The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-05-09
SCOTLAND, HoMnlE COUNT ! 3, THURSDAY nay . Z
County School Notes

in Drake district, No. SO, is plan
ming to take a special training in
primary and kindergarten work at
Dakota Wesleyan University during
the summer.
Forty -four pupils took the state
eighth grade examination.
All but about ten Of the rural
schools are closed for the summer
vacation. It is to beregretted that
the small children do not have the
opportunities of attending during
the warmer weather.
In conversation with a school of
ficer who was discussing the pro-
priety Of having an extra month Of
school during the spring that that Of
fcer made the following remarks !:
FL want my children to have as good
opportunities for an education as
possible. I was denied an educa-
tion and | miss it so much. Now
my health is failing, and because
of the lack of an education | am
unable to make::a living in any other
way than by hard manual labor.
If my health continues to fail | do
not know what | shall do. And if
| had an education | could be q
better farmer than I am"
Another officer said eff you
can get US such teacher as we
had two years ago every one in the
district will be willing to pay him
sixty dollars a month. | would
not take anything for the help he
gave my Children :
A school house surrounded with
trees, larks, robins, fiickers and
quail uttering their merry calls
without; teachers with special
training in charge Of the work
These are the attractions which
daily draw an attendance of from
twenty TO twenty-five pupils (seyer-
al Of them sixteen to eighteen years
old-and boys at that to rural
school visited Monday last.
To Raymond Teodore Schipper
of Kirkwood district, No. 46, is due
the credit of having attended an
eight months term without being
either absent or tardy, Harry San
ford and Grace Luke of Drake
district, No. so, will, in all proba-
bllity, bear the distinction of hay
ing attended nine months term
without either absences or tardi-
| ness. Considering that these must
90 mile and mile and half to
school, this record is very credit
able.
Every one who is planning to
teach the coming year and who has
not valid certificate should "get
busy" and stay "busy" during the
summer. All manuscripts of ap-
plicants for certificates will be
marked by the state hereafter
The state is very properly holding
the standard high. The interests
of the school children demand thai
there be teacher of competen,
| scholastic ability in each school
It shall be the policy of this Office
to work in strict accord with the
state department of public instruc'
tion.
The census reports must be flee
at the superintendent's Office by
the first Monday in June. Clerks
should read section SO. p, 27.
| Much credit is due some (teach.
ers, pupils, or patrons-perhapt
all together) for the splendid at
tendance during nine months
term in the Drake and Quinn dist
riots. Both of these districts bav,
been fortunate in having exception
ally strong teachers with specia
training. It is quite noticeable
that where there is an EXCEPTIONAL,
strong teacher "spring work. hal
not lessened the attendance to an,
extent.
At the suggestion of severa
school officers column or two vii
/ be run in the near future on tn
School Law and School Meetings.
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