The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-04-01

superintendent BrInson returned On
Friday night from week among the
schools Of the c0unfy. He started ont
Tuesday forenoon ana called at the
BelIeview school. Professor Henry
Richards Is principal here Tor the
+ third term and is assisted by his daugh-
/ ter, Miss caIlie Richards Tor her SECS
ond term. He found the principaIs
room In the midst of penmanshfp driIl
and the superintendent being an old
Ipenmanship teacher. gave some extra
Illustrations and suggestions. From
here he went on to Gambler and en-
joyed the hospitality OF DR.. Williams
for the night
On Wednesday morning he inspect
ed the Gambler school and found 1T
larger IN attendance than for some
Years and the school making splendid
progress under the Instruction OF Miss
Daisy Albertson. From here he went
to Oklawaha and called on the school
there in charge OF Miss Caro1yne Pas
teur for the second term Thertrustees
have recently erected an addition to
the main building for an assistants
roona and this was taught by Miss
Ruth Gill OF Anthony for some time.
but the attendance for sundry reasons
fell below that required by the county
authorities for maintaining two teach
ers and the assistant discontinued her
work. Miss Pasteur has a system of
pupil assistants and monitors which is
unique and apparently works well Mr.
Crimson was taken care of for dinner
by Mr.. John II. Lewis that all round
friend Of humanity Mr.. Lewis has
very pleasant home and is just COM
MI inc n lor
commodious lodge hall on the second
floor
From here he went to Weirsdale and
was cordially taken care of by Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Rast, postma ster and one
of the merchants there. On Thursday
morning he inspected the school which
is being most acceptabiy taught by
Miss Cora Murray for the fourth term
From here he went to Mayville
which has not had sufficient pupils for
number of years to maintain a
school by Starke's Ferry to Linadale
Here he was most pleasantly enter
tanned by that patriarch among the
teachers of the county, Mr.. r. B. Erwin
He and the Rev. B. I. Hull, who taught
the Eaton Creek school last term, are
the foremost representatives. of the old
guard Of the teaching force of the
county. Next morning the superintend-
ent and teacher and most of the school
crossed Niggertown creek in a boat to
the school which is composed of the
children of two patrons, one sending
six and the other four, regularly. They
were very respectful and it was really
inspiring to see Mr.. Erwin in his ad-
vanced age leading these young pupils
out on the road to learning. This is in
the extreme southeast corner OF Mar
ion county close to Lake county, and
the school house is about thirty-eight
miles from Ocala- Mr.. Crimson had to
leave early in order to drive to Ocala
on Friday night and be in the office on
Saturday. He left his umbrella at the
school and had the full benefit of the
heavy rains on the way back. He came
the Moss Bluff and Electra
The school at the lat
ter place taught by Miss Dixie Pillans, |
has had to suspend on account of
measles prevailing among the pupils. |
but they expect to resume on next
The section visited by the superin-
is distinctly the orange Sec
ton of the county and there is none |
better in the state. The many groves !
are exceptionally fine and are very |
heavily laden with bloom