Charlevoix county herald., 1916-09-01
School Commissioners
Notes
Notes
May l.. Stewart. Commissioner

New furnace in Ironton school being
installed with state approved plans.
This will make a big Improvement in
the room in cleanliness, even distribu-
ton of heat, economy in fuel, ventlla-
ton and sanitation.
The county examination for teachers
was truly hard. The state superinten-
dent has raised the standard for third
and second grade certificates so that
considerable advanced study is neces-
sary in order to pass the new sets of
questions which he prepares. TAX
ing county normal or state normal
training is the only way in which to
escape the inevitable results of the
examination laws.
The School Credit for Home Work
System will be introduced into the
Charlevoix County Schools this fall.
Material now in the printers hands.
Walloon's carpenter is busy on the
bank of windows at the left in the high
room. The foul air flues of the furnace
system have already been removed
from the partition and placed where
they are guaranteed to ventilate.
The commissioner has joined the
Commissioner Round Table of Cen
trail Michigan to learn what other COM
missioners are doing.
Phelps is busy, working on some of
the finishing touches now.
The Walker school has been fairly
booming. You know a part of what
they are doing and you may soon have
the privilege of learning their plans
entire and complete.
The German or Knop school is re-
decorating the walls and ceiling in the
correct shades of cream, buff and light
brown as recommended by eye special
lists for interior decoration of working
rooms. They are also ordering a new
globe, new dictionary, drinking foun-
tain, and repairs for the teachers desk
The Curfew school in Melrose has
received bids on the remodeling ofthe
school house for one side lighting and
warm cloak rooms.
New maps and recommended text in
arithmetic at Marion Center.
A new book case at the Curfew
School.
Teachers new desk and chair, and
single post adjustable seats ordered at
Marion Center, new adjustable seats
ordered at Horton Bay, at Camp %, and
new seats already received at Walloon
Lake.
We have some hustling school officers
in some of our district schools and they
are on the job every minute.
Repaired roof, new seats, and new
hard wood floor at the Easton school in
Melrose. You will scarcely know this
little room when the work is finished
Camp % or Forest Hill school is
building new cloak rooms for installing
the chemical toilets which have already
arrived. 1t looks mighty fine.
Seating schedules now in the printers
hands giving correct number of inches
apart and method of placing school
desks.
Fair tickets to all whose names had
been reported by the teacher were
mailed by Mr.. Wilson on Friday the 49,
tn. Those who have not received
theirs by the first of September will
certainly receive the well earned ticket
by writing directly to d. l.. Wilson,
Secretary of the Fair, East Jordan.
Get your Fair work mounted and
ready for display. Something doing
from your school?
If Mary's shoulders hump one inch
and half when her desk is one inch
too far away from her seat, how much
will Willie's shoulders hump if his desk
is size number and his seat number
4?
A second new Standard Plate has ar
rived by express and will soon be pre-
sented to one of your neighboring
schools.
If the commissioner has not heard
the news from your school this week,
she will be glad to hear from you. At
any rate she will soon be around to see
you.
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