Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1914-02-05
(Miss c. Louise Boehringer)

dent of Schools returned from a two weeks tour of school inspection in northern Yuma County.
 On this tour ten different teachers widely apart were visited Most of these schools are in mining centers and while not so large in enrolment as our valley schools, they are wide awake and in every instance teachers and pupils were doing earnest work.
 The following schools were visited: SCHOOLS TEA CHNkS Parker. .... .... Miss Minnie Brown
 Mrs. Jessie Martin Bouse. e..... Miss c. Belle Davis Quartzsite. Miss Carolina Morgansen Wenden. ....; Miss Ruth Hensgen Harqua Hala =. Miss MinnieRoss Mohawk Summit Mrs B. A. Cason Mohawk Valley, Miss Hortense Yarnell Welton. ...... Miscs Helen Merrill Dome. =. Mrs. Mary Wright Proebstel
 The Parker school is the largest school in the north and is in a flour ishing condition Miss Minnie Brown, the efficient principal, has been con nected with the school almost all the time since she first went to Parker to wait until they built her a schoolhouse about six years ago.
 Mrs. Jessie Martin, the able primary teacher, teaches the music in both .ooms. T.. 7se two teachers cooper ate and work together in way that is equal to departmental teaching in d larger school The school has between fifty and sixty children enrolled in nine grades. Four of the children have completed the eighth grade work and are doing excellent work in the ninth grade or first year of high school subjects. It was not only duty but 2 genuine pleasure to visit the work done in the Parker school.
 Several other schools in the north will have children doing ninth grade work next year. This is an excellent plan where schools are small andI where children cannot go away for high school or normal school on com pletion of the eighth grade
 A year of advanced study at home will give them a desire to take up still more advanced work.
 At Bouse a small schoo lis at work in a substantial building Miss Daivs is doing much to make the school both and profitable This school Gas does Parker and Wenden) owns a good piano making attractive school and special programs pos sible. The Bouse school is one of the.I few schools in the county that has a good beginning toward a school li- brary.
 The trip from Bouse to Quartzsite is an eXhilirating one over a beautiful road. At Quartzsite a small school is interested and busy working with Miss Morgensen, who is a most teacher. This little school will have several children to do ninth grade work next year.
 Wenden has what many people would call the most attractive large one-room country school in Yuma county. There is one school some dis tance down the Yuma Valley which is 3 close rival, being a little smaller and | not so completely equipped. The paper, paint and curtains are all in harmonious shades of green. A group i of bright-eyed children meet Miss Hen sgen here to work every school day. Excellent work is being done in the classes.
 An interesting desert drive brings one from Wenden to Harqua Hala, where Mrs. Ross presides over a little school in neat little adobe school house. Almost every school in the county followed the suggestion sent put from this office last June and has made much needed improvements, and Harqua Hala is no exception. Beside newly ceiling their room they have put in comfortable new seats and desks. Teacher and pupils are work ing together sympathetically and hap oily.
 At Mohawk Summit Mrs Mabel Earp Cason is doing most excellent work in