Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-03-01
COUNTY SCHOOL NOTES
By W. CLYDE JOHNSON.
County School Supt-


This last week were held two very
interesting township meetings. This
leaves but one more to be held. l
want to hold one in the east end of
the county. Then, too, l wish all
teachers who can, to attend the school
board convention which will probably
be held Saturday, March 10th, in the
Court House.
On Washington's birthday Mr.. Bal
lew and l arranged for and held joint
parents and teachers meeting. He
interested fourteen men, among them
his school board, in spite of the fact
that Considine's big mule sale took
many away. There were also present
twenty-five mothers, twenty-five boys
and girls from Flynt, and adjoining
districts and five teachers: Miss Pu-
lis from Cant; Miss McKinzie, from
Hisey; Miss Heazlitt from Daniel;
Miss Atkins from Highland and Mr..
Ballew. We were glad to have with
us Mrs. A. B. Smith, whom we knew
well as Miss Lola Spencer, and fine
teacher she was.
Miss Addie Root, of Columbia, or
ganizer of Boys and Girls Club
work, helped US in the meeting. In
the morning she talked about proper
foods and their cooking; in the after
noon about club work. Other sub
jects of interest were discussed by
Miss Pulls and Miss McKinzie. The
latter read very worthy paper on
Modern Conveniences in the Home.
After this, Mr.. Ballew talked on
Mr.. Hirth's Farm Club movement.
He made very interesting and i'm
pressive talk. Indeed the result was
that club was organized. This is
step in the right direction. Just now
the farmer is not represented in Con-
gress, nor even in our State Legisla-
ture. If he asks either one for some
thing, he can hardly get a hearing.
But if Labor, or the Doctors or any,
body else asks, he gets respectful
hearing and more; he gets what he
goes after. Why the difference?
They are organized; we farmers are
not. Then is it not high time for us
to organize?
The meeting was one of the best I
have ever been in. Mr.. Ballew is
live enthusiastic teacher, and good
community leader. He has everything
as neat as pin, and his hatchets and
cherry trees made a very attractive
decoration. Then, too, his faithful
co-workers, the mothers, had one of
the biggest and best dinners ever serv-
ed; and that always insures success
full meeting, according to my judg-
ment.
A splendid innovation was a half
hours entertainment by the Ingram
Bros. with music on the guitar and
mandolin. This greatly added to the
success of the meeting, and we are
deeply indebted to the boys for their
kindness.
Saturday at Sun Rise, Mrs. Beulah
Peery Arvin received US into a very
neat, clean and beautifully decorated
with work done by
the pupils during the past month.
Each month this has been done.
Some of it deserves special mention.
Some United States maps made by the
&c" Class. The boundary lines and
the names of the different states were
made with needle and thread. And
one of the boys did probably the best
one. The "B" Class made some in
teresting Physiology charts and man.
ikins. 1t was all very neat and
praise-worthy. Only a few of the
patrons were present; one board men,
Der, Mr.. Stumpf, however. One, Mr..
0ffutt, has moved awak; but all her
pupils, fourteen in number, were on
hand and about as many teachers;
Mr.. Grace and Misses Seeker and
Moore, of Martinsburg; Mr.. Shay,
of Benton City, Miss Cowles, of Skull
Lick; Miss White, of Liberty; Miss
Kirkpatrick, of Jackson, Miss Brown,
of Eureka; Miss Zella Brown, of
Chapel Grove; Mrs. Nieman, of Stauf-
fer, and Mrs. Arvin, Prof. Mark, of
Kirksville, made two very intereset-
ing talks on Playground Equipment
and on School Measurements. Miss
Whites discussion of Playground
Equipment, Miss Browns of How to
Give the Greatest Benefit for the
Time and Money, Mrs. Nieman's Use
of Methods in Arithmetic, and Mr..
Shay's How to Arouse Boards and
Patrons to the Needs of Greater FL
nancial Support, deserve special men,
ton.
We were very pleasantly entertain
ell by Mrs. Arvin and her pupils.
They sang songs, motion songs, play
ed number games, gave dramatized
lessons, and demonstrated the value of
these and how they could be used
in rural school. Mrs. Arvin has
awakened much interest in the dis
trict this year With her parents days
at the end of each month, when she
gave an exhibition of the music and
games learned during the month, and
also displayed the maps, drawings
and other handwork of the pupils. I
feel that this was the most helpful
meeting we have ever held in the
county. So l wish in this way to ex-
tend our thanks to Mrs. Arvin and
her patrons, for the opportunity to
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