Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-12-17
COUNTY SCHOOL NOTES
By W. CLYDE JOHNSON.
County School Supt.

II you sep on, Willie, you'll soon
know as 4 Ieh as your teacher" said
the ministAr. patronizingly. "Huh!"
exclaimed Willie. ~Td know as much
now if looked at the book all the
time, like she does.s-Ex.
| visited Miss Yea Smith at Bear
Slough Friday. | was much pleased
to find her conducting the reading
recitation with her book closed. Her
pupils r reading well, and are max
ing good progress. She has also add
ed to her equipment a new case of
eight good maps. She lacks but one
requirement-an eight month term
of meeting with approval. The levy
this year is 65 cents, but v
months is the best they can do. In
the afternoon a few of the patrons
came in to hear a short program
given by the pupils. They also had
some good drawings, written stories,
corn, and three fine cakes for me to
judge. She has but nine pupils and
viii lose three of them shortly.
At Moline. ] found more than 80
pupils eheerfully working away. Miss
Cook works with them and plays with
them with results that are good to
both. She, the pupils, and the Board
are working hard to make a pleasant
schoolroom for the children, and they
are succeeding well. Their greatest
need now is a number Of supplement
tary readers in their library. For
best results, a pupil should read at
least his own book and four supple
mentary readers before getting a new
and higher reader.
Farmer" Rusk and |, together.
visited four schools last week
Stauffer, Sunrise, jackson, and Eller.
At Stauffer and at jackson we had
the larger audiences who brought
large baskets filled with the best
things to eat. At Stauffer they sur
prised us with bringing in some fine
stock-nearly a dozen good horses.
Farmer Rusk gave a demonstration
on Judging them. He also Judged
good corn that the boys had
selected. The girls had baked some
fine cakes, and all had prepared some
school work for exhibit. Mrs. Kelly, |
her pupils. and the patrons, all take
great pride in their school, and are
doing all they can to improve it.
Just now they r proud of their
library case, books, and maps.
add much to the efficiency of the
jackson vas the first school in the
to have one-light windows.
They have a heating plant, library,
and a case of maps. They could cas-
lily have a first class school. Miss
Cowherd assisted ably by Mr.. Bur
ton and his good wife, is trying hard
10 give them a good school, and to
awaken their pride and interest in
better conditions. She is succeeding
in both undertakings.
Miss MeMurtry at Sunrise inter
ssted several of her patrons to come
in spite of the disagreeable wath-
II. She had the walls covered with
/ fine exhibit of her school work
Her board has put a new roof on the
house, painted in and out, got a new
'tove, and made it much more home
ike for all. She is doing some good
work and is giving satisfaction. !
The weather grew worse, yet sew
raj met US at Eller. Here, too.
many good improvements have been
made. They have built new outbuiId- !
ngs, bought a new stove, put on new ,
built a new coal house. and j.,
crubbed the floor until it looks like !
Hew. Miss jackson has decorated the 8
'alls with a splendid exhibit Of her =
upils' work /.
We greatly enjoyed these visits,
nd especially getting acquainted i,
nth the good people and discussing !
nth them questions which they were n
eeply interested in. / hope that we !
Jay have many more ere the weather :
cts too bad.