The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-03-26
EDUCATIONAL COLUMN.
By Mabel Horner, County supt.
The Eighth Grade Examination.

tendent's office during the past three
weeks. This is the largest eXamlna-
! ton ever written in the history of
this county.
OF those who wrote twenty-seven
earned passing grades; tifty-four
were near passing and will probably
be able to finish the work in May;
forty-three failed; but many of those
who failed were not regular eighth
grade pupils and wrote merely to
try the examination.
The following are the names OF
those who earned passing grades.
Annie Noftsger, IS, Bloomington
township, district No. 5.
| Carl Noftsger, S3, Bloomington
township, district No. 6.
Fay Bishop, 80, Bloomington town
ship. district No. 6.
Harriet Stewart, IS, Center town
ship, district No. 5.
Georgia CARRIER, IS, Center town
ship, district No. 5.
Doyle Brown, 81, Center township
district No. 2.
Roy Wiley, SO, Center township
district No. 2.
George CARRIER, 81, Center town
ship, district No. 3.
Warren Rumley, 70, Center town
ship, district No. !.
| Carl Southern, 70, Center town
ship, district No. l..
Julia Main, "a, Decatur township,
district No. 7.
Grace Robson, 50, Eden township,
district No. =.
William Horner, "a, Fayette town
ship, district No. 6.
| Zelma Mckee, 81, Fayette town
ship, district No. 3.
Clara Davis, "a, Garden Grove
township, district No. 5.
| Floyd Campbell, 81, Grand River
township, district No. l.
Verna Andrew, 50, Grand River
| township, district No. s.
| Nettie Hutchinson, 81, High Point
township, district No. 3.
Willie D. Barrett, 81, High Point
| township, district No. 3.
Ruby Hammil, SO, High Point
township, district No. s.
Opal Konklin, 80, High Point
township, district No. 8.
Leslie Parsons, 81, High Point
township, district No. 6.
Clair DeVore, 95, Long Creek
township, district No. g.
| Charles WATSON, 10, Morgan town
ship, district No. 2.
Eula Keller, 90, Woodland town
ship, district No. 6.
Forest Hagan, SO, Hamilton town
ship, district No. 5.
Ethel Snethen, "a, Hamilton
township, district No. 5.
Many rural pupils are unfortunate
in that they will not have school
privileges up to the time of the May
examinations. 1t is to be regretted
that many districts have but six
months school during the year, thus
placing the pupils at a disadvantage
in competing with pupils who nave
| had from year to year at least seven
or eight months schooling.
The new course of study provides
for eight years of eight months each
or sixty-four units of work. This
means that school years must be
heightened or that pupils must re-
main in school two years longer IN
order to be eligible to write the
eighth grade examination.
Teachers whose schools will not
! be in session in May are expected to
y W
for their pupils to write the eXamina-
ton.
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Notice of the Boys Encampment
at the State Fair is found in another
column of this issue of The Report
er. Last year there were but three
boys in the county entered the Prize
Essay contest for which this trip to
the fair is given as a premium. The
winner in the contest was George
Springer of Center township. Many
readers of this column will doubtless
remember the story of his expert
ences at the encampment, which was
published soon after his return Fifty
Decatur county boys ought to enter
this contest this year. There is ev-
erything to gain and nothing to lose
in such a competition.
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A letter from E. G. Bishop, of
Ames, who is at the head of the Boys
and Girls Club movement in Iowa,
states that the department of agri-
cultural education is prepared to
furnish choice tomato seed to mem
bers of the garden and canning clubs.
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E. C. Judson, of Lamont, has con-
sented to act as leader of the Boys
and Girls .ubs in Fayette township.
A number of good local leaders are
in view so that there is every promise
of strong organization and good
work in the township. Mr.. Judson
writes that he regards the organiza-
ton of Boys and Girls Clubs as one
of the best movements that can be
made to advance the agricultural in
terests of the county, and that he be-
lives it will prove q great factor in
keeping our boys and girls on the
farm.
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Every rural teacher has been not
only personally invited. but urged to
cooperate with the county superin-
tendent in the promoting of the
Boys and Girls Club work in this
county. Not every teacher can as
sumo active club leadership, but there
remain many other services that the
teacher may render. He may bring
the work to the attention of the par
ents. and to boys and girls, both in