The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-15
Cooper, Mrs. Coryell and Supt. .Shep.
ard Spend Busy Week Visit
ing Various Schools in
County
CLUB MOVEMENT
RECEIVES IMPETUS
Teachers aud Pupils Manifest Much
Interest in Meetings aud Pros
poets Bright for Enroll
ing Many Members

That the people OF Grady county
are wideawake on the subject OF
better schools and the boys and girls
club work was evidenced by the en-
thusiastic meetings held in various
schools last week by County Agent
Cooper, Mrs Coryell, in charge of the
women's department, and County
Superintendent Shepard. The report
of Mr. Cooper to the United States
department of agriculture gives a
vivid idea Of the sentiment and con-
ditions in the county schools. The
county agent summarizes his weeks
work as follows:
Monday, December 8.
M. II. Shepard, county superintend
ent, Mrs. coryell and planned to VISIT
the rural schools in the northeastern
part OF the county this week; left
chickasha at o'clock for Tuttle,
stopped at Tuttle a few minutes. then
went southeast to Pleasant Valley
school; Mrs Bateman, teacher. 2S
children present Then to Jim Boyd's,
and r. S. Colemans farms. six miles
east OF here, to help yaccinate 80
hogs. Then to Snow Hill school; Mr..
Killing. teacher. 30 children present;
good school, not many large children
present on account of picking cotton.
Then we visited Bridge Greek school,
Mr.. Height, teacher, only 10 children
present, being first day OF the winter
term. He said he would have about
forty when they all started. He
thought we would have a good club.
From there we visited Antioch school,
Il children present Miss Myrtle
Bledsoe. teacher We found here one
OF the best equipped school houses in
the county and very fine teacher.
Then to Mr.. Hubert Utt's, where we
took supper Mr.. UT is very pros
porous farmer. From there we went
to Pleasant Valley school to night
meeting had a good crowd, A people
present.
Mr.. Shepard spoke first on moon
light schools and boosted our work
and told the teachers and people that
II was one of the best things that their
children could 90 into He told the
teachers on this trip to help the chill
dren in their reports and everything
in their power to help our work along.
Then Mrs. Coryell talked, explaining
her work, after which ! explained my
part of the work: and after the meet
ing they kept me busy answering ques-
tions for about an hour Mr.. Shepard
and staid all night with Mr.. Mar
shall, member of the school board,
travelled 50 miles today
Tuesday, December 7.
Visited Campbells school at y
O'Clock this morning; Miss Hale,
teacher: 10 children present; nice,
clean. well equipped school house and
good teacher. Went into Tuttle for
gasoline. then east to Worley's school
house: Mr.. Smith, teacher; have a
good school house, everything nice
and clean; Mr.. Smith said We would
get a good club here; from here we
went to the Waldon school; j. T.,
Henry. teacher; we found here one of
the best schools in the county. This
school got second second in the agri-
cultural exhibit at the county fair.
They had their school house decorated
with the products they had at the
fair; 30 children present. One OF the
best equipped school play grounds
ever saw. We will get a good club
here From here we visited Silver
city school; Mr.. Burbee, teacher; 80
children present. found another good
school. we'll equipped and everything
nice and clean; curtains on windows
and pictures on the wall. Win get q
good club here; Miss Addie Milcheil,
teacher; another good school; the
school house was decorated with all
kinds Of grain, and the beauty OF this
was that the children and teacher
raised all Of these products on the
school grounds having kafir corn