The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-06-12
BY 0. W. couRsEy,
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT

A certificate of Award has
issued to Ida Martin, Miss Hs,. su
Older teacher. "e
Miss Pearl Pratt is home from G.,
by for a few days visit.
Miss Myrtle Holshire is Still, ~
der the Doctors care with ba.
sprained ankle.
Prof. f. H. Hoff was elected .,
perintendent Of the Mitchell school,
He is a young man OF ripe exnpr.
fence. and the city anticipates pro.,
results from his work.
The joint school officers MEETING .,
Mt. Vernon last week, was highly cot
%isfactory and the question of unitin,
the outlying schools with those ot
the village VIII now be submitted
to a vote OF the people.
Atty. General Hall has issued an
opinion that when the county sinner
%intendent appoints school OFFICERS
they hold office till the end of tho
unexpired term Of their predecessors
Instead Of until the next election.
Last Friday afternoon Miss Bernica
Brown took the entire primary school
at Mt. Vernon. loaded them onto q
hay rack and dove to Joe Johpson,a
grove on the Firesteel creek north Of
town. where the little fellows leyelea
in the sunshine and shade all dav
long and had a merry time, Thew
took their dinners with them and
Miss Brown supplied plenty OF ice
cream.
During the week r. c. manuscripts
have been received from Bessie
Avery, Winifred Seymour, En3e
Rand and II. Louise Sherman.
Miss Jennie Deyers will take IN
school work in this county again
next year.
The commencement exercis es. Of
the Mt. Vernon high school were
held at that place last Friday night.
They were the best in every way
that the school has ever had. Music
was furnished by the Plankintou
Mandolin club and Miss Be1nice
Brown and Miss Violet Hatch each
sang a solo. Their work was well
done and highly appreciated by the
audience. The graduates; orations
were all deeply imbedded In history,
polished in rhetoric. and we'll rounded
out in thought. Mabie Reynolds
spoke on Launched, But Not
Anchored Ida Kingdom "a Voyage
in the Dark Nellie Pease on 1.-THE
~PremanencE OF This Nation
Clarence Pine on the Rise and
Fall of Rome" LibbIe King on
Little By Little and Myrtle
bromweil on The World Aesthet-
ic-" Theis osations we're thoroughly
committed and effectively de-
liyered.
Prot. O. E Brown supplemented
the presentation of their diplomas
with a spirited address in which he
gave them some good advice. The
church was beautifully decorated but
considerably inadequate for the large
audience, many OF whom were CON-
PEELED to remain outside
a large number took the e1amina-
/ ton last week. Three wrote for Ger.
uscatas in SanooIu county. two in
Hanson, one in Miner, one in Lin
coin. one IN Clark and three in Hand.
Twelve wrote for second grades in
Dawson couass, and four wrote for
first grades The examination was
the easiest one in Eve years OF the
twelve who wrote for second grades
in TINS coaD1y ten passed with IN
usualaF high averages The best Ell
animation was passed By Olive Csaa-
BELLE Of Dakota Unigesits.
On Tuesday q next week will occur
the annual school election. Let the
chairman sad clerk Of sscn district
be O hand ss slas5l respective school
faolSaS 8t SIN q II. sharp and give
the people an honest chance 10 vote.
The last legislature ~egisssEed all
a the schoos oaacass Ont Of onee.
and it will nOs be nsosssary to elect
OF 70 rs-ssses each CHE There can
be 10 ''fa&Soss-S-s' and the s9Parin-
Eeg1SsoE will exercise his sploint-
ire power in szc, district where
al e'sc1Son IS no. head. The oE3csrs
20 0e elected ase: chairman fo. one
ysa-. clerks for Iwo Tss-s- and treas
E2rs-S For three yssS
HQr-aas T2yisoa caGnss schoo.
picnic in WnECs's grove On James
r5vs- three miles sasg II the no-shtIn
extremity a the city O. Misc1s-,
Saturday, Jaue@ Ice ccsaz sIads