Show HOW ABOUT A MUSIC vison in the news culumns of this weeds reaper will be found a rural schools news letter of 0 which john J commissioner of education in the united states department of the interior is 0 the aut author or A portion of the letter deals with supervision Luper vision tor for rural schools a matter that strikes home in our school district it will no doubt be remembered that due to the poor financial condition of the county last year the school board decided to do away with supervisors and abolish the positions of primary supervisor and music supervisor this put the whole load of jf supervision on an the shoulders of the superintendent before the opening of this school year however it t was found practically impossible to run the schools without at least a primary supervisor and in the last this position was recreated created re and we might add on this occasion i the board was very lucky in finding a highly efficient primary supervisor er visor 1 aorl rb s this nevertheless still left our schools without a music supervisor we do not want to pour water into a well by again explaining how bow important a part music plays and ought to play in the school curriculum and how utterly impossible it is to have music taught in our schools properly without proper supervision or as commissioner algert says the country teacher with many responsibilities and difficulties needs tho the help oi of a good supervisor far more than any other we believe in supervision and we are quite sure that our school board does believe in it also it was only financial stringency that caused the board to do iway away with a part of the supervise lon we hap that bat this thi s year the board ot of education will see bee tit fit to employ a music supervisor in a very short time tho the board will again lace face the problem of selecting teachers fix salaries and do all this and stay within the somewhat limited province of our financial possibilities the citizens however will stand behind the board because they want to give the children the best educational facilities possible and educational facilities without supervision can be found in utopia only I 1 wo we learn from the statistics given by the commissioner of education that the city schools have one supervisor tor every twenty teachers teacher while wo we in our district at present have the and the primary supervisor two directing and controlling cont roling officers hundred and ten tene teachers hers the average to fifty five it is true the board has to solve some very difficult problems the grounds upon which the richfield high school stands needs draining the gymnasium needs rep repairing the salina high school is without a gymnasium lia tho the lonroe high school ul needs ads cds a shop room and li heating licatina plant tho the venice school building is unfit for use several othor school buildings need repairs very badly the school population is increasing and more teachers are needed and those things cost money a great deal of money but if wo we want our bo boys Ys and girls to have as good an opportunity tor for education as city children have some means will have bave to be found to provide the ne necessary cessa funds ands |