaver, Yankton 128 Rooms at Mitchell Write to Sec’y C. I. Rolston, Chamber of Com- merce, Mitchell, for room reservations in private homes. All rooms in hotels have long since been reserved. Tell how many are in your party and when you plan to arrive in Mitchell. SDEA Unit Reports Due Reports of delegates elected to represent local SDEA units in the General Council at Mitchell should be made to Sec’y N. E. Steele, SDEA, Sioux Falls, on or before Nov. 15. Important Notice! Bring your receipt (blue) showing SDEA en- rollment dues paid with you when you come to the SDEA convention at Mitchell. This is your badge of admittance to convention sessions and to the Wednesday afternoon entertainment—Rug- giero Ricci. Invitational Speech Tournaments The high school dramatic conference and play tournament sponsored by the Univ. of So. Dak. will be held on Dec. 13-14 at Vermillion. The four-state invitational high school public speaking tournament sponsored by the Depart- ment of Speech of the University will be held on Feb. 6, 7, 8, 1936. H. S. Press Awards Winners from South Dakota in the Northern Interscholastic Press association’s annual contests at Grand Forks, N. D., are as follows: Best editorials — “Pine Needle,” Rapid City; Best mimeographed paper—“The Searchlight,” W/au- bay; Regular printed papers, class B—Rapid City; Mimeographed paper, div. 2—Waubay; Year- book — Rapid City; Feature stories — Genevieve Olson, Rapid City; Section of town paper, div. 2—Garretson; General newspaper competition— Waubay, third. Awards by states for general ex- cellence—Waubay, third. We'll be seeing you at Mitchell during the SDEA Convention, Nov. 24-27. E. Becker Costume Co. Room 5, Van Brunt Bldg. Phone 561 Sioux Falls,S.D. Costumes for plays and masquerade balls, Wigs, beards, make-up and masks Graduating caps & gown (gray and black) for rent. November, 1935 @ SDEA JOURNAL RUGGIERO RICCI: BOY VIOLINIST MITCHELL’S GIFT PROGRAM TO SDEA CONVENTION Wednesday, 1:30 P. M., Noy. 27 RYE so often the world is amazed by some young musical genius— childish hands that master a’ musical instrument in such a fashion that the adult world listens in awe and wonder. The most recent of these is Ruggiero Ricci, the youngest acclaimed violin virtuoso of our day. Ruggiero was born in the that the future will sustain this so uncanny be- ginning.” He is a born virtuoso—and more. — Olin ‘Downes of N. Y. Times. Mature violinists of rank gaze at each other in amazement when he gives a concert and declares that nothing like it has been United States of Italian- American parents, and is, aside from his music, a nor- mal fourteen-year old. He already takes rank as an artist with the outstanding vir- tuosi of the day. He _ has toured from coast to coast in this country, and in Canada and Cuba. It is five years since he made his sensational New York debut. He is no longer a prodigy. He now holds his audiences spellbound, not alone by the marvels of his brilliant and astounding tech- nic, but by the poetry and un- erring beauty of his interpreta- tions. One no longer thinks of him as a boy. He is the supreme artist. For layman and musician a- like a Ricci concert promises a thrilling experience. If the former finds in his playing a stimulus to his im- agination and an escape from the commonplace, the musician is equally thrilled as he listens to the inspired music, the sheer wizardry of his bravura playing, the beauty of his tone, the authority of his interpretation. Press and Critics’ Comments After the first few minutes we cease wondering how a child could accomplish such a miracle and surrender ourselves to the music itself—Ralph Holmes of Detroit Evening Times. The greatest genius of our time in the world of interpretative music is Ruggiero Ricci. — Charles D. Issacson of N. Y. Telegraph. “Tn all my life, I have never heard a child who so approached the ideal I have held of the boy Mozart. Ruggiero Ricci is the marvel of the age. His youth and his ardor, his unquestioned birth- right to the instrument, lend fervor to the hope