The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-12-18
THINGS EDUCATIONAL.
By, .. W. GuURSEY
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT

"unoe Oeoule, The Battle
4 the Kegs, Hail Columbia, The
ptar Spangled Banner, Wild Hone.
buckle, Rip Van Wrinkle, The Ameri.
can Flag, Marco Bozaris, Home swoa+
Home. The Old Oaken bucket, NJ
Life Is Like a Summer Rose, Voires
of tho Night, The Valley of Unrest
Ssheridan's Ride, and Unseen Snirito
What effect did Napoleon's escane
from Eliza have on the war of 1s119
VINO was nominated for president or
the United States on the twentv.sac-
ond ballot, against his own wjIl9
What president was renominated and
received the electoral vote of oulv
one state? What 1ami!y furnisE,.d
an American minister TO Huuland
from each OF three generations?
Last Saturday for. the first tinp
this ye r the superb uendent was I'M.
able to attend teachers meetinp Ito
spent the entire forenoon impatlentlv
awaiting the departure of the west
bound train, which, at the time SET
for the meeting al MI. Vernon in t,,e
afternoon, was still in the Mitchell
railroad yards. There was, however.
a good audience, and the regular
program was quite generally carried
oul. Meeting at Ethan this week
Certificates of Award have been is
sued to Mary Herman, Malta Schrad-
er, and Mark Schuster, Mrs. Jessie
Herman, teacher; to Richard Wat
son. Ernest, Ray, Bessie and Iva
Brown, Miss Alice Doyle, teacher:
and to Albert Marshall, Barnard
Browne, Hazel Haynes, Hazel Strlts,
wendell Pease, Agnes Marshall and
Howard Hanson, Miss Bernice
Brown, teacher. Miss Brown also
granted medals for scholarship for
the fall term, to Dalton Cook. who is
IN the chart class, avera!e 80. SO; to
Howard hanson. first year, average
1896; and to Vile Jones, second yeal,
average 1926
Tome No. 3 will soon erect a new
nag staff in place of the old one.
which was maliciously destroyed. 1t
will be a single stick Of tr wood. four
and one-half inches square and thir-
ty-two feet long
A large delegation of Dawson coun.
ty teachers should attend the South
Dakota Educational Association
which converts at Aberdeen, Deem
Bel 29'3l. "A splendid program ha
been prepared. The entire expense OF |
the trip will not exceed 50. 90. Those
who expect to 60 should engage rooms
at m Of the hotels at once.
South Dakota will have an educa-
tional exhibit at the St. Louis expo
sition. Teachers uf this county
should contribute to it. Keep your
pupils best work aud be prepared to !
turn in a good bunch next mouth.
Remember it must be On regulation
paper. This can be procured at the
Educator office.
A few dollars belonging to Mt.
Vernon No. 4, raised at a school ELL
tertainmcnt given by Miss Rernice
L. Brown when she was their teach
er several years since, was recently
turned over to this Office and immed-
lately expended for supplementary
books for the primary grades.
At present we have the following
lady school officers: Mrs. L. D. Puff.
clerk Of No. 27; Mrs. Rosa Ward,
treasurer Of No. %; Mrs. j.. Hunter.
chairman of No. 4;-Mrs. Eva Com
fort, clerk Of No. 2e; Mrs. Helen
WEIGH, clerk Of No. 80; and Mrs. L.
g.. Howard, clerk Of No. 20. /
Miss Edith Orsweil will give an en-
tertainment and basket supper in
Union No. 9, December 80. This office
acknowledges a cordial invitation.
Tobin Nos. II and 10, two Of the
largest schools in the county, were
pitted against each other in a SPELL
ing contest, recently. The honors
were contested for hard and dearly
earned. No. IS won twice and No. II
once.
A new flag aud staff will soon grace
Union No. %, also No. 30. Before
the superintendent goes out of office,
next December, he hopes TO see a flag
and staff on each school house in the
county. This could be accomplished
easily, if the present teaching force
could be maintained.
One Of the graveSt questions now
pending before the school officers OF
the."county is the salary Of teachers.
A cheap teacher means a cheap
school. The lowest wages are paid
by Baker and Rome townships. What
are the results? Simply this: The
olo experienced teachers have sought
employment elsewhere. Each OF these
townships has five schools. .Only one