Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-12-10
COUNTY SCHOOL NOTES
By W. CLYDE
County School Supt.

Monday and Tuesday, Farmer"
Rusk vaceinated hogs, while | work.
ed ir the office and visited the
Sims and Hurdle schools.
1t seems the Sims board has joined
the "quitters" Although material has
been purchased for several months,
yet nothing has been done in the way
Of much needed repair. Indeed, Hal
lowe'en some fellows overturned the
o~utbuildings with considerable dam
age. But not one Of the board or pa
irons has been around to look after
fixing them up. Mr.. Shay and the
boys propped them up, but they are
in an awful condition, a disgrace to
the community, and a shock to the
decency and purity of the children.
Mothers, fathers, how long will you
neglect your children?
At Hurdle, / was much pleased to
find two visitors-a patron and her
sister. If the parents would visit the
school, the conditions noted above
would a to exist very quickly. If
when you go to salt the stock, you
would take a little salt along for your
children, and look after them, | am
sure it would do them much good and
that you would be richly repaid.
Although Wednesday was a disa-
greeable day yet many patrons met
us at Excelsior with a fine dinner.
These good people take great pride
in their school and have one of the
best in the country, both in equip
ment and in school work done. Miss
Mary Harshbarger is doing her
fourth years work here, and truly
proves how much better it is for a dis
trict to keep the successful teacher.
She grows more valuable to them
each year. They also have the larg-
est and best collection of pictures in
the county.
At Friendship a small crowd was
present. They lack but a heating
plant of meeting the requirements for
approval, and / feel sure they will
soon get that. Otherwise they also
have a good school and a we'll
equipped one.
There was a misunderstanding at
Sames. We are very sorry that we
were not able TO meet with the pa
irons Wednesday morning as thew
expected, W. talked to the pupils
Thursday morning before going on
to Macedonia.
Here again a large number of the
patrons were present and a fine din
ner was spread. Miss Wright and her
pupils had a good program. These
fine people r much interested in a
good school but it is hard for them
to give up the divided term. | be-
lieve they will this year, and that it
won't be long until they will build
a new and much-needed school house
for their children.
The afternoon was pleasantly spent
with the patrons at Mt. Pisgah. Here
we found a club of girls under the
leadership of Miss Staunterman TAX
ing great interest in sewing. At night
we had a very interesting meeting
at Pine. The house was crowded and
the interest good. Pine and Sames al
need new school houses badly and
they will have them ere long.
Friday morning at Canada we met
patrons who are deeply interest
ed in their school. Mrs. German said
1t had been about 20 years since the
last basket dinner at this place. But
It was a good inc Hire Farmer Rusk
Judged the best display of seed corn,
and ] the best specimen Of writing.
The prize for the latter is a fountain
pen offered by the National Blank at
Mr.. Bland, clerk Of the Board and a
number Of mothers met us at Lawson.
This school also lacks but a heating
plant Of meeting the conditions Of APP
'royal. Here the mothers were much
Interested in the fine drawings their
were doing.
The school displays were all good