SDEA JOURNAL e November, 1935 Ruggiero Ricci, Boy Violinist known. A sober judge of sin- gularly expert experience, a man who always has my eat when the brethren of the Stradivarius are concerned, has told me that no other violinist that he has heard—bar none! —could equal the Ricci boy in the Mendelssohn Concerto. —Pitts Sanborn, music critic. What great talent is able to accomplish with the labor of years, he does immediately and by the grace of God. One must, therefore, call him a genius, for he is a full-fledged virtuoso, able to toss off the tremendous difficulties of such a stunt piece as the Paganini D major Concerto as though. they were the merest incidents of a happy musical adventure. In fact, one heard more tech- nical display from this child than a whole season of violin music by famous adults has produced—Glenn Dillard Gunn of Chicago Herald-Examiner. My boy, you are a genius.—Albert Einstein, great scientist. Mitchell's Gift The appearance of Ruggiero Ricci, boy violinist, before the final session of the SDEA convention is something to which all teachers who plan to attend may look forward to with a lot of happy anticipation. The committee of Mitchell people which made this selection canvassed carefully and long many possible offerings but were unanimous in deciding upon this particular program. Bring your (blue) membership card with you to the convention at Mitchell. 129 PROGRAM OF GENERAL SESSIONS—Tentative ANNUAL SDEA CONVENTION—MITCHELL, NOVEMBER 24-27, 1935 All General Sessions will be held in the Corn Palace Commercial booths will be housed in the Corn Palace Convention Theme: Improved Education with Improved Conditions Sunday Evening, November 24 Convention Services; President C. J. Dalthorp presiding; Platform Guests—presidents of all South Dakota state and private colleges and ministers of Mitchell. (The general public is invited to these services) Choir—First Congregational Church, Yankton - - - L. N. Dailey, Director How Shall I Fitly Meet Thee—Bach Kee Wane — Weel The Lord Will Not Suffer—Bach Ave Verum—Byrd Praise Him—Bach Invocation - - Dr. A. H. Seymour Vice- eae Néichiennd State ‘Penchers aliste: Past Prctdent of SDEA (1924) Solo (selected) — - - - - - - - - - - - - - Yankton College Scripture Reading - - - - - - . . - - - -" .Dr. G. W., Nash President, Yankton College; Past President of SDEA (1912) Choir—First Congregational Church, Yankton - - - - - - L. N. Dailey, Director Agnus Dei—Kalinnikoff Russian Easter—Kopaloyff Bless The Lord—Ippolitof Glorious Forever—Rachmaninnoft Convention Sermon - - . - - - - - - - - Dr. C. M. Granskou President, Augustana College Solo (selected) - - - - - - - - - - . : - Yankton College Choir—First Congregational Church, Yankton — - - - L. N. Dailey, Director Jesus Only—Rotoli He. Watching Over Israel—Mendelssohn Benediction — - - - - - - - - - - - - Dr. F. L. Eversull President, Huron Gallewe Monday Morning, November 25 Vice-Pres. C. E. Werden presiding; Platform Guests—Past Presidents of the SDEA and the SDEA Executive Council Mitchell High School Chorus’ - - - - - - - Valentine Preston, Director Ave Maria—Arcadelt ‘The Farmer’s Daughters—Williams The Christ Child’s Lullaby—Mueller Nina—Pergolese Crimson Rose—Clokey Old Folks at Home—Foster-Koshetz Greetings - - : - - . - - . - - - - Leo Temmey, Huron State Commander, American Legion Greetings - - - - - - - - - - - - Mrs. Chris. Hirning, Mitchell President, State PTA President’s Message - Z e = - - - - - Supt. C. J. Dalthorp, Aberdeen Address - - - : - - - - - - - . - - Carol M. Pitts Director of sie Central High School, Omaha Mitchell High School Orchestra - - - - - Ramon Douse, Director Aida Triumphal March—Verdi Ficlandis ( Athletic Director, University of Kansas Peet ony meg EW. “Hatch tate Teachers College, Montclair, New™ Jersey Tuesday Morning, November 26 President C. J. Dalthorp presiding; Platform Guests—Presidents of SDEA Departments & Round Tables Dakota Wesleyan Univ. Philharmonic Symphony — - - - - - R. L. Danburg, Director Overture to the Marriage of