Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-09-13
R SCHOOL NOTES
By W. Clyde johnson

Education Pays - According 70 the
records of the U. S. Bureau Of Edu-
cation the average yearly earnings Of
town or city boys who are high school
graduates is $3.50, while that Of
those who have no such training av-
erage s6ss per year. 1t can therefore
be e that a high school course is a
mighty good investment-and that is
why such an institution ought to be
brought out into the country, rather
that that the country boy and girl
should be compelled to 60 to town af-
ter it.
In accordance with the law, I have
each year held a school board conven-
ton and many presidents, clerks and
other school board members have at
tended. School men all over the u
try are praising the wisdom Of this
law. 1t IS the best money spent by
the district - the expenses Of the
board to these meetings. A great
awakening is taking place wherever
they are largely attended. Il is un-
fortunate that our. train service Is no
better. But many come each year and
express themselves as well pleased
and p~rofitably entertained and in
structed.
On account Of the session Of the Cir
cult Court we shall not he able to get
the Circuit Court Room the 18th. So
/ think best to wait until the 29th, the
last Saturday in September. ! hope
that It will be possible for each dis
trict TO be represented here then Can
you not surpass the teachers? Only
four of them were absent. Two were
sick. I do not know what reaso the
others had for preventing the county
from making a proud record. Won't
you do all you can to make it 100 per
cent? If you cannot come, get some
one in your place. Get the other
members to come with you ard share
the money with them as several did
last year.
A few schools have not yet started.
Three of the teachers are sick, Miss
Yea Smith, McGlintic; Miss Tommie
Roberts, Sun Rise, and Miss Beatrice
Mcneil, Prairie Mound. Miss Mabel
Day, who has taught two years in
Iowa, is supplying for Miss Mcneil.
William Buffer, 326 Empire Build
ing, Denver, Colorado, writes that
there is a great scarcity of teachers
with them. Teachers for rural
schools, grade and high schools.
spent a few hours in the school at
Vandalia last week. Supt. Thomas is
continuing his excellent improvements.
The building has been thoroughly
cleaned and painted and the floors
oiled. A new Domestic Science De-
partment has been added. Everything
is in first class condition. very
pleasant and wholesome workshop.
Certainly this is an investment that
will pay big dividends. Read again
the first paragraph and see what
Mr.. Hirth has to say in his Missouri
Farmer.
Farber, too, is getting everything
in first class condition in the Consol-
idated District. At Prairie Mound the
floor has been oiled and the house
painted inside and out. 90 pupils
were present, 6 new ones having just
come in. The school at Farber is
crowded. Miss Lillian Richards again
has the primary. Miss Odessa Gibson
is the new teacher Of the grammar
grades. Miss Edna Balston is the new
principal and F. L. Sloop the new Su-
perintendent. All are well equipped
for their work and will make it a sue
cessful school. The school is now ap-
poved, ~ units or three years. work.
This makes it a second class high
school.
Audrain has 3 first class-Vandalia,
Laddonia and Mexico; one second
class, Farber, and one third class,
Martinsburg. Rush Hill and Benton
City do some high school work. Five
classified high schools for one u
ty is an excellent showing, and espe-
cially when they are of such high
class. If we want to remember and
get ready for the great patriotic rally
day, Sept. 10, it is time that we were
teaching more patriotism in the rural
schools So let us do our part on this
great day. Can we not have a number
Of school represented and in line with
teacher, board members, pupils with
banners and patriotic songs and yells?
Why not?
Teachers Reading Circle
Miss Blanche White informed me
that only a few were present at the
meeting last Saturday. The next
meeting will be held in Mcmillan au-
ditorium, Saturday, Sept, IS, at .
p. m. The lesson is the first six
chapters Of Brown and Coffman's
How to Teach Arithmetic. Miss Ruth
Rouse will be the leader. All live
teachers will attend these meetings
regularly. You will get a great deal
of good training information and in
SEPARATION from them. By holding one
each week you get through before
bad weather begins and you get the
full benefit of the good derived from
the books in your schools this rear.
Best wishes for a very successful cir