The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-11-21

III saturdays Oh each mOQEn. -
W. E. Rowley is teaching the Far
well school in SanbOrn county.
Salary $40.
Get ready to attend the State
Educational Association which con-
venes in Mitchell Dec. 29-31, inclus-
i've. It's going to be a hummer.
Miss Mabel Cooper gave an ex-
~cellent entertainment at her school
in Prosper township last Saturday
night.
Dawson county schools are all
supplied with teachers.
Teachers who are late at school,
make pupils like themselves.
The law says that the school clerks
shall not issue warrants to teachers
for their salaries until all reports re-
quired Of them by law have been filed
with the superintendent, or, putting
it more correctly, that they shall
withhold ten per cent of their wages.
Some of the clerks are holding
warrants till their teachers can salts
fy them that they have mailed their
monthly reports to this Office as re-
quired by law. This is strictly legal
and such a course will be sustained
by this Office.
The initial step has been taken in
the consolidation of the schools. The
school board of Mitchell No. 33 have
hired a boy and team to gather up
all of the children in the district and
take them to school in the morning
and back to their respective homes
at night. They are brought to Mitch
ell, where they have the advantages
of a good graded school. The vehicle
is covered and the children all claim
they enjoy the ride. The system has
been in vogue since Oct. ID. and has
proven a decided success. The super
intendent is not radical in his views
on the subject and deOs not believe
that the time has ripened for a
central school in each township, but
he does believe that many Of the
smaller schools in the county had
better be discontinued another year
and the pupils either hauled or given
a small fee for attending in some ad-
joining district. For instance, the
Emsley school. The district is
sparsely populated; the attendance
at school is very small. The pupils
who live east and north of'the school
house could just as well go to No. 81,
and those who live west. to Baker
No. /. The board could allow these
pupils a compensation for any extra
distance which they are obliged to
travel and still run their school for
oue-third what it costs at present.
This is not the only one. There are
at least a half dozen more in the
county that could be handled in the
same manner.
Last year the board at Mt. Vernon
paid Prof. o. E. Browne $50 per
month. This year the board a raised
his salary to S75. There are at pre-
sent fourteen tuition students who
pay 81 each per month.
This cuts the amount paid by the
board to SOL. Not a bad investment
to raise a good teachers salary.
All who took the last teachers ex
animation passed creditably. Two
factors combined to bring about thi:
result. First, all. who were examined
were teachers; second. the questions
were easier and more practical thai
usual.
Miss Hattie Nicolaisen is teaching
her old school over in Aurora count,
again this year.
Mrs. Juliette Dougherty had charg
of the Mt. Vernon high school tw'
days last week while Prof. Brown
attended court at Mitchell.
Miss Mae Chamberlain, n of Prot
> Bromwell's students at Alpena, tel
from the school house steps n da
last week and broke her arm.
Miss Jessie Litsey has returne
| from her school at Detroit and wi.
! not return if she can get someFod
, to take her place. Much %speculatio
prevails as to what caused such
: shortage Of teachers in this county
> this fall. There are 81 schools in tn
, county this year. Those who wonde
! where last years teachers are wi
? please carefully reveiw the following
STEELE Sandidge, Bessie Craig, Susi
Wittstruck and Etfie Rand are teacl