The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-12-06


]. EDUCATIONAL COLUMN, I
! By County supt. L. r. Clark.
Program of the Third District AS
sociation meeting, to be held at Col
ony Schoolhouse, Friday, Dec. 13,
1901 at p. M:
Recitations-Pupils of the School
What's the Nj latter With the District
School System? IL. r. Clark.
Music-Members KinSley Orchestra.
Paper-May Montgomery.
''Some Thoughts Cleaned From the
Field of Experience''-Pr Baugher.
Business Session.
Recess.
Debate-Resolved: That the mind
gains more knowledge from reading
than from observation.
F. D. West.
Affirmative Rev. Brown.
Mr.. Blair.
S. F. Manuel.
Negative c. Bloss.
MIR. Gilley.
Report of school in Dist. No. IL for
the month ending Dec. 2. 1901.
Number pupils enrolled II.
Average daily attendance l6.
Pupils neither tardy nor absent
Clarence Cross and Valeria Cochran.
CHAs STURDEvANT, Teacher
Second monthly report for Blue
Mound School, Dist. 80.
Enrolment II.
Average daily attendance 9. Is.
Pupils neither absent nor tardy: Ira
Welsch, Noah Welsch, Flossie Will
kerson.
Report of School Dist No. Is. for
month ending Nov. 20, 1901.
Number of pupils enrolled at the end
of month II.
Average daily attendance 9.
Pupils neither absent nor tardy dur
ing the month: Nellie Kirsch and Ida
Snow.
Report of Dist. No. l6 for month
ending Nov. %.
Number enrolled 20.
Average daily attendance %.
Pupils neither absent nor tardy: Ell
mer Nichols, Eva Nichols, Hattie
Nichols, Oscar Nichols, De Witt Graft,
Leo Craft, Ruth Craft, Olive Peters,
Ruth Peters, Edward Taylor, Iona
! Gratner, Dale Eslinger.
GENEvRA WOODS, Teacher.
Report of Kinsley Schools for the
third month.
,.t Enrollmsnt roll s5n to date: boys 1o2, girls
Average daily attendance: boys
S6.8, girls, 117.6. total 2O4 4.
| New pupils admitted: boys 5, girls
3, total 8.
Number of cases of corporal pun
ishment: boys 2.
| Number of cases of tardiness:- boys
-, girls 20, total 48.
| Per cent of attendance 94.2.
| Miss Mem ichael's room had fewer
tardies than any other room below the
Senior and Junior grades. She had
only three cases.
Miss Blanchard's room had the
highest per cent of attendance below
the High School-96 per cent.
| The annual Thanksgiving meeting
of the Southwest Kansas Teachers AS.
sociation held this year at Dodge City
was a most successful and inspiring
affair. Four sessions were held, the
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over half of whom were teachers. The
lectures. papers and discussions were
interesting. practical and helpful. The
declamatOry contest in which six
counties We're represented, was far
above the average in excellence. Paw
nee county taking first place aud Fin
/ ney county second. The Edwards s
/ County delegation WAS well to the
front rs usual. Prof. Baugher read
an excellent paper On the subject.
IssWhat is w Worth While in Edncasion. -
Prin. Emma johnson of Lewis and
Supt. Clark gave practical short talks.
Miss Nina Clark of the Kinsley High
School captivated the association with
one of her charming readings, and
Twas also elected vice-president To
Icrown all Kinsley was selected a. the
place of meeting for 1902. Lack of
space forbids as extended an account
OF this meeting az its importanre de-
serves, but every teacher present was
|d0ubly repaid for the effort and ex-
pense Of akfeudinR. and his ar her
school will profit by the application
Of new ideas aee eew enthusiastn.