The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1913-08-22
Educational News Notes


teacher in the county is expected to
be IN attendance. The new course Of
study and new school laws will he the
principal subjects discussed.
saturday. August Nth. Is the day
set for cleanup day. school boards,
patrons, children and teachers are re.
quested to meet at the school house
and put the school house, yard, out.
buildings and water supply In readi.
ness for the opening OF school, Mon.
day. September LIST Parents and
school boards owe this to the teacher
and pupils. The teacher is employed
to teach school and the public expects
her to render the community the very
best Of service. II they expect her to
do ler hest, they should provide for
her and her flock comfort able quarters,
necessary equipment and sincere sup.
port. One teacher IN the county last
year opened school In a school house,
IN which the refuse Of a dinner, given
the school at the close Of the proceed.
Ing term. had not been swept out. let
alone the floors scrubbed and windows
washed. Yet this teacher was ex.
pected to teach one of the very hest
SCI nOls IN the county. and when time
cam. for accomplishment size was not
retained. whyr bne reason was lie.
cause she simply told the board to
clean the school house and hx the
furniture before second day Of school
would Il" taught. She simply stood
for What every conscientious parent
should, clean. decent and as sanitary
school room A. possible. Are you
with herr u 50. see that your school
house Is In the lies, possible condition
for III. opening Of school.
Prospects fur a profitable school
year IN Holt county are good. Nearly
one.half the teachers IN the county
were In school during the summer.
the following being IN attendance:
At Northwest Normal. Maryville:
N,sta Morris. Mayme Turks. Mary
ifNIllt'l''s Niiillif 'dUllNHl, sNtllt
PrusSman. Nancy Lee Maxwell, Mae
Stanley. Josephine Wilson, Eva Il.
HIT, -. NJ. watkins, Ruth Good.
speed. Mae Coston, Carrie smell.
lilanch. Cris~ell Grace Spellman.
Minnie OFT, Myra Hope, Minerva
Ward, blanche Pollock, Ella Gaffney,
Mary Fitlmaurice, Beulah klopp,
Robert Cotti.r, Tracy Blcvins, Ruth
Hall, :. W. SHELTON. l.. A. Ielif1,
Minnie vanvickle, Minnie Ielin, Tina
Smith, Julia Martin, Lena Juanita
Judy, Iona weightman, Myrtle
Smock, Bernice Pollock, Bertha
Morris, Earl A. Rock. John u. Crosen.
J. Earl DUNCAN, Jean Wilson, Esther
Childers, G. Oren Hester, Louise
Marshall. Mathilda Seikman. G. q.
Walker, Hazel Ciilders, Lola Landers.
u, l.. simpson.
AtState University: 4. G.. Galloway.
At kirksyille; Anne kinzle and
Lydia Acton.
At warrensburg: &. G.. Hopkins,
Grace kennisl, l.. II. Watson, Cert
rude Strobel.
Miss Lena Judy aud Mr.. l.. A. Zelin
completed the course At the North.
vest Normal at the close " the sum.
mer term and each received a Life
Diploma. Miss Judy will teach In
the Craig schools and Mr.. Ielif will
be the principal OF the Bigelow schools.
Miss Eta Greene and Miss Julia
Ward each completed the course at
the same institution at the close Of
the winter and spring terms respec.
lively. Miss Greene was employed to
teach In the Oregon schools AZ a salary
Of iifty dollars per month, but resign.
ed to take a position In Idaho at sew.
enty dollars per month, Miss Ward
Was employed tn teach her fourth
term at Minnesota Valley, but re.
signed to take u position In Colorado.
al a salary Of one thousand dollars per
year. Holt county loses two excellent
teachers, with the loss Of these two
ladies'. The wide.awake progressive
teacher is IN demand and the wide.
awake school board does not fail to
employ such 4 teacher whenever she
can be found,
\ competitive examination will be
conducted sometime between Septem-
Der LIST and the 18th, aud q representa-.
tive will he selected, who may attend
the Boys State Fair School to beheld
at Sedalia, Sept. 27th 10 Oct. 30, 1913.
This Is open TO boys between u and
II years of age. The boys will have
their sxpsQses paid after arriving at
Sedalia, but no railroad fares will be
paid by the Fair, Further particulars
will appear In next weeks issue,