The Holt County sentinel., 1920-10-22
County School Notes,

| Inc superintendent nau the pleas
ure Of spending the greater part Of
"a day in the Corning school. The
primary room has thirty pupils en-.
rolled, the advanced room has also
Thirty pupils, while there are twenty.
one students in the high school.
The enrolment as given to the SUI
pcrintcndcnt in her lis ttsoteh
porintcndent in her visits to the
high schools of the county is a. fol.
lows.
Corning, 81; Craig, go; Mound
City, l29; Maitland, 81; Forest City
~; Oregon, 20; Consolidated District
No. /, 26; Consolidated District No.
2, 81; Consolidated District No. 3, "a;
Consolidated District No. G, Al; total,
576.
This shows that there are five hun.
drcd and seventy-six high school stu.
dents in the cosnty.
A very int esting and profitable
teachers meeting was held at Mary
vile 10 the Teachers College, Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday, Oct. Ia,
10 and 10. Those present from Holt
county were: Superintendent Bron.
son Of the Maitland school: Superin.
tendent ). -. SHELTON, Misses Seat.
Hudson, Acton, Buntz and Lemon OF
the New Point school; Superintend.
Ient Elizabeth Mccormick, Misses
Nelson, Lowry, Dittmar, Costello,
Elsa Redmon and Ralph Hulse of Con.
s0lidated District No. .; Mr.. pra,hcr.
Miss Criswell, Miss Bickel and Miss
McCallister Of Consolidated District
Nj Marie Helms, teacher of
Eureka school; Miss Edith Miller.
King & ovt school; Miss Effic Carroll,
Harmony school; Miss Della Prather.
Squaw Creek school; Miss Greene,
Rising sun; Miss Della Colwell,
Pleasant Hill school; Miss Dodaon,
summit school; Miss Helen Prais-
water, Mineral Springs: Miss Avis
Ftkc. troSen; Miss Ruth Mohlcr.
Shiloh; Mrs. Waggoner. Benton: Miss
Maud Stadlcr, Marion; Miss Carrie
Stadlcr, Union; Miss Minnie OFT.
Richvillc; Herman Brett, Monarch:
Mlrs Orpha Stewart, Bluff City; Rus.
sell Mccoy, Chambers; and the coun.
~ superintendent.
The greater number of our teach
ers are contemplating attending the
state Teachers meeting, a. Il held
Ills year IN our part of the state,
Kansas City. The dates are: Nov.
IL, IL and ~.
The question often arises, "Nhy l.
II that during the past twenty. five
years the town and village schools
have advanced in excellence 80 much
moro rapidly than the rural schools ."
One answer II that more importance
has been put upon the town child 10
the dctrimcnt OF the country child
ever since the Trainer of the Missouri
CONSTITUTION made IL possible TO levy
100 cents on the 500 valuation for
the maintenance of school for town
children, while II was possible TO levy
bu, Toe on the 500 valuation for
the maintenance of school for
country children.
The Fifth Amendment upon which
we are to vote. Tuesday, Nov. ., gives
w. an opportunity to rectify this mis-.
take by taking off this handcnp
Every one should vote "Ycs' on the
Fifth Amendment, Il will not raise
your taxes, but IL will give those dis
tricts needing more than the sixty.
live cent levy 10 maintain their schools
the right 10 do 80 without subterfugo
or evasion of the law.
Spelling: which, where, within,
even, expect, easily, exercise, en-
deavor, eligible, enormous, GRAND
etiquette, equator, equinox, erysipelas
executive, election, earnestly, exhaust
exodus. excusing, cxcelling, engine,
eaten, eleven. early.
| np,nran, 10,
be held in Dale Center School Build
ing. saturday afternoon. at 1880, Oct.
30, 1920.
Opening exercises.
Demonstration Of work in agricul.
turc. MisAHelcn Cottier and pupils.
Demonstration of work in agricul-
ture. Miss Mildred Mute and pupils.
Demonstration Of work in agricul-
turc, Miss Fife Carroll and pupils.
A model lesson in spelling rules
and their opTication by county super.
inteNdent.
Helpful suggestions from the dis.
trist teachers meeting, Miss Bickel.
Tho Value Of Supervised Play"
Mr.. rrather.
"Thc Value TO the School of Com
munity Cooperation Miss Criswcll.
Teaching Language Miss Faris.
Teaching Geography" Miss Me-
Callistcr.
The superintendent has just re-
ceived a small consignment Of the
Reading Circle books. Those wishing
copies should order at once. The
books are: Davis The Work of the
Teacher, price Si.20; and the two:
Whitney, The Socialized Recitation
and Hughes Teaching to Read, price
sl,4o.