The Butler weekly times., 1910-06-02
BATES COUNTY SCHOOLS
AND TEACHERS.
B, County Superintendent. P. N. Allison.

BY County Superintendent r. N. Allison.
Rock Point is the first, and likely
the only district, in the county t
make use of the law authorizing ;
district to close, or not have a schoo
in the district, but send the pupils t.
another school and pay their tuitior
and if necessary transportation. Thi.
is one of the small schools of thu
county and the voters present decid
ed that it was better for the pupils Il
send them to another school.
Miss lnez Beck has Just closed ;
very successful school at Concord, il
Elkhart township. The board re-em
ployed her for next year making the
fourth consecutive time, and it is re-
ported that the satisfaction is unani'
nous, and we are quite sure the
board did right in this. Miss Beck
will spend the summer in school and
return better prepared than she would
be otherwise.
Over at Olive, in Shawnee town
ship, they have let the contract to Mr..
Martz for a modern and up-to-date
school house. One of the incest
things about this is that not a single
vote was cast against the proposition,
and all were anxious for a new build
ing. Many districts need new build
ingS much more than this one but a
good school spirit prevails in the dis
trict, and they believe children are
entitled to the best Those who have
the heaviest tax to pay say that they
could not do any thing. to increase the
value of their land more than this
will,
The time for the closing of enroll
ment in the Boys Corn Contest will
be given next week, and those who
have not enrolled should see about
this at once, as we do not expect to
enroll any one after the time to be
announced. The weather has been
rather discouraging, but one has just
as good an opportunity as another in
this respect. We hope that many
others will try in this.
Cortland school is to have $40O
spent in repairing the building this
year and will then have a very credit
able building. Only one vote was
cast against the levy here, and this
one was because they wanted a heav-
ier levy than the one submitted. This
speaks we'll for the people OF the dis
trict and is an indication that they
have proper school spirit in the dis
trict.
Miss Cora Rush has been elected
teacher at Fair View, in Elkhart
township, for the fourth consecutive
time. Miss Bush has her school well
classified and is doing good work,
and the board did the right thing in
retaining her.
Mulberry district, in Homer town.
ship, is ready to vote on a PROPOSE
ton to build a $l,50O house and by
doing so they expect to have the best
country building in the county. They
have a large district with a good val
uation.
Bethel district has painted their
building and have as attractive a
building as any of them and the trees
and shrubs that the teacher and pupils
planted seem to be doing very well,
and we are sure they will take the
best of care of them.
If any pupil taking county gradua-
ton has failed to receive their diplo-
ma, shall be pleased to know of it
and will send them another. All
have been mailed out or delivered in
person.
A few district clerks are delinquent
yet with estimates and enumeration
lists. This is not right, and we are
quite sure they cannot afford to risk
this longer. Many sent theirs to the
county clerk and in few instances
were notified that they were delin-
quent when they were not in reality.
Miss Beck, of Concord, reported
that Ina Bailey, Tottie Keeton, Wright
Bailey and Beulah Barnett spelled all
the words in the spelling contest and
for longer period Of time than was
required for them. Several others
spelled all the words but one and
next wear we hone IN hear of fhoir