The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-02-29
BATES COUNTY SCHOOLS
AND TEACHERS

By Supt P. n. Allison.
The spelling contest will be held in
the New High School building in But.
Ter, April 9Th, beginning at 1:3O p. m.
All the test will be written and all
pupils will spell the same words.
The best speller will 90 to Jefferson
City and spell in the State Contest.
The first prize in the county contest
is to be SIS and is given by the Mis-
souri, State Bank and Walton Trust
Company. This will be sufficient to
pay the way of the contestant to JET
ferson City and return. This institu-
ton has always been liberal in help
ing on anything that tended to make
our schools better and we appreciate
it.
The second prize is to be $40 and is
offeredagain by the Walker-McKibben
Mercantile Co. These people have
never said no to prize on spelling
contest and are our most enthusiastic
supporters in better schools. The
teachers of the county are coming to
recognize this firm as their friend and
are showing their appreciation of this
by their patronage as they should do.
The third prize is to be S. and is
offered again by j. F. Ludwick, the
east side druggist. Mr.. Ludwick is
always active in the cause of better
schools and is ever ready to help in
anything along this line. His line of
books and school supplies keep him
in close touch with the schools of the
county.
Isuggest that the township chair
men arrange for the township contest
March 10th. They should consult
their teachers about the place and the
selection of the words. The Reading
Circle chairmen will act as chairmen
of this contest. In townships where
no reading circle is being held the
person appointed in August will act
as chairman.
Supt. Evans sends the following on
renewals and new certificates:
Requirement Number1. Each hold.
err of a renewable certificate in order
to be eligible to have his certificate
renewed, must each year during the
life of his certificate attend either the
State Teachers Association; his coun-
ty teachers association or meeting; or
a district teachers association which
embraces several counties. In case
of his failure to attend his county as
ISOLATION, attendance at three town.
ship or district meetings during that
year may be accepted instead of the
attendance at the county association.
This requirement may he waived for
teachers in large cities which are, by
Section 10932, exempt from the super
visory powers of the county superin-
tendent, provided such cities have at .
leastsemi-monthly meetings for seven
months in each year, in which pro-
fessional work approved by the State
is being done.
Requirement Number2. Each hold
er of renewable certificate must also
DO the Reading Circle work to the
of the county superintend-
ent for two years for each renewal.
Passing grades in extension or CORE
'pondence courses approved by the
State Superintendent of Schools shall
'e accepted by the county superin-
endent instead of Reading Circle
work. Passing approved summer
school grades shall be accepted in lieu
# Reading Circle work. Summer
chool, extension or correspondence
trades must in all cases have been
made since the issue or former re-
lewal of the former certificate to be
enewed. Reading circle work of
pecial merit conducted by city super
ntendents with the approval of the
tate Superintendent shall be accept
d in lieu of the regular Reading
;ircle work.
AS far as practicable the same re-
uirements shall apply to those teach
rs who wish grades transferred from
third grade to a second grade GER
ficate or from a second grade to a
rst grade certificate.
Miss Minnie Christie reports all the
upils as spelling all the words in a
NO weeks spelling contest: Ona
'homas; Leda Andrews, Leota An
rews, Olive Corwine, Norma Keirsey,
hester Sargent and Emma Andrews.