The Taney County republican., 1910-12-29
S. of 0. Notes

days, it is the School of the Ozarks.
Vernon Barton and Ralph Simontol
are the only students enjoying thei
vacation on the school grounds. The.
are very busy boys trying to keep thu
wolf from the door. In this they art
succeeding but it is putting their linn
tied knowledge of domestic science t.
severe test.
An acetalene gas plant for the
school buildings is assured. Word wa
sent from St. Joseph to begin excava
ton at once. This was promptly
done and everything is now ready fo
its installation. The gas men haven
been heard from lately but it is assum.
ed that the plant has already beer
shipped. It will be placed on the
east side of the building under the
steps leading to the school room above.
Vacation has given the opportunity
for much needed improvement to the
main entrance of the building. The
balusters have been repaired and re-
painted. The large doors also had a
Christmas gift in the form of new
coat of paint. The whole appearance
of the building has been greatly i'm
proved thereby. The main hall also
shows the touch of the artisans varnish
brush.
The library is now complete, The
shelves for the reception of our maya
zines is the latest out addition. The
book cases were all neatly vanished
and the appearance of the whole room
very much improved. Miss Grace is
the new Librarian and she is putting
her usual energy into her work in the
way that causes everybody to take
notice. The books are kept in place
and the students are interested in this
work as never before. The library is
a credit to the school.
Mrs. Susan Steele Weakley hardly
understood the value to the school of
her timely gift of complete library.
With the addition of the books already
accumulated in the library not only
presents fine appearance but it is
most valuable addition to the practical
work of the school. The library room
is also the reception room and has be-
come the most attractive place in the
building.
The prospect for new students after
the holidays is very bright. If all
come that have signifed their inten-
ton of doing so we will have full
dozen of new recruits.
School will begin again on the third
day of the new year. New students
will find it to their advantage to come
in on Monday the second day of Janu-
ary and thus be ready for work the fol-
lowing day.
We regret to lose two students.
Miss Katie Bonebrake and Barton Ev-
eret will not return Ito school after the
holiday vacation. We did all we
could to prevent it, but love only
smiles at sage and fatherly advice. We
know neither the time nor place that
Miss Katie has selected to change her
good, old English nameto more eu-
phonious, if less suggestive one, but
whenever and wherever it does occur,
the best wishes of the school will go
out to them in large measure.
The organization of two literary So
cieties occurred shortly before vacation.
This was step in the right direction.
The one includes the students in the
seventh and eighth grades and the
other all high school students. They
plan to meet on the same night and
fine programs may be expected. The
High school pupils named their society
in honor of Louis Huggins as
suggestive of the work to be done but
to the credit of man whom they de-
light to honor.
A break in the gasoline engine at
the pumping station occurred at an
opportune time-two days before va
Tha h=olxa, raort had 70 be