The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-05-10
County School News
BY Mary e. Todd.
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Children.


has been specializing In music
Mrs. f. M. Bowles and her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Albert Perry, were In TO see
us a little while Saturday. We had
not seen Icy since her marriage ana
hardly recognized her she Is looking
so well.
James H. Lawrence remembered US
with a postal when in Dalhart. de
also wrote US from Denver telling US
how he was enjoying his trip west
wrad and northward. We wish him
the best of success in his new field
of work.
MIS-. Otto Spradling accompanied
by her niece, Alice Bell, we're callers
last Wednesday. They came In TO
see about the diploma examination
which Miss Alice was planning to
to take.
Mrs Yocum came in to see how we
we're prospecting, one day last week.
She made us forget, for a while, al
least, the cares and perplexities OF
our life.
Miss Loteie Henllne and Clyde U.
Martin helped us with the diploma
examination last week. The pupils
worked earnestly and enthusiastically
To obtain promotion and receive
their diplomas the pupils will be re-
aulred to have a minimum grade OF
60 per cent in each study and a gen
eral average OF 10 per cent. Those
who were finishing the It'll grade and
also those who were finishing the
9Th grade would have to receive
grade OF 80 per cent in those branch
es which they finished in those grades
Reading and Physiology In the 18th
and SGrammar, Geography, OrthOg-
raphy and Agriculture in the Sth'
No grades of less than so percent can
be carried, and they can be carried
for only two years.
The State Superintendent writes
us that we MUST have 7 months of
school and that there is no way OF
getting around It, 1t Is the law and
the law must be obeyed.
We are glad to see that nearly all
of the rural schools are adopting the
suggestion of the State Superlntend-
emit and will begin their schools on
September 18th, We bope the one
that has reported beginning later will
change and begin with the other
schools on the date set by the State
Superintendent September IL, 1912
The teachers in our graded and ru'
raj schools should use the summer
vacations to prepare themselves for
better teaching and 10 get broader
outlook professionally, BY meeting
fellow teachers and by and by touch
ing elbows with the live instructors
in our Normal schools or in our coun-
ty Institutes.
The past two weeks have been busy
ones for teachers and pupils in both
graded and common schools. The
diploma examination was given last
Friday and Saturday In the following
branches, Reading, Spelling, Writing,
Grammar, Geography, U. S. History,
Kansas History, Civics, Agriculture,
Drawing, Physiology, Arithmetic and
Classics. There were forty appli-
cants-some for grades to carry to-
ward diplomas, Others to finish the
common school branches and receive
diplomas.
Mrs. Damie Aker came in for a
friendly visit Monday. Miss Alice
Wolf and we boarded with her while
teaching our first term Of school In
this city.
A. ]. Wood, treasurer of district
Is, was in this office Saturday In
search of a teacher to finish the
school in his district, their teacher,
Miss Clara Ellsaesser having been
called home by the illness OF her
father. We were fortunate In get
ting Miss Clara Childears to finish up
the school. Miss Childears had just
her school In the Sam Jones district,
No. 5. She kindly consented to go
and finish the school for Miss Eli
saesser. Mr.. wood said that they
would be glad to still have a CLARA
teaching their sthool. Both OF the
Claras have given satisfaction with
their work the past year.
We acknowledge receiving the an
nouncement of the marriage of Miss
Bessie Odneal to Mr.. John Edmonds
of Seward county. We think the
world and all Of John, but he has
taken one of our school teachers, and
we are going to get even with him
somewhere, somehow. We congrat-
ulate him on his good fortune In Sc
curing Miss Bessie for a wife.
We wish them all the Joy In the
world and then sLme.
Where the school board and county
superintendent sit down to consider
Miss - as the teacher for the
coming year, what Is to be the CON