Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-02-18
COUNTY SCHOOL NOTES.
By W. CLYDE N
County School Supt.

| spent last week in Sailing town
ship where they have good schools
and good roads. Monday afternoon
tbeg began dragging and by Friday
noon when / left, nearly all had been
dragged and we're in good shape.
There has been a great change in the
size of the schools. Some have lost
almost half. Burnham and Friendship
have held their own and have full at
tendance.
Monday morning, | was at Strother
They have a pretty site, a pleasant
school home, equipped with a heater,
and are on the approval list. Miss
Nadine Sievers is the teacher. She Is
Ia graduate of the Centralia High
School and Teacher Training class.
She is doing some good work. A. c.
Brockman and NJ. f. Munsor were also
present.
Excelsior also has a heater and is
an approved school. The patrons Of
Excelsior take great pride in their
school and have greatly improved il
during the year. II has been painted
inside and out, a new outbuilding
erected and all of them painted and
lastly they undertook some grading,
This has already made q great inn
provement, although they are not yet
through. Miss Mary Harshbarger is
a fine teacher and has worked hard to
get these improvements and to adj
vance her pupils. She has succeeded
well.
Tuesday morning, ] was at Friend
ship. w. A. Johnston the clerk brought
his wife and lunch for three, and they
stayed all day. Theirs is an interest
that makes itself felt and is so much
needed for the encouragement of the
teachers and their pupils. They have
lust put in a new heater and are
about ready for approval. Miss Bet
tie Harshberger is a good teacher
and is accomplishing great things.
In the afternoon, / was at Sames.
Here they have some good workers
on the board and they are doing all
they can to improve their equipment.
They have got a new pump, have
made a new concrete well top, and
with the proceeds of a pie supper
bought a large dictionary. Miss Ruby
Bradley, just out of the Clark high
school, is doing good work. w. E.
Bradley the clerk, and Ben Burkey,
the president, were also visitors.
At n'7e Thursday morning, j. C.
Terrey, the clerk, and Dan Hartley
and myself were visitors. They have
repaired the house, bought a new
stove, and some library books. They
expect to vote money in the spring
for further repairs. Miss Emma Nc
Afee, another Centralia teacher train
ing graduate is the teacher.
All tie board were present to visit
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Mt. Pisgah. They have bought a new
stove and have spent $500 for IL
brary books. In two years they have
built up a fine little library. Miss
Stauterman has about 80 pupils.
enough to make the work interesting.
The board is composed of r. l.,
Barnes, Clerk, f. NJ. owings, b B.
Littrell, and John spellman.
Thursday morning WAS spent at
Canada. They have a jacket around
their stove and are on the approval
list. They were unfortunate a short
time ago. Some night riders stopped
and destroyed boxes Of crayon, the
globe, tore the maps, knocked boards
off the outbuildings, shot through
the transom and the door, and scat
tered the library books and coal and
crayon all over the floor. hope they
win get their reward soon, and such
a one hat no one will care to try
such experiments. Miss Edna L. Cor
man is the efficient teacher. Messrs.
Garnett and Miller represented the
board.
In the afternoon | visited Lawson.
The clerk, Holleck Bland; and the
president, John German, with their
wives were present. It certainly
looked good to see the interest of
these mothers. Miss Smith, because
Of i'll health, had to resign at Christ
mas. But Lawson Sappington is ably
carrying on the good work, she had
begun. He is a beginner, a graduate
of the Centralia Teacher Training
class, but he is the first teacher yet
that ] have seen conduct his work
without a text book in his hands. Il
certainly pays, His pupils are doing
nicely. The interest is good. Who
will be the next to try it? Lawson
is working for approval. They ex-
pect soon to have a good heating sys-
stem.
Friday Burnham held an all day
meeting with patrons and friends.
They were all present and such a dis
play of pupils work, penmanship,
compositions, maps, drawings, paper
inache, wood carvings, also collect
ions of woods and agricultural pro.
ducts; and then such a spread Of
chicken and dressing salads, pies and
cakes, and all 50 good too. Burn
ham certainly leads in everything
educatIonally, Miss ~Juanette White is
one Of a thousand. She is both n
teacher and leader. As a leader she
has with the splendid cooperation of
her patrons changed Burnham from
one of the common schools, both in
appearance and equipment to a thing
OF beauty, and a first class improved
school, Her school work is excellent