The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-10-28
INSTITUTEDURING
SHORT COURSE
Practical Lessons in Agriculture and
Domestic Science Furnish In
spiration for Teachers.
NOTES BY sUPT. F. N. oLRY
Mr.. oIry Visits One Hundred and Fit.
teen Schools Out of the One
Hundred and Seventy.

We have visited lis OF the 10
schools in this county and find the
teachers doing better work than ev-
err before. The children are interest
ed. The teachers are doing their
best.
Many OF the rooms are in excellent
condition. Many of them have been
painted and papered or kalsomined
and are in the very best of condition.
This is the right spirit on the part
of the school boards and of the in
dividual directors. Our schools can
not be too good.
The new buildings in Number s
Iowa, Number Hayes, Number 5.
Paradise and at Ricketts, are types
OF the latest and best in school build
ings. They are coy rooms properly
lighted and have the new heating
and vontilating systems. They cost
Il little more than the others but are
worth the difference in many ways.
We found the schools in Jackson
township to be nicely fixed up inside
and painted on the outside and the
yards in coed condition.
Number five in Goodrich township
has changed much in looks both in
side and out and the road has been
changed. The yard is fenced and this
makes it safer for the children who
must attend the school. Most OF the
other schools in Goodrich are in good
condition.
The schools in Otter Creek and in
Morgan are well kept. Most of them
have sweeping compound and this
adds much toward keeping the rooms
in better condition. Number in
Stockholm is in fine condition. The
others we visited were about as u.s.
ual.
Some of the rooms in Union town
ship have been gone over and put into
much better condition. The schools
were going nicely.
The schools In soldier township, en-
cept one. have been put into very
good condition and this adds much to
their looks.
The four schools in Paradise town
ship that we visited were kalsomined
and papered and looked much better
than usual The four we visited in
Boyer township We're going nicely.
The schools in Nishnabotny are in
coed condition as we'll as those we
visited in East Boyer. enison town
ship and few other scattering
schools.
Ten or twelve of the new heating
and ventilating systems have been
put into our schools this fall. This
makes about forty in our rural
schools. Hayes, Denison, Iowa and
Charter Oak townships have bought
some OF the new systems. Our adj
vice to the school boards is to buy
the new as soon as the old is Worn
out. In this way we grow into the
new without loss to the districts.
We found flag poles in most OF the
townships and the flags We're flying.
All of the townships will soon comply
with the Law in regard to putting uD
flag poles and buying flags.
Parents. pupils and teachers are
much interested in the home work
credits. Boys and girls get credit at
school for the work done at home.
Quarter holidays, certificates ami
credit on the regular school work are
given for the credits tried so far.
Nearly 100 certificates have been is
sued so far.
Every teacher who can. should plan
to attend the State Teachers meet
ing at Des Moines on November ST.
!. Many excellent lectures have been
secured and it will be worth while
for any teacher to attend. Teachers
will be benefited individually and will
return to school work with broader
outlook and renewed zeal
We are planning TO hold institute
during Short Course week. At our
meeting last spring the teachers vot-
ed in favor of that date. Besides the
;nspiration there will be practical
lessons in Agriculture and Domestic