Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-01-19

ana w. IL. tyler, Clerk Tor Iron County,
ent and report is true and correct to the
Luella Trier County Treasurer.
w. ID. Tyler, County Clerk.
ed in manual training work A number
of these schools received state aid.
State Graded Schools.
The four state graded schools in the
county were inspected twice by Mr. w
t. Anderson of the state department
ana received state aid of 500 or 5000
The schools to receive the special
state aid for teaching manual training
and domestic science. are Saxon and
Quincy schools.
High Schools.
The three high schools in the county
have shown considerab BILE improvement
The Hurley high school building is
being enlarged and will be ready for oc-
cupancy after the first of the year. Do
mestic science has been added to the
curriculum Manual training and
commercial course will be offered later
The Saxon high school has added do
nestle science to it's course of study
and music and drawing are being taught
three days each week
The high school at Iron Belt has pur-
chased additional equipment for the
manual training and domestic science
work which facilitates the teaching of
these subjects.
Teachers Institutes and School Meet
ings.
Preparations are being made to hold
annual lion County Teachers Institutes
and School Board Convention after the
completion of the high school building
at Hurley.
The school board convention for last
year conducted by Mr.. w. f. Larsen
State Rural School Inspector, was hello
at the court house on December 4th
1916.
Iron county was well represented at
the North Western Teachers Associa-
tion held in Ashland, October IS, 81.
1917
Special meetings for the rural teach
ers were held on Saturdays of the fol-
lowing dates: May 5th, 1917, and Octo-
Der 9Th. 1917.
Special State Aid to Teachers.
Upon my recommendation as teachers
last year, received special state aid
Owing to the change in this made by
the last Legislature which limits the
aid to teachers in one room buildings
only. but four teachers could make APP
plication from this county.
School Libraries.
The interest in the use of our school
Libraries is manifested by the following
data
No. of volumes purchased with funds
other than the Township:
No. Value
Library fund ........... $40 I7L5S
No. of books rebound. IS 1880
Total No. of volumes in
school library .......6925 47O6.77
The township library books for this
year have been received since these fig
ures have been prepared
Eleven rural schools are enjoying the
use of the Free Travelling Library sent
out from Madison.
Reading circles were organized in al
most every school throughout the coun-
ty last year and perhaps no other phase
of the library work showed such marked
improvement over last years record as
did this In the rural schools alone
there were 100 Reading Circle Diplomas
and seals issued to the pupils
The children in the Hurley system
earned over two hundred such diplomas
Six teachers earned either diplomas
or seals for professional reading,
Teachers Examinations.
Regular teachers examinations were
held on April 21-2S in September of
1917 and August 27-2s, 1917 second
grades. third grade and l first grade
teachers certificates were issued as a
result of these examinations.
Diploma Examinations.
Diploma examinations were conduct
ed in all the rural schools of the county
during the last week of the school year.
To secure uniformity in the work one
half the questions in each subject were
sent from this office. The papers were
first corrected by the teacher and then
gone over at this Office
As result of these examinations a
total of "a common school diplomas
were granted.
School visitations.
Last year / visited every school in the
county at least twice and some oftener.
In all made $50 SCHOOL room visits.
Spelling Contests.
Iron County for the first time took
part in the State Spelling Contest for
1917. Pamphlets containing the SPELL
ing list were distributed to each school
in February. Town contests were held
in each school district during April. In
May the county contest was held
in which the winner from each district
contest competed for first place. Hulda
Johnson of the Van Buskirk Central
School secured the highest average in
this final contest and represented Iron
county at the state contest held in con-
nection with the state fair at Milwau-
kee, Sept. lib. According to custom I
accompanied the contestant on her trip
to the fair. Thirty-four of the seventy
one counties in the state were repre-
sented Iron county's representative
secured fifth place which was very sat
isfactory Considering the fact that it
was our first attempt
Supervising Teachers Report.
At the meeting of the Committee or
Common Schools J,rf,.