The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-05-07
SCHOOL OFFICERS MEETING.
First Meeting of School Boards Of Iron County
Grand Success.

Represented were Atkinson, Mansfield and
Mantodon. The ~clionl h,arl of STAN
baugll aitcnde,l in "a b,dy Iron River
wns represented by hour. Unfortunate
". Crystal Falls had hut ute lone
representative AT the meeting other than
the superintendent.
The lirri rs,,eioh WIS called to order
at | | O'Clock u. ~. and j.. O'liricn, 81
Iron River, was chosen temporary
chairman niid nro. Wright. ni STAN
baugh, trmpnrIry rstcicia,N. Com
niiiees were appointed upon order OF
businers and organization, resolutions,
school lnwS aud suInumrnormn Tie
comn,ltlc upon "a list of text bouks
had aen prrviouSly appointed. An
ndiunInracnt WIS then taken until SO
y. IN. On reassembhng the committee
upon organization reported advising
that the temporary organization be-
made permanent. The order oi bIsi.
ners reported WAS then adopted the
first topic being school elections
Mr.. O'Bricn presented a very able paper
upon the subject giving the experience
~ the people 81 Iron River township
leiure aud after the change. Iron River
township holds ts school election upon
the second Monday IN July instead OF
the iirst Monday uI April ns do the
other townships of the county The
discussion that followed WIS a spirited
one. The conditions ~ Bates and
St,mbaugh townships nre different from
those of other townships ~ the county.
There il none of the floating element
aud consequently they liyenot met with
the objections To the present system
that the other townships have. Upon
the proposition Ia submit IN amcnd-
mcnl to he present lnw, applicable to
all the townships of the county, the vote
was in the negative.
The next subject discussed was the
selection 81 the teacher and it was the
sense 81 the meeting that "A closer
relntion should exist between the com
missioner aud the ltmr,ls Ia the selcc-
ton ol tcnchers with special reference to
the flNNllNNlHiliM nill ilUll AtiHAN w
the teachers under consideration.
A uniformity 81 text books was the
next topic discussed. Supt. Cutler Ied
-tlie-.liscussion giving the REASONS ior a.
uniE,rmity oT text books Au cNpIana-
ticn was then made IA to what was
meant at the present time by adopting
u uniform LIST oI books. disturbance
will be made at the present time To the
books in u,c but as chang arc made ~
the book uscl All scboul. ia the county
will swins to the samr books Tht sub.
mitting to tho y 'ople 81 The proposition
OF furnishing free text books ~ required
by the new Inv was discuss,d q and the
prosecuting attorney WAS asked to con
Ter with the ntturnry general as TO ihr
necessity ~ calling a special election and
report answer tu the commissioner who
will advise the boards.
The list of books adopted are as
au follows;
Arithmetics, Walsh; Geography. lower
grades. Wcrner'r Primary Gwmuer
grades. Natural; Language, D'Gaunnf
Grammer, Mead Readers, Stepping
Stones to Literature; civil governments,
Thorpe and King. seventh, Crude .lud-
SONS Young America spcllrr. Rrpd's
Word Lcsrnns, Physiology, Baldwin;
u. s History, Montgomery; prnmnn-
ship, Slant, Curtis vertical natural sys-
tenn; Mental Arithmetic, Werner'-
PROT Wright ol Stnmbhueh, presented
very able piper upon the subject ui
township supervise anil explained e.
the officers assembled The method pur-
rned in Stnmbuugh township.
The subject oi n summer normal
school for tenchcrs IN place ui the
county institute was taken ~ and
Prof. Farmer presented able arguments
infavorof the proposition. The naiicr
was discussed thoroughly aud rcsom-
tion WA adopted asking the
county board to appropriate the
eum oi $1,000 to bolp deiray
the expenses oi such normal
Srhooi with the express under.
normal or from normal school m
some other state bc hired ~ instructor.
This finished the work laid down by
the program and ~ short business meet
ing wna held in which IT. was decided to
continue the organization aud that the
next meeting he held at Iron River snmo
time next spring ~ mny hc determined
.-bv the president MIR. 4. O'Bron was
choecn ns delegate to attend the meet
meeting 81 the school boards of the
upper peninsula nest winter The meet
ing was then adjourned until 900 y. M.
A grand township rally WIS held IN the
court house Ia the evening. The
court room was crowded with school
patrons and the pupils 81 the
high school furnished the music
The subject ~ discussion was
- t1nsrr Union az the Public aud the