The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-03-30
BATES COUNTY SCHOOLS
AND TEACHERS

Il
H AND TEACHERS
BY Supt p. n. Allison. .
The first school visited was Tygard
in Mt Pleasant township. y The at
tendance is very good and the pupils
are taking a good interest in the
work. This school will try in the
spelling contest to be held April the
18th. They will have some rural
graduates and others are looking for
ward to the time when they can
finish the work. Lewis Keele is
teacher and keeps up good interest
tall the time on all lines of school
work.
Bethel has a fine attendance since
the weather has faired up and the
roads are dry. This one of our good
schools and they will have some
pupils take part of county graduation.
They have no regular eighth year
pupils and Of course can not have any
graduates this year. Miss Mayme
McKibben is teacher and is one of
our very best.
! Virginia has lost several boys who
are having to help with the farm
work. Those in attendance are will
ling work. Those in attendance are
willing workers and do good work.
\ They will likely not have any rural
graduates but will have some who
are going to take part of the work.
Miss Grace Darr is teacher and has
started in on library for this school
having made $22 with an entertain
ment recently.
Amsterdam is passing through a
smallpox scare and as result the at
tendance is rather light This school
has an exceptionally good lot Of
pupils for work and of course the
work is good as a result. j. L. Gal
Titan is principal and Mrs. F. F.
Archer have charge of the work and
are both anxious that their school
shall be equal to the best.
Mulberry will have some rural
graduates and several who will take
| the seventh year work. This is a
good school and as one of the patrons
said is much better since they began
work in the building as result of
better environment and the influence
it has. Miss Della Stephenson is
teacher and is satisfying all con-
cerned.
Eldorado excells in attendance and
good work. l heard two spelling
classes recite in this school and / am
pleased to say they were perfect and
this is not unusual for them. Some
one has circulated the report in this
district that all the books are to be
changed this year and as a result are
keeping some of the pupils from
getting books they need and want,
and thus hindering the progress of
the school. There are no books SUBJ
ject to change and if there were there
is no disposition on the part of the
present commission to make any
changes. The purpose of this report
is not known but the originator is.
Miss Bonnie Wolfe is teacher and we
are quite sure that the board will do
well to keep her.
Amoret is progressing very nicely
with Raymond Howell as principal
and Miss Clara Mayer as intermediate
and Miss Iona Thompson as primary
teacher. This school has the reputa-
ton for the youngest rural graduate
in the state Miss Etha Marie Word
having completed the work before
she was quite eleven years old. These
pupils are very willing workers and
they have an exceptionally strong
agriculture class and the pupils in
the intermediate room were doing
splendid arithmetic work while was
in this room.
Grand View has a very light attend
ance due to scarlet fever being rather
prevalent in the district. Three of
these pupils were making arrange
ments to take teachers examination. |
Geo. H. Pahlman is teacher and we
regret that he is going to quit the
profession to become assistant cashier
Of the Amoret bank. He is one of
our best teachers and we need him.
The teachers examination was we'll
attended and many are preparing to
enter the profession. About one
hundred took part or all of the work.