Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-05-13
COUNTY school,! NEWS

Prepared by
Miss Della Emunson, Co. Supt. of Schools
and Miss Agnes Boyington, Sup. Teacher.
DISTRICT SCHOOLS KEEP UP WITH VISION
SINS GREAT WORK.
We do not need to DWELL on the fact
that Wisconsin's homes and farms are
noticeably better in equipment during
each passing decade. 1t is too evident to
need repeating. Some of us are not a.
ware OF the advance which schools have
made in the last ten years until our at.
tention is brought to the fact that the
old district schools are being made over
into new ones, in many places in the
state, and that the newly built ones do
not follow the old ways. Take as an in
stance the high type of work being done
in our northern counties. Marinette is a
shining example and some personal at
tention will not be out of place here.
Fourteen new rural schools have been
built in two years. Autos and other
transportation vehicles are earring pu.
pills from three to ten miles to school.
| There are five well equipped kindergar-
tens in the rural schools of Marinette
County. Experimental agriculture and
settlement work are being carried on.
! Ten of the rural schools have Babcock
1 Testers with which they keep their dis
/ trict fairly well informed on thebutter-fat
! percentage of the milk of the cows in
various herds. The old time box stove
and common drinking pail and cup have
been discarded. In their place are school
! furnaces In the basement, modern plumb
/ ing with washbowls and a bubbler to
drink from. This article is not published
! to prove that the Marinette County
Schools are the only modern ones in
northern Wisconsin but we are proud to
name them as an example of the way in
which our Badger State schools are march
ing forward. Wisconsin Agriculturist.
We are glad to state that Iron County
will bear comparison on some of the
points mentioned above. Four new rur-
al schools have been built during this
present year. Three of our schools have
purchased Babcock Testers and are test
ing the milk from the farmers cows in
their vicinity. Only one school in the
county still uses box stove which will
soon be replaced. Four of our rural
schools can boast of good furnaces while
the remaining ones have the jacketed
stove with ventilating system. Only two
schools still use the common drinking
pail All others are equipped with indi-
vidual cups and drinking fountains Tor
bubblers.
Two pupils from the Moore School
have earned Reading Circle diplomas,
Esther Hansen and Marian Moore. Eight
diplomas were granted to the pupils of
the Saxon State Graded School this week,
Lillian Rostollan, Leda Legeault Victoria
Ruks, Arvid Norman, Eva Myers, Meril
day Clement, Anna Legenult, Amanda
Myers.
Last Friday, May 5th was Arbor and
Bird Day. Most of the schools held APP
propriate exercises, raked the school yard.
planted trees, placed bird houses, and
made flower beds.
The pupils of the Moore School went to
Epson Saturday, April 10Th where they
played basket ball with the pupils of the
Epson School. The score was 10 to % in
favor of Epson.
The Memorial Day pamphlets for rural
schools, have been received for distribu-
ton this week.
The U. S. Department of Agriculture
this week sent several packages of vege.
table and flower seeds for free distribution
A number of these packages still remain
at the office and any one who desires
some may have the same by calling
The following anecdote was taken from
the last issue of the Educational News
BulIetin.-"The father had for some time
been watching the antics of his son
These antics seemed to be supplement
to his school work. The boy read Z
passage from his school reader, Their
lighted fire on the hearth, then looked
around the room, then spat on the floor
then went over and whirled around I
couple of times on the spot The father
could resist no longer and asked what il
was all about The boy was dramatizins
lines from the Lays OF Ancient Rome;
On the hearth the fire was lit
And the kid turned on the spit
At recent visit to the Iron Bel
schools, special notice was taken O.
the Manual Training department. Tn,
boys under the supervision of Mis-
Elizabeth Walker have Just completed
} work bench that is credit to boil
e pupils and teacher. Miss Walker il
, also doing exceptionally fine work il
, Domestic Science.
SAXON