Figaro—Mozart Selections from Nutcracker Suite—Tschaikowsky a—March b—Danse Arabe c—Waltz of the Flowers Annual Address - = . - - State Supt. J. F. Hines, Pierre Dakota Wesleyan Univ. A Capa Choir - - - - - Thos. W. Williams, Director All My Heart Rejoices—Ebeling iGo Down Moses—Cain Lullaby on Christmas Eve—Christiansen All Ereathing Life—Bach Address - - Laura Zirbes Director éf Dildonmededa School, Ohio ‘Spies: Wakeersiag Ghdneabu: ©: Tuesday Evening, November 26 President C. J. Dalthorp presiding; Platform Guests—Beadle Club members University of South Dakota Symphony Orchestra - - - - Winfred R. Colton, Director Overture to “Rienzi”—Wagner Dance of the Hours, from ‘“Gioconda’ ’—Ponchielli Dance Bacchanale—Saint-Saens Adagio Pathetique—Godard Procession of the Sardar—Ippolitow-Iwanon ae peo aa 4 Address” - - William McAndrew Editor, School and Society, Mamaroneck, N. Y. Address - - - - Robert England, Winnepeg, Canada Wednesday Afternoon, November 27 RUGGIERO RICCI - - - - - - - - - - Mi*itchell’s Gift to SDEA JAMES RIVER NEAR MITCHE! 132 November, 1935 @ SDEA JOURNAL BARON BROS.,, Inc. ‘sice‘icr twomen™ oS SS WELCOME TEACHERS .. . Make This Store Your Headquarters During S. D. E. A. e Gordon Furs All These e Printzess-Ekcomoor-Hirshmaur Coats Nationally e Famous Dresses Known e Miriam Gross Dresses Lines. .. e Knox and Flo-Lil Hats In A Store e Peacock and Walk-Over Shoes Where | e Holeproof and Kayser Hosiery eee e Kayser and Ireland Gloves e Kayser and Martha Maid Undies e Gossard-Warner and Vassarette Foundation Garments W.R. Sears, a Gordon Representative will be at our store during S.D.E. A. with the complete line of Gordon Furs WELCOME TEACHERS TO MITCHELL AND MAY YOUR VISIT BE A PLEASANT ONE We have anticipated your shopping needs and stocked up on a host of new seasonable merchandise....We want you to visit this largest department store and whether its a package of pins you want or a fur coat or just to look around you are most welcome. Among the Numerous Famous Lines We Feature are Rothmoor Coats and Suits... . Albrecht Furs... .B. W. Harris Furs .... Queen Dresses .....C. H. D. Robbins Dresses .... Dunlap Hats. .. . Rollins and Phoenix Hosiery and Many Other Famous Lines Our large stock of fur coats will be augmented by the addition of the complete lines of two of America’s largest fur companies—brought to our store especially for SDEA BUTTERFIELD’S “MITCHELL’S LARGEST DEPT. STORE” SDEA JOURNAL e November, 1935 133 DEPARTMENT PROGRAMS—Tentative _ ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDHOOD EDUCATION President - - - Barbara Smith, Aberdeen Vice Presidents - - Edith Pierson, Brookings Bess Graves, “Mitchell; Freda Rasmussen, Madison Secretary - - - “ - - - Grace Clement, Aberdeen Tuncdey, 12: 30 r. M. Masonic Temple A. C. E. luncheon with Miss Laura Zirbes of Ohio State University as guest. Tuesday, 2:00 P. M. Senior High School Auditorium Joint meeting with Intermediate Grade Teachers Department Music z Z : - - = - Second and Third Grades, Mitchell Schools : Diets Smiles Tick Tock Stray Kitten Cloud Ship Music - : - = - ° : : = 5 - - Sixth Grades, Mitchell Schools Autumn Dreams—Beethoven Evening Song—Mozart Evening Prayer—Carroll Spinning Song—Avery Pine Tree —— Folk Tune Home—Call Address” - : : z = - Laura Zirbes, Columbus, O. Dicecear of Detdnsanee School, Ohio State Univ. Wednesday, 9:00 A. M. Senior High School Auditorium Open Forum Music - - =i3TtEH : t - - : Fourth Grades, Mitchell Schools Asleep and Awake Spinning Top Bright Star of Bethlehem Sing Me a Song Musical Play—‘Spick and Span” - : : : - i ed Grade Girls, Natre Dame Academy New Songs for Paes - - “ - - - - ‘ - A.C. E., Sioux Falls Address” - : = 2 : : : : : : - Helen Youns: Brookings Address - - ‘ - : Marie Finney, New York City _ ASSOCIATED SCHOOL situa President - - a ss - - I. J. Bibby, Brookings Vice President = - - = - = : 3 : = - - O. M. Tiffany, Aberdeen Secretary - - - - ‘ - : - - - - - CC. A. Hamilton, Sioux Falls Monday, 2:00 P. M. Senior High School, Room No. 5 Vocal Solo Our