The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-12-04
PUBLIC SCHOOL NOTES.

week ns result OF thelr hlgh per
ceutage OF attendance for the month
which closed the week before.
The attendance last week dropped
somewhat below the good mark we
had been able to maintain. Prob.
ably the unfavorale weather aud
Thanksgiving had something to do
with the lowcr average.
Several Of the lrOuton High
school boys, one of whom was Ralph
Collins, "A former student OF the
Pennington public schools, visited
tho High School Friday of last
week. Friday was part of the
Thanksgiving vacation In the Iron
ton schools.
quite D supply OF clothing, vege-
tables, fruit, etc. was collected and
distributed Wednesday Of last week
by the pupils Of the North Ward
school. The movement was systc.
Imaticily handled and the supplies
directed to the places where they
would do good. Ten families were
thus remembered The pupils en-
joyed the effort.
Among the visitors last week, the
/ following were noted: Mesdames
j. W. Mccarthy, q. A. Smith, VIII
! Fleming, Russell DOss, Albert Wul-
fert, W. c. Macurdy, l.. +. Castle
McGec, one Of our last years High
school students Several others
were present for the program Of the
Literary Society Friday afternoon
Several Of the boys ARE now wear
ing the badge indicating that they
ARE sufficiently proficient In the
work of the boy scouts Hs to entitl"
| them to be classed as Second Glass
1 Scouts We desire to congratulate
| these boys on their attainment in
| this respect The world would be
better If more of rs, both young and
/ old, lived up tn the scout law as
these boys are required tn do to
maintain their position.
Mrs. Jennie Gruncr. Principal
/ South ward school, visited schools
IN -. Louis Monday aud Tuesday
Of this week Miss Bertha Spaugh,
teacher of the Eighth Grade and
| Misss Alma Smith Of tn" North
/ Ward school will visit schools In
/ the same city Thursday and Friday
of this week. Such visits AS these
are putting new life into orr schools.
The Board OF Education grants
each teacher two days each year to
| visit other schools.
Tho library books available for
the pupils IN the grades are much in
Tenant. Approximately haDf OF the
books IRE In use all the time. The
children seem interested aud we
know they are reading good ma
+ tcriai when they are reading these
| ''oh5' lH' ttH'utIS are SiNluS
much attention to this. 1t not only
gives the children the teachers adj
vice In regard to their reading but
puts the teacher in closer touch
with those who are reading these
books, We wish we had five times
as many books from which to SCI.
lect.
Fourteen In the High School and
thirty.six In the grades were re-
ported last week as doing unsatis.
factory work In one ar more
branches. We have fewer of these
than ever before and yet the stand.
ards for satisfactory work IL higher
than ever before, since the present
management. The teachers ara
making II united effort 10 place each
child on an independent basis 40
that he will he able himself and APP
prcciate the fact that he can do.
Our aim Is to reduce as far as pos
sible the number Of dependent pu-
pills by making them independent
that is, teach them how to study for
themselves.
Our High School boys basket ball
team went to Elvins last Saturday,
and despite the rainy weather, the
muddy court and the fact that the
Pennington boys were unused to an
out door court, they won victory
Of II to 10. Tho boys have made a
Igood showing for the season. The
following is a list of the school
teams played with the score for
each game:
Pennington High School a vs.
Fiat River High School -.
| Pennington High School 10 VS..
lIronton High School u.