Charlevoix county herald., 1917-10-19
School Commissioners
-N Notes
May L. Stewart. Commissioner

Hayes township schools visited Oct.
9Th to 18th. Everything going nicely.
Hayes township teachers meeting was
held at Maple Grove, Wednesday after
noon at 1880. Every teacher notified
was present. These teachers decided
to have township spelling contest
which will be held in conjunction with
the Christmas exercises at the hall in
Bay Shore on the night of Dec. 2lst.
Ward Genett was appointed to get the
township tree and look after the decor
atoms. Each school furnishes part OF
the program.
There was some talk concerning the
teaching of spelling, history, civil
government and grammar, and general
dissatisfaction was expressed concern
ing the present text books on those
subjects. New ones will probable be
adopted in most Of the cases.
Undine sincerely regrets that
change in teachers will be necessary
and are anxious to have Miss Genett
return at the earliest opportunity. The
Undine school has new set OF seats
and has arranged them according to a
definite floor plan. We understand
that the window frames for one side
lighting are already ordered and made.
The carpenter work will be done dur
ing the one week potato digging vaca-
ton.
The Knop school board has again
postponed doing anything at all to pro-
vide ventilation in the school room. A
number have offered to cooperate in
procuring any amount of help neces-
sary and we hope the delay may not
need to be very long.
The Fairgrove school has done con-
siderable work in changing the cloak
rooms in their building and expect to
finish the good work during the potato
digging vacation.
During the visits OF the past week,
four schools in succession were not dis
playing their flags. On investigation,
it was found that one school was get
ting the pole in readiness, one had all
the equipment and the other two were
almost slackers. One energetic teacher
this week tells of binding the school
flag with strong tape SO AZ to prevent
its wearing out from whipping in the
wind. This is both economical afidF
patriotic.
Speakers were -',v.~- Try school
house in the county on the night OF
Oct. 18th. Teachers were instructed in
advance to have the building in readi-
ness and cooperate in every way. This
is from mandate of the Governor.
Two schools in Marion visited but no
teachers meeting can be arranged for
in the immediate future.
Many townships are now having
potato digging vacations in one district
or another. This is good system at
this time of the year in teaching boys
and girls to work and still not lose in
terest in their studies, even though it
does interfere with consecutive visit
ing of schools. ~--..-.''
The United States committee on Food
Conservation wishes to mail every
teacher, material for class room in
struction on this subject. Could we
devote our morning exercises to thus
serving our country?
Miss Madge Allen of the Charlevoix
city schools is very much interested in
the work she is accomplishing with her
boys and girls in making ration heaters
for the army by having tight rors OF
paper bottled in paraffin.
The County Normal class accompan-
led the Commissioner on two drives
during the week, watching the work
actually done in our district sehot's.
They are studying class room manag%
ment and wish to make their work al
practicable as possible.
A brief visit to the johnson school in
Marion township revealed the fact that
the teacher was not joking when she
said that they were more comfortable
since new seats had been bought Her
enrolment is double this year because
of the workers on the Lobe estate.
Fairgrove has an enrolment OF IS
and Burgess Of SO, the two largest
schools in Hayes.
May we convey our thanks in this
way to the number of earnest speakers
who so generously donated their time
and energy to our country and also to
the country schools in the patriotic
service of Oct. 10Th.