Responsibility — - - : - = - - George Cotton, Volga The Value of Athletics in the High Schioa! - : - - - - Thurm Porter, Milbank Transportation Question - - - George A. Rice, Flandreau A Board Member’s Responsibility i in is Sle an ‘of Teachers - - Dr. A. M. Pardee, Vermillion Educational Problems in South Dakota - : - Pres. I. D. Weeks, USD, Vermillion rn HIGH SCHOOL President - : = : - Ruth Harkness, Mitchell Secretary - - - - - - - Wm. Gruhn, Aberdeen ‘Monae 2:00 P. a Junior High School Auditorium Joint meeting with History Teachers Round Table. See page 144. Junior High seigool Cea - = - : - - - Ramon Douse, Director Address” - = : : E = : - Dr. R. W. Hatch, Montclair, N. J. Literature j 2 : ; : : : - 3 Ella Lorentzen, Madison Modern Trends in eee Cards - - - - - - . - Ruth Wagner, Mitchell Tuesday, 2:00 P. M. Junior High School, Room Be 12 Junior High School Girls’ Glee Club - - - Imah Bird, Director Jeanie With the Light Brown FIRE Wistar In the Dawn of Day—Welch Folk Tune Drink to me Only With Thine Eyes—English Folk Tune There’s a Little Wheel A-turnin’ in “ey. yee ecind The Parent Visits the School — - - - - - To be assigned The Teacher Visits the Home - - - - - . - - - To be assigned Technique of Home Visitation - : - - - - - - Gulla Ullensyang, Mitchell 134 November, 1935 @ SDEA JOURNAL The Educator Supply Company | Announces the recent publication of Text and Work books for So. Dak. Schools. ALL of these have been prepared for use under our present course of study and are therefore peculiarly adapted for S. D. texts. They are admirably written, comprehensive, complete, beautifully printed and bound, and properly graded as required under the course. During the in- troductory period for these books they will be billed to all customers at 66 = > Introductory prices. aes List ductory Civil Govt. of the U. S. and S. D. by F. L. Ransom, B. A., M. A., LL. D. Revised following. legislative session of 198522 2225 2$1.20 $ .90 Poems for the Course of Study, arranged by grades__..__ >= 2.00 1.50 How to Teach Poetry, by Gertrude Gill, B. A., Features all poems in seventh and eighth grades of above book_____________ In Preparation Steps in Science, by Shepersky & Hurley Eighth Grade Book 1.00 75 Sixth Grade Book .86 .65 _ Fifth Grade Book con SOG .65 Steps in Science, by Harkness & Fort, Seventh Grade Book______ In Preparation My Work Book in Science, by V. & F. Hellstrom and A. D. Shepersky Combining text and work book under one cover Fourth Grade 40 30 Third Grade —__- 40 30 CN ee sees eee 40 30 Eight Summers at Bonny Oaks, Art and Art Appreciation By Mary Cox Florine 35 2200 1.50 Work Book in Art, Grade 1 __ ape SES be 40 Alcohol, Its Uses and Abuses, by Harkness & Fort__________________ 1.20 .90 Alcohol Instruction for the Grades, by Harkness & Fort____._ In Preparation Eighth Grade Classics 1.67 1.25 } Seventh Grade Classics 1.67 1.25 Beginning and Growth of America, for Fourth Grade, by H. L. Hurley 1.00 15 Anthology of South Dakota Poetry, Vol. 2, Lindberg & Gunderson____ 2.00 1.50 Students’ Arithmetic Inventory, by Linn & Peregrine______________ .05 04 Teachers’ Arithmetic Inventory, by Linn & Peregrine__________-_____ 46 23D Character Education, by R. L. Hunt, B: A., Ph. Dito=-2- 2-2" "-" In Preparation we, yoheonbo\ Address Orders to EDUCATOR SUPPLY CO. MITCHELL, S. D. SDEA JOURNAL e November, 1935 135 DEPARTMENT PROGRAMS CITY SUPERINTENDENTS AND H. S. PRINCIPALS President - - V. D. Larson, Argonne Vice President - - - - = - - - - - - D. D. Miller, Watertown Secretary = - - - - - - - - - - Ra Or ae Peterson, Frederick Monday, 2:00 P. M. City Hall paditonaes Male Quartette - = - - - Dakota Wesleyan University Joint meeting with Higher Bacheich Blepaverienes bes page 138 f Tuesday, 2:00 P. M. ; City Hall pesto String Ensemble - - - - - - Mitchell High School Joint meeting with Higher daca Depahenent ace page 138 COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS President : = - : : : : : - : - - J. F. Hines, Pierre Vice President - = - - - - cisipie - - iy: