Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-05-22
School Notes.

Vacation time! Hurrah!
Two of our teachers are to be mar
ried soon. The teaching profession
seems to be a good recommendation to
matrimony.
At a recent meeting of the school
board, all of the teachers who taught
in our schools this year, and applied
for their places, we're reelected for
next year. Miss johnson had accept
ed a position in the high school at
Jonesboro, Arkansas. Misses Codding
and Pipkin did not apply. Their
places have been filled by Misses
Elsie Lueddecke and Bessie Hotson.
Miss Lily Mitchell has been elected to
fill Miss Johnson's place. She has
had similar work in the high school at
st. James Mo-, where she has been
principal for the past two years.
Misses Lueddecke and Hotson are ex-
perienced and successful teachers in
the grades they will have for next
year.
Messrs. Buskirk and Collier, the two
young men from Kansas, who attend
ed high school here, left Sunday for
their home. They showed a fine spirit
and a great determination to get an
education in the way they did their
own cooking, kept their own house
and did commendable work in school.
We wish them we'll, and hope they
may be able to return next fall.
II all the good things are true that
have been said about the past weeks
| Commencement exercises, Ironton
should, indeed, be proud of her
schools. 1t would take too long to
enumerate all the merits of the vari-
GUS programs, but we would pro-
nounce each one a success and leave
to you the special parts for commenda-
tion.
In previous notes we have given
the outlines of Il course in English,
History and Mathematics. The other
two courses are Latin and Science.
The Latin course consists of three
years. work-and includes a first year
book, six books of Caesar and six
orations of Cicero. +,
The science course gives the first
year to physical geography. Labora-
tory and notebook work r given
with the text to work out and fix more
clearly the theories of the book. The
second year takes agriculture; quite a
large amount of the laboratory work
is done; practical experiments, such
as testing seeds of all kinds, grating,
pruning, transplantlng, examining
soils, machinery, etc. The various
types of animals are measured and
carefully studied. The various fruits
and vegetables are studied with a view
to growing them; also, the most de-
~structive enemies of gardens, orchards
and farm crops, with a view of com
batting them.
The third year science is pedagogy
which will be given next year in CON
nection with the teachers training
course. Ironton high school is max
ing application for this course to be
put in here. The state gives $3.50 to
the schools selected to give such
courses, which goes toward the salary
of an extra teacher for the three adj
ditional subjects required for the
course. The course is open to those
who have had two years high school
work, or hold a second grade county
certificate. Graduates from the course
are given a certificate to teach fol
two years anywhere in the state. The
certificate is the equal Of the elemen-
tary normal certificate. II you wish
to enroll in this course writeto Super.
intendent Loomis at once. No feei
are charged for the course.