Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-01-26
COUNTY SCHOOL NEWS

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Prepared by
Miss Della Emunson, Co. Supt. of Schools and
Miss Agnes Poyington. Supervising Teacher.
Soldiers Poem-"THIs Is MY DUTY. {"
To use what gifts l have as best |
may;
To help some weaker brother where /
can;
To be as blameless at the close of day
AS when the duties of the day began;
To do without complaint what must
be done;
TO grant my rival all that may be
just;
To win through kindness all that may
! be won,
To fight with Knightly yalor when
must.
Association Men Oct. 1917.
Because of the fact that the food
supply of our nation is becoming
alarmingly scarce, a concerted effort
/ IS being made by the Educational
| forces and the Councils of Defense
throughout the state TO employ every
means at their disposal TO insure a
larger production of crops during the
coming season. Those in authority
have felt that much good could be ac-
compiished by securing the services
OF grammar grade and high school
boys in the agricultural pursuits and
still they recognize the fact that it is
more important than ever before to
keep our young people in school. To
justly meet both requirements a plan
has been worked out for Wisconsin
whereby teachers are instructed to
teach-only the essential points in each
subject to such pupils as might be Of
service in farm work and thus cover
the school work by April 18th or May
LIST. These pupils would then be re-
leased from school to continue their
work on some nearby farm. In case
such work is well and faithfully done
pupils will be given full credit for the
years work in school, but such credit
is to be withheld until the beginning
of the next fall term of school in or
der that all conditions may be fully
understood. Work poorly done on a
farm will merit no credit. G. i. Cary,
State Superintendent of Schools for
Wisconsin, gives the work his full
sanction, and has appointed his assist |
ant to take charge of the work in this
state. Mr.. Cary has issued q bulletin
each school subject may be covered |
in the shortened period of time. Mr.. |
DOrrans, of the state department, |
met with the chairmen of the various
committees of the Council of Defense |
for Iron County, the superintendent |
OF high schools, County Superintend- |
ent and Supervising Teacher on Mon |
day morning and outlined the way in |
which this work could best be ac-
cOmpllshed. We trust Iron county |
will do its full share in fulfilling this
patriotic duty.
Miss Myrtle Bennett, pupil in the |
Saxon high school, has been at the |
home of her aunt Mrs. ID. G. Bennett |
In HUXLEY for the past two weeks |
while under the care of doctor. Miss |
Myrtle is suffering from rheumatism |
in an eye and has the best wishes of |
her friends that she may soon be able |
to resume her school work.
Miss Beatrice Summers, who teach
es in the Springstead school, is absent |
from her duties this week while car
ing for her mother who is ill.
The rural school at Emerson evil
IDENTIFY looked inviting to some cold |
traveller one night recently when the
mercury WAS well below zero, for
when the teacher arrived at the build
ing the next morning she found I'M
mistakable evidence that it had been
used as a lodging house. The unknown
person however had harmed nothing,
and had even emptied the ash pan
that his sojOurn might cause no extra
work. The only regrettable fact was
that the hot ashes had been dropped
so close to the log foundation of the
school house that they had caught
fire and spread until quite hole mad
been burned through the floor. The
smoke attracted the attention of the
teacher. Miss Iona Morris, whose
quick action, together with the assist
ance of Mr.. Ware, nearby neighbor,
succeeded in stamping out the fire be-
fore any great damage was done.
The young ladies in the Simon
School District have expressed their
Willingness to knit for the soldier bows
and have asked the teacher, Miss
Thressa Morris, to assist them for
few hours each week. This is q splen-
did move and should serve as al ex-
ample to others.
While away this fall, the supervis-
lux tCaNhCA SctuICu pam pulcln anu
cards giving full descriptions of each
room in our beautiful state capitol.
Any teacher of civies or history who
wishes to use them as illustrations
may secure them by writing to this
Office. There is only one copy of each
but they will be sent out in the order
of the requests.
The County Superintendent was out
of the city several DAYS during the
past week. visiting the schools at
Ashland, Washburn and Bayfield, with
Ia view of studying the systems as an
ala to her work.
Principals VIC. Miles of Iron Belt, |
A. II. Rohlinger of Saxon. and j. L.
kendregan of Mercer were Hurley II
visitors on Monday, being called to
attend the conference regarding the
short pnpl POursp of al ildv for nuDilS |