E. Lubbers, MeIniosh Secretary - - - - - - - - - - - - Margaret Toomey, Elk Point Monday, 2:00 P. M. Junior High School, Room No. 8 Making District Meetings More Useful - - - - - Co. Supt. Francena Schar, Bison Supervision by Remote Control — - . : - - Co. Supt. Douglas Chittick, Leola Music - - - - - - GiB ie and Eighth Grades, Mitchell Schools Song of Home—Towner “The Honk a Se I Would Be A Sailor—Avery Securing Cooperation of School Officers - - - Co. Supt. Anna Goldsmith, Highmore Superintendent’s Part in Employing Teachers - Co. Supt. Ruth Stierwale: Clark eee, 12:15 P. M. ON @: F-rall Luncheon’ - - - = - - Guest speaker to be designated Tuesday, 2:00 P. M. Methodist Church Auditorium Joint meeting with Rural Department-—see program below Wednesday, 9:00 A. M. Methodist Church Auditorium Joint meeting with Rural Department—see program below RURAL EDUCATION President - - - - - - - - - - - - Douglass Chittick, Leola Vice President - - - - - - - - - - - - Rose Perman, Olivet Secretary - - - - - - - - - : - - - Helen Eller, Highmore Monday, 2:00 P. M. Methodist EDHCGR! Church Auditorium Music - 3 “ - - - Seventh and Eighth Grades, Mitchell Schools Song of Home—Towner ‘The Comite Vai, onneuy I Would be a ea SIP Address - - - - - - William McAndrew, Mamaroneck, N. Editor, Schoo and eae This Changing World - - - - Mark Ewald, Springfield Original Playlet on YCL - - - Rivende Delian diaioe School, N.S.T.C., Aberdeen Tuesday, 2:00. Methodist Episcopal Church cladieeracien Joint meeting with County ee Ce String Ensemble - - - - - - - - Mitchell High School Abraham Lincoln From a Poachers Viewsae:. - - - - - O. W. Coursey, Mitchell Education and Agriculture in Russia - - N. E. Hanson, Brookings Wednesday, 9:00 A. M. Methodist Episcopal Church Auditorium Joint meeting with County Superintendents evetenent Boys Glee Club - - - - Junior High School, Imah Bird, Director Marianina—lItalian Folk Song Night’ s 7 Minstrel Sone—-Baseock Conservation of Wild Life in South Dakota - : : - - O. W. Johnson, Pierre Rural School Music - - - - - - - - - Marie Finney, New York City County Pageants’ - - - - - - - - - : - V. H. Culp, Aberdeen 136 November, 1935 @ SDEA JOURNAL Welcome SDEA Thanks for Coming Hope You Have a Good Convention and a Good Time Widmann Cafe Inc. Mitchell's Leading Cafe WIDMANN HOTEL W. C. ROBERTS, Mgr. MITCHELL, SO. DAK. — SDEA JOURNAL e November, 1935 137 DEPARTMENT PROGRAMS HIGHER EDUCATION President - - - - - - W. R. Van Walker, Aberdeen Secretary - - . - - - - : - M. W. Hyde, Mitchell bataday, 2; :00 P: M. City Hall Auditorium Joint meeting with City SeEmee a Department Contralto Solo - - - - - - - - - - - Vivian Bauer, Mischell Panel Symposia: 1. Improvement of Teachers in Service - - - - es W. A. Thompson, Springfield ip : : : z Pres. I. D. Weeks, Vermillion Open Forum 2. Qualifications of Graduates of Teacher Training Institutions Desired by— a. City School Superintendents - ah Ss Teens Salem; F. E. Forchtner, Wakonda b. School Boards’ - - Alden Cutler, Wessington Springs 3. Personal and Academic Guslifications af ‘High Schoo Graduates Desired by Teacher Training Institutions - - Pres. Earl A. Roadman, Mitchell - - - Dean W. W. Ludeman, Sorinaheld 4. Hazing in Secondaty? Saicals ney Coligecs - - - - Supt. B. B. Shaw, Howard Open Forum 5. Value of a State Program for the Pereccona! es of Teachers — - ‘ “ - = . = Supt: J. op: Hines: Pierre Teccdax 7 00 P. M. City Hall Auditorium Joint meeting with City Superintendents Department Male Quartette - - - - - - - - - - Dakota Wesleyan University Address - - - - - - - - - - - -Robert England, Winnipeg, Can. Panel Symposia: 1. Aims and Policies of Higher Educational Institutions in South Dakota in the Light of oes ers cues by the NEA_ - - - Bou Préss - Robert Coffey, Brookings 2. Small Schools — - : - - - - - - - - D. E. Errett, Arlington Explanations of Seven-Man Football - : - - - : - - J. W. Deacon, White Demonstration: Basketball Fundamentals _ - - - Chas. Taylor, Chicago Monday, 2:00 P. M. Litchfield School Gymnasium WOMEN’S GROUP