The log cabin Democrat., 1916-10-17
PUBLIC SCHOOL NOTES

Who said that the Conway public school had no athletics? Did we not send a high school boy home on a stretcher only last week before the season is half out? Even Hendrix has nothing on us.
 News has reached us of the death of Matte Howell, a pupil in room seven, two years ago.
 The following new pupils have en- tered during the past week: Elton Mavis, Thomas Wilson, George Reeves, Frances Ravens, Hermie Ravens, Bolton Harris, Odus Rob- ertson, Clemma Robertson, Norma Kuykendall, Floy Kuykendall, mak- ing a total enrolment of 667.
 Even the special rooms are full now. Room four has three or four vacant seats, but not another room has even one vacant seat. Nine high school pupils are sitting in the libra ry without teacher for lack of seat space in the regular rooms. We sin cerely hope there are no new ones on the way.
 I. A. Trusty, who has charge of the educational campaign in this state, visited school Friday and put on the button campaign. We have realized to date about $2O from this sale. Room five led in the amount of sales, and Lloyd Anderson in the individual contest. The money from these sales all goes to financing the campaign.
 Sam Cox of the special room says -"Mr. Womack is wrong when he says that the best men of Conway don't cuss. If he knew 'em as we'll as l do he wouldn't say that" How about it? Let the best men of Con- way" decide.
 We are sorry to report the contin- ued Ill health of Edith Hickman. She broke down about the close of school in May and is hardly able to be up even now. She would be in grade ten if she had entered in September.
 Parents who intend to let their children enter the circus will greatly obllge us by sending us a written statement to that effect not later than tomorrow. The school will be dismissed for the parade.
 The ninth grade is unusually good this year. It numbers 48, and is the hardest working bunch we have seen Tn many day. It is not the only good class in school but it is enough better than the average to deserve special mention.
 Four answers have already come to our appeal for help for the two young people in school wishing employment. We appreciate the spirit of helpful ness so manifested.
 Sewing is being introduced in the grades. Even the fours are doing a little in that direction. The little girls enjoy the work greatly.
 When you hear anybody grumbling because the public school teachers are pald such extravagant salaries, re- mlnd them that Mr. Courtney is pav- ing more for unskilled labor than the average teacher of the public schooa gets. And the highest priced teacher m the high school gets $40 a month less than a journeyman carpenter will get in Little Rock after Janu- ary l And since MT. Short is able to draw Journeyman wages as a car penter, he is losing $36O a year by staylng in the school room. And II the superintendent of the Conway schools were able to get a iob as foreman of carpenter job, or if, as Journeyman carpenter, he were willing to work for a non-union con tractor, he would get $4OO a year more than he now gets, provided he worked as many hours day as he averages the year around, which is ten. Even eight hours a day would brlng him $34 year more than he now gets. This is in no sense a crltlclsm of wage scales, but a re- mlnder that teachers are not over- pald m proportion to time and mon- ey spent in preparation, hours work ca per day, or the value to society of the work done. For surely the training of children for citizenship and for their life work is worthy of comparison with a trade that is con- cerned only with lumber and nails.
 List of sick students Hattie Bell Lea, Verne Burton, Marian Anderson, Mary Thompson, Prentice Merritt and Metzger Terry.