The Holt County sentinel., 1917-10-19
County School Notes.

the condition. II this is not true, We
ought TO be able to make authorize.
tive reply to the statement. The 1919
Session Of the General Assembly is q
revising session. At that time the
members Of the House and Senate
should have IN their possession sucl
facts regarding the school system OF
the state as will enable them TO give
intelligent consideration 10 It's needs.
with the view Of increasing As wor;h
to the people Of Missouri"
Acting upon this letter. the State
Department Of Education. the Nilsson.
ri state Teachers Association. and
the State Educational Institutions are
undertaking the cooperative invcsti.
cation and study Of the rural schools
Of Missouri. The teachers Of III,
rural schools have been asked to do
their pert in this work by filling out
two schedules, one on the teacher and
the other on the school building
equipment and grounds. In Holt
county these blanks were given out
to the teachers at the August meet
ing. So far. some of these have not
been filed out; teachers, please at
tend to this matter ut once, as we do
not wish the standing of our county
to suffer on account Of any careless
ness on our part.
Last May, at the County Supcrin-
tendcnts' Meeting, Superintendent
lamkin had arranged TO have DIR. T..
q. Holden, u teacher Of agriculture Of
national reputation, TO give special in
struction to the county superintcn-
dents along this line. DIR. Holden in
sisted on Mr.. Lamkin's selecting If
teen Of the ia superintendent for
this work. The Holt county supcrn-
tcndcnt was one of the honorcd If.
teen. After giving us n week Of spec.
ial instruction. he told us that We
were 10 20 home 20 our counties and
select not less than four, and not
more than eight or nine of our teach.
crs who could he counted on. not only
undertaking this work, but making
good in Il.
work in this county and the districts
IN which the work Is being done are
as follows: Miss Dorothy kurtz. in
the Woods district; Miss Lydia Acton.
u the Marion district: Miss Tracy
l,lcrins, In the Blair district; Mrs.
Wilson. IN the Ross Grove school, and
".Ss o',hSuc ickctt, w the MINNIE
."" .aI'y schooi. MI j. y. walker,
'nc sW" inspector OF rural schools,
came on the Omaha Flyer, October y,
and stayed in the county three days
FOR the specia purpose Of looking over
.hls WORK. ne met each OF these
.cachers us wen ~ a number Of pa
irons In her own district; and on We'd
hesuay' october 10. school was held
nv the county superintendent's home,
Mnere these teachers received special
,nst,uct'ohs Tor their work. MIR.
Naker expressed himself rs being
,nuch pleaseo win the way that these
,ve "acnefs mere starting IN upon
.nelr Mork. me patrons, also, ARE
.o,opv'a',"s sp'ehu,nIy' Next year,
w Msn 70 ana q Few more districts
70 w, nu'hprr getting TINS special in
.r"e,,oh. ROW grand u VIII he when
'"' ,'a'm we pace whch thfec
ous w ~, o, corn VIII each pro-
Ho'n SIa,N " corn, 'ach stalk
na,,, ws !" II ~ one go"u ear "i
IN, ~, W. nn"ui' IKE 70 see non coun.
W a'''''" W ''' h'"" OF thlS line OF
"J III, o, A., o.,
,,a ~, ,o"',| wns .hc 'rs' county IN
a s'a'o W "IssourI 70 provide u
'"II,,a,"IR l, iof ,he teacher ~ a con-
so"ua''i d'N'fict' Now, she has come
s ~ oI rom ron nghln IN having rural
s,n," n ,Lu o,,,' one OF us KIND IN The
whar,, ' H. "'a sao Inspector as.ures us
vail III, Wv tcneh'r mas equipped
4, an,uai T' ~, n'anuai traihihg, ana
10 hii ' eafI,'ng manual training
'i w. p"lllS' u Wns interesting n
,ho . ~ ~ smW h.,le fellows handle
I'LL ou saw W., SN,,'iu',y ana INV a correct
NM. which o M VI Il board, me school IN
Snrin,s wv, ,n ~ " .hn uone y Mineral
,n.nhpn' nnu tne energetic young
' .u.neL Mr. WIN, 'l,liS: SO Tar, the
M no',s nus na', peen zone dur'ng the noon
"ou' n,u pelore sehool--oniy those
Mo v a'U o'So 10 engage IN the manual
WORK whose school work Is salts
, "a, keeplng the book work
w ~ h'sh s.ahuard.
ne SCHOOLS visited during the past
week were: BIalr, Mineral Springs,