The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-02-10
BATES COUNTY SCHOOLS
AND TEACHERS.
By County Superintendent P. NJ Allison.

BY county superintendent +. NJ AiHsoh.
The first school visited this week
was Woodland, in West Boone town.
ship. Miss Christie is teacher and is
startiug in on her first school. She
had made a very careful study of the
work and found no difficulty in or
ganizing her school. The pupils took
up the work with a determination to
succeed and we are quite sure if they
do their part well the school will be a
very successful one.
Over at Bethel, in Charlotte town.
ship, they are doing their best on all
things. Here we found one of the
neatest, cleanest and best kept rooms
we have visited and best of all the
teacher, Miss Mayme McKibben, is
the one that looks after this. The
ventilation and lighting of the room
are looked after with equal care.
They have polite Club" in this
school that is worth while and is do
ing much good, The house has just
been painted and looks much better
as a result. This is one of the best
school yards in the county if they
only had a few trees.
The Virginia school is composed Of
bright boys and girls who are willing
to work. They took up all work Civ
en- them with good will and made a
very creditable showing. Martha
Park spelled all the words used in
the spelling contest. We expect to
visit this school again soon and give
more work. Prof. Geo. H. Pahlman
is teacher and takes a good interest in
all work pertaining to the profession,
Eldorado school, in Homer town
ship, is moving nicely under the di-
rection of Miss Grace Darr as teacher,
They are doing some of the best
work on Nature Study in this school
of any in the county. The attendance
here is exceptionally good, Irene
Eubanks, Maude EubankS, Mona
Bowan, Bennett Gardener and Ruby
Albin have neither been tardy or alb
sent during this term and Ruby AL
bin has been tardy but once in the
last six years and she lives one and
one-half miles from school. Teachers
some times say that they can not dc
anything to secure prompt and regu
lar attendance but Miss Darr has g
J different opinion on this. However
parents should look after this much
: more than they do. Just one wore
: in spelling was missed by the entir,
I school in a week.
0 Over at Green View, in Walnu
a township, they are doing good worl
: with Miss Villa Darr as teacher
: This school is doing good work OIL
$ Nature study also. The pupils ar,
5 very willing workers and are jus
about in the notion to take the dia
! granting of sentences for me. Thes,
pupils made a good showing on al
work given them. Miss Darr is on,
of our best teachers and is Satisfyin!
all concerned.
Up at Mt. Zion the work is movin!
well and the pupils are always read,
{ for test and make good showing
1 on them. Miss Emily Woodfin i
$ teacher and is doing good work. TIL
I teacher and pupils of this school hav
s bought several new library books
: wire to put a new fence around tn
yard and have fifteen dollars left TO
o more books.
It Down at Old Walnut the attendanc
r is not very good due to sickness an,
l. diphtheria which is in joining dis
e tricts. Virginia school, in New HON
: township, and Foster schools ar
closed or the account of it. Miss Ne
lie Lee is teacher and is doing goo
u work and has her pupils taking goo
u interest. The board here conten
} plates putting in a new black-boar
d soon. This is the only school thu
i has the room fumigated as prever
. tative against disease.
). Standish school is doing good wor
. under Miss Edith Ward as teacher
:. This is not very large school b.
: the attendance is good excepting
), few families. The pupils are willin
: workers and are always willing for
! test on their work. We have a spec
~ al L.