Demonstrations _- i - - - - - Mitchell Jr. and Sr. High School Girls Danish Cpninseties Folk and Tap Dancing Tumbling ae Pyramid Building Health Playlet = - : . - Mitchell Elementary School Children Tuesday, 1:30 P. Junior High School Adicts MEN’S AND WOMEN’S GROUPS, COMBINED Election of officers Basketball Rules Explained and Demonstrated = - - Forrest “Phog” Allen, University of Kansas Mantoux Test and Demonstration - - Dr. B. A. Dyar, Pierre Epidemiologist, Site Board of Health Health in Schools - - - - - - - Vincent Montgomery, Springfield Red Cross First-Aid - - - - - - - - To be assigned Discussion: Health Education - - Mrs rs. Farence Ww aiher Englesby, Pierre State Sapeeviee Child Health HOME ECONOMICS President - = - - - : - : - - - Mrs. Edna Lang, Sioux Falls Vice President - - - - - - - - - - - Mildred Walker, Brookings Secretary - - - = - - - - - - - - Marian Johnston, Mitchell Monday, 12:15 P. M. Congregational Church Monday, 2:00 P. M. Junior High School, Room No. 12 Meeting of Combined Vocational—see page 140 Tuesday, 2:00 P. M. Junior High School, Room No. 10 Luncheon of Combined Vocational Vocal Solo - - - - - - - - - - - Dakota Wesleyan University Pictures for the Home - - = = 4 - : = - Augusta Maguire, Mitchell Report of National Home Economics Conference - - - - - Edith Pierson, Brookings 146 November, 1935 @ SDEA JOURNAL BUY YOUR CHRISTMAS GIFTS DURING SDEA CONENVTION You will find here the latest styles in quality jewelry, fine diamonds, watches, silverware, and novelty gifts. Our stock is complete; prices to suit every purse. LEONARD WICK JEWELRY STORE “Mitchell’s Finest Gift Shop” Kelly-Springfield Tires Wholesale and Retail Grant Batteries New and Used Replacements Parts for All Makes of Cars MIZEL MOTOR COMPANY DeSoto and Plymouth Sales and Service 217 East First Avenue Phone 2526 Mitchell, South Dakota CHIROPRACTIC RESTORES AND RESTORES HEALTH A. C. SOLBERG Health CHIROPRACTOR MITCHELL” - - - - SOUTH DAKOTA DURING THE SDEA CONVENTION A complete line of Christmas goods will be on display for you, consisting of neckwear, shirts, hosiery, bath-robes, luggage, ete. for your “boy” friend and your “lady” friend. BECKER CLOTHING CO. MITCHELL’S LARGEST STORE FOR MEN WELCOME TO MITCHELL H. KRESS, DRUGGIST Sherwood Petroleum Corp. 102 N. MAIN ST. MITCHELL, S. DAK. MITCHELL, S. DAK. “WE LEAD TO ECONOMY” ELIASON STUDIO K & K C “Say It With Photographs” Where better things are sold for less APPLICATION PICTURES LADIES READY-TO-WEAR SHOES FURNISHINGS GIFTS Phone 2028 2182 N. Main WE WELCOME YOU ee SDEA JOURNAL e November, 1935 147 ROUND TABLE PROGRAMS INDIAN SERVICE President - - - - - - - - - - - - W.O. Nicholson, Pine Ridge Secretary - - - - - - . - . - . - - R. E. Staley, Mission Monday, 2:00 P. M. Senior High School, Room No. 7 Chairman’ - - - - - - - - - - - Supt. Joe Jennings, Pine Ridge Address” - - - - - - - - - - - Supe. L. T. Mickelson, Wakpala Address - - - - - - - RR. W. Kraushaar, Pierre General Sacasaon sad Roald Table INDUSTRIAL ARTS President - - - - - : - - - - - - W. W. Wills, Rapid City Vice President - - - - - - - - - - - O. H. Hubbell, Brookings Secretary - - - - - - - - - - - - - H. P. Gerber, Aberdeen Monday, 2:00 P. M. Junior High School, Room No. 12 Joint meeting with Combined Vocational—see page 140 Tuesday, 2:00 P. M. Junior High sia — oe 1 Art in Industrial Arts - - - D.W. Olson, Rapid City Aids for Industrial Arts Teachees Commons Report and Presentation of Bulletin Business and election Wednesday, 9:00 A. M. Junior High School, Room No. 1 Discussion: New State Course of Study—Industrial Arts - - Leader, W. W. Wills, Rapid City MATHEMATICS President = - - - - - - - - - - - - Hannah Dyste, Aberdeen Vice President - - - - - - - - - - - EE. C. Mikkelsen, Estelline Secretary - - - - - - - - - - - - H. W. Iverson, Groton Tuesday, 2:00 P. M. Junior High School, = Vocal Solo - - - Dakota Wesleyan University What to Include aed: Exclude in 5 WA peut Coedun. = : - Dr. T. M. Risk, Vermillion Mathematics Exhibit MUSIC TEACHERS President - - : - - - - - - - - - Stella