The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-02-28
County School Notes
Edited by the County Superintendent

be given applicants for first grade.
Those intending to take this exam
ination should be on hand promptly,
if at all possible, at 8 A. NJ. of the
81.
All teachers who hold certificates
issued from other than regular ex-
aminations are required to take the
examination at this time. Sec.
1926, p IL.
Teachers desiring to dismiss
school for the examinati on shout
read the above named section.
1t is we'll that all who are plan
ming to teach the coming year take
the examination at this time that
they may be in the field early.
From several districts have come
complaints that their teachers are
habitually late in getting to school
60, $50 and even 10 100 O'clock
This constitutes a serious breach
of contract and certainly leaves a
bad spot on the teachers reputa-
ton.
The county superintendent shall
encourage teachers Institutes and
associations. and shall labor every
practicable way to elevate the stand
ard of teaching, urge the continual
employment Of successful and eff
icient teachers, and prevent, by
all proper means, the employment
of those who are incompetent and
inefficient and seek to make the
employment of all teachers q re-
sponsible public duty, for the pub
lie advantage only, and free from
sectarian influence. Sec. 1892, .
10.
Buildings we'll painted and in
good repair, a row OF fifteen elms
across the front of the grounds in
side walls covered with tasty oil
paper; good desks and chairs,
good dictionary and stand, organ,
good black board etc, we under.
stand a bookcase is forth coming
Immediately and fence is being
contemplated /; with all these is "a
trained teacher-AIiss Mary Hughes
who IL doing splenti; work.
These things attest To the interest
and enterprise Of the patrons and
board of Daisy Valley district, No.
30, and make it by far the best
school, all round that we have vet
visited.
A schoolhouse floor the other day,
a muddy day too, was almost as
clean at four o'clock as though it
had just been swept. II is to be
presumed that the pupils were also
required to put on their overshoes
when they went out of doors (there
were no overshoes in the house.3
These are exceedingly good precau-
lions from the standpoiuts of both
cleanliness and health.
Pleasant Ridge school, No. 80,
with Its neat papered walls, we'll
chosen pictures, good bookcase,
slate blackboard, organ, dictionary
and stand, fine teachers desk, and
other things in keepipg-Stanley
Cramers is welding the rod" there
very successfully-shows the esti-
mate the patrons of the district
place upon education.
Week after next a resume of the
several officers meetings will be
given.
All schools desiring teachers at
the present time are supplied.
All treasurers should read the
proyiso in sec. No. 1885. p 90, also
sections No. 1885 and 1886.
Kirkwood school, No. 46, leads
now II the number Of certificates
of award secured since Jan. L.
having five to its credit. Miss
Bessie Reid is teacher.
Considering the fact that the
average salary paid to male teach
ers in this state is $42.l2 per month
and to female teachers $3.50 it is
remarkable that our rural schools
are rs good ais they are" Gov.
Elrod in Message to legislature
Jan. 1907.