The Butler weekly times., 1908-10-15
Educational Notes.
BY Supt, A, L. ives.

BY supt A. L. ives.
The Bates County Teachers Asso'
citation Will be held at the court
house in Butler, October 22 23.24
A full attendance OF the teachers OF
the county is expected. All teachers
who attend full time will receive their
wages Tor Thursday and Friday.
school boards can not refuse to pay
teachers for these days. CSection
9960, School Laws OF Missouri.
Good reports are coming from
msterdam in charge OF their new
Principal, Prot. j. l.. Gallatin. Miss
4 Minnie Robson has the primary de
partment.
The plan for county graduation is
she same this year as Tor the last
three years. Two scholarships each
-one to the boy and one TO she girl
are offered by Rich Hill, Butler and
Adrian. Other high schools may
make the same or q similar offer.
these scholarships will be awarded
TO the pupils making the highest
standing In the county examinations
next April.
Prin. W. T. Hoover OF Adrian
writes: "All the Adrian teachers
will be- ut the Association and do
their part In making it success. We
will also have two contest ants IN the
County Declamatory Contest
Please send me 26 copies OF the
Reading Circle books for our teacher
training class. We will use about lO
or II more during the last half OF the
school year"
Misses Lula Rockhold, Mabel Sleeth,
Anna Sbouse and Hattie Lester, four
rural school teachers who live close
neivhbors and who teach Ia adjoin'
ing districts, have voluntarily Or
ganized teachers meeting OF their
own. They meet at least once a
!, month for study and improvement,
and the discussion of problems per
taining to their school work.
: Rockville has a new principal this
yesr In the person OF Prof Wm. W.
Morris OF Lamar. OF his school he
writes: Work is opening up well,
bus our 7th and Sth grades are very
e much crowded. The School Board
: has decided to add another teacher,
! making five In our corps. We shall
Y ow be able to do some good highn
z school work
e The old-iashioned Spelling Contest
d is meeting with favor. The rules
! governing the contest have beeI
,e printed and sent out to all the teach
h ers The final part OF this contest
" will be held In Butler some time II
% March. The pupils will all stand ~
rs in liue and spell in the oldfashionet
t way. The three who stand on tn
" floor longest will be declared the win
ners. Three prizes will be awarded
. The first prizs is SIS In cash, Cffere'
by the Missouri State Bank an
Walton Trust Company; the secon'
n prize, $40 In cash, offered by tn
i Walker. McKibben Mercantile Con
pany; and the third prize, IS in cast
offered by the Geo. W. Ellis Jewelr
Company.
How much work should teache
do2 In how many ways should st
touch the life Of the community
which she teaches2 l am not 80 sui
how far the teachers work shoul
90; but | know what Miss HIATT
Lester did in connection with hi
I'M school work last spring. She WI
- employed for three months in 81
Crooks district In Charlotte tow
ship. Besides doing good work
the schoolroom, she organized
Sunday School at the school hou
= and got up an entertainment 81
with the proceeds bought an orgs
For some time she attended her ov
Sunday School In Butler In the NOR
ing and then drove to the one In b
district In the afternoon. VIII
school closed aud she left the d
trict, the Sunday School was put
g to good hands, and there is pr'
- Der ms little Sunday School still n
ming as q result Of her work. s
! certainly reviviAed the life Of th
community iu ono ypepect at least