Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1919-10-23

swanson, Uakem.
t was necessary for US to have one
non-attendance law violator arrested
the past week. Some people are of
the opinion that we don't mean to do
what we threaten. We hope this first
arrest will serve as lesson to all who
are now keeping their children out Of
school as we intend to treat all alike,
friend or foe. When we see citizens
of this country-some Of whom have
been here twenty years or more and
many even born here-come into town
and have to have an interpreter or
have someone sign their name for
them to place their mark after it is
time to get busy and cure this state
of affairs.
County Supt. Of Bowman County
will be the conductor of our institute
and Miss Palmer of the state super
intendent's Office will be the primary
instructor.
We have sometimes heard remarks
made by taxpayers of the county that
we did certain things because we wetc
for the non-partisans or because we
were against them. Please take no.
tice that politics does not cut one bit
of figure. This is school Office and
should not be effected by the political
feelings of the on holding down the
job. When it becomes necessary for
us to sci our soul to one political
party or the other we will quit the
job. We mean to enforce all the
school laws as we see them and expect
to show no especial favors to any.
The eighth grade examinations will
be held sometime the latter part or
February. When we have found out
the exact date we will publish it.
In our visitations about the county
this fall we have found that many
schools-yes the majority of them
do not have the flag flying, as the
law requires. This is very seldom
the fault of the teacher, but of the
school boards. Ropes are gone from
the poles or poles are broken down.
We expect every director to attend
to this at once. We realize that the
school officers are not we'll paid, but
if you are dissatisfied with the job,
quit, and let someone on the board
who will get busy. This is busy
time of the year, we know, but we
urged you early in the summer to
take an inventory of what was needed
and order it that your schools wuold
be in shape for the fall opening.
Many of the school houses were not
in shape for the opening of school
and the teacher had to clean them out
In every such case, the teacher should
call upon the board to pay her for the
job. ..
The teacher who win "jump her
job" in the middle of the term de-
serves no sympathy. We have lost
one or two who took schools In other,
counties. Such teachers are liable to
have their certificates revoked. We
do not blame the teacher who quits
because she is unable to get board
ing place. If the patrons want any
school, they should see to it that the
teacher gets a place to stay.
The teacher supply is still short.
We expect seven or eight this week,
but that will still leave us ten or
twelve short. Many Of the teachers
we had coming were gobbled up on
the way by some school officer or 9TH
er. If they got off the main line, they
reached us, but if jamestown, Steele,
Bismarck or some other town saw
them before they arrived here we lost
them. -.
Just at this point we might say
that we have done all we could to get
sufficient number of teachers and
while some districts failed to COOP
crate with us we asked most of them
did very we'll. Doubtless many of
the school patrons who. are without
teachers blame this Office. Do not do
do that. The province of this Office
is to pass on the certifcation of teach
ers-not to hire them. That is the
school boards business. We cannot
hire or discharge teacher. This Of
flee has always co-operated with school
directors, however, in getting them
teachers and if we do say it ourselves
we feel that we have made very
good record for this year in view of the
fact that the country is short $4,000
teachers. Do not blame us; blame
the people of this United States that
teaching is the most underpaid pro-
fession has driven young people away
from it. You might say, "Why not
give some of our home girls who have
finished the eighth grade or a year
or two of high school CHANGER"