The Red Cloud chief., 1920-01-22
County School Notes
(By County superintendent
And ~Statesmanship

! pcr cent oil college graduates has
' furnished:
90 per cent Of our presidents.
36 per cent Of the members in
congress.
az per cent of the speakers in con-
gress.
81 per cent of the vice presidents.
81 per ent of the secretaries Of
state.
30 per cent of the secretaries of
treasury.
81 per cent of the attorneys gener
al.
60 per cent of the Justices of the
supreme court.
90 per cent of the mer composing
the Constitutional Convention were
college bred.
Better Trained Teachers Results
Nearly two-thirds of the pup.i4 IN
Oklahoma who were successful m
getting their eighth-grade diplomas
IN 1918 were taught by teachers hoid
ing state and first grade county Ger
tificates, though these teachers com
prise less than a third of the total
number. The number Of graduates
was found to have increased in pro-
portion to the quality of the teacn-
ing.
SLIGO Minimum For Rural Teachcls
1t will pay to be a rural teacher IN
Baltimore county, Maryland, here
after. Under the revised salary SEIZED
ule, effective in 1920, d tcacncr IN
a onc teacher school, with Il normal
school diploma, will start at SLIGO,
with a maximum Of $1,000, while
regular teachers will begin at 5000
and go to $1,000.
"In other words" says A. S. Cook,
I'VE shall pay 5000 more for the
same qualifications in a one teacher
school thar for positions in our town
and suburban schools"
Cigarettes And Boys
A Wisconsin school superintendent
who has been studying the cigare,;e
habit among boys in his school ilnds
out Of 46 boys from whom he has
been able to get information, s have
never touched tobacco iE any form,
while the rest have used from ore
to two cigarettes a day since they
were 10 or IL years of age, some Of
the boys using as high as a dozen
a day. He says:
"The use seems to affect the boys
differently. Two of the boys are IN
a nervous condition, cross about
home and in school. Their standings
are blow par.
"The other boys are not as a wnoP,
influenced by cigarette smoking ar
parently, except that the mind IS I'M
paired, the eyes tire easily, and their
standings are below the standings OF
the girls of the same age"
Nebraska
In case exemption law Is claimed
and granted on account of youth
over II years Of age being lawfully
employed for his own or dependents
support, such youth may, in discre-
ton of those enforcing attendance
law, be required to attend evening
school not less than = hours each day
for not less than 8 days a week, and
for a school year of not less thar 20
weeks. tCh. 1875, laws of 1919
School board of any district hav-
ing 10 or more children between
age of II and 16 who hold emp,oy-
ment certificates shall establish part
time school or class. Such Children
shall attend not less than 8 hours
a week while employed or until age
of 16 is reached. For minors nom
attendance, employment certificate
shall be cancelled. Employer must
permit minor to attend. State ana
Federal funds as aid 10 district.
Regulations by State Board for vo-
cational educational. (Ch. 267, Laws
of 1879
Redistricting Problems
On account of the death of the
State Superintendent, w. II. Glenn
mons, l could rot get nswer to the
questions before this. l shall try TO
be prompt in this matter. like this
way Of doing because what one per-
son does not understand is pretty
sure to be a debated subject Wits
others.
Under the rulings of this office,
Inavale would be entitled to vote on
the question Of consolidation, SINCE
it is organized with only three mem
bers on the Board under Article M.
This will be done upon a petition Of
25 per cent Of the school electors.
The entire proposed district will be
permitted to vote at this election. A