Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-09-08
CREscO, HOWARD COUNTY, IOWA. FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 1916
Rural School Notes.

Rural School Notes.
Vernon Springs township is to be
congratulated on the type of men they
have succeeded in placing on their
school board. No other board in the
county more readily co.operates with
the county superintendent Office for
the progress of their schools. In July
. letter was sent to each director in
the county recommending certain
measures for the schools. Among
these was the request that each school
board furnish set of text books for
each school, for the teachers use. Yer
non Springs alone complied with this
request. Of course, the books cost
something, and the bill may look large
now, but new books are adopted only
once in five years, and it means decid-
edly better schools. 1t is difficult for a
teacher to say what books a pupil
should get when she hasn't seen the
books, but that is what good many
will have to do and it will mean that q
large number of pupils will use books
that are not what they need. You may
think that the teachers should supply
these for themselves, but they are
never sure what they will be doing an
other year and they can t afford to sup
ply themselves with textbooks that
may be of no value to them in differ
ent work, when there are so many
things that could be purchased at the
same cost, that are of value in any
school. If you are interested in hav-
ing your teacher do her best work for
you, let your school board know it.
They are willing to put money into any
good thing if they know the patrons
want it.
We want also, to congratulate the
people of. Florenceville district on hav-
ing the cleanest school house in the
county. know of no other school
house in the county cleaned regularly
once a month. 1t pays.
This fall another series of township
picnics will be held during the week of
September 1923, following the plan of
last year. We shall present to you an
entirely different phase of endeavor.
DR.. A. E. Kepford of the State Board
of Control will lecture in each town
ship. Your county superintendent has
heard DR.. Kepford several times SO we
,xinow you will enjoy him. But that
you may meet him yourself before the
picnics. we have planned to have him
here Saturday, Sept. 10th. for the
county auto phrade which will start at
Elma early in the morning and pass
through Saratoga, Cresco, Bonair, Lime
Springs, Chester and Riceville. stop
ping at eacq town few minutes. State
Supt. A. M. Deyoe will also be here to
greet you with few words from the
department. We have tried several
times before, to get MIR. Deyoe but did
not succeed, and it is only through
special effort on his part that he will
be able to be with US at this time. We
want at least one auto load from each
district. The school officers and the
teacher of every district should plan to
make the tour with us. Each auto
should be decorated to show what dis
trict it represents. Much decoration
will not stand so long trip, but every
one should have at least cloth banner
or pennant to designate the district. 1t
should be firmly fastened to be in as
good condition at the last town as the
first.
Watch the next issue of this paper
for further notice of the parade and
picnics.