The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-01-10
COUNTY SCHOOL NOTES


the Clearview school, vice Miss Audrey
Horn resigned. Miss Dutton has
taught in this county before, and is
teacher of experience and ability.
Superintendent Walter Webb Of
Shannon county has sent cut q circu-
lar to his teachers entitled "Some
Things | Shall Expect to See When
| Visit Your School" Some of the
things which Mr.. Webb hopes and ex-
poets to see are:
l. A clean playground and school
yard.
2. A school room as we'll ventilated
and lighted as the type Of house will
allow.
3. A clean, well arranged school
room with tasty decorations. (No
haphazard placing of nondescript pic
tures.)
4. A display of your schools work
that will enable one to form an idea of
the nature and character of the work
done.
5. The library books arranged in
order and a properly kept library cat
1logue and loan record.
6. A neat and carefully kept daily
register showing all records down to
date.
z. A closed water vessel and individ-
ual drinking cups.
8. Pupils quarterly reports proper
ly filled and preserved.
8, The work and all the necessary
recurring activities OF the school
'oom so organized and systcmatized
that it is performed with a minimum
Of noise ard confusion and attention
from the teacher.
10. The leaving of the school room
during school hours, haphazard move
mants of pupils across the floor, the
noisy handling of books, pencils and
tablets and all unnecessary activities
the EXCEPTION rather than the
rule.
IL. The smaller pupils engaged in
some educative seat work, the older
pupils absorbed in the pursuit of the
work assigned.
IL. NO INTERRUPTIONS OF THE
REGULATIONS BY PUPILS OF THE
STUDY CLASS.
10. The play ground activities SD
perviscd by the teacher and so organ
lied that every pupil is provided for.
ii. a happy, pleasing atmosphere
of comradcship and cooperation be-
tween pupils and teacher.
Is. Recitations moving by easy and
logical steps to predetermined end.
Is. The pupils doing tie talking
and reciting; NOT THE TEACHER.
II. Thought questions in the main.
But few questions that can be ans
wered YES or NO or single word or
phrase. Questions rarely repeated by
teacher. Replies of pupils full, COM
plete and in correct, well-chosen Eng
fish.
10. The work of instruction correl-
ated with and growing out of the life
and experiences Of the pupils.
20. EFFECTIVE TEACHING OF
CURRENT EVENTS.
81. A careful and painstaking
working out by the pupils OF the Prob
lcms-or similar ones-given in the
texts en- Geography, History and Ag-
riculture.
%. A teacher neatly attired in
dress suitable to the work in hand.
%. A teacher radiating good cheer
whose presence is an inspiration, who
is proud of his work, who has high
ideals of service and the courage to
stand by them, who loves children
and is content to do his or her best in
the niche wherein he or she has been
placed.
Check requirements you now meet
and begin to make preparation to
meet the others.
For the school year ending June
so, 1917, the number of pupils enrolled
in st. Francois county high school
was, male, 1888, female 377, total 610;
the number of high school graduates
was, male 81, female 81, total rs; and
the number of grammar school grad
yates was, male 1913, female 1853, total
291.
For the school year ending June 80
1918, the number of pupils enrolled in
! st. Francois county high schools was
male 239, female 412, total 651; the
number of high school graduates was,
male 16, female 55, total II; and the
number of grammar school graduates
! was, male 1902, female 172, total 274.
/ The feeling of exultation aroused by
the greater enrolment is rudely dis
PEELED by the falling off in the number
Of graduates. This would indicate
that while more pupils enrolled during