Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-09-23
IN THE COUNTY SCHOOLS
NOTES on THE OPENING OF THE YEAR
Interesting Items Concerning School
Matters of the County, Cleaned
from the Winnesheik County
Teacher.

The city schools and the schools in
Calmar, .Ossian, Castalia, FIT. Akin
son, Hesper, Ridgeway, Burr Oak,
and FrankvilIe have all begun.
There is quite change among the
teaching force in the different schools.
In the city schools Miss Hermann,
of Marengo, will teach the Latin and
German classes. The science work
will be given by Mr.. Welstead, of
Waterloo; the fourth grade will be
taughtaby Miss Orr, of Postville; and
kindergarten by Mabel Bates, of De-
corah; and fourth and fifth grades in
fifth ward, DEBORAH, by Karen Larsen
In Calmar no changes are made
except assistant principal. Miss Beck
Hazelton, resigns to attend the Nor
NAL at Cedar Falls, and Sarah Miller,
of Frankyille, is taking the place as
assistant principal.
At Fit. Atkinson Bea Burns takes
the primary room in place of Miss
Puffer, who was recently married.
Ossian also starts out with some
new teachers. Prin. @. A Russell, at
Hesper last year, goes to Ossian at a
substantial increase in salary. Mrs
Livingston, who was at Castalla last
year, takes the primary work in Os-
sian. Miss Oyloe remains in the in
termediate room.
A. A. Nelson, of DEBORAH, takes the
principalship at Castalia, with Miss
Rathbun as primary teacher, same as
last year.
Hesper has j. p. Street as principal
and Mrs. Engle as teacher of combined
intermediate and primary work. Mr..
Street takes the place made vacant
by Mr.. Russell's going to Ossian.
At Burr Oak, A. B. Street, a bro
Their of the Hesper principal, has charge
of the school as principal, with Bes-
sic McMullen as primary grade teach
er.
Thos. r. Cole, of Fayette, is princi-
pal at Ridgeway and Emily Larsen
intermediate teacher.
Anna Duggan and Matte Mcmillan
have charge of the schools 1T Frank
Vile.
These various changes show great
er shutting" among the teachers
than usual. Several from the county
are going away, either to graded posi-
tions or to attend school. Among
those we now call to mind are Blanche
Riggs and Bessie Allen, OF Castalia
the former TO Mason City as principa
OF the high school; the latter to New
Hartford as grade teacher. Miss
Campbell, of Calmar, goes to Monona
to teach second grade and Cora Thomp-
son, of Ossian, to Gladbrook, Tama
county. to teach grade work. Cleora
Lemon, of Cresco, goes to Spirit Lax
to take position in the grades there.
There may be other changes that we
do not now recall.
Some OF the changes" that have
occurred have resulted in several tea
cheers being promoted TO the positions
of Mrs. Among these we notice Nora
Puffer, Lizzie Einwalter, Ada Web
ster, Mabel Myers, Wilma Hegner,
and Mae Elzea Miss Puffer becomes
Mrs. A. R Dodd, of Straw berry
Point; Miss Einwalter, Mrs. Geo.
Summers, of FIT. Atkinson Miss Web
ster. Mrs. r. ". Carter, of Ossian
Miss Myers, Mrs. ---, of Alpha
Miss Hegner, Mrs. H. L. Walter, of
Dillon, Montana; and Miss Elzea.
Mrs. Burgess, of Bluffton. If there
are other changes of this kind we fail
to recall them now.
Quite number of our teachers have
received state certificates good any
where in Iowa for five years. We
have.received notification of the fol-
lowing recently: Blanche Riggs, Bes-
sic Allen, Bessie Rathbun. ana Fany
Cornell, of Castalia; Miss Lundgreen.
of Calmar; Cleora Lemon, of Cresco
Miss Whitmell, of DEBORAH and Fred
e. Welstead, of Waterloo. These, with
other holders of state certificates,
make the number held in the county
seventeen, very commendable show
ing, we think.
A larger number than usual of fall
terms in the rural districts are being
held this year. We have earnestly ad-
vocated fall terms, for the reason that
usually the fall weather is the best in
the whole year for the smaller child
rem to attend school. Bloomfield.
Frankville, Bluffton, Fremont, De-
corah. Jackson and Hesper townships
are all having fall terms. We learn of
some of the independent districts that
will pay $40 for teachers this winter.
This is just the right kind of move,
and we are trying to see that the
best teachers secure these best places,
for the board that will pay up we'll
s entitled to the best that can be Sc