Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-05-11
SCHOOL N0TFs
By W. cLYDE JOHNSON
County School supt

pns' ana @ey wrote 1.s4s paOe,,
The pupils generally found ~
questions a little bit difficult Ia.1
the main reason for this /. ~.
questions were net so much
OF the pupils memory Of ,bo
book, but rather a test Of their ,hn:.I
to apply the knowledge gsi,sa
test Of their reasoning ability a,
Their they are thinking, are Dc ,slo,iA-
their reasoning powers, instead
depending solely on their mn
carry them through. II the ts..t.ss
are letting things take their corr-.
Il they have not the broader vi,;.-
have not learned for themselv., ~
Importance Of knowing the why ana
the wherefore, il they do not take y.
pains TO go to the bottom Of tbiup,
and see the relation of cause and :,
fec1 then 1t is easy to foresee TIA,
their pupils will not develop their rs,,
soning powers and win miserablv fail
] shall give a few of the question,
here. l shall select only from the m
grade. The Message about tb,a.
weeks ago printed those for the seb
grade: @In what instance in Mis,
Standish did friendship prove over
love? In what way was Miles Stan.
dish Inconsistent? Spell the name,
of is states and give correct abbre.
Walton opposite each. Name fy.
Leading industries Of the United STATE,
and tell in what section they are car.
ried on and why? Name four large
inland cities Of the United States and
tell why they became large cities.
What is the largest country Of
Europef Why is it not so prosper.
GUS as Switzerland? Notice the
WHY'S Name four European coun.
tries that made explorations and set.
Elements in North America and Che
objects each had in view in making
them. In what ways did the geo.
graphy Of the country influence the
colonists7 What effect did the inter.
colonial wars have on the spirit Of
American independence Of the colon.
lists? In what way may this be
connected with the Revolutionary
war? II = farmer plants corn from
seed that is 10 per cent bad, what is
his loss in bushels on 20 acres il his
yield without replanting is As bushels
per acre? A school district has a
valuation Of 100000. With a local
tax levy of 40 cents on the 800 valua-
ton and public fund Of $40, how
many months Of school can be given,
paying the teacher $50 per month and
allowing $50 for incidental expenses!
Make out a check on your local bank
for $500 payable to yourself, Name
8 varieties Of corn. Give definitely
a good method of selecting seed corn
What is the object of rotation OF
crops? Give what you con5ider a
good rotation. What is meant by a
balanced ration? What should be
the difference in the feed Of a dairy
COW and a beef COW? Draw a vege-
label garden, indicating on diagram
the different vegetables and when
each should be planted. Draw plots
so as to indicate relative amount oil
ground for each.n Now dear parents
if you want your child educated
drawn out, trained, but not mace
merely an encyclopedia of fa''S
CLEANED from books,-then am sure
you agree with me that your cnlld
should meet this test, and his teacher
should see to it that he meets 1t well
prepared.
Doyt Miller reported Tuesday mat
Fox had voted free text books. ms
is good. That makes five that !
have heard from. / hope there are
still others.
Martinsburg has employed D. u
Grace Of Troy as principal, Miss Luz
Gle Moore Of Montgomery City as
intermediate and Miss Lottie Moore
Of Bushnell, Ill, as primary teacher
Crane has prevailed on Miss saline
Crane TO return to them. LaddoniS
has elected C. C. weis again with a
raise for superintendent but MISS
Anna Williams Of Mexico for the
primary room, Miss Holiday Of Col
umbia for room 2 and Miss Della
Talbot Of Laddonia for room three
vandalia has elected NJ. c. Thomas
Of Centralia for superintendent, Miss
Pearle Parker has been retained al
New Michigan. Miss Florence Beige
man will go to Dye. Miss Molie
James an inexperienced student az
Kirksville has been elected to Ellis
Miss Anna McMurty will teach her
home school, Carter. Miss Mahle Kill
gore has been employed at Sims,
Miss Blanche Sipple has been elected
at Cauthorn, Miss Vernice Ray re-
turns to South Carter. Miss Anna
o'Brien was re-employed at Femme
valid, and together with her sister,
Miss Elizabeth, will go the Cape
Girardeau for the Summer term
Many others will also go to senoo'
this summer. / should like very mucn
to have their names. In fact seVerS,
have already gone. W. L. Ballew anu
Miss Mary Griffin arc in Kirksvilie
Houehin's Booster Club