Meyer, Milbank ~ Vice President’ - - - - - - - - - - Kraul Bachmann, Rapid City Secretary - - - - - - - - - - - - F. H. Johnson, Redfield Monday, 2:00 P. M. = Hall String Trio _ - - - - - . Dakota Wesleyan University Vocal Clinic - - Shoducred by Mrs. Carol M. Pitts, Omaha, Nebr. Note: Forty sundenes s Mitchell high school will form the class General Topic: How to Get and Stay in Tune, Using 1. Unisons 2. Major and Minor Chords 3. Seventh Chords 4. Inversions Topic to be chosen - - - - - - - - - Marie Finney, New York City Question Box Tuesday, 2:00 P. M. oh 3 Fall Girls’ Vocal Ensemble — - - - - - - Dakota Wesleyan University Vocal Clinic - - - “M rs. Carol M. Pitts, Omaha, Nebr. General Topic: Voice Problems in setdtioral Tlie 1. The Blending of Registers 2. How to Develop Upper Tones 3. How to Secure Resonance and Volume 4. How to Secure Pianissimo Panel: Instrumental Problems 148 November, 1935 @ SDEA JOURNAL DELICIOUS FOOD BREAKFAST YOUR MEETING PLACE WELCOME LUNCHEON | ALSO HOME MADE CANDIES ORIENTAL Chocolate Shop Cafe SDEA PROMPT SERVICE DINNER FOUNTAIN SERVICE FOOD OF FINEST QUALITY ROXY THEATRE WELCOMES YOU TO MITCHELL WE ASSURE YOU OF THE FINEST ENTERTAINMENT AT MITCHELL’S NEWEST THEATRE WELCOME SDEA NAVIN CAFE ELLA CONLON Meet Friends Here Fountain Service Mitchell, S. D. FEINSTEINS’ The Store That Leads in Mitchell Showing the Smartest Things First in Dresses, Coats, Hats, Accessories, and Exclusive Styled Shoes OLDSMOBILE The Car That Has Everything Storage General Repairing Stransky Motor Co., Inc. 3 Doors East Widmann Hotel Mitchell, S. D. Elliott Grocery & Market Mitchell’s Fine Food Store Cor. 4th & Main Phone 5216 We Extend You a CORDIAL WELCOME to Visit Our Store Whenever you are in Mitchell The Home Furniture Co. MITCHELL, S. D. SDEA JOURNAL e November, 1935 149 ROUND TABLE PROGRAMS MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES President - - - - - - - - - - - - E. M. Greene, Vermillion Vice President - - - - - - - - - Mrs. Grace E. Lommen, Vermillion Monday, 2:00 P. M. Junior High School, Room No. 11 Girls’ Glee Club - - - - - - - - - - . Notre Dame Academy Song at Sunrise—Manney Within a Dreaming Harbor—DeWitte Cook A Birdland Syrah eia cia How Much Grammar - = - - - - - Virginia Edscorn, Mitchell My Life in Germany’ - - - : - - - - Bruno Beckman, Parkston A Variety of Approaches to eee - - - - - - - B.O. Rossow, Sioux Falls Discussion: Bulletin No. 13, Texts - - AR 5 Kaase, Watcrown: W. Bs Beat, Sous fal: EY M. Greens. Vermillion Tuesday, 2:00 P. M. Junior gee ae oes Re, 11 Interest Devices in Teaching French - - - Gladys Dalberg, Madison Last Summer’s Stay in Spain - : : - - - - - - Mary Gotaas, Pierre My Work at Alliance Fr. in Paris - - - - - - - - C.C. Seeger, Beresford New Method of Teaching Modern Foreign Languages - : : - E. M. Greene, Vermillion Note: Bring Bulletin No. 13 with you. PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY President - - - - - - - - - - : - - Theo. Wrage, Madison Vice President’ - - - - - - - - - - - - - H.L. Klug, Tripp Secretary - - - - - - - - - - - R. E. Dunbar, Mitchell Monday, 2:00 P. M. ee Church Meeting of Combined Sciences—see page 140 Tuesday, 2:00 P. M. Senior High School, Room No. 11 Male Quartette - - Dakota Wesleyan University Value of Inspirational Viawpoint i in Feachine High School Geistice - Dr. A. M. Pardee, Vermillion Behavior of Ultra High Frequency Peqgomaanetic Waves - : - Edw. Marquart, Parkston The Stratosphere Flight — - - - - - - H.W. Jones, Rapid City Discussion and open forum SPEECH TEACHERS President = - - - - - - - - - - - - Harold Jordan, Watertown Vice President - - - - - - - - - - - - Lois Buswell, Highmore Secretary - - - . - - - - Upton Palmer, Giour Falls Monday, 2: 00 P. i: Congregational Church Reading: ‘“Journey’s End” - - - Lawrence M. Brings, Minneapolis Dirscier Norclivestoen Echos of eee Demonstration: One Act Play - - Dakota Wesleyan Univ. ‘Tuesday, Zi 00 P. M. Congregational Church Greetings from Pi Kappa Delta - - George McCarty, Brookings National