The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-04-25
COUNTY SCHOOL NOTES |
(By D. W. Pearce, Co. Supt.)


The superintendents and high school
principals met last Saturday and mat
/ ters of Importance were discussed
This was the best meeting held SO Tar;
] The number of things to be considered
before the close of the present school
year, made it imperative to have al
all day session Saturday, April 26. =.
The following schools close TINS
week: Sharon Center, Wadsworth
! Township, Hinclsley Center, Lafayette
Township, Weymouth Special, Mont
vile. A part of the rural schools IN
Guilford, Hinckley, and Brunswick
Townships also will close this week.
Vacation Thrift Societies have been
organized in the following schools: q:
A. Hartinger, Spencer; Leila Eastwood
Hinckley Center; Laura Arthur, Ben
nett's Corners; Lillian Warner, hlgh
school, Hinckley Center. These or
ganizations should be launched In
proper form before the close OF our
schools that we may keep the work
going and not lose credit of large
number of sales made during the va
cation period. Every teacher should
feel duty bound to see to this matter
Immediately.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pearce were delight
fully entertained by the Juniors and
Seniors of the Sharon Center high
school at Ye Tavern Leroy, Friday
/ evening, April IS. The toasts were
of exceptionally high order, except
, the one by the county superintendent:
However, the students said they had
been bored before but would not say
by whom.
Now is the important time to pre-
pare or put in order your fair exhibit.
Even tho you do not intend to be in
your present position next year the
honor will be yours just the same.
We have enough evidence now to show
that we are going to have some good
things to "show" and schools taking
no part will be sorry next fall. More
than twenty places have reported for
card boards and the demand is being
supplied as rapidly as we can reach
the schools to distribute the material.
Report of ball games played Fri
day, April 18: Chatham VS.. Mallett
, Creek, score 5 to in favor of Chat
ham; Sharon Center VS.. Leroy, score
Is to IA in favor of Sharon Center.
Stamp sales: Mildred Thompson
Hinckley Center, $263.50; R. F. Riffey
Seville, $1322.25; o. X. Lehman, HON,
erville. S4111.25: Miss Wheatley
$5293.75; R. B. Simon, Wadsworth
$1235. Look at O. X. Lehman's record
What do you think of $29.4 per pupl
for the enrolment, grades and higf
school. If few more would do some
thing like this, Medina county woul(
stand as near the top as it now doe
the bottom.
Persons contemplating teaching
should get as much preparation a
possible. While the inducement in tn
way of salary is not just what
ght to be, there is no doubt bu
that by the time prospective teache
can secure two years Of normal train
ing the minimum salary will be $1OO
per year. Many cities are now pay
! ing up to the 5000 mark. Akron ha
Just made this the minimum. Patron
are more and more seeing that the,
must pay for what they want The,
want good teachers. They are goin,
to have good teachers. They are go
ing into the market and buy goo
teachers. Valuations must be raised
Good schools, good roads, goo
churches, good community spirit-thi
means successful, worth while living
Several of the local boards of educa
ton with whom we have met have in
dicated willingness to make sub
stantial increases in teachers salarie
for the coming year. One board mem
Der told me Sunday that $55 mont
and $28 month for board would n
longer work. If the unprepared teach
er could do as we'll as the prepared
we should have an easy solution. Blu
this solution does not solve the prob
lem.
Whatever the conditions next fal
new teachers will be certificated an
recommended for positions on the ba
sis of the amount of normal trainin
. they possess. We therefore urge tina
prospective teachers get all the train
ing they can this summer. We hav
recommended that the extra six week
of normal training be taken when al