Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-08-29
SCHOOL AND HONE"
What supt. shirk's Paper Says Of
Dickinson Education,

bOA Jtus
Arthur Young has formed class i
shorthand and typewriting.
Prof. Nihart will superintend tn
Council Grove schools next year.
About forty teachers with certit
Gates in force failed to get schools il
the county.
Wages were cut from five to tie
dollars in the majority Of the district
in the county.
About one-fourth Of the distric
clerks have not sent in the report o
commencement Of school term.
A school district that hired
teacher at $25 per month last yea
voted at the annual meeting to EN-
ploy a teacher with first grade Ger
titicate and to pay him reasonable
salary, Experience teaches.
Over forty Of the alumni Of the
High School have secured schools and
will teach the coming year. The pre-.
vailing drouth at the time Of the an.
nual meeting, together with the over
supply Of applicants, have lowered
the wages SO that there will be little
profit in teaching this year,
Do not forget the examination for
admission to the County High School
on Monday, September 2nd, at Chap
man. At the same time an oppor-
tunity will be given to take an exami-
nation in the common branches for
final grades, SO that those who are pre-
pared can enter at once upon the
higher work.
Teacher, are you carefully planning
your work for the first day Of SCHOOL,
Are the successive steps each hour
clearly outlined in your mindP Have
you last years report tic district clerk,
register and classification blank in
your possession, and are you commit
ting the pupils names to memory
Do you know what pupils will be in
each CLASP
A few of our best teachers last
spring failed to make out reports to
the district clerk or left them incom-
plete, and the school boards violated
the law by giving them their last
months salary. Owing to the fact
that the law is very strict on this
point, those teachers deserve to have
their certificates revoked. We cannot
conscientiously recommend such
teachers,
There was some talk on the streets
about the cost Of running the High
School during the hard times, but at
the came time one of the papers spoke
Of Sheriff Smith drawing over $1,000
as quarterly salary in addition to
other fees. When a single county
officer gets nearly as much pay as all
the teaching force of the County High
School, it is certainly foolish to talk
about the great expense Of the latter.
As our teachers already know, the
State r. c. Board adopted the thirty
volume library Of the Educational
Publishing Co. for the Pupils Reading
Circle this year. This is one of the
best selected libraries ever prepared
for district schools. In it we have
history, geography travel, biography,
ethics, natural history and botany.
What excellent supplementary readers
they will make viii not every
teacher make an effort to secure one
for his school? Teachers who secured
schools containing the library should
make an attempt to add to it by some
means. The real work, however, is
to use the books properly in the
school. Children must learn to read
books. They should not be read
merely for pastimc. They should be
taught to think over, talk about, write
and remember that which is worth
remembering No book should be
kept out longer than two weeks at a
time. See that none are lost.
ny n. STANLEY, STATE SUPERINTENDENT
1t is not necessary that you use the
Australian ballot system In voting for
bonds in a school district.
A plurality vote at district meeting
is sufficient to elect a member Of the
school board 1t is not necessary that
the person should have ajorlty Of all
the votes cast.
The law does not authorize the carry
ing of grades from one examination to
another, nor the granting of any privi-
legc pertaining to the examination as a
reward for attending Normal Institutes.
Judges and clerks Of a district bond
election are entitled to pay for their SER
vices the same as judges and clerks of
any other election, and 1t Is the duty Of
the district board to pay them from the
funds Of the district.
The school board cannot receive pay
for the time spent in experimenting the
building of the new school house. In
making necessary trips for the district, a