The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-06-27
sspsrinsendsns's Address.

SUPPLEMENTARY A0ufe8es
i The following il the substance O
the report sent out this week by Super
! intendent Barber to the School Distric
!, Officers:
Il OFFICE OF COUNTY SUPT.
1 lola, KANs. June 30, 1890.
To the officers and patrons of the
public schools of Allen county:
The annual school meeting will bt
held Thursday, July 81, 1890, at p. m
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i At this meeting there should be 9
treasurer elected for full term of three
years, and If there have occurred any
vacancies during the last year there
should be elected q director for two
years and clerk for one year.
In determining the tax levy to be
voted for the coming year I desire to
urge that a sufficient amount be voted
to enable the district board to put the
school-house and grounds I'm good re-
pair; supply the school with the neces-
sary apparatus and otherwise to sup
port first-class school.
THE DISTRICT CLERK
Should take with him to the meeting
pen and ink that all records may be
kept i'm ink. To avoid any misunder-
standing, i'm regard to business trans
acted at the annual meeting, q careful
record should be kept of all transact
tions and the minutes of the meeting
read before adjournment that all errors
may be corrected.
rNpr.oyNrSr or rr.curps
Remember, i'm the selection of your
teachers that simply the holding of a
certificate does not constitute a quail
fled teacher, any more than holding a
diploma constitutes a qualified physi-
clan. Make careful inquiries as to the
success of theapplicantin other schools
or in case the applicant be an inexper-
fenced teacher make inquiries as to the
standing of that person In regard to
other matters.
Each year many of our teachers
spend time, money and labor i'm fitting
themselves to do better work i'm the
school-room by attending the county
Normal Institute. 1t Is the duty of
district boards, if they desire the adj
vancement of our schools, to encourage
these efforts at self-improvement, on
the part of the teachers, by giving pref
erence to those who attend the Insti-
tute. will take pleasure i'm assisting
school officers TO employ competent
and well qualified teachers.
REPAIRING SCHOOL HOUSE.
If the school house or any of the out
buildings are i'm need of repair, ar
rangements should be made to have
the matter attended to at once.
1t is to be regretted that i'm many of
our districts the out houses are allowed
to get into condition that totally I'M
fits them for use. Many of them, be-
sides being allowed to become vile and
filthy, are covered with indecent and
immoral pictures and writing, and
even on some of the school houses
themselves these things may be found.
No one who has the public health and
morals I'm their keeping should allow
these things to exist, yet the fact that
they do exist gives cause for this re-
mOnstrance. If your school Is suffer-
ing from this cause can you not take
steps at this meeting to have the cause
removed?
THE PURCHASE OF APPARATUS.
I desire to call your especial atten-
ton to the matter of purchasing the
necessary apparatus for your school.
That certain apparatus adds largely to
the value and usefulness of the school
no one can successfully deny, vet the
cost of such materials prevents many
districts from purchasing. I desire to
call your attention to the following
facts:
In purchasing from travelling agent
you pay from twenty-five to fifty per
cent more for the article than Ii pur-
chased from the regular dealers i'm
such apparatus.
The district board have the right to
purchase anything, which in their
opinion is necessary for the school, pro-
vided they have the money on hands
to pay for the same, but they have no
authority to run the district into debt
for such apparatus.
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CONDITION OF OUR SCHOOLS.
The schools of this county are second
to none In the State, in point of adj
vancement and scholarship. This il
due not alone to any one cause. SUI
perintendent and teachers are power
less to make good schools without the
hearty support of the pupils and pa
irons. The manner i'm which the eff
forts to systematise the work of the
schools, by the introduction of course
of study, has been supported and en-
couraged by you Is greatly encourage
ing to those who have been making the