Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-04-25
Notes From County
Superintendent

nations will be held at the court house
May 9th and 10th, beginning at $3.50
a. m. Teachers wishing to write
for third grade certificates will bear
in mind that the program for these
subjects begins at $3.50 us we'll as for
fourth grade subjects.
We are pleased to note the hearty
cooperation offered by the teachers
and pupils in the gardening project
presented by County Agricultural
Agent Sauer. To date seven schools
have organized for the work and
number more will be added to the
list in the very near future.
The school taught by O.. A. Fod-
ness, of Marie district, is now an ac-
tive Red Cross school.
Miss Florence Pool, Home Demon
straton Agent, will give food dem
onstration in Linton, April 30th. At
this meeting six of the war breads,
made with yeast, will be exhibited by
Linton ladies.
Teachers will please bear in mind
that First and Second grade elemen-
tary certificates cannot now be re-
newed in any way whatever. You
must hereafter write an examination
to secure certificate, and but one
trial will be given you; if you fail in
one subject you lose all, and must
write on every branch required the
next time you try.
Please send in the "On to Victory"
cards that you have had signeG.
"The time for closing many of the
rural schools is approaching, and il
may not be amiss to give to teachers
closing such schools word of advice
concerning the condition of such
school and equipment. If the teacher
is to return to the same school mex,
year, and we hope that many will,
it would be we'll for her to leave with
the school board list of the supplies
needed for next years work, thus
avoiding loss of time next fall.
But under whatever circumstances
a school is closed, the teacher should
carefully put away and take an in
ventory of all equipment. One list
of school property should be left in
the school house, and a duplicate sent
to the district clerk. Books, globes,
maps, etc, should be put safely under
cover where neither moth, rust, nor
dust can corrupt, and the door should
be locked. Such action on the part
of the teacher will be much apprec>-
ated by school boards and patrons.
For very often expensive school ap-
paratus is destroyed through neglect
of these precautions. The tendency
inevitably arises in such cases for
school boards to become conservative
in ordering supplies. 1t would be
we'll, therefore, to have the pupils
help in leaving the building and
school grounds in neat and order
ly condition and to make the opening
day next fall less dreary than such
days often are"
State Aid to the amounts given
were mailed to the treasurers of the
districts last week:
Dana school district No. 23-$60.OO.
Highland school district, No. 21-
$4,000.
Burr Oak school district, No. l.
$50. 90.
Danbury school district, No 21-
$4,000.
Cherry Grove school district, No.
$500. 90.
Certificates for nine months per-
feet attendance were issued to Steph-
en- Thomas and Mikeal Thomas, of
Winchester district; to Lucille Jack
son, Eva Putnam and Nina Putnam,
of Union district; to Alice Calquhoun
and Ann Calquhoun, of McCulley dis
trict; and to Johnnie Nieuwsma, of
Hague district; and to Ester Olson,
of Logan district.
Certificates for three months per.
feet attendance were issued to Rens
Lutte, of Glanavon; to Irene Mary
Irvine, Arnold Schaffer, Steve Thom
as, Helena Bitz and Frances Burge,
of Winchester; to Fern Sholts, Elsie
Moger, Lila Sterling, Lily Sterling,
John Pennington and Alton Lenhart,
of Williamsport; to Nellie Droog, of
Bakkcr; to Eugene Huber, of SELF;
to Geneva Evcrson, of McCul!ey dis