The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-10-22
SCHOOL NOTES

Mr.. C. E. Oliver, State Inspector Of
high schools and normal schools was
in the county Thursday and Friday,
Oct. IA and Is. He spent most of
Thursday going over the work of the
county normal school, and, after com
pleting his inspection, he expressed
himself as being well pleased with the
work being done here. He particularly
commended the wor kin domestic
science, as gwen by Miss Rimes, and
states that it was second to none in
the state. He also commented favor
ably upon he practical nature of all
the work given in the normal school,
and complimented director N. L.
Steer upon the fine class of young
people taking the normal course.
The new centralized school at Wads-
worth held is first community meet
ing Friday night, Oct. Is. A good
sized audience gathered to talk over
school affairs and to listen to address,
es by County Superintendent Flicking-
er of Summit county and G. E. Oliver,
state high school inspector. Mr.. Oliv-
er called attention to the changes in
rural conditions brought about in the
past few years by the introduction of
many improvements in machinery and
modes of living and then proceeded
to show that education in rural COM
munities had not always kept pace
with advancement in other lines. Mr..
Flickinger called attention to the
changes in educational sentiment in
Summit county in the past few years
along various lines. Both speakers
complimented the people of Wads-
worth township upon the splendid To-
cation of their excellent educational
plant.
E. |. Wuchter, principal of these
schools is preparing to hold an exhibit
and school fair the last Friday of Oc-
tober to which the people of Wads-
worth and surrounding districts are
invited.
County Supt., c. E. jerks is plan
ming a series of declamatory contests,
open to the students of the various
high schools of the county, to be held
during the month of December. The
schools have been divided into the fol-
lowing districts, each of which will
hold preliminary contests, the winners
Of these to meet for the county champ
ionship.
District No. -Wadsworth village,
Sharon, Granger. District No. 2-Me-
dina, Seville, Brunswick, Hinckley.
District No. 9-Leroy, Chatham, Lodi,
Homer. District No. 4-Spencer,
Litchfeld, York and Liverpool. A
meeting of representatives from each
of the high schools has been set for
Tuesday evening, Oct. 26, at Medina.
At this meeting dates and places for
the various preliminaries will be ar
ranged, also various other details will
be decided upon.
Medina village has about rs students
who are brought to school and taken
home each day upon auto trucks. One
load comes up the pike from the Gull
ford line and the other down the
pike from the Brunswick line. No
student is on the road more than 30
minutes each way and while living in
the country and enjoying all the ad-
vantages Of farm life, they also have
all the benefits Of the splendid school
system of Medina village. This is
indeed time Of progress and advance
ment in various lines Of activity.
The new centralized school Of Wads-
worth township is unique among Ohio
schools in one particular: the princi-
pal and his first assistant have their
homes in the east wing Of the school
building. Consequently there is some
one on the job not only night and day,
but twelve months in the year. BY
this arrangement Wadsworth town
ship will be able to carry on expert
nents in agriculture upon its fine FIVE
acre tract Of land. There are nun
erous fine apple trees and splendid
land for gardening available for all
sorts OF tests. Yet this Is the plant