The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-07-01
General Items.
From the shiawassee School Journal;

A library fund of about $40 has been
raised by means of socials at Sciota
No. 3.
The Life of Frances E. Willard has
been added to the school library at
Middlebury No. 7.
A last day school picnic and presenta-
ton of county diploma at Shiawassee
No. 11-Fr., June 10.
very nice school picnic at New Lothrop
June "a, and of presenting county d.
ploma.
During the last school year the Uni.
versity of Michigan enrolled over 5000
pupils, and the State Normal College
over 1000.
On June oath, new flag was raised
with patriotic exercises at Woodruff
No. 3. The money to buy the flag was
raised by school socials.
Fifty.two teachers attended the coun-
ty examination at Durand, and twenty
four certificates were issued, six Of
which were second grade.
New flag and flag pole at New Haven
No. 8. The pupils raised part of the
money by subscription and the school
board made up the remainder.
On June 10th, a new flag pole and
flag were raised at Sciota No. 8. The
money for the flag was raised by school
socials. God bless the patriotic teach
ers Of Shiawassee county.
The commissioner post office ad-
dress for the next two weeks will be
Lake City. Mich, the Office in Corunna
will not be open on Saturday, July ed
and perhaps not on July 9th
Officers of the New Haven Patrons,
Teachers and School Officers Associa-
ton: F. S. Dean, President; John Nc
Avoy, Vice President; Mayme Odell,
Sec; G.. +. Hermann, Enon Chamberlin,
A. Kingsbury, Ex-eommittee.
In Hazelton No. 6, Mabel Brown has
been present every day during the past
school year; Roy Moore, Chester John
son, Ray Hartshorn, Harry Sherman,
and Frank Moore have not been tardy
during the year.
tits, indeed, very gratifying to see
the unseltish interest in the school and
its surroundings taken by some school
directors. Some people think that in
papering or painting a school house
any color is good enough. 1t doesn't
matter whether it is black or maltese.
Its nothing but school house, what's
the difference? The director of Gale
donna No. is not like this, however, as
he has decorated the walls of their
school room with the prettiest paper he
could find.
One of the school officers of Venice
No. takes pride in setting out and car
ing for shade trees on the school
grounds, and as far as we know he
doesn't get any pay for it. Doesn't he's
Indeed he does, but he doesn't get it in
cash
We had the pleasure of being present
at a very enthusiastic pole and flag
raising at Antrim No Aft, on June
3D.. The teacher and pupils had pre-
pared some very fitting exercises, and
they were exceptionally well rendered.
The whole school day was given to this
patriotic demonstration, and, strange as
it may seem to some districts, the teach
err does not have to make up the time,
even though it was not the last day of
the term. We thank Providence most
heartily that there are school districts
in this and every other county that APP
preciate the truth that the public schools
are maintained to train true and capa-
BILE citizens of this republic, and that
there are many lessons for the boys and
girls to learn, aside from those con-
tanned between the lids of a textbook,
in order to attain that exalted station
of manhood and womanhood.
Textbook Question Tersely Stated.