Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-03-16
School Commissioners
Notes---
May l.. Stewart. Commissioner

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81 districts represented at the Off
GERS meeting, an attendance OF over
so, nearly 10 women.
Mr.. Coffey surprised us by refusing
to talk pension law. He explains how
ever that it is in force now, and that
the pension will actually be collected
as soon as the state secretary Of the
Retirement Fund Board, Mr.. Cameron,
returns from his trip to Wisconsin,
where he has been studing the work.
ing out of the law in that state. School
boards will then be notified directly by
him and the state officers will not be
influnended officially by the proceed
ings.
Miss Verna Fineout began her work
in the Woodland school, Monday, the
5th.
The Harmon school spring term was
to start on Monday the 18th.
Miss Barber returns to the Sudman
school for the spring, term, beginning
March 5th.
Courteous treatment and the make
yourself at home spirit" prevailed in
the Boyne City school when the meet.
ing was moved from the city hall to the
more comfortable and roomy assembly
room. The officers were given the
best to be had.
Miss Lalonde of the Mountain School
is serving hot noon lunches TO her
pupils. This is the seventh school at
tempting this. There are three in Eve
line, two in Chandler, one each in
South Arm and Wilson.
Miss Allen of Springvale says they
are now in possession of some new
supplementary readers and is rejoicing
over what she calls 'step in the right
direction.
Miss Ida Milton requested four
month certificates for the Maple Grove
school, and Miss Florence Miner re-
quested 16 for the Burgess school. Will
son No. reported an attendance of 81
and one half per cent during the month
of February regardless of bad roads
and frightful storms. They are not so
much of drawback, are they, if boys
and girls once get the ''go to school"
habit.
Last week the commissioner visited
a school where granite drinking cups
had been furnished to the pupils by the
school board The boys and girls kept
them in their desks and took them to
the stone jar filling them from the fau-
Get whenever they were thirsty. II
sounded very well, and'it looked very
well, but because the commissioner had
heard some very harsh criticisms
against this practice, and because she
wondered just how it worked, she ask
ed the following questions. How many
have washed your cups since Xmas?
One from the 13 present answered that
he had done this. "How many have
cleaned your cups some way or other
| this year?" Three had cleaned their
cups since Christmas. One kept his
cup up side down in his desk to shut
out the dust from the room. Critics
say that children will exchange cups,
that they spill drops from one cup to
another and so forth but no further
questions were asked in this case.
When asked if he would want new
teacher next year, one director answer
ed" should say not. We've got the
best teacher in the county right now"
Teachers, how would you like that said
about you?
Boyne Falls has given a contract to
one of the Chemical Toilet Companies
to install complete sanitary system in
the village schools as soon as school
closes this spring.
Bay No where Mr.. Ralph Starmer
is director, enclosed the cloak rooms
and plastered under the wainscotting
during the holidays Sorry not to have
heard the good news sooner. The hear
ing system is heating the building now.
The teacher, Miss Ruth Dell, says they