The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-03-02
General Items.


Owosso No. 2 FIR. has started school
library Of thirteen books.
THIRTEEN volumes were lately added
to the school library in Bennington
No. s.
A new floor has lately been put
down in the school room in Antrim
No. 4 FIR.
The Senior class of the Vernon high
school realized so from st. Valen-
tine social.
BY means of an entertainment the
school in New Haven No. raised $40. 20
for the school library.
Miss Blanche McQuiston has changed
her name to Mrs. Fuller, and her home
is now at Kenmore, Mich,
On Friday evening, Feb. 9, the
teacher and pupils of Caledonia No. 6
raised S11 0S by means of box social,
for library purposes.
A box social was held in the school
house of Woodruff No. 3, for the pur.
pose of raising money to start school
library. The net proceeds were nearly
! four dollars.
By means of school social and
money furnished by the school board,
the teacher and pupils of Rush No. Z
have much needed International
Dictionary and holder.
An ''old time" entertainment will be
given March 16, by the school in Ben
nington No. 5. The proceeds from the
admission fee of ten cents will be used
for library purposes and the purchase
of flag.
Not long ago the school in Hazelton
No. raised $500 by means of school
social. The money is to be expended
in general improvements such as pic
ture frames, small flags. bunting, paper
flowers, looking glass, comb, hair
brush, ETC.
The latest innovation in the office OF
the commissioner of schools is the addi-
ton of kindergarten. The teachers,
however, seem wholly unequal to their
task; and the one pupil, Nida May
Bristol, is all there seems to be accom-
modations for.
The Vernon Public School Gift Lii
brary call has been responded to very
literally by the patrons and friends of
the school, and the number of books
donated is about 100. Vernon lost a
magnificent school library when the old
school building burned last year.
The school in Woodruff No. lately
raised sS so by means of school
social, towards set of maps; and
teacher and pupils are now enjoying
the use of full set of maps in spring
roller case, the school board having
made up the amount necessary to pur-
chase the set.
The high school talent of Bancroft
gave an entertainment in Perry, Friday
evening, Feb. 16, for the benefit of the
Perry high school, and Sl6 was realized
from the admission fee. Early in
March the Perry high school talent will
return the compliment by giving an en-
tertainment in Bancroft for the benefit
of the Bancroft high school.
Teacher and pupils of Woodruff No.
2 are enjoying the profitable use of a
fine globe and full set of eight maps in
a spring roller case, lately put into the
school room by the school board. We
hope more school boards in the county
will wake up to their duty and re-
sponsibility to their schools in furnish.
ing the necessary school apparatus
which the law requires.
On Friday, Feb. 16, the school in
Hazelton No. 8 gave the school in
Hazelton No. surprise visit, the
director of No. furnishing the team
and conveyance for the trip. The
afternoon was very profitably spent by
both schools in reciting and in hearing
others recite, and the session was made
entertaining by both schools uniting in
singing several school and patriotic
songs
The teacher in Bennington No. is
indexing the books of the school library,
using separate book for the purpose
which contains general index for the
whole library. Each index reference is
to the number of book and to the
page. This is certainly great
amount of work, but its value as ready
reference can hardly be over. estimated,
especially to the teacher in assigning
library work in connection with the
regular lessons in history, geography,
etc.
Owing to the fatherly care and inter-
est of the school board in Vernon in
preparing the new building even to the
minutest detail for the reception of the
| school one would hardly bova bpomp