The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-01-08

THINGS EDUCATIONAL. )
BY o. w. COURsEY. =
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT 4
Henry Hendrickson spent the holi-
days with his uncle at Marcus. Iowa.
The Dawson countyrrno1mal.-insti-
tute Will convene JUNE. 3 -to.J July j,
inclusive.
Miss Mae.Lewis, school....at ..Loomi
Is. overcroWded with Scholars. n---
Anew flag staff will soon grace
Union. No.
Miss Alice Pratt has been Sick for
a few days. eaused....by==using==herse!i
lof a naecneI In MISUNDERSTANDING
wood.
Teachers mist show the number OF
cases Of hardness and the minutes
lost by each pupil each month, on
their monthly reports, or they will be
returned.
+. II. Hoff, G. A. Fry, Missionary
Windle, Miss. .Maud:-GTace, %. E.
Browne, John Trotter and S. q.
oathout attended tbe s: 3: 2. a.. at
Aberdeen.
Union No, 2s has:..been.elosed for
the winter.months. They closed with
a spelling school, 81 which nobody
won the honors, as There we're not
enough words in Harrington's, COM
plete speller to down the aspirants.
The. funds raised will be- used to. pur-
chase a new flag and staff.
State Superintendent Nash endorses
this column. In a recent letter he
says: :" Things Educational' is an
interesting department of the Mitch
ell newspapers, and j have always
read them with great interest. The
program for your January teachers
meetings..has reached my desk. Some
good things are evidently in store for
your band of the faithful"
&C. q: Helgeson, --of Blendon. town.
ship, who has been acknowledgement
at Vermillion, is home for a few days
visit. He will graduate flom the
state university in the spring. His
brother, John, who taught a. few
terms in this county, is the advance
agent for an eye specialist. in the
Estate of Washington.
The educational exhibit for the st.
Louis exposition will soon be col
lccted. 1t. seems..-to this office that
Dawson county might win the prize
by sending down the Cook tTipIets.
of Mt. Vernon: They are ali three
pupils-in the primary department..
The trio consists Of a girl name Dula.
and two boys, one named Dalton and
the other Danton. They ale equally
balanced in size, looks and ability.
Even Thomas Jefferson would ..be
proud to behold this Dakota.product
of the Louisiana purchase.
Certificates Of Award have been is
sued to Donald, Minnie and Ruth
Hoffman, S. g. Oathout teacher; to
Maggie and ..Wickie Waugh,-- Miss
Belle Waugh teacher; to Clara Wat
kins, Miss Mae Lewis teacher; to
Daisy Holshire. Miss Myrtle Hol-
shire teacher; to George Riggert,
astella and Clarence Hofstetter, Miss
Maud nofstetter teacher; and to
May, Vera and NoImania Lock:6art.
Miss Clara Hathaway teacher.
Little Ruth Howard, aged.nine
years, a pupil in Lisbon No. 20. was
told by her teacher recently to write
a story about Bryant for her-lan-
guaee lesson. When she had finished
the original copy was taken quietly
from her desk by other hands and
the same is herein published to show
what our little country girls are doing
toward mastering the mother tongue:
'Bryant's birthplace was near Emer-
sons home. His full name was Will
lam Cullen Bryant. There was a
brook near his home which he liked
to play by. 1t seemed to be dancing
and singing to him as 1T went along.
/ After he got to be a man he wrote
poetry, but he did not forget the
brook, no indeed. it had been such a
friend to him in his younger days.
He also wrote a poem about seeds
When he was a a he used to sit
near the brook and write beautiful
poems Of which we children read
with great pleasure today
For over olxtvr Years
II An old and we'll tried remedv Mrc