The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-10-17
EDUCATIONAL COLUMN.
Conducted by
sUPT.tO. W. CoURsEY.
sOEF1CE Hours: First, third, and last
Saturdays Of each month.

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OFFICE HouRs: First, third, and last
Saturdays OF each month.
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The two Orssw1ell sisters began their
ehools in No. ~ this week, andI
Falter Carhart began in No. III!
Mss Edna Hendricks will begin the
Ehe Victor school next week. Unless
ome unforeseen disappointment
occurs, +. 81. Fisher will begin the
Peck school in Badger, Oct. 20.
1 Prof. A. VI. Hall, candidate rorj
superintendent Of schools in1
sJerauld County, was a brief butt
pleasant caller, recently.
Miss Jeanette Field promisesl
to try for first grade certifcatel
soon. This is.the kind of teachersl
we want in Dawson County-pro-
gressive ones.
Lost-The superintendent record
Of visitations. 1t is covered IN red
imitation Morocco leather. The
book is four inches wide, an inch
thick and five inches long,. It was
lost between the school being taught
in Badger township by Miss Mae
Lewis and the n under supervision
Of Miss Mae Perry, in Beulah town
ship. The following route was
travelled; one mile south from Miss
Lewis school, one mile west to Miss.
Fuller's sheep ranch in order to cross
the creek which was done over the.
old ford in the east pasture, two
miles south past Mr.. Pooley's and
one mile..east to Miss Perry's school.
Finder will please return as it is OF
no use whatever to anybody else.
This column will have two contracts
other than teachers contracts and
of longer duration, to announce soon.
The State Superintendent checked
over the annual report of the DAWSON
county schools for 1902, as prepared
py this Office, and not being able to
discover a single mistake, wrote a
very nice letter commencing its
accuracy and neatness.
The Mt. Vernon district Of the
Dawson county teachers' association
was organized last Saturday, and a
brief program executed. Under the
new rules and regulations, the county
superintendent becomes the president
of each district and county %associa-t
tion during his term Of Office. "a
vice-president is elected in each
district to officlate for him during
his necessitated absence. There
is also a secretary elected in each
district. John Trotter was elected
vice president for the Mt. Vernon.
division and Miss Bernice Brown.
reelected secretary. The Ethan.
division will be organized next Sat
urday. The following resolutions
were adopted by the organization /:
The line Of demarkation which.
separates Time from Eternity hav-
ing again been crossed by that sileut
messenger in whose unseen bosom,
was waited the departed soul of M
l.. Bobb, the gentle father of our
beloved co-educator, Miss Dora 1B0bb;
therefore, be 1T 49, e4s
Resolved, That we, the teachers
of Dawson county, ever appreciative.
of the chivalric character OF the.
deceased, his devotion to duty, his
manliness as a father, and the pOpu-
lar station in public life which he:
SO honorably filed, join in mourning
his loss, land extend to our sister
teacher and the remainder of the
sorrow-stricken family whose somber-
draped home will ever have a vacant
chair that none can fill, our sincerest
sympathy blended with our united
hopes that the grief-laden present
may melt away into a calm, serene
and blissful future.
Resolved, That the county superin-
tendent of schools be requested to
furnish. a copy Of these resolutions to
Miss Dora Bobb, and to publish a
copy Of the same in each of the
county papers.
In addition to the above resolu-
lions, the following were passed:
Two long years Of painful suffering
and three months bedfastness OF
Mrs. John Anthem, mother Of our
esteemed sister teachers, Mrs. y. u.
Coffee, Misses Anna and Mile
Anthem, having been ~ameliorated by
DEATHS divine decree +; therefore, be 1t
Resolved, That we, the teachers
Of Dawson county, ever mindful OF
her noble qualities al a woman, her
exalted courage as a christian, her
~unfaltering trust in her God, heI
voluntary aid to the sick, her weep
ing with those who wept and hel
mourning with those who mourned,
endeavor to condole her family who
were left in sadness, by extending te
the father, who lost so amiable a
companion, and the children, who
were separated from such an endear.
ing mother, an expression Of ou1
sympathy and regrets; and our kindly
hopes that they may soon recover
from the sadness that now hangs
over their little household occasionet
by their sudden and untimely loss
Resolved, That the county super