The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-10-20
BATES COUNTY SCHOOLS
AND TEACHERS
By >upt P. NJ. Allison.

nave SOmetnlng OF lntereSttO all. lh(
program for the afternoon of the 27tl
is rs follows: Our Duty to the State
by Judge c. A. Denton; Periods II
Child Development, by DR.. McAllis.
ter; Reading, by Miss Marie Todd, Of
WarrenSburg; The Teaching of Gram.
mar, by DR.. Charters; Agriculture, BY
DR.. Jordan. And at S:00in the even
ing lecture by DR.. Charters. DR..
Charters is considered one of the
finest lecturers in the State and we
feel quite sure this will be one of our
most interesting sessions. Friday
evening will be the High School De-
clamatory Contest which promises to
be the most interesting oneever held.
We want the boys and girls to re-
member the two contests for them on
the 9th. Every boy who enrolled
should show his corn, and by so doing
learn more about corn. The Frisco
contest seems to be very poorly rep
resented SO far, and we are quite
sure this is worth the while of any
and every one who is interested in
agriculture.
The Reading Circle work is doing
fine in most places, and the only
trouble is to supply the books. The
Doctors are taking several that we
didnoteXpect. Charlotte, Deer Greek,
Mingo and Prairie townships are do
ing exceptionally well, with Homer
Grand River, Summit, Walnut, Deep
water and Pleasant Gap not far be-
hind, and Mt. Pleasant has circle of
twenty members this year.
The first school visited this week
was Ovid, just north of Rich Hill,
This is the poorest school house in
the county, and we believe they should
make some Improvement this year in
the way of putting locks on the doors
and windows. Some one had been
in the room since school on Friday
and taken all the books out of the
desks and scattered them about over
the room and poured all the ink out
and disrupted things in general. Miss
Winnie Sheppard is teacher, and has
her work moving very well.
Over at Keith they have a very
good building, and the teacher says
the board tells her they will get any
thing needed for the school. This is
the right spirit, in the right way, at
the right time Miss Blanche Burns
is teacher and is doing fine work for
them. The pupils made fine show
ing on the test made here. They
had Is on roll and Is were present.
New Home has an enrolment of
30 and "a were present. This school
has new single desks and as result
is much improved. Miss Sylvia Good
rum is teacher and is doing good
work. The pupils are fine workers
and of course the school will be
Virginia, in New Home township,
has % enrolled and 81 were present. !
Miss Jessie Miller is teacher and has
ner work well classified considering
The way she found it. These pupils
did well on the test given and espe-
cially on spelling.
Old Walnut has an enrolment of
80 with q present. Miss Edith
Hoover of Rich Hill is teacher and is
a good effort to make her
school one of the best and we are
pleased to say that she is satisfying
all concerned. The school room has
been replaStered and as a result is
much improved.
Red Top has an enrolment of %
and 10 were present. The pupils. are
good workers and made a fine grade
On the test given. Miss Edith Black,
Of near Adrian, is teacher and has |
her work moving well in every way.
Worland has an enrolment of SO
and % were present. This school
has one of the finest yards to be found |
in the county so far as the grass is
concerned. Miss Myrtle Mccain is
teacher and has her work we'll classi-
fled for the way she found the work.
The pupils are good workers and at
tend well with a few exceptions.
Mt. Zion, in Walnut township has
an enrolment of IS and l6 were
present. The pupils of this school