The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-09-08
BATES COUNTY SCHOOLS
AND TEACHERS.
ounty SUPERINTENDENT P s. Allison

County Superintendent P, 81. Allison.
The reading circle work is starting
off better this year than ever before.
One hundred books of each subject
were ordered and all but twenty are
sold. The Agriculture books are all
gone and a new supply is expected
any day. The only trouble is to sup
ply the demand. We sincerely hope
that every teacher in the county will
secure a copy and enter the first
meeting in their respective townships
and do all they can to make this work
a success. The teacher who is not
willing to grow in the profession has
not the right kind of spirit. you,
perhaps, may not get much from this
but why not help those who are not
quite so fortunate as yourself in this,
we need you to lead the others in the
work; to make better teachers of the
ones who do need this.
In few townships, the work has
not been organized yet due to the fact
that the teacher who was appointed
chairman was not present to take up
the work during the August meeting.
The following townships were not or
ganized, or at least did not report a
time and place of meeting. Rockville,
East Boone, Usage, and Grand River.
have written teachers in each Of
these townships asking that they take
up the work, and push it for us. The
state manager promised us several
visits this year and we want to take
him to the townships where the work
is not doing well as we are asking
him for help.
We cannot help but think the work
is starting off much better this year
than last in every particular and that
the schools will do better work if the
patrons will only assist us as they
should and we are quite sure a better
spirit prevails among them than form
erly. They are coming to realize
more and more their part in the work
and buildings are being repaired and
put in condition, school yards are be-
ing better kept, the water supply is
being more closely looked after, out
buildings are being better kept and all
indicates better schools. The success
of any school depends on the patrons
as well as the teacher.
We visited the Adrian Street Fair
last week and while the rain spoiled
the fair it gave fine opportunity tc
talk school and we are quite sure nc
part of the county has better schoo
spirit than prevails in and around Ad.
rian. This township led in the read.
ing circle work last year both in at
tendance and enrolment. They say
they are going to make it interesting
for the one that surpasses them this
year not only in reading circle work
but in school work in general and we
must confess that we like their way
of going about things. The rural
teachers here never LET anything come
in their way in regard to school work.
The school duties are first with them.
Other parts of the county have good
teachers but they have not quite
reached the point of attending every
teachers meeting as they have here,
An outline of the work is furnished
every teacher in the county and from
this work it seems that it cannot be
very difficult to follow the work &C.
cording to the course of study. The
agriculture has been changed from
the eighth to the seventh grade and all
pupils who are in the eighth and have
not done the work in agriculture car
do it with the seventh year pupils. The
| U. S. History has been placed in the
eight grade, not being done in the sew.
enth. This is the year to begin at the
first of each geography and at page
222 in the Curry's reader.
Supt. Robinson of Rich Hill reports
everything in fine condition dowr
there for school this year. Prof
Biggs of Hume has all ready for the
9Th and is taking a good interest in
the reading circle work. The teach
ers Of Adrian have their work vel
planned and are expecting their bes
school year to be starting now. Prof
Burke of Butler is in readiness now