The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-02-19
THINGS EDUCATIONAL.
BY o. ". cOURs1Y.
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT

ter from Clarence Smell.
s. G. Oathout's lecture was good.
Miss. Dora Williams and: Miss
Bianche OIswell viii Give their joint
entertainment at Mt. Vernon No. Is,
Thursday evening Of this week.
The superintendent acknowledges
several very cordial Invitations to at
tend the George Washington basket
social at the Comstock school in
Badger township, Friday evening OF
this week. He can not go.
Miss Bessie Avery will give an en-
tertainment at her school house in
BIendon No. 3, Feb. 10. Miss Marie
Coffin will give one at her school
house in the same tOwnhsip, Feb. 26.
Teachers meeting at Ethan this
week. Everybody come. It's the
last meeting down there this winter.
Let's make it the best.
Certificates of award have been is
sued to Harold Pynch. Miss Maud
Grace teacher; to Rosa French, Miss
Maud Hofistetter teacher; and to
Myria Holmes, Bruce and Wallace
Mclean, John Trotter teacher.
Miss Jennie Devers has organized
a literary society in her school. A
written constitution covering the
name, object, officers and so forth,
was adopted, and things put in shape
for business. Wise teacher.
The state reading circle board
awarded the FIVE dollar cash prize to
Dawson county, for the a Just
closed. This is five times in success
sion Dawson county has won. Citi-
zens, are you proud Of what your
teachers are doing?
Tho last teachers meeting for the
year at Mt. Vernon. was held at that
place Saturday.
Dozens after dozens Of people have
awaited themselves of the privilege
OF opening up correspondence with
the young Filipinos metioned a few
weeks since in this column. The
suggestion met with a universal re-
spouse. The names and addresses
will not be furnished to anybody else.
The dusky young natives will soon
begin to think that the whole nation
is writing to them. Considerable
amusement will arise when the first
replies are received.
In an open circular letter, dated
February is, 1894, Prof. W. G. Brom-
we'll, of Mt. Vernon, at present prin-
cipal of the Alpena High School, an
nounces himself a. Candidate for
county superintendent Of schools for
Dawson county, subject to the will
and approvai OF the republican coun-
ty convention In order that there
may be no misunderstanding on the
part of any candidate, or the public,
a positive notice is hereby gwen that
this column never has been. and will
not now be, used to advance or to
binder the political aspirations Of
ANYBODY. The advent Of each new
Candidate, as he moors his barge
above the political horizon, will be
chronicled as a mere matte! Of legit-
innate educational news.
At sunrise last Friday morning,
the superintednent's hopes fell be-
low par, but rose again later in the
day. 1t was the day for the Joint
celebrations throughout the country,
in honor Of Washington, Lincoln and
Mckinley. The morning was chilly
and u%nfavorable. Toward noon, it
modified. The sun came out and
shone hazily, yet with sufficient
warmth to raise the thermometer to
the thawinR point. The large force
of determined teachers in the county,
bundled up their scholars and en-
dezvouscd to the centralized places
formerly suggested bv this office. In
the evening the superintendent a
kept busy receiving verbal an tcle-
phone accounts of the days successes
What an earnest class OF teachers !
The results of the days work will
live in the growing child mind II
the county long after the present
teaching force has entered the silent
ranks Of the great heroes whose
cherished memories they sought to
ennobie.
The court room was we'll filed
Monday. with school officers, teach-
ers. and visitors from the city
schools ana Dakota University, to
hear the able address of State Super
intendent George W. Nash. The
program, as published in this column
last week was carried out in its en-
tilety. Superintendent Nash's ad-
dress was not a brilliant display Of
rhetoric, Tut q straightforward, ar
gun. entative, heart to heart talk, log
ical in its construction. and earnestly
delivered by q notle, manly educator
whose heart is bigger than Jobs.
He argued in favor of the c0ns0lida-
tion Of our scoOls, explained the re-
s%ponsibility of chairman of school
L hour1o uifh poforonco RI tho onfntco.