Mexico Missouri message., 1917-11-29

ing 45 to soc by vote of the patrons
No district is levying less than 4Oc
this year.
Many improvements have been de-
layed because of the impossibility of
getting workmen.
More and more parents realize the
value of an education. The boys who
go to the town and city high schools
do not come back to the farm. This
leaves in the country men of meager
education AS land becomes poorer,
| labor and machinery more expensive
and land values higher, farming is be-
coming a business that requires sci
entific businesss principles for its
proper pursuance. On all hands the
farmer must deal with men who are
better educated than he is. So IL he is
to hold his own he must have a better
education.
Then, too, Uncle Sans call for ed
ucated men is bringing home the val
ne of higher education. 1t seems to
me that the boy or girl, for the Gov
ernment is calling for women to hold
jobs that pay $1,000 or more about 3
times what our school teachers are
receiving, who does not realize the
need of a higher education, and re-
main in school until he has received
the best it is possible for him to get,
will regret it forever afterward.
Among those from this county
whom l saw at Kansas City were Jo-
seph Barnes, A. B. Shattuck, Misses
Minnie Keller, Edna Shearman, Flor
ence Kirkpatrick, Lillian Richards
Maude Wallace, Libuse Soukup, F. L.
schoup and family, NJ. C. Thomas and
+ H Strunk There were many others
whose names am unable to report at
this time.
Miss Mollie James has, as far as
know, the largest school in the coun-
ty. She has enrolled A pupils at
Jesse. Thirty-nine of them were
present and busily engaged a few
days when I visited them. School was
broken into short time ago, as two
of the pupils had the diphtheria. The
floor has been oiled, a globe, books, Ii
brary case, pencil sharpener, drinking
fountain and blackboard have been
bought, and the district is furnishing
the pupils with free text books this
year Miss James made record for
the county with her box supper. She
took in about $50.
Miss Anna O'Brien has but pupils
at Washington. These are all boys
except one little girl. They have a
new pencil sharpener and wood
stove.
Miss Thelma Harrison is teaching
her first term at Cedar Grove. She has
II pupils. The most of her pupils are
boys. They have some new books, a
pencil sharpener, load of cobs to
start fires with, and the fence has
been repaired. Miss Harrison reports
the board quite willing to do what she
asks.
Miss Martha Dearing at Beaver
Dam, is another beginner. She has a
full school of 81 pupils who are do
ing nicely They use sweepo, and
have the lumber ready for an en-
closed porch. Her work in conducting
her writing class was good
Miss Edna Fighter is teaching her
second term at Eller, or rather her
third. She had 1S pupils. They have
blacked their stove, oiled the floor
bought a floor-brush and Gubir
chart. AS a general thing, charts
are not worth much to school, But
every school should get Gubin chart
1t is so valuable in drilling on the
fundamentals of arithmetic. Miss
Fighter commends it very highly, as
do all who have used it.
Miss Muriel Muir, a teacher train
ing graduate Of the Fulton Higf
School, has one of the smallest
schools in the county. She has en-
rolled Z, But those are just as pre-
cious as children can be. However, 4
is such a pity that they cannot be IL
a larger school, where they may have
classmates and playmates, where
competition and friendly rivalry ant
cooperation add so much life and in
terest to the work. They have a new
stove, pencil 'sharpener, new roof fol
house and coal house. They are max
ing rapid progress with the improve
ment of Union.
Miss Dollie Mckenzie is teaching
her third term at Hisey. She has q
5 pupils this year. The board has OILED
= the floor and promised to build new