The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-12-12


In the primary department the fol.
lowing teachers lead in attendance:
Lincoln school, 10 Martin; Jefferson
school, Margaret McFadden; Webster
school, Elizabeth Washburn; Grant
school, Clara Rakow; Whittier school,
Beulah Drinkle. In the grammar de.
partment the teachers namd lead their
respectiv divisions: Lincoln schools,
Bessie Owen; Jefferson school, Eliza
beth Sheahan;s Webster school, liza
WEIGH; Grant school, Mamie Binga-
man; Whittier school, Mary Vannest.
No hardness for the entire month is
the good record in the rooms presided
over by the following teachers; Mabel
Kenworthy, Jennie Meek, Nellie Col
Vile, Jessie Red, Ellie Toyrea, Bes-
sic Owen. .-argaret McFadden, Mar
guerite Drinkle. Francein Lacey, Mae
Dorgari, Elizabeth Sheahan, Barbara
Drinkle, Elizabeth Washhurn, Edith
Wood, Viola Forsyth, Nellie Will
Jams. Ida WEIGH, Cora Leslie, Floy
Cricket, Helen Jordan, Mebel Ware,
| Mamie Bingaman,e Grace Rove, Mary
| Vannest. Grant school leads In per-
centage of attendance at9759, while
! Webster school leads in punctuality
with the perfect record of 100. A
perfect record in punctuality is some.
times attained in one room for n
month or for several months in sue
cession, but il is rare indeed that an
entire bilding Is able to report perfect
punctuality for an entire month.
| ! is is an excellent record for Web
,ster school, as shown above, and Prin.
cipal, teachers, pupils and parents as
well are congratulated. 49,.
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School will close for the holiday va.
cation on Friday, December 20 and
open for the winter term on Monday,
January 6. With the close of the
schools on December 20, fifteen
weeks of the present school year have
gone by and but three, weeks of the
current semester will remain The
three weeks OF the semester remain.
ling after the Christmas vacation will
be given over to reviews and examin.
atoms on the semester's work. No
general rhetorical program will be
given turnout the schools but special
programs will be held in a few of the
rooms, especially in the primary de.
partment. Already the little people
are full of the Christmas spirit and
this is reflected in many and various
ways in their school work, even this
is manifested in the upper grades as
shown in the department of drawing
and other related activities.
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The department OF superinten-
dence meets in Philadelphia the latter
part of February and to this meeting
superintendent will come from all
parts of our country. Last year the
meeting was held at st. Louis and
and large attendance was recorded,
but an even larger attendance is an
ticipated for the Philadelphia meet
ing. The southeastern teachers asso-
citation of Iowa will hold its coming
sessions at Fairfield the first week
! in April. On account of the fact that
the association held its first meeting
there and also because of the cree.
ton of a splendid new high schools
at that place an unusual attendance
is expected. Supt o. P. Flower, for.
merly principal of the local high
school, is member of the executiv
committee.
The selection of books and reading
material for young people, in this age
when there is so much that is light
and trivial, not to say harmful, is a
duty that requires much care and dis
termination on the part of those re-
sponsible for direction of childrens
Ireading. In the selection of such
matter, Heath & Company suggest
that the following points be kept in
mind: Books should be carefully Sc
lected by qualified persons; they
should be literature, not simply
reading natter" they should not be
mere compilations or extracts; they
should be interesting; they should
not be chosen to point morals but
should nevertheless lead in moral di-
rection; they should be provided in
ample variety, to suit all tastes and
all ages; should give education in
literature, and foster taste for good
reading; they should include not only
classics written for children, but
many interesting masterpieces of lit
erature for adults; they should have
illustrations which illustrate and
elucidate the text, not simply adorn
the volume: they should be printed in
type which can be easily read, in lines
not long enuf to fatig the eye; they
should not be so heavy as to tire the
child; they should be bound strongly
and servisably, and open easily.
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In a recent circular issued by the
Russell Sage Foundation. Division OF
Recreation, attention is invited to rea.
sons for wider use of the school plant
meaning thereby the school houses
and school grounds. In congested dis
tricts of overcrowded cities the lar.
ger and more general use Of the
school buildings and grounds by the
public. outside OF school hours, has
become increasingly important and
their wider use Is a timely topic in
smaller cities and towns as we'll