The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-03-04
! THINGS EDUCATIONAL. !
BY y. W. CUURSEY.
\ COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT ,


The South Dakota educational en-
hiblt fol the st. Louis exposition
closed this week.
Miss Nettie Hofstetter keeps up
the interest of her school. Oscar
Scott has completed his six months
without being absent or tardy. Lit
tie Miss Wocknitz, aged four, has
learned to count and write figures to
100 without making a single mistake.
The greatest of all didactic prin-
ciples is t~horoughness. Miss Petro-
nilla Cullen makes this her motive in
each recitation.
Miss Susie Wittstruck is still hold
ing hardness at its minimum. in
Tobin No. IL.
Messrs. .Oathout and Just matched
their schools for a spirited spelling
match contest recently. The honors
were won by Miss Regina Scbeich, a
pupil of Mr.. Oathout.
Herbert Watson a pupil of Miss
Alice Doyle, accidently broke his
arm not long since, necessitatins his
leaving school. This Office extends
sympathy to the young sufferer.
Teachers meeting at the court
house, Saturday, March -. Don't
forget the date.
One Of the choicest and most clas-
steal entertainments given this
winter by a rural school. was the one
given February 18th, at the Com
stock school in Badger township, by
Miss Myrtle Holshire and her school.
Despite the unfavorable weather
they cleared Sl8. They will invest
in an organ.
There are a number of school
children in the county who can not
spell c-a-l-e-n-d-a-r; there are a few
teachers who need an individual
one.
On account Of i'll health, Miss Ma
tilda Suchy has given up her school
IN Beulah No. 26. Her sister, Mary,
has charge OF 1t this week. By re-
quest of the board, a permanent
teacher will be assigned to the school
by this Office, during the present
week.
The last teachers meeting of the
year for the Ethan division, was
! presided over by 5. c. Oathout in an
able manner.
The last legislature amended Sec.
1923 OF the State Political Code, so
as to read: can election of officers
Of said town \ \ y n \ \ shall be held
annually on the third Tuesday of
March,. Sec. 24ls OF the revised
code reads: "At the annual mu-
nicipal election there shall be elected
members OF the board Of education
provided for herein, and a treasurer
of the board of eductaion". 1t will
thus be seen that the annual school
election for Mt. Vernon and Ethan
will be held March Is of the present
year.
The literary society of Mitchell
Nc. Is gave a public program last
Friday afternoon. Ice cream, cake
and other refreshments were served.
One live teacher is worth forty
dead ones.
Miss Vida Shane closed a successful
winter term in Union No. 81, Feb.
%.
J.. E. Johnson, who taught the
spring term in the Loomis school,
a couple of years since, and who is
now teaching in the Aberdeen
schools. was arrested recently, for
whipping a boy with a piece Of rub
Der hose pipe, and fined ten dollars.
"Your program for teachers as
sociations in your county is just re-
ceived. Ii this is carried out as sug-
gested. and the teachers do not gain
something that is useful as we'll as
instructive, there is something wrong
with their mental capacity. We
congratulate you on having arranged
this IN such d pleasant and inter
esting manneI
NJ. a. Lang. Deputy State Supt.n
Certificates of award have been is
sued to Oscar Scott. Miss Nettie
Hofstetter teacher; to Marie Quinch.
Miss Matilda Suchy teacher; to
Rosetta Schanh. Miss Maud Hofstet-
Ter teacher; to 'Tillie and Hattie
Knappe, Miss Emma Strand, teach
er; to Ingartha Thormodsgard,
Alfred Kelsey, Louie and Ida Brown,
Miss Matte Gordon teacher; and
to Laura Kennedy. Arley. Glen and
Leslie Butterfeld, Pearl Pratt,
teacher.
Official Notice of Teachers Exami
nation.
Notice is hereby given that a reg
ular teachers examination will be
H.