The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-10-01
EDUCATIONAL COLUMN.
BY Mabel Horner, County Supt.

Normal Institute, October and
Teachers examination, October -.
%, and 20.
State Teachers Association, NO
vember 5, and T.
A number of teachers have inqulr-
ed whether or not they will be re-
uuired to make up the time If they
attend the County Institute. The
answer is: No, they will not. 1t is
not an arbitrary matter to be settled
by the board or the county superin-
tendent. 1t is fully covered by the
law-an enactment OF the Thlrty-
fifth General Assembly This belng
the first institute held in accordance
with the new law it seems necessary
to speak thus emphatically in order
to obviate the possibility of misun-
derstanding in regard, to the matter.
1t is the teachers duty, as prescrlD-
ed by law to dismiss school thursday
evening and be in attendance at the
Institute Friday. 1t is not necessary
to ask the permission of the board,
but it is proper and right to inform
them of the reason for the dismissal,
in case it may not be known to them
> Every effort is being made to make
the session interesting and profitable
to all. An excellent faculty has
been secured. Prof. Irving Hart, OF
Cedar Falls is Vice President OF the
State Teachers Association. His
lecture along various professional
lines will be of interest to every
Mr
Mr.. Kindley will meet the rural and
the grade teachers in special sessions.
Those not needing Miss Van elders
work in primary training. can spend
the time with Mr.. Woodstock in dis
cussing the course prescribed for the
Manual Training Club.
All school patrons or others in
terested are cordially invited to at
tend any or all sessions OF this in
stitute
Considering the inclemency of
the weather, and the short notice
given to teachers the exhibit of the
boys and girls club at the Lamont
Harvest Home Festival was indeed
excellent. Following are the names
of those whose work won recognition. !
Sewing.-Evelyn Allpress, Susie |
Heasley, Lucille Frost, Jennie Camp
bell, Florence Anderson, May Smith.
Bakery Cooking Club)-Bessie
Barrows, Viola Nicholson, Ruth
Grenawalt, Emo Grenawalt, Floyd
Bailey, Lois Bradley, Genevieve Gun
solley, Celia Gunsolley, Lorene En-
win, Viola Hopkins.
Canning.-Lillian Bentley, Lorene ;,
Erwin, Edna Brown.
Miscellaneous-Bir Steckel,
Opal Brown, Genevieve Gunsolley,
Wanda Hammer, Jeanette. Haas,
Aileen Brackenbury, Marie Willis,
Edna Brown, Edna Bradley, Evelyn
Allpress, Dale Heaslcy, Mary and
Margaret Walton.
900
The Bloomington Township Rally
was held at Center School last FIJI
day afternoon. An excellent pro-
gram was rendered by the schools.
This was followed by conference
with the county superintendent IN
which both teachers and patrons
freely participated. All present ex-
pressed themselves as highly pleased
with the meeting. Undoubtedly
such occasions contribute much to-
ward bringing parents, teachers, and
superintendent into sympa-
thetic cooperation.
900
The Barr School house west of
Lamont, has recently undergone re-
pairs and has been treated to coat
Of new paint. The interior of the
building also has been greatly i'm
proved. The rewly plastered walls
are painted a light chocolate shade,
with "a cream colored ceiling. Mod
ern, stationary single seats, have re-
placed the old misfitted double seats
and desks A promising year is open
ing for the school with Miss Laura
Steckel in charge:
The board in High Point Township
are expanding a part of the library
fund for supplementary readers.
This is a wise expenditure, and one
that greatly pleases the teacher OF
the township.
900
In Miss Iva Briggaman's school
where warm lunches are part of
LIE uUlly lOSI -lAA, IliC SSe1SASA etAN
pupils have made fircless cooker
which greatly facilitates the work in
the culinary department.
We understand that some OF the
pupils have made these conveniences
also for the home household.
Miss Mary Eta Lille is teaching
in District Number five, Morgan
which school was reported
last week as without a teacher. The
Westervlle school is at present the
only school in the county not sup
piled with a teacher. The problem
of keeping teachers in Decatur
county schools this year is very much
like playing the game called "Pigs in
Clover This is the first year there
has been a shortage of teachers in
Decatur county and this need not
have been if directors had applied
earlier to the county superintendent.
Fifteen or twenty of our best teach
ers, who would have been glad to
have stayed at home are teaching in
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