The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-04-19
County School Letter
BY supt. J. ". Whiting

The National Educational Assn.
will meet at Portland. Ore. July 9th
to 18th, 1917: Headquarters 81
South Dakota teachers will be main
tanned at the Hotel Multnomah. AS
sociate membership in the N. E. "A.
costs three dollars and entities the
member to the published proceedings
OF the association, valuable book for
the live teacher. Any teacher desir-
ing to enroll should send fee to D. M.
Springer, Sec. N. E. Ann Harbor,
Mich.
The State Department of Education
has ruled that attendance at the N. e.
will be accepted in lieu of Institute
Attendance and South Dakota teachers
expecting to ask for credit should
register at headquarters.
Information concerning hotels and
rooms may be obtained by addressing
Mr.. H. Jenkins, General Committee
N. B. A. Portland, Oregon. Announces.
ment of plans for South Dakota par
ties will be announced later.
At the recent examination held
April SIS forty three applicants
took the test. The next examination
for second and third grade. certifi-j
Gates will be held July 1870.
Education beyond all other de-
vices of human origin is the great
equalizer Of the conditions of men,.
the balance wheel Of the social ma
chinery.''
The time is approaching when
many of the rural schools will close
the years work. Teachers are re-
quested to exercise care in making
out the term reports. Tie office de-
pends largely on the term report for
giving the required information to the
Department relative to the attendance
and general information and correct
ness in those particulars will aid ma
terially in making out a correct re-
port to the State Departm ent.
= In our industrial, social, civil and
religious democracy everything waits
on Education. No real progress and
no lasting Improvement in any line of
life is possible except through the
better education Of the people. -
The manuscript for the seventh and
eighth grade examinations are nearly
finished and will be mailed from this
office as soon as possible. The final
examination will be held on May %
and 25. Instructions from this office
will be forwarded in ample time.
HEALTH NOTES BY DIR. KOOBs.
The epidemic of scarlet fever which
first started in !, this county at the
Springfield Normal School and had
gotten good foot hold has been sue
cessfully handled and has practically
passed over now with only two deaths
resulting from this source that have
come to our knowledge SO far. The
prompt cooperation of the dormitory
force made it possible for school work
to be continued practically uninter-
rupted.
We would remind teachers of this
county that they have been furnished
with information blanks for reporting
children who may have some contag-
'eus disease or where unsanitary con-
ditions are known to exist. Please
do not forget to make use of them
and ask the Supt. of the County Board
of Health for more if you are out.
Last fall a general survey of the
schools of the county was made from
reports obtained through the teachers
regarding the water supply and sani-
tary conditions of the district schools.
Winter came on before this could be
followed up in practical way, max
ing delinquent districts obey the reg
ulation, but as soon as the weather
and roads will permit, this matter
will be taken up and personal invest
igations will be made by the Board of
Health for the purpose of having the
Board Of Health requirements COM
piled with.
Since the last publication of the
school notes, this Office has issued
twenty seven library awards and
ninety nine perfect attendance awards.
However, the spelling awards have
not yet arrived and we ask the teach