The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-05-04
THE COUNTRY SCHOOL
Miss Duboc Making Final Visiting
Tour Of the Year.

County Superintendent Jessie L.
Duboc has been out in the rural dis
trlcts almost every day for the past
two weeks making her final visits at
the different schools for the year.
! Some of the schools have already
closed, the first one which closed in
Spring Creek township being Buck
ieye, which closed on last Friday with
specially arranged program, under
the direction of the teacher, Miss
Grace Cochran. The president of
the school board is Mr. J. c. Beach;
w. A. Hamaker is secretary, and p
A. Jewell is treasurer with L. NJ
Towns and S. F. Broerman making up
the school board. Thirty-five pupils
have been enrolled at the school dur
ing the year. The building is 28x37
and is heated by two stoves. They
have a flag and flag pole, but the
pole has not been erected. A large
globe, a new dictionary, a sanitary
water jar, and school orchestra are
their assets which make the work of
the school interesting.
Bloomfield school in Spring Creek
township has Miss Reba Comfort for
teacher, with J. n. Edgren as presi-
dent of the school board, H. w. Hoov-
er as secretary. w. S. Grey as treas
urer and N. Lee and J. o. Schneider
the other members. The building is
2SX22, they have flag and a flag
pole which is placed in the ground
instead of upon the building; a good
well. new dictionary and an organ.
Miss Hattie Gwyn is teacher of I'm
1ty school in Spring creek township,
which is one of the four consolidated
schools of the new Wright district
Twenty-one pupils have been enrolled
during the year, and they have flag
and flag pole.
Hawkeye school of Spring Creek
township has I. H. Wright for teach
er, and the school closed last Friday.
r. w. Sopher is president of the
school board, H. l.. Shroyer is secre-
tary, F. A. Oswandle is treasurer and
Henry Ahrweiler and F. w. Kitchener
make up the school board. Twenty
eight pupils have been enrolled dur
ing the year. The school building is
28x32, and in the building they have
lS feet of slate blackboard "A good
book case, a belfry and a bell, and a
splendid manual training department
are the assets of this school. The
boys in the manual training depart
ment have made bench upon which
they work. and have made number
of other useful articles of furniture,
with the tools which belong to the
teacher. The school purchased a
Steriographic Library, called the
Tour of the World" with seventy
two pictures, and three sterioscopes.
These pictures are used in the study
of their geography and their history
lessons.
Glenwood school in Spring Creek
township, with Miss Myra Jones as
teacher; D. M. Rodgers as president
of the school board, B. r. Thatcher as
secretary, A. H. Rodgers as treasurer
and w A. Hoover and David Oakley
the other members. Seventeen pu-
pills have been enrolled during the
year, and the building is 3Ox2O feet,
with no vestibule, but a small ce-
ment approach. A sanitary drinking
fountain has been purchased by the
school which cost them $500 and of
which they are justly proud. A new
globe has been purchased, with "a die
tionary and a flag.
East Center of Spring Creek
where Miss Cordelia Barnes teaches,
has H. F. Colville as president of the
school board, J. H. Williams as secre-
tary, o. p Hedge as treasurer, with
J. M. Butler and Daniel Hull the 9th
er members of the board. Fourteen
pupils have been enrolled during the
year. The building is large and built
of brick, and inside the building they
have erected stage, with two rooms
at the back, one is used for kitchen
and the other leads to the basement
where the furnace is fired. The
building is also used as Grange hall
Fifty books are in the library, a large
dictionary and other articles of i'm
provement were noticed. Plans have
been made for the redecorating of the
interior of the building