The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-09-18

OF SCHOOLS NOTES
All Of City Schools Of County and 146
Out of 1862 Rural Schools Are
Now at Work
SUGGESTIONS BY THE sUPT.
Every Boy and Girl Between the Ases
Of Seven and Sixteen Years
Should be in School.

All of the city schools of the county
and 146 out Of the, 1852 rural schools
opened either the first or second week
in September There are eight rural
schools closed on account of the short.
age of teachers.
The boys and girls were anxious to
get back to work after the long vaca-
tiOn.
Three of the town schools changed
leaders this summer. Prof. ]. r. Nc
Wicker is the new man in charge Of
the Dow City consolidated schools,
Prof. A. B. Ward Of the Vail schools
and Prof A. Lynn Of the Kiron school.
The Schleswig schools have added
one year to the course, making four
years in the high school course, and
Kiron has added one year more, max
ing a three year high school course.
John l.. Ainsworth and Stanley
Browne are the male teachers in our
rural schools. Many of the men have
gone from our town schools so that
we have left but thirteen out Of the
twenty men here last year.
The good school gardens and the
many excellent home gardens were
especially noticeable this year.
More than one-half of the schools
are organized for Red Cross work in
the Junior Red Cross, and all Of the
city schools are doing work or have
done some work. The other schools
are asking what to do to organize.
The Junior Red Cross members and
others are busy buying thrift stamps
and war savings stamps, helping to
save the food crops, helping the Sen
ior Red Cross, saving food, clothing
and other articles that cost money, and
are now saving the fruit pits and nut
shells to help Uncle Sam. The gov
ernment needs the pits and shells to
make carbon for the gas masks.
In nearly every town and township
there is an organization consisting
of chairman, secretary and treasur-
er, which has charge of the Red Cross
work for that particular section of the
county. Schools can become members
by applying to the chairman for ad-
mittance. Each school organizes by
each member paying twenty-five cents
to join, or pledging to do work. This
money is used to buy material with
which articles are to be made as ask
ed for by the chairman.
1. Organize your school by having
each member pay Is cents, Or by hav-
ing them sign the pledge to do work.
2. Apply for admission to the local
chairman.
F. l.. Hoffman, Denison, is the coun-
ty chairman and Miss Anna Flynn,
Denison, is the county secretary of
the Junior Red Cross. Write them for
circulars aud information.
The schools Of the county are we'll
started and the teachers are working
to get the work into shape for a very
good school year.
Nearly all of our schools have rails
ed the wages since Jan. I, 1918. The
raise is from Is to 40 per cent, yet it
is not enough to attract many Of our
teachers who have gone into other
lines of work.
before. they become a valid license to
teach in this county. Have you regis
tered your certificate?
Livery boy ana girl between tne ages
of seven and sixteen should be in
school now as the law requires. Boys
and girls past fourteen may be needed
at home for the fall work, but should
be kept in school up to that time and
then started soon after the work Is
done. Parents cannot be excused
from complying with the law because
they may be needed at home. f-
Many OF the rural graduates have
entered the town schools of the coun-
ty. This is going in the right direc-
tion and they should be encouraged by
parents to stick to the work until grad
uation from the high school. Ess
Eighty per cent of our army leaders
are college graduates so it means
much to make the most OF our oppor-
tunity to go to school and to college.
Every school yard should be moved