The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-06-23
COUNTY SCHOOLS
AND TEACHERS.

oy NounD Superintendent Z. ~ Aiiisoh-
Last weekswas spent in visiting dis
trict clerks and examining their rec
ords. About all have been inspected
: and the work will be finished this
week excepting few we did not find
at home. We are pleased to say that
in most instances their work is kept
up in good form and the greatest
trouble is a lack of uniformity in
books and the use of a book after il
has served its usefulness.
The oldest record found is in Dis
trict No. 80. This record has the
proceedings of a meeting held in 1871.
The school board has had the clerk
purchase new book, but ordered the
old record preserved for the curiosity
of future generations of the district
This we believe is right and will be a
source of considerable pleasure in
future years.
II seems from what statistics We
can gather that Bates county has the
smallest rural district in the state.
Eureka has an area of one and one
fourth square miles. Shannon coun-
ty has the largest district in the state.
II contains thirty-seven and one-half
square miles. The district in Bates
has an enumeration list of fifty-three
pupils, while the district in Shannon
has but nineteen.
New Home district, in New Home
township, has purchased new desks
for the entire room and are going to
rearrange things in general and best
of all they exercised some good iudg-
ment and are going to put in single
desks. Several of our best buildings
are so furnished and all are well
pleased with them. Many things
might be done for the good of school
work if directors would give little
thought to the matter, in the purchase
of erasers for the blackboard if they
would only take trouble to secure all
felt ones the noise and confusion &C.
casioned by pupils dropping these
would be eliminated. To be sure
dealers will likely have the old wood
en- ones but that is no reason for buy
ing them as the others can be had
just as readily and should be demand
ed.
Mt. Vernon, district, in Elkhart
township, is going to reseat the build
ing with new desk and recitation
. seats. | did not find out whether
these were to be single or double
desks. They are very strenuously
avoiding foreign agents of every kind
and we believe they are entirely right
in this. Not that we think these are
all swindlers, but some of them are
and it takes an expert to pick out the
!. good ones.
Reports indicate that seventy-one
: teachers are attending Summer
e School at various places from Bates
/ county. This is an exceedingly fine
e record for the county and the citizens
!. are proud of their teachers who are
endeavoring to better prepare them
e selves for their work. We are quite
sure that our schools will be greatly
s. benefited by having these teachers
S make special preparation in their re-
+ spective line of work as many OF
d them are doing. Several reasons
d have been suggested as to why so
many are attending school, but the
only plausible one is that Bates coun-
ty has the most progressive body of
i teachers of any county in the state.
r. The south part of the county is better
i represented than other parts due no
doubt to the fact that Adrian has been
s having summer session with some
thing like fifty teachers enrolled.
The enrolment in the Boys Corn
Contest closes next Thursday week
and since the weather has faired up
we feel quite sure others will want to
enroll. This can be done without
coming to town simply write me stat
ing that you want to enter giving your
address and township.