Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-04-22
Teachers ~Reemployed

Friday afternoon and elected the
faculty for the Mansfield pub.
lie schools for the ensuing year.
Every teacher was returned ex.
cept Miss Ora Rippee, who, af.
ter six years of faithful, patient
work in the first primary grades,
does not expect to teach next
term.
This closes the eighth years
work here for Superintendent
J. A. Hylton. he having come to
Mansfield in 1905. soon after his
graduation from the Cape Gi.
rardeau Normal. He taught
here three years and then re.
turned to his former home at
Ava to serve two years at the
head of the Ava school. In 1910
he was elected here again at the
best salary paid up to that time,
and has been unanimously re.
elected every year since at a
steady increase in wages.
When Professor Hylton took
charge of the school it was on
the unclasSited list. but our
high school work is now accred.
tied for l. units, making it a
second grade high school. No
additional teacher for the high
school will be employed until the
beginning of the next term. but
if there is sufficient demand for
it the 18th grade will be added.
Every effort will be made this
year to make the work of the
grades equally as strong as that
of the high school. To do this
will require considerable money
for libraries, supplementary
books and material for hand
work and physical culture. Su.
pe~rintendent Hylton contends
that a high school should be elias.
SIZED by the work IN the grades
as well as by that of the ad.
yanced classes. and the board
hopes next yearIo have an in
spector pass on all the work.
Miss Cloe Osborn has served
but one year as principal but her
work in history, English and
sewing has been most Satisfac
tory. She is a graduate of the
Buffalo high school. and also
holds a diploma from the Spring
field Normal. The board is es.
pecially fortunate in being able
to retain Miss Osborn, and every
high school student will look for
ward with pleasure to the work
in the subjects she teaches
Miss Osborn will receive a sub
stantial increase in salary as {
testimonial 10 her excellent
work.
Miss Ivylee Gladden.. who ha:
charge of the grammar grades
taught several terms in rura
schools in Texas and Wrigh'
counties and one term in the
grades at Hartville before com
ing here last year. Her room
has been crowded and on tina,
account the work has been very
difficult. but with her expert
ence and acquaintance with the
conditions she will be able II
make the work in her grades the
best it has ever been.
There has been an unusually
large attendance in the inter
mediate grades this year, and
Miss Veril Ellis, who has taught
in that room, has had a very di,
ficult undertaking. 1t was hel
first year teaching and the
crowded condition made hel
task an unusually hard one.
Her work has been more salts.
factory to her during the last oil
the year, and knowing the con.
ditions will enable her to do her
work much more easily mex,
year,
Miss Sarah Gaskill had an ideal
group of students and most sat.
isfactory conditions for work
this year. Last year she had an
abnormally large fourth grade,
which made the work very try
ing on her, but her little people
have done much better and the
work has been much easier for
her this year.
With proper equipment, so
that the course Of study can be
followed closely, the second pri.
,oary u,adas mill oiva on aycal.