Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-25
IRONTON. MO-, THURSDAY, JUNE 25 1914 NUMBER


dents of the school boards and the clerks
of the school districts of the county, for
the consideration and discussion ofques-
tons pertaining to school administration.
SEC. "a 1t shall be the duty of every
president of a school board and of every
clerk of a school district in the several
counties to attend the meeting of school
officers called by the county superintend-
ent of public schools for the purpose of
considering and discussing questions per-
tanning to school administration; and each
school officer attending such meeting
shall receive compensation at the rate of
one dollar and fifty cent per diem and
mileage at the rate of five cents per mile
for the number of miles necessary to be
Travelled in going from the schoolhouse OF
his district to the place of meeting, same
to be paid out of the incidental fund Of
his district: PyoUdeG, that no allowance
shall be made for more than two days in
the school year: Pyovidea, further, that
in case of the inability of either the
president of the board or the clerk of the
district to attend such meeting, the school
board shall appoint another member or
some other person to represent the dis
trict in place of said president Of the
board or clerk of the district. Upon pre-
sentation of certificate signed by the
county superintendent of public schools,
the board shall order warrants drawn in
favor of the school officers or other rep.
resentative of the board who attended
said meeting in accordance with the pro-
visions of this section.
The lecture at the Academy Of Music
OH Friday, the evening of the 10th, at s
P. NJ. will be given by the the Inter
national Harvest Company of America
entitled the "The Dawn of Plenty
This is an illustrated lecture. 1t is one
of the best ever saw or heard. an
getting it for the benefit of the teacher:
and School Boards and we hope that nc
one will miss it. This one lecture is
worth your trip to this convention. These
people seldom ever come to as small
town as Ironton, but for the benefit o.
this convention they have agreed tc
come at this time. Do not forget the
time and place, and ask your friends tc
come with you. We are trying in every
way to make this the best meeting II
the State. Every teacher and Schoo
Board member that registers at thl!
meeting will be given free ticket to the
lecture.
This will be the second meeting of the
kind ever held in the county. Our frs
Injecting was a success. Can't we make
this a greater one? I hope that every dis
trict will be represented, as it is through
the cooperation Of all the people that we
get our best results.
further request that no school begir
| its session until after this meetingis held
and that you, as school officers, see to /
that your teacher is present
Section ro,e33, S. L., says that it shal
be the duty of tie teachers to atten'
meetings called by the County Superin
tendent. Section 10, 945 says certifcat
may be revoked for neglect of duty. l
your teacher fails to perform his duty
then it is the duty of the board to ge
one that will.
The course Of study and the schoo
laws will be explained at this meeting.
If you have question that you wan
discussed, notify me and 7 will have i
on the program.
The State Superintendent will be wit
us to discuss some important questions ant
hope you will be present. am
Very truly,
| B. P. BURNHAM,
County Stineriutenden