Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22
RURAL SCHOOL NOTES.

observing the work and methods
here. l wish to get all that / can
that will be beneficial to the schools
of Audrain. President Kirk was very
kind and heartily invited me to feel
free to visit the classes and come and
go as Ipleased. The instructors are
also very tolerant of me and even en-
couage me to ask questins. There
are more than 1000 students here.
Audrain is furnishing her part of
them. Already have met with some
80 or more. How many are here that
l have not yet met have no way of
knowing. 1 shall give list of them
as know them.
From Mexico we have: Mrs.
Laura Hoagland, principal of the
South Side School; Miss Maud Wal
lace, the instructor of Music; H. l..
Collett, instructor in Agriculture;
Miss Beulah Griffin, one of Mrs.
Hoagland's teachers; and Miss Mary
Griffin, the teacher at Daniels; and
Miss Coralie Lake.
From Centralia are: w. L. Bal
lew, who teaches at Flynt; Miss Katie
Siever, the teacher at Goodwater;
Miss Mabel Kilgore, who will teach
at High Hill; Miss Dollie McKensie,
who has taught the past two years at
Skull Lick; Miss Erma McAfee, who
will teach at Tulip; Miss Myrtle Nc
Afee, who taught the Naylor school
for the last two years.
From Thompson: Miss Mary Muir
ply, who has taught the Fennewald
school for the past two years.
From Vandalia: Miss Mayme Neal
and Miss Georgia Gooch and Miss
Olivia Watson, grade teachers in the
Vandalia school; also Miss Leta
Moore, who will teach at Canada;
Miss Bess Watson, who will teach at
Burnham; Gladys Furber, who will
teach at Black, where she has al
ready taught two successful terms;
also Misses Viola Waters, Matilda
Rhoads and Ethyl Ryan, and Homer
Price of the vandalia Teacher-Train-
ing Glass.
From Curryville is Miss Maple
Newland, who has been at Beagles
for he last two years.
From Laddonia: Miss Ruby Web
Der, from the Hall school, and Mis-
Beulah Hagan, who will teach At
Oak Grove.
! Benton City: Miss Minnie Stau.-
fer, who will teach at South Liberty.
From Martinsburg: Miss Pauline
Moser, who will teach at Chapel
Grove; Miss Dorothy Seeker, who
teaches in another county.
From Rush Hill is C. V. Ford, the
High School principal
From Middletown: HI. Gooch,
who taught a year ago at Culwell;
Miss Vernice Ray, who will teach at
Carter
From WellsYille are the Misses
Sturgeon, who teach in Montgomery
county, and Miss Anna Mackey, who
was at Black last year.
Miss Edna James who will teach
at Union, is also here from Mexico.
Miss Matte Fields, who taught last
year at Ringo, is student here.
From Auxvasse is Miss Elizabeth
Telkemper, the teacher at Ellis.
Besides these, there are here
Misses Alta Smelser and sister, Clara,
lately of Vandalia, also brother of
Brother B. L. Rodgers.
These are not all of the Audrain
teachers that are in school this sum-
mer. Many are at Columbia, others
at Warrensburg, still others at Cape
Girardeau, a few in Colorado and at
the Exposition. Miss Helen Graham
is at Lathrop, Miss Edith Etheridge
is at Madison, Wis, and Miss Flor
ence Underwood is taking special
primary training at the Harris Teach
ers' College in st. Louis, and Miss
Bula Moore is taking a business
course in Gem City Business College.