Show HURAL SCHOOL NEWS LETTER items from the division of rural education bureau of education choosing a college principals and te teachers chers of rural high school should help tho the students that intend to continue their studies beyond high school to select the college collece or university that seems best fitted for each individual students needs out of the boys and girls that are being graduated yearly from rural high schools intend to go to on to normal school college or university very often even though the student may know just what lino line of work ho he wishes to take up he be does not know what arnat to attend to got that work selects a college because it is near or he has a friend there or some one from the college has con cassed the high school for pupils these are not the best ways to decide a question that may influence the entire trend of ones later life the rural high school can help in this A list of the 1040 normal schools colleges universities and professional schools giving the name location and name and address of the president of each may be had tree free from the U S bureau of education department of the interior washington D 0 current cata bogues are sent on request from most of the institutions so that a small library of or GOO of them can easily be collected with the help of a teacher the class should learn to lo use the catalogues cataloguer catal write to registrars etc for rural high school children in the last halt half of the senior year tear one period a week given to work of this kind should be well worth while hot lunches for or R ural rural school children many teachers in the small rural schools are serving hot lunches those who do it best find that it is well to have the interest and cooperation of both the school board and parents before beginning beg ining to serve lunches the equipment needed is inexpensive A few cooking utensils a two burner oil stove and some towels are enough caldren usually furnish their own cups bowls and spoons there are many ways of obtaining the necessary food supplies tor for the warm noonday noon day dish some times the food is bought by the school and the cost prorated pro rated among the children it is important it if only one hot dish is prepared that milk he be used freely in whatever is served whether soup or some other food by means of the hot school lunch children may be taught the value of foods in the diet how to prepare them and how to select a properly balanced diet children will learn to like milk and vegetables if the foods are well prepared and are popular with other children in the school the united states bureau of education department of the ink tenor washington D C has recently published two pamphlets giving suggestions regarding the school lunch these may be had upon request 4 6 4 A play cora corner or in a rural school how to find profitable occupation tor for the youngest children between recitation periods is one of the problems of the teacher in the small rural school young chil children drea soon tire of the busy work material because it does not furnish a real play motive this problem has been solved in part by some teachers by setting apart a corner of the room and with the help of the older children children equipping it for play purposes burpoe es the should be screened ciff aft so corner that the children childre n wll wil play freely and distract the attention of the not mot should have seats it ones older set of shelves helves all table and a low a 11 be made iy ay t the ae older can which of f its chief value will be to children tho the achl children adren to make toys stimulate with V ith a little help they ot of their own dalls doll books make ake picture can in many and furniture fur liture and clothing and spools E empty other things magazines se seed d and boxes old napkins lowed catalogues cataloguer catal paper f be used they the y will clother pins can folding and cutting ut also need paper crayons for and paste scissors children gives corner such r a play the idea that just entering ont ering school chool s not a dreary place so abool is a happy happ out suet such i projects one for carrying the tea teacher cher will 0 o those suggested ko bulletin A kinder ind help in the iss f grade curriculum curr garten arten first bureau or of aduca V U S sued by department the ment of the interior son tion decarti C other help will D the washington circular how ie he found P und in the T makes jares americ americans ans kindergarten of charge on oil swill will be sent sen t tree free request 0 for rural schools libraries country the of 0 the all parts in receiving increasing recognition library is essential part of the tion as an all e rural school three equipment of 0 the may be mentioned examples esam of 0 progress the main here sta state te library is rendering out sending service by good rural to the libraries travelling tra velling also by enec encouraging ur aging the schools and libi libraries aries permanent echo schools ois to have the t travelling ravelling tra ra velling possible where each comprise 50 vo lunis libraries schools lor for six months to and are sent the books of 50 use on selected payment for various grades of tro are reading and for professional pupils demand lor for this the tz teachers abers by increased of late I 1 vice has greatly ser service that the 8 oth legislature appropriated so 20 0 tor for the work central rural 11 school in new the york chazy has a rural acbo school 01 library is a re reading room there profess professional profession iol aal books tor for the with collection for tea teachers cherB a reference school use and high grades iuppa upper current periodicals and a carefully care tully lully selected elementary library slides pictures and clippings are also at hand instruction is given in the use of books and libraries in virginia more than school libraries lib have been established within the past four years these are 40 0 libraries 15 is 19 appropriated by local school boards 15 by local communities and 10 by the state some other states report different ways in which rural schools can get small email libraries school hoards and teachers should make plans now for getting books or library boxes for the coming school year |