The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-09-18
School Notes.
Arthur c. Moreland, Co. Supt.

An Extension Course class was or
ganized in the Circuit Court Room
on Saturday afternoon, September 10.
The course given this year is agri-
culture and will be in charge of A.
Il. Davidson, of the Agricultural De
partment of the Central Missouri
State Teachers College. Five hours
college credit will be given for the
course. The following enrolled for
the course: Veva Ellington, Herrell
school; Pearl Walker, Hot Water
school; Mable McCook, Elm Grove
school: Mamie Culver, Black school;
Nina Getz, Grandview school; Edith
! Walker, Amoret school; Emmett
Ellis, Clarence Fisher, Lena Pendle-
ton, Butler schools; Edith Solder
strom, Prairie Rose school; lola
Bradley, Trip school; Cecil Wright,
Mt. Zion school; Mrs. c. c. Rhodes,
Star school; Mrs. Mile Allison,
Harmony school; c. w. Ray, Patty
school: Mrs. Alice Thompson,
Freeze Out school; Eulalah Park,
Miami Center school; Helen Clark,
Crawford school; Helen Odneal,
Spruce school; Edna Odneal, Oak
Grove school; Richard Fox. Mont
gomery school; Jennie Donovan,
Valley school; Eunice Steele and A.
c. Moreland.
The District Teachers Meeting
will be held in Warrensburg, Octo-
Der ,3-25. At the August meeting
the teachers voted to attend the War
rensburg meeting rather than attend
in Butler. Teachers should keep the
above dates in mind and arrange to
attend. If you read Section 1oo34 OF
the tOI7 School Laws of Missouri
YOU will find that teachers may draw
pay for Thursday and Friday, Oc-
tobcr ?, and "a, if they attend the
teachers meeting in Warrensburg
The State Teachers Meeting will be
Some teachers are not reporting
their attendance. If all of the pupils
are attending school in your district
please notify me so that may have
a report OF the attendance in eacf
school district. The teacher shoult
include in her report the address o
each parent or guardian. The re
ports that have received show tina
there are only s school district!
where all OF the pupils are attending
school Teachers should explain thu
law to the pupils and to the parents
ii necessary. The county school at
tendance officer is at work, but i
takes considerable time to get owe
Bates county. Please help us by re
porting promptly. If you run out o
blanks, please notify me, and ] will
send more.
The following school houses hay
been screened: Oak Grove G33)
Sprague. North Muddy, Trip, Edge
wood. Hillside, Dillon.
The klondikc and the McDavit
schools have not gotten teachers
These places will pay a salary OF So
or SO per month. Amsterdam AM
Rockville are short one teacher each
am having considerable inquir
in regard to "A text for the fifth grad
history. There is no adopted tex
but there is an American histor
published by the American Boo
Company, Chicago, entitled Amer
can History, Perry and Price, Boo
I. This is the best book l. have eS
amined. 1t costs 81 cents.
Out of the I22 rural teachers EN-
ployed SO have had at least 4 year
high school training. Sixty-one hel
at least first grade certificates. 81
per month is the lowest salary pal
in the rural schools, and $50 is tn
highest. Four teachers are receivin
$50 per month. II are receiving 81
per month. IS are receiving $40 pc
month
Bates county has five 4-year hig
schools. Butler, Adrian, Rich Hill
Hume and Amoret; two 3-year hig
schools. Rockville and Amsterdam
two a-year high schools, Foster an