The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-01-30

|NTHLY REPORT OF THE RURAL
SCHOOLS OF SCURRY COUNTY, Al


h The many people aga asking the
r .vder h for the shortage of the free
M thebooks. ! thought 81 m.sht he
ch CD make a statement rciaiiye
,'eholss matter ! n tho first place
N,t wfoks are sent to the schools In
,t.r.Scr IN which the bonds are
b the trustees. The trustees.
them. were very slow in
e, - );helr bond. and not all have
IN - bond yet. Then there
~F scarcity OF labor and la-
" t.rfss IN the paper mills, the
l ~ transportation from the pa
pes mills TO the publishers then
l fcss same causes for delay IN reach
np fae deposltories where they are
sert n ear load lots Here they are
~,rscked and sent 60 the trustees
all otr the state with from one TO
,tsr. weeks delay in transportation
~r.r by the time they lay in the
all over the state with from one To
tsr.o weeks this makes considerable
f..y in reaching tire pupils
few people are charging al ms
ur .o the free xxt hook system. rms
-,t exactly fair We doubtless
would have experienced mueh
,-onhle AZ this time In getting books
should We not had the free BOOK
.,.,em lust the same as getting SUI
80, coal etc Besides It takes some
,tme 10 work out and eliminate the
haa features Of any new law. We,
we're warned by representatives irou
the states where the system has oe'n
4, vogue that the people would not
n,aased with it the first year OF
two. but n due patience was eNe'
e,sed after one or two years 'n'
old. alan would be entirely sa''s'"'
,o,v Remember the children OF
rsrae, after getting into the Wi'der,
ess on their way 10 the PROMISED
land wanted to return TO the ''''"
bots" OF Egypt.
An teachers OF the county shoulu
make out a bill for the books the'
ad ,hen have the custodian OF the
hooks sign giving name and number
L. the district and mark Emergency
Gfaer" and rush at once to the De
pository. Also it Is high time the
supplementary readers were ordered
rnia h 10 be done az least one month
before they are needed. The Attor-
uev General has ruled that We are
IN use the Eison Readers as one oi
those and We can choose from the
other seven series one other Three
sifferent readers should be used
anr,ng the term. To neglect TO do
this IA almost criminal. Full instrue
,,ons and addresses will be found IN
the back of the Course OF study.
A few schools responded TO the
requeS to bring to my office the
! surplus new books. " all would DO
this. Il would relieve the situation
considerably.
Quite a number OF schools are
arriving TO reach the Al standard
this year Frequent attention TO the
staffdard cards (which should be
tackled up in every school building)
! would help TO arouse interest In this
matter. Let the teachers call for this
card and ofker blanks needed at my
office.
Following IL a list OF the schools
that hayb Joined the Scholastic
League Aiinn. China Grove. Turner,
Strayhorn. Bethel. Camp Springs.
Snyder, High. Colonial Hill. Canyon,
independence, Ennis. Mitchell Coun-
ty Line, Bell. Plainyiew. Ira. Fluvan-
ma. Crowder. Pyron. Dunn. Santa Fe,
Lone Wolf, Woodard and Martin.
= w( ate extremely anxious that we
make tit 100 per cent membership
for tlIis county. We hope that the
other bchools will send the member
ship fle OF 81 at once into DR.. +. ID.
ShurtJr. Austin. and get the neces-
asxs. ybulletins fully explaining the
gcod.l
the rsIpect TO Vis't ali scnoois IN 'ne
III Just as soon as the weather
ads will permit.
o. l.. HOWELL. Co Supt.