The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-02-06

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Little Addie Cromwell was issuec
a Certificate of Award during The
week. Miss Bernice l.. Brown, teacher.
Prof. !. L. Gallagher has organized
a night school at Ethan and is giving
instruction in arithmetic, geograph.
and penmansllip.
Teachers meeting at Mitchell this
week.
All arrangements for the joint eel
ebration February 20 are progressing
nicely.
The large flag purchaser for Baker
No. last year by Miss Grace Cornwell
and her pupils, waved in triumph
from the top of its 40 foot staff all
day January 80, in honor Of u mar
tyred Mckinley, and was visible above
the gliding snow over a large portion
of Baker, Tobin. Lisbon and Union
townships. Hallowed be the names
of those..who- brought about such re-
suits.
P~arties-are at work in this county
c~anvassing for a four volnme encyclo-
pedia. The superintendent positiy ely
refused to endorse the work and
teachers and others procuring the
same must do so on their own aespon-
| sibility.
Cunt w unli Of Jaray,ll ~,
IT,, writes for teachers. a universal
shortage exists. Calls reach this Office
every week.
a teacher from .Sanborn county
writes for a copy Of the Palmer Meth
cd Of Penmansbip. She. too, will
follow a system that gets results.
The faculty OF the YaDkton College
have arranged for an athletic and
declamatory contest to be given at
that place May 5 and 9. for all of
the high.schools in the state.
A number Of prominent educators
are interesting themselves in the
passage OF a travelling library law.
Here's hopes for its passage.
The superintendent stayed out and
visited schools in the south and west
parts Of the county every day last
week. The weather was severe. He
froze his feet severely. The hardships
attendant upon this Office during such
severe winters are hest understood by
those who have 'Deen there"
This office has just issued an Official
order transferring the VIZ Of the
NW4 and the VIZ Of the SW4 OF
Sec. 10. Lisbon township, school dis
tricts Nos. 20 and 81 respectively. to
Union School District No. 81. The
land so transferred will become a per-
manent part Of the district to which
it has been attached for school pur-
poses only.
Baker-school district No. 10 is be-
coming ''divided against itself.
Some Of the patrons are now circula-
ting a petition for a special election,
praying for a division of the district
into five separate school districts
containing one school each. This
Office forsook custom, interpreted the
law in accordance with the provisions
Of Sec. 8, Art. ! of the state consti-
tuition, and ruled that the petition
would have to be signed by one-third
OF both the legally qualified male and
female voters in the township. Or by
enough men to equal one-third Of the
entire number Of male and female
voters combined, before the election
could be called. The decision was
submitted to the state department
and sustained. A careful investiga-
ton Of the county records might
reveal the fact that several of the
other townships were illegally
divided.
A couple Of weeks since this
column made mention Of the mar
riage of three Of Dawson county's
popular schoolma'ams The State
Journal Of Education, published at
Madison, reproduced the entire
article, and in so doing preceded it
with the following witty introduc-
ton ''That Supt. Coursey has had
good success in securing teachers in
Dyaison county, while schools in
other counties have gone begging,
may be due to the fact that items
like the following are inserted in his
Educational Column The Major
is a good advertiser" Guess the
Journal shit the nail on the head"
for this week another one of our
prospect We schoolma'ams, Miss Lizzie
Cudmore, will be united in mar
riage to young Mr.. Fraser, Of Badger
township. Miss CuGmore was TX
amined a while back for a certii-
cate, and this Office was awaiting