Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-29
School Notes.

The library books for the schools
= OF the county have been received at
the superintendent Office, and as
soon as the duplicate Of the order
lis received and the books checked
off, the hooks will BE- ready for dis
tribution. The checking up will
be done early next week.
The writer visited the school in
District No. II, last Thursday.
Miss Wilma Burroughs is the teach
er. The school house and out
buildings are well built and neat in
appearance. A good fence sur.
rounds the school yard The school
furniture is good. Good shades are
provided for the windows. The
blackboard is of good quality, but
there should BE- more Of it. The
school is provided with the Inter-
national Dictionary, the Peoples
Encyclopedia, and several library
books. A l4,g. flag forms part of
the interior decoration. The en-
rollment is twenty. Eight grades
are represented, which makes
heavy work for the teacher. How
ever, the teacher seems to be equal
to the task, and the work is being
we'll done. The pupils are dill
gent and seem to know how to help
themselves. The people of this
district are justly proud of their
school.
On Friday the writer visited the
school in District No. SO, Miss
Flossie Whites, teacher. The el =
rollment of this school is 1G. The
pupils are enthusiastic in their
work and are making excellent
progress. This is Miss Whites
first term, but she works like
teacher of experience. The school
house has been built many years.
and shows the effects of age, but
the interior has been made quite
cheerful in appearance. Some new
shades have been provided for the
windows; the teacher and pupils
have made some Leat sash curtains
which add much to the attractive
ness of the windows: the walls are
decorated with some excellent pic
lures and some small flags: and ,
large clock is on the wall in front |
of the pupils. The boys recently
washed the walls and ceiling. The
black board is not very good, and ,
there should be more. There are
a good dictionary, some charts, and
a number of good library books. A
mirror and wash basin are provided
for the pupils. The teacher has a
supply of witch hazel and some ,
bandages for use in case of acci.
dents. Everything points to sue
cessful years work in this district. .
On Tuesday, the writer visited :
the school in District 81, Miss EN-
ma Wilson, teacher. The enroll :
ment is II. Six grades are repre-
sented. The pupils seem to be
making the very best use of their
time. The school house has been
recently overhauled, in fact, almost d
rebuilt. 1t is now one Of the best II
country school houses in the cOur- II
ty. 1t has been painted attractive l
ly, inside and outside. \ tiag-pole Il
has been erected on the front of the s.
from which "Old Glory il
will soon wave every school day. e
y eW WluNOWS udN Z bttlI Jdl ~,
and new door added. a new Il
blackboard has been placed on the
wall. The only fault to be found e
with the blackboard is that there is x
not enough of 1t. A substantial a.
bookcase has been built iii one cor @
ner of the room for tie library II
books. The school is supplied with ?
a number of library books, a die "
an encyclopedia, globe, 0
a fine set of wall maps in a case, o
and some anatomical charts. The |
windows are furnished with good :
shades. Wash basin and towels 9
are provided. tt er is a splendid c
school sentiment in this district, a
and there is every reason to expect u
A successful term of school under
Miss Wilson's management. F
s. f. NOTSON, 5
Co. SUPP. 1t,