Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-06-30
COUNTY SCHOOL NEWS
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Prepared by
Miss Della EWuuson Co. Supt. of Schools and
Miss Agnes BoyingtOn. Supervising Teacher
The last school column was pub
lished during the week that closed
June Sth. Since that date five schools
in the county have closed their years
work aud sent il reports required.
We mention them below:
The State graded school at Mercer
closed on June Is with an all-day pic
Me held in the grove belonging o Mr.
Harper and kindly. offered for the
day. \ community dinner was served
under the trefs, al titt c!"se nf which
diplomas was granted 10 the six young
people who had completed the work
of the first eight grades George w
Harper, Hattie Il. Peter. Myrtle e..
PembIe, Nellie l.. Steiners, Glen NJ
ilOdson and Fernum &. Ball, Jr.
The rural school at Moore closed on
june y. The highest grade in this
school is the seventh; so there can be
no diplomas granted before next year.
Esther Hanson, a pupil In the seventh
grade, however, earned seal for
having read the numbers of books
required by the rules governing the
! o ing Peoples Reading Circle. She
earned her Reading Circle diploma
last year and now has one seal to at
tach to it,
The Union Free High school at
Saxon closed with appropriate exer-
cises on Monday evening, June Is.
Dr. Healy, of Ironw00d, delivered
the address and the school furnished
"A short program. Willard krause,
the one graduate of 1917. delivered
Well written Grafton on THE Ideal. :"
The pupils of this school earned sew
Ell Reading Circle diplomas, three
regular seals and one special honor
seal in their reading work this year.
The Iron Belt High school closed
on Friday, June 10. Exercises were
held in the new school buildlng in
the evening. DR.. IIealy, of Ir0nwood.
gave the commencement address and
Mrs. G. c. Urquhart, Of Hurley. sang
two solos. Misses Ellen Olson and
Theresia Sein were the two graduates
from the high school course. The
former read an ssSay on ECONOMY
in Dress" and the latter on The
Evolution of Libraries. Nine young
people received diplomas the same
evening for having completed the
eighth grade Rachel Weaver, Henry
Depetro, Irene Erickson, Richard
Ilerleyi, Conrad Nelson. Julia Liant
TIA, Emma Brown, Richard Wica and
Man Richards,
The Rural school at Epson closed
for the summer vacation on Friday,
June - \ picnic aud community
dinner were given in the beautiful
little park just outside of the village.
Al the close of the bOuntiful dinner
the county superintendent of schools
presented diplomas to the three Young
people who had successfully compile
ted the common school eourse-A unip
Anderson, Edwin Berg and Wilson
White. The reading work has been
an important feature of the last term.
aud SIX young people were presented
with diplomas during the exercises of
he day Annie Berg, Annie Andrr-
son. Martha Peterson, Borghild Oh
son, WilsouW hite and Phyllis Brown.
Two little pupils in the iirst grade
who attend this school have the enyi-
able record of having been present
every day school was in session for the
year. During the severe storms last
winter it was sometimes necessary to
have hejr.fathers carry them to and
from the building, but they were un-
daunted, nevertheless, and persevered
to he end. These little ones are to
be congratulated They are MajOrie
FIatpau and Helen BARNEY