The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-02-03
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III another section win be found
an article from A g. Morelsnd;
Superintendent cf the Bates
county schools. The superintend.
teHtt gives us Us in detail ! statement
from a Miss Rosenthal, in which
the names Of the teachers and pu.
pills who have made q creditable
showing in penmanshif are hand
ed to us for publication.
It would appear that the rural
schools have only figured in this
report as no mention is made Of
the Rockville teachers or students
or any other town schools but
perhaps that will come later. At
the close Of the article are these
words, "At the close Of school, I
will give penmanship certificates
to pupils who have learned to
write a good business hand. The
particulars will be given. upon re-
quest to the teacher s
If it's a fair question we, would
like to ask Mr.. Moreland how he
expects the teachers to give in
formation upon a subject they
know nothing about We inquired
Of Prof. Wise but he had never
heard Of Mr.. Moreland's plans.
And we would like to know why
the towns are Disseminated
against9 And when these ques-
tons have been settled we would
like to have Mr.. Moreland tell us
why he has allowed over half the
school year to pass without pay
ing our schools a visit
Rockville is in Bates county, we
pay our share Of Mr.. Moreland g
salary and We believe we have
right to our share of the atten-
ton. Speak up, Mr.. Moreland.
Butler, Mo-, Jan. 81, 1916.
Booster,
Rockville, Missouri,
Dear Mr.. Editor:
A friend handed me a copy of
The Rockville Booster in which is
IN article headed, Attention Mr.. |
Moreland." An article so ridicu-
[ous as this one is hardly worth
Last September / sent out al; ! !
article to each rural teacher and
10 each principal Of the town
schools on penmanship which con-
tanned among others the follow
ing statements:
"A new system Of writing has !
been adopted for use in Bates
county schools. It is the Rosen-
hal Method and each teacher will |
,e held responsible for its use.
Schools and teachers in Bates
county will be ranked in penman-
hip. A certificate will be issued
o the teacher and to the school
Who acquires the best handwrit-
ng during the school term. Five
# the best and five of the poorest
'ages in penmanship from various
,upils and five from the teacher
must be sent to me at the end Of
ach quarter. Schools obtaining
he highest rank will be notified
f their standing. Please preserve
his article for use during the
erm."
Miss Rosenthal is at the head Of
he Commercial Department Of the
Columbia High Schoo, and teach
s in the University of Missouri
Turing the summer term. She
trades the above mentioned pa
'ers and ranks the pupils and
eachers I have nothing to do
With it except to make the reports
IS she sends them to me.
You misrepresent things when
'ou state that teachers know moth
ng about the above method. re-
eived a letter from the Mr.. Wise
hat you quote last September in
which he stated that Rockville
ook dealers had not ordered the
ew writing material and request
d me to send him Miss Rosen- j
halls address that he might order Ii
be material. He also stated that /,
e thought it a fine plan and ex-I
ressed his willingness to cooper
te with me in making the above
AIMED method q success. Now, I
#. Editor if you are 90 anxious /,
hat your school be mentioned /
link it would be . good plan for
on to prepare . few articles oni
Cooperation, and use your In
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