Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-05-10
School Commissioners
Notes
Notes
May L. Stewart. Commissioner

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are following the advice of the National
Superintendent Association in re-
quiring every prospective teacher to
sign patriotic pledge to 60 with the
contract for the coming year Of school.
Following is the Ann Arbor pledge
which Pattengill calls real American,
all-wool, yard-wide patriotic pledge.
hereby certify that have never
said or done anything which could be
construed an act of disloyalty to my
country, the United States of America.
hereby pledge my support to the
Constitution of the United States, and
the Constitution of the State of Michi-
gan, and | hereby agree to perform
faithfully my duties, both expressed
and implied, to my country and to the
public schools of the city of Ann Arbor,
and to teach, to the best of my ability,
loyalty to our country and to the prin-
ciples for which it stands.
The teachers have all been patriotic
Surely no teacher would hesitate to
sign such pledge, but if she should, it
would be sure proof that we do not
want here in this county
The county board of examiners met
Saturday May 4th at p. m. in Charlie
voix. A set of papers was transferred
from Emmett County, making total of
ten sets. Three certificates were
granted Internationally and two with
conditions which can be met before the
year is out. Five will return in August
Of these, three will write in only part
of the subjects. Four renewals were
granted to teachers having had Normal
training or normal training and reading
circle work. In spite of the shortage
of teachers, the questions were un-
usually difficult and the board did
everything in its power to give each
teacher the best of chance to make
good.
Miss Clark writes from Bay Shore
that she went out in the woods with
her boys and girls and equipped with
saw and axes, cut their own flag pole,
brought it to the school house and pro-
vided suitable exercises for the erec-
ton of their Liberty pole. This is
splendid for the boys and girls and
their teacher, but what about the
sturdy men who might have been
appointed by the board in order to COM
ply with the legal regulations and the
patriotic duty of the times?
The Boys State Fair school will be
held September End to 9th in Detroit.
The representative from this county
will 90, expenses paid. His selection
will depend on the record he makes in
the eighth grade tests and his standing
on the special agriculture test, as also
the choice will depend on the boys
inclination toward farming The
choices will be made by County
Pomona master, commissioner OF
schools and County Agent.
Seventeen vacancies still exist in the
rural schools. Teachers have been en-
ployed mostly in all of the schools near
the larger towns in the county. We
hope all schools may be supplied but
just at present is a question.
The Mountain school closed Friday,
May 3rd with a picnic dinner in the
school house. The commissioner re-
GREETED that time and tide kept her
marooned on Beaver Island and she
missed the flag pole raising in Bay
Shore, the fire patriotic rally and boys
and girls club meeting on the PENN
sula. We understand that every one
of these meetings was live wire suc-
cess.
The Hilton school is to close Its
school May oath with a dinner in the
park in Charlevoix.
The Robinson school will close May
18th with picnic. This is an unusu-
ally busy season but the Com'r hopes
to attend both of these functions and
get better acquainted with the boys
and girls and learn their plans for the
future.
Clarence Dewey will return to
Phelps next year at $50 per month.
This is fine tribute to his work of the
past year.
After writing the eighth grade ex-
aminations May 9th and 10th, boys and
girls on the farms who have made a
fair average in their school work dur
ing the school year are urged to stay
home in order to help their fathers and
mothers to put in larger acreage to
help our country win the war.