The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-11
School Improvement Association

During the county institute last
summer, lat a meeting of the Coun-
ty Teachers Association the teach
ers organized a County School I'm
-provement Association and now
have membership of 81. This
is the history of our association.
We, as you see have done nothing
yet in the way of school improve
ment except in securing the coop
Grafton of County Teachers Asso-
citation, Of the Thursday Club and
"a number of patrons and the prom
Use of Miss Powell to come to our
county in interest of this work.
+ There is a great work for
our county to be accomplishe d by
School Improvement Associ alton.
Teachers are to be informed as to
the working of the S. /. A. There
are three divisions, local, county
and state. Any teacher in the
county can organize local asso-
citation for the benefit of his or
her school, members consisting of
patrons, friends and pupils who
who are willing to pledge them
selves to do at least one thing for
any rural school.
The County S. l. A. is depart
ment of the County Teachers AS
sociation. An earnest effort will be
made by our County Association
to secure a number of prizes from
clubs, business and professional
men to be given to schools that
will show best improvement at the
end of the present school term,
such improvement consisting of
establishing and increasing libra
ries, improving school houses and
identifying school grounds.
Since the organization of State
S. l. A. in 1907. more than so
connties have been organized, sew
eral thousand local associations
effected, S225 given in state prizes,
between $4,000 aud $4,000 given in
county prizes and more than $25,-
600 spent in Improvement or rural
schools, still our county has not
made application for prizes. Last
year there was a 1925 prize offered
to the First Congressional Dis
trict for best school Improvement
and shame to say the money had
to be returned to the donator be-
cause not school in the district
made application for the prize.
Will not some schools in Tisho-
mingo county compete for prizes
this year? The following prizes
have been offered: 1st cash prize
of $25 by the faculty of A & NJ
College for the 1st Congressional
Dist. 2nd Miss Powell, (Presi-V
dent of the State S. l. A.) offers
a cash prize OF $25 to the school in
the state that makes the greatest
Improvement in sanitation, in
cluding heating, lighting and ven
tilation, water supply, cleanliness,
outbuildings, anything that affects
the health of the school. Bird F F
Hansell, Bros. of New Orleans,
offers to the One Room rural
school that makes the greatest inn
provement in furniture and equip
ment the following: Teachers
District No 2-twelve inch globe
teachers revolving chair. 4th
Pres ] w Beeson of Meridian Wo-
mans offers to the Co Supt who
has the largest S. l.. A. the award
of two scholarships in his college,
one to girl the other to boy.
5th Pres ] w Cooper of Whitworth
Rural College offers through the
Mississippi Federation of Wom-
en- Clubs two free scholarships to
the two young ladies in the state
who will write the best theses on
Good housekeeping in the rural
school room. ;" These theses to
be sent to Miss Powell, Jackson,
Miss. before April /, 1910.
The cash prize of $25 to this
Congressional district is awarded
subject to the following regula-
tions: 1st The prize shall be
awarded by the Executive Com
mittee composed of the officers of
the State Association and one
member from each Congressional
District. End No village or town
of more than 500 white inhabit-
ants shall compete. 3rd The mon
ey given as prizes shall be expend-
ed in further improvement of the
school winning it. 4th All who
wish to compete for these prizes
must send names and description
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