Peeden, Pi ene Delia Greetings from National Forensic League - - - Karl Mundt, Madison National President, National Fotensic League Benefits of National Speech Tournament — - . - - - - Mary E. Perkins, Sioux Falls Demonstration: Speech Correction - - - - =) 5 bie - Loretta Wagner, Vermillion SCHOOL LIBRARIANS President = - = : : : = : - - - - - Lois Kingsbury, Sioux Falls Vice President - - - - : - - - - - - Rose Hopfner, Mitchell Secretary - - - - - - - - - - - Ce L. Hartung, Huron Wednesday, 9:00 A. M. Junior High School, Room No. 4 Address - : : = : - - - - - - - R. W. Kraushaar, Pierre The Vertical File - - - - - - - - - Edith Danielson, Watertown Fiction and Popular Edition Barise - - - - - - - Harriett A. Jenney, Yankton Book Mending Demonstration - - - - - - - Staff, Public Library, Mitchell 150 | November, 1935 e@ SDEA JOURNAL The Way to Foot Health HEALTH SPOT SHOES JOE BURG SHOE STORE MITCHELL, S. D. “Where Shoes Are Correctly Fitted” STOP AT NICOLLS DRUG CO. MITCHELL, S. D. Featuring for your convenience during SDEA Convention home cooked luncheons and dinners 25c Complete Gift Selection ONLY WAY TAILORS ONE DAY SERVICE Phone 2106 321 N. Main Mitchell, S. D. While in Mitchell Visit The Model Home JOHNSON FURNITURE CO. Where Third crosses Lawler “HOME OF HOME OUTFITS” It’s so easy— and such a pleasure to shop at The Style Shop BETSYANN DRESSES LOUISE MULLIGAN DRESSES CARDAIS COATS - WILSONIAN COATS MARINETTE KNITWEAR GAGE HATS NELLY DON FROCKS % THE STYLE SHOP MITCHELL, S. D. PALACE CITY CAFE WELCOMES YOU SOUTH DAKOTA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION Phone 2217 DELUXE CAB 115 SO. MAIN, MITCHELL Phone 2217 WELCOME MITCHELL WHOLESALE GROCERY AND FRUIT CO. MITCHELL, SOUTH DAKOTA SDEA Welcome SDEA WHILE IN MITCHELL See Our Complete Line of Breads and Pastry SNOW-FLAKE BAKERY MITCHELL, S. D. WELCOME SDEA LYDIA’S EAT SHOPPE On Third Avenue Just West of Main Mitchell, S. Dak. NO BEER JUST GOOD FOOD H. NOBLE & SON, Inc. 113 West 4th Ave. Mitchell -:- South Dakota WELCOME SDEA THE HOON MILLINERY AND LADIES’ READY-TO-WEAR Paramount Bldg. patie Mitchell, So. Dak. SDEA JOURNAL e November, 1935 151 ROUND TABLE PROGRAMS PENMANSHIP President ONe - - - - - - : - - - - - Mae Barker, Parker Vice President - - - - - - - - - = - Martha Nieveen, Corsica Secretary - - - - - - - - - - : - Mary McCullion, Madison Monday, 2:00 P. M. vane stigh oe — No. 9 Reading - - - - - - Jean Winsor, Mitchell High School Violin Solo Stimulating Interest in Writing — - - - - - - - - Mrs. H. B. Kostboth, Salem Penmanship in A Small School - - - - - . - - Rosamund Sherburne, Colton Writing in Primary Grades - - - - - - - - - Freda Rasmussen, Madison Manuscript Writing - - Maude Flanigan, Mitchell SUPERVISORS OF SCHOOL PUBLICATIONS President - - - . rs. peat Delbridge, Sioux Falls Vice President - - - - - “ - - - - Lyle Wirt, Waubay Secretary - : - - - - - - - - - - - Dana Harlowe, Huron Adviser - - - - - - - - : - - - > Pres, Chutes 20 Jessie M. Pangburn..... Spearfish Beadie Club. a Wed.,7:30A.M...... (To be set)=--- J;~EB-~Martins~ 2 Brookings Commercial Matte. er Mon?,.12:15 P.M... .. Epis.;Church.......-.. Carol Mereness ........ Mitchell Compupts: vee Sun. 0:00;2si a. 7 Masonic Temple....... Mamie Grace 250.6) Mitchell ConSupts ae prea oye Tues 22> P-M..... LD: Fatal 3 9 Mamies Gtaceu! J, i ise, Mitchell Dako Wes We. Sax TMues:,5:30 RP: M:. = MES Obytch <2). ‘Elatmon “brown... Mitchell Deans of Women..... Tues., 12:30 P. M.....Graham Hall...... 7... Vivian Volstorff ...... Brookings Eastern Normal...... Tues., 5:45 P.M...... Bap. Church. 48 deeontine’. Giraud), = 3... Madison EloPrinag sup... = Mon., 6:00 P.M...... EpIsAGhurch = 6.5 Ruth. Wagner’ ?......... Mitchell Tlickony otic: Monuois0 Pais. Masonic Temple....... iets srreemans to Mobridge Home Economics... . . Tues., 12:15 P.M...” Cong. Church--- 2 Marian Johnston ....... Mitchell Ke DUP Seek. ee wee (00. Béwnstanged);. 347..4.,.1.. 2...) 4 tae Huron College....... -Enes.,6:00-P. 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