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Show o More School Consolidation ; nlnlc Superintendent Delivers An Ad1 dre.ss In tho Tiibcrniiclc Siindny Evening Last Sunday n well nttondod meeting meet-ing In tho Tnboruiiclo on School Consolidation Con-solidation wns nddrcssed by Stato Superintendent Mnthlson. Chairman G. A, Goatcs, of tho school board, pre-l sided and tho high school students' furnished tho music. !J Thcro wns u good nttendanco and the Stnto Superintendent, who enw1 ated a favornblo Impression. Superintendent Super-intendent Mnthlson's strongest arcu-i mem wns innt consolidation woula provide moro effectlvo supervision. On' this question ho said: i Consolidation makes It quite pos aiblc to havo ntfccBsory and erfcctlyo .lupcrvlslon. The board nppolnts Ita superintendent mid holds him very largoly responsible tor tho success ot tho schools. Tho superintendent, with the approval or tho board, ap-l Tonus supervisors, such as a primary supervisor, supervisor or art, or music, mu-sic, manual trainings etc. Tho superintendent sup-erintendent hlmscir outlines tho pinna or work for tho grammor grades uuu1 the primary mipervisor for tho iuur grades. The special supervlsora out-iluo out-iluo tho other special work now taught in tho schools which work enn oo none neither economically nor well by the nverago teacher without sklll-tui sklll-tui supervision. From direct obBor-votlon obBor-votlon and rrom his supervlBora tho Juporlntendent learns tho standing or his schools, their strong points, their weak points, mid he is lu a position co apply the necessary remedy to urlng them nil up to standard. The uonru members meet weekly or semimonthly, semi-monthly, as tho enso may be, and with the superintendent discuss ways nnd menus tor the operation nnd the improvement or the schools. Frequent meetings or nil school trusteos with tho superintendent in an unconsolidated unconsoli-dated county to discuss ways and melius Tor tho betterment or the schools, is inmost unknown. Yet that such meetings are nccessury to the best interests or tho schools Is a ract that oven opponents to consolidation as well as everyone else will readily admit. . |
