Mexico Missouri message., 1917-12-06
RURAL SCHOOL NOTES
BY w. CLYDE JOHNSON

night.
do not know how many schools
have sent in their food pledge lists,
but Mr.. Stuart thinks that enough
have been sent in to put us we'll in
the front rank. This means that the
teachers can be depended upon to do
their part.
Production must come before con-
servation. AS a great incentive to
production, nothing is more effective
than club work. So 1t seems to me
that we ought this year to take the
greatest Of interest IN club work and
organize every boy ard girl in the
county yer ten into one or moi Q
clubs.
Professor Emberson, who is tho
leader for the State in Boys and Girls
club work will be in the county We'd
nesday, December 5. In the afternoon,
he will be at Benton City. In the ev-
ening at 1880 he will be at Mcmillan
High School Building. All teachers,
parents and boys and girls over ten
years Of age should hear him. Let all
come
Wednesday, l took Mrs. Pennington,
the Home Demonstration, to the Car
ter, Bean Creek, Hazel, Bolts, Fisher,
and Molino schools. At each place
she made very interesting talk on
the conservation of food. Mrs. Pen
nington is a great friend of little
children. She makes them a very
interesting and very impressive talk.
They all enjoy hearing her.
That night we attended Miss Ham
mett's entertainment at Maple Grove.
Here she made another talk on con-
| servation and delighted the children
and others with a reading of Orphan
Annie.
The patrons of Maple Grove are
very proud of their school home, and
they have good cause to be. In four
years it has been made over and it is
now quite credit to these worthy
people. But, although they have done
enough to meet the requirements for
, approval, and have received their
certificate they are not yet satisfied.
For one purpose of the meeting was
by the sale of some fine boxes to
make enough to buy some comforta-
BILE seats for the children. And from
t the looks of the numerous boxes that
were brought in, have no doubt that
they were successful However, be-
fore the selling Of the boxes, there
= was a very spirited old-fashioned
e spelling match in which young and
old took part. There were number
of good spoilers present and the back
of the book was nearly reached be-
{ fore the match was ended. Miss Nell.
"a showed the better judgment in the
: selection of good spoilers. She her.
self was a good one and was one o.
the last to leave the floor
And now that our topic is conserva
ton, I wonder if it would be consist
n ent for us to give a whole weeks va
cation for Christmas? Or would it b.
n better to give Monday and Tuesday
December "a and rs, and teach thu
D remaining four days, thereby gettint
out of school a week earlier mex
!. spring? Think this over, teachers
parents, pupils, and then do your pa
e triotic duty. But bear in mind that ]
will be impossible to get help mex
spring. That we shall need create
crops next year than the past. Tha
there are 500 boys and girls in tn
rural schools that will be needed bad
= ly that last week. If each one loses
/ week, there are 500 weeks work lost
"a Nearly ten years! What do you thinl
of short holiday?
III One other problem of conservation
| Miss Furber and her pupils a
Black, instead of buying each othe
Christmas presents, gave their mon
| ey to the Red Cross. What do yo,
think of such plan? Will you EN-
ulate it? Is 1t consistent to sigl
pledges to conserve sugar and the
for 100 schools to buy 25 pounds o
candy each for children who will b
treated by Sunday Schools, and par
ents, no doubt? Cannot the childre1
be treated in a way that will Civ
more pleasure and satisfaction to al
lii ....oao In n ,un,r cnnsistant wifi