The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1909-11-06
SCHOOL OFFICERS
WERE entertained
DOMESTIC SCIENCE CLASS or
LOCAL SCHOOLS
WAS A REVELATION 10 ALL.
Representatives From All Paris Of The
County Discussed School Law With
sopt. L. l.. Wight.

The meeting Of school officers, called
ny Commissioner Mason for the pur-
pose OF discussing school law with
Superintendent OF Public Instruction.
L. l.. Wright. was held at the court
house last Monday and was q success
ful affair both from tine number Of
school officers present and from the in
terest that was manifested In the dis
cussionA
The nesting was called to order
early in the forenoon with Prof.
Wright as the central figure. Com
missioner Mason introduced Mr..
Wright to the school officers in atten-
dance and they entered at once upon a
discussion of the matter in hand.
The entire list OF school laws were
gone over and discussed in all their
phases during the balance OF the day
and much information on practical
school finances and management was
impaired by the discussion.
Mr.. Wright was careful TO call mp
all the provisions in the school law
that are not we'll known and under
stood by all He has. during his four
years as state superintendent. become
familiar with the provisions OF the
laws that are least known or most Inn
perfectly understood and one-of the
purposes of these meetings IL to famil-
iarize the officers of the state with the
lave they work under. In this effort
he was eminently successful at the
meeting OF Iron county officials.
Those present at the discussions
were:
Amasa j. 7. Gibson and Prof.
Langdon.
Mansfield John Mason.
Crystal Falls w u Richard. Rev.
VIM. Poyseor and Prof. Hill
Iron River l. w. Byers. p. o'Brien
and Prof. Brandt.
Stambaugb L. McQuown and Prof
Armstrong
In addition there were a number OF
visitors at.the meeting citizens. s.of the
CITY who. although not members OF the
board of education are nevertheless
interested in the welfare ofour schools.
The meeting finished about four
o clock and before adjournment WAS
taken. Prof Hill made an announce
ment that interested all and caused
several VINO had in mind leaving i'm
mediately for their homes to delay
their leaving so as to be present ma a
supper prepared by the children OF the
domestic science class OF the Crystal
Falls school.
The supper was served at five o'clock
In the kitchen OF the high school build
ing ana when the visitors. accompan-
led by the entire local scht oil boa d and
employees OF the board fled into the
room they had their eyes opened wide
by the scene which presented itself
The culinary work had been super
vised by Miss Fish. instrcutor In do
nestle science. assisted by Misses
and Lustheld.
The children of the Eighth giade
did the cooking. those of the eighth
b. did the serving and the ninth
grade washed the dishes. Everything
worked like clock work The menu
was as follows
Oyster Soup Crisp Crackers
Celery Sailed Almonds
Olives
Roast Turkey Cranberry Jelly
Roast Pork
Mashed Potatoes Squash
Onions in Cream
Parker House Rolls
Fruit Salad
Pumkin Pie Apple PIE
Ice Angel Food |
Waters Cafe Noir
Fruit
The supper was followed by num-
"a, OF speeches. The keynote Of the
lIscussion was sounded by Prof. Wright
vho lead of In little speech In
which he outlined the present trend
educational effort 10 educate the hand
10 we'll a. the mind.
The subject was .discussed lin all it's
,hases by the company until eight
,'clook when the good-by's were said
md the visitors left for their homes
The visitors were thoroughly sur
,rised at the showing made by the
pupils OF the local schools IL was an
feature for them as we'll a.
or some OF the local school patrons In
What may be accomplished by effort In
he direction OF manual training and