The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-11-13
!, THINGS EDUCATIONAL, )
BY o.. ". CUUfSEI.
\ C0UNTN SUPERINTENDENT A

Geo. Is. Kelsey, ~eX-county treaSul-
cr, at present chairman OF the board
10 Rlcndun, was "A caller last Satu!-
day.
Unless some unforeseen circum-
stances arise the Victor school will
apen next Monday for a five months
1elni.
Miss blanche VandeBogart, Of the
Mitchell city schools, and Miss Belle
Sphinx, teacher at Riverside, were
present at our teachers meeting last
Saturday, and cacn took an active
part.
Reading circle cnrollcmcn1 81.
This gives. US Il percentage OF 10,
based upon our present tcaching force
Of 50. An open challenger extended
tmall counties in the state for COM
perition.
Hiss Mary Hodges has returned TO
Dawson county. She and her moth
er and brother are now making their
home in Mitchell, while her father
guns the SilSby-BransOn ranch north
of uiphmorc. Miss Hodges has tit
ied herself for an expert primary
Ecacl2cr. She expects to rc-cntcr
wolE soon.
Nj 5 Maud UofStCtter writes a COM
alelc description OF the work done
ay each pupil each month, and sends
1T in with her regular monthly re-
sort: thus this Office is enabled to
Keep in exceedingly close touch with
5er work.
The last issue Of the Reading Cir
Gle Bulletin edited hy Prof. J. Jones,
n, OF Vermillion, says: 80 far
Hughes and Dawson counties are far
a1s tic lead in number of teachers
sending in manuscripts on the past
gears work. Strange coincidence;
peculiar adjustment in the eternal
fitness OF shings.'
Pref. B. Fl. Wheeler, who for the
for the New York Mutual, passed
through Mitchell last Saturday, on
his way to Bath, in the northern part
Of the state, near which place he will
teach school this year at S45 per
month, Miss Lorena b. Gordon, Of
Washington, for the past two months
a student in the Western business
College in this city, began a five
months term of school in BlendOn
No. l this week. She is a talented
soung lady, being especially gifted
along poetical lines.
Correspondence coming from all
parts Of the county shows conclusive
Iy that this column Is read by school
officers, patrons, teachers and child
zen. 1t is voluntary in the superin,
sendent's part. 1t makes him a great
deal OF extra work, yet he is pleased
10 acknowledge renewed assurances Of
its popularity.
Oct. 26 Hon. Frederick Hartzel,
assistant secretary of the Mckinley
National Memorial Association, wrote
Soveruor 9. N. Herreid with refer.
ence to the distribution Of the souve
mir cert: ticateS. in part, as follows
MANY of the state auXiliarieS art
undertaking this work themselves
and. if you so advise, l will forward
7ou il Sufficient number to supply you
contributors in bulk TO this Gov
Herreid replied in part: The tota
amount collected and tranSmitte,
from each county was reported to me
but there is no record here of the in
aividual donors. Your treasurer ha
q com p4ete record, hence it is impos
Sible for me 10 receive and distrib
ste the souvenir certificates. Thi
matter will have to adjusted by send
Eog them direct to each donor, or
sufic!est number for each county t
each county committeeman in thi
state
The ideal weather last Satulda
vas Guaduclve to ideal results fC
aeachetSi meeting. Every teacher
Hitilu+ft a single exception, belong
ns to- she Mitchell! district, compris
my the townships OF Perry. Badge
8euilth Mitchell. Prosper and Lis
8on, were present. This is the frs
geeo,d OF the kind in the county. Til
prog ram was perfect. Special part
had been assigned to Misses Jeanett
Field Mae Lewis, Jennie Devers an
Maud Grace, and to II. G. Course
and L. a. Just. They were all thol
oughly prepared and each did credi
tohis or her individual task. Henri
aendrickson answered every Questio
III the academic work CORRECTLY
Meeting at Mt. Vernon this weeI
Saturday. at ! 90 P. III. sharp.