The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-12-12

AiSs Adc LEWIS S3-le george
and Herman Riegert, Miss Maud
Hofstetter. teacuer.
Miss Minnie Lewis and her school
made a pleasant call upon Miss
Wealtha Pearce and her school. last
Friday.
Miss .Bernice Brown gave a
Thanksgiving entertainment last
Friday afternoon.
1t is no what others say about
Us, but what We say ourselves that
builds Us up or drags Us down.
The wedding bells will be ringing
again soon.
Miss Mamie Wards school. Beulah
No. ., is being broken into By
scarlet fever. 1t is in q light form.
Statistics show that the entire
teaching body changes once every
three years 1t changes oftener than
that in Dawson county.
/ Don't forget TO arrange with your
school board to allow you to attend
the State Association which onyen
III GHio CITY. DEC. 1871.
This Office would hate to notify y
school board to Withhold a teachers
salary because she had failed to send
in her monthly report as required by
law.
Miss Vida Shane has gone to Iowa
to teach, where she receives $40 per
month. Miss Vida is a strong
teacher, and her many FRIENDS in this
county will be pleased to learn of
her financial rise in the profession.
The State Register says: 1.-The law
that reduces or regulates the salary
OF a county official On a basis of the
vote cast at state election, is wrong
in principle and faulty in construc-
tlon. +e1t is an unjust law and should
be amended" The Register is right.
After all, it's one thing to write
about. another to talk about it. but
an entirely different thing to endure
f.
The superintendent went to Mt.
Vernon, last Friday evening. and
met in consultation with the board
OF education of that place, at their
regular monthly meeting. for the
discussion of things pertaining to
the welfare of their schools. He was
courteously treated by the board
who proved themselves willing to
better the condition of their schools
by more thoroughly eq tipping the
primary department with some Of
the apparatus now being used by
every town school in the state, of any
size. These friendly meetings, these |
heart-to-heart talks between the |
superintendent and his subordinate
officers, binds them together in closer
official relations and assists in placing
our schools on higher educational |
ground.
Teachers meeting at Mitchell next
Saturday. Welcome all.
The ladies' quartet mentioned in
this column, last week, is, in reality.
a qulntet,-the superintendent hav-
ing accidentally ommitted the name
Of Miss Emma Tobey. Forgiveness
is invoked.
The salaries Of the register of
deeds and the county auditor are
based on the assessed valuation Of
the country, and are limited to $1,000.
except in counties where the popuIa-
ton exceeds 1900. wherein they are
allowed $1,000. What is there about
the superintendent Office that
would necessitate the number of
votes cast as a logical basis for COM
putting his salary? Is he not entitled
to the same consideration as the
other officers?
Copies of the last teachers ex-
animation question will be sent to
any one making a request for them
and accompanying the same with a
two cent stamp.
Last week was the regular meeting
OF the various school boards through
out the country. The chairman
were each entitled to their salaries
Isl. 50) at the close Of the meetings.
The clerks and t]reasurers cannot draw
theirs until after their annual
reports are passed upon by this
Office. next July.
A number of Il don't care'' voters
are now consoling the superintendent
by affirming that they would have
gone to the polls and voted if they
had known that it effected his salary. |
"lngorance of the law excuses no
man., and when Indifference is used
to defeat justice, patience ceases to
be a virtue.
Miss Rinnie Nolt has completed her
three months term of school over
in Hanson County where she had
three schools combined, and has now
returned to her old job with only