The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1912-02-09
VISITING THE SCHOOLS
County Judge Smith Reports Sour
nv County schools Under
Good Management
Snyder, Texas.
Feb. End. 1917

bright and early / started for Red
Bluff school across the Colorado
river. on my arrival just at noon !
found Mr.. Harris holding the fort
with a splendid school OF boys and
girls. This school almost out OF
the county. and very little Is said or
known about, over the country at
largo. but want to say that Mr.
Harris is a fine teacher, and is doing
good work, the children have desks
and a sood comfortable school room
TO work in and they are splendid
set of boys and girls, and had per-
feet order while there and OF course
perfect order all the time, for as
rule children misbchave more when
there is someone in the school room
on visit than they would do o.her-
wise. but found In them the ele-
ments of manhood and womanhood.
II was a pleasure to me 10 Be with
them and | promised that ! would
come again before the school closes
and aim to keep my PROMISE
My next school was Crow Ter; now
II you ever saw a house full of child
rem you just ought to go out to Crow
der little. big, old and young. This
school is under the tutorship OF the
Misses Sherrell, and | am glad to
say that have no fault to find with
the Crowder school, in fact | am not
looking for faults in the schools
with the corps OF teachers that we
have I'm Scurry county this year, and
even II | did find some little thing
In school that ! did not like, ]
would always call the teacher to one
side and have a talk with her.
have made It my duty to make en-
quirles about Crowder as well as all
the other schools In the county and
not one word OF complaint have |
had from teacher. pupil, trustee or
patrons of the Crowder school.
Everyone loves the teachers and
they are doing their best to give
Crowder the best school she has ever
had. Crowded has two rooms and
two teachers. and Is graded, the
smaller and lower grades are under
the teaching of Miss Fannie Sherrell
in the south room, and the higher
grades are under the teaching OF
Miss Stella Sherrell, and they both
hnveA,Seir full complement OF pupils
good desks. good house, splendid
stoves. good teachers. good children. !
and as matter of course a good |
school. The citizenship Of trowder |
has the school interest at heart, and |
they all work for the best interest
of their school
Next came Round Top or Deep
Creek school. there we found Miss
Winnie Jourdan teaching a fine set
of boys and girls. not so very many
In numbers, but just such busy bees
1 ever ala see There ! found boys
and girls an wanting 90 know more /
about their books. just as kind and
polite as thcy could ho. and Miss
Jourdau has ius. begun thn school
work. hut YOU would th.uh fla she
was an oii teacher .nd how rho-e
children love rcr and h1v
they show choir love and appre,'a-
zion bs tHeir nicc Eud reatmeul
toaadH aeeh oner ana their teach-
Dr THE trustees have pa
school building and 70 looks like
real school Everyone is work.
ue for tic good of thc school trus-
toes a1 ay Chat they ha,e Che best
school that they have had iu a long
time Any school district oue
bee proud of @ school like this
Next came Eeypt school down
near the Colorado river. This Is
new school district Mrs Palmer is
the teacher this year. and of course
10 Is needless 20 say that she is one
OF our very best teachers She
taught ai Dunn last year Egypt is
lucky In getting Mrs Palmer as
their teacher. Egypt school house is
located near the place where a
bridge across Canyon creek ought to
be built This school has some thir-
~ pupils. and a goodly number must .
cross Canyon Greek in going 10 and
returning from the school and
bridge is badly needed there
The trustees OF Egypt have in the
last few days purchased 20 double
desks for this school. the very latest
and you know these children and 4
their teacher are proud OF the new
desks. and though they have been h
installed q week. not a scratch could .
be found on them. and the boys !,
promised me that they would Keep
their dczks as bright and shiney as
they VIII De kept In ship shape d.
TIE girls do. so you may know tnot
None -hing J noticed abou\ Egpt =