Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-04-15
HOT LUNCHES IN RURAL SCHOOLS

/ hOl LUNCHES IN RURAL SCHOOLS.
| Teachers who contemplate making the
MONDAY hot lunch a permanent feature
of their work should consider the matter
carefully before making the initial move.
| Criticism, if there De any, will arise be.
cause of the teachers method of securing
| supplies. Parents are keen to see where
the child profits by the warm lunch, and
IN all cases have given their support to
the teacher when the object has been
| thoroughly understood. To start the
work in hot lunches it is we'll to have a
few cooking utensils and one or two
burner kerosene stove. A two burner oil
stove can be purchased from reliable
tlrms for about $500 and an additional
Sl.Z5 will bring the stove equipped with
an oven. In some of the schools in Ash
land county the school boards have fur
nlshed the stoves for this work. The ac-
ton of such board members can be most
heartily sanctioned by every broad-think-
ing citizen. II the board will not provide
this apparatus, an entertainment might
be held to raise the money. Each child
will furnish his own dishes. Paper nap
kins are so cheap, selling at ten cents a
hundred, that the use of napkins should
be urged.
In preparing and serving these meals,
the teacher should plan to have the pupils
do as much of the work as possible. In
some OF the schools already serving lunch
es program is arranged in such man.
ner that upper form boys and girls
take care of the food that requires from
twenty to thirty minutes preparation.
Monitors are appointed for specified duties
and held responsible for a definite time.
The venture of hot lunches in Ashland
county is new one, but the enthusiasm
with which it has been received by rural
communities shows conclusively that it is
a growing feature, that the teachers who
fail to take it up will be the exceptions. -
Ashland County News.
We hope that the schools in Iron coun-
ty in which the majority of the children
carry lunches, may be able to furnish at
least one hot dish each day next year.
The Teachers Vow:-"I will see the
good in all pupils and lead them to high
er attainments. l will be patient and
torbearing, confident in the belief that
kindness and generosity will ultimately
triumph. will scorn error, deceit, and
all forms Of falsehood, persistently fore.
going sarcasm and injustice. Twill claim
all nature as my heritage and spend a
portion of each day in Gods open air.
will hold daily communion with my Own
soul. | will accept my remuneration,
however small, without envy, complaint,
or encouragement, never forgetting that
a teacher is leader in the higher life
and not merely a wage-earner. will
work each day in mistaken assurance
that peace and power come in full measure
to all who are ready for the truth. Rock
Co. Educational Bulletin
The inhabitants of Sand Rock number
but two families. The school there con-
tains nine pupils-four from one family
and five from the other. 1t is rather de-
pressing to view the rows of empty
houses that are going to ruin.
The enrolment at the Manitowish
school has been increased by the addition
of two.pupils lwho came from the southern
states, and who tell of picking vioIets be-
fore leaving their home. They found a
Chilly reception here in spite of the well
come accorded them at school.
The pupils in the Kimball school are
building an Indian village. The boys go
into the woods, strip the bark from the
birch trees, and bring it to school. The
boys and girls then construct wigwams,
canoes, etc, and arrange them on a sand
table to initiate a village.
A number of the teachers in rural
schools are making preparations for ex-
ercises to be held on the closing day of
school, Several schools are in session
only eight months each year, and will
close the last week in April.
The supervising teacher visited the
County Training School at Mellen last
Friday. Twelve young ladies are to com
plete the course there this year and be-
come rural teachers next fall.