The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-07-11
BATES COUNTY SCHOOLS
AND TEACHERS


S AND TEACHERS
: By supt. p. NJ. Allison.
}, The district clerks meeting to b.
y helg July Is promises to be one o
the best ever held in the county, ane
> especially of interest to greater
\ I, part OF the people in general. There
= will be something of interest to all or
, this program. They have not spared
, any pains in securing the best talen
= available.
The forenoon session will be de-
voted to business more particularly Of
interest to the clerks of the district
but should be of interest to all. In
the afternoon Hon. j. Wallis Lewis
will talk on some problems in school
,, legislation and will tell how a meas
ure may get through and may explain
some things that will be of interest to
those who are interested in the new
law.
Mr.. Mcclure of Warrensburg will
talk on "How Boards May Know
Qualifications and Fitness of Teach
ers Whom they Employ" This will
be of interest to school boards as this
problem comes up each year. Teach
ers might be INTERESTED in knowing
what should be expected of them.
Many persons who are not directors
now maybe next year, so they should
be Interested. Those who have chill
dren to send to school should be in
terested.
Mr.. Emerson is the rural school
man of Missouri State University and
is considered one of the best school
meu in the state. Mr.. Emerson
will talk on "The Boards Duty to the
Community. This will be one of the
best talks ever given on an education
al subject in the county.
This will be good opportunity for
boards who have not employed a
teacher to find out about one and
good opportunity for teachers who
have no school to find out about
schools. 1t will be good opportuni-
ty to get acquainted and know your
fellow workers.
One thing about the new certificate
law does not seem plain to some Of
the the teachers. If a teacher applies
for first or second grade certificate
and then takes out a third or lower
grade certificate than applied for,
they will have to pay another fee
when they finish.
The county clerk informs me that
he is short fifty-six reports from dis
trict clerks on attendance. Now !
these should have been in by the first
day of July and the clerk must make
his report to the State Superintendent
not later than July Is in order to
draw the state funds. Now some
districts may lose on this unless the
clerks get busy. One clerk has not
sent in tine enumeration list yet and |
made one out as best l could so that
the district might not lose all. The
clerk has been notified and member
of the board has been asked to have
it sent in, but they both have neglect
ed to attend to the matter. A report
is due this office not later than July
Is and it is hoped that they will all be
on time for once. The clerk cannot
legally draw their salary until this re-
port is in and receipted for.
The program for the August Meet ,
ing will be ready for distribution as
soon as the list of teachers can be
made up; however, this may take
some time as a few boards have not
elected yet. We hope to make this /
one of the most interesting meetings
If teachers we have held. {
Clerks are very generally planning
o attend the meeting July Is. Mr.. /
Emerson has written that he will c
each here Sunday night so he may G
De ready for work at any time he is q
needed. Mr.. Emerson is every i
'eady to assist in any way he can on /
my thing that will make the schools
better. c