Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-03-20
Respectfully yours,
r. C. Trembath,
ANNUAL REPORT OF COUNTY
SIfpEpI NTENrDENT OF SCHOOL 6

tenuent of Schools, Iron County, Wis.
II S-19l9.
The Honorable County Board Of Su-
| Dervisors of Iron County:
/ Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen:
In compliance with the law, take
/ pleasure IN presenting to you my fifth
annual report of the work of the
scEt OILS under my supervision.
( The Scohol work for the year ending
/ Jure 80, 1919. was far below the
standard Of the preceding year owing
to the great amount of time lost dur
ing the Influenza epidemic and the
weakened condition of the children
when they resumed their school work
! The state han was placed on all schools
schools of Iron County closed in COM
/ pliance. Most of TIE. schools of the
county could not reopen until after
| uouS efforts were made by teachers
and supervisors in so far as possible
to make up for the lost time and still
cover the work required. In spite of
every effort il was impossible to sat
IisfactOlily complete the work.
War Activities
! Although the armistice had been
/ declared early in the school year,
many demands were made by The state
and ma ION for continued patriotic
work. The schools of Iron County
aided in the following ways: Selling
Thrift and War Stamps, Adopting
/ French war orphans, holding patriotic
1 Speech Contests, forming school soc
ieties fCl the purpose of teaching
citizenship. rcorganiZing Junior Red
Cross Au>I!iaries and doing Belgian
Relief Work
Iron County Spelling Contest
For the third this county entered
the State Spelling, Arithmetic and
Writing Contest. Preliminary con
tests were held in each town through
out the county The town winners
again competed for county honors at
the annual county commencement
held at Hurley on May l6, 1919. Ce-
liza Trudeau Of Quincy received the
highest average for the three tests
and represented Iron County at the
State contest which took place at the
Milwaukee State Fair on September
11tb.
Mothers Meetings and Community
Gatherings
We are obliged to report fewer
Mothers Meetings and Community
gatherings for the past year owing to
the fact that public gatherings were
not allowed, because of the influenza
epidemic. However, nineteen such
meetings were held The majority of
these were Of a purely patriotic ma
turc ard succeeded in raising funds
for the adoption of seventeen French
Wan Orphans and for other relief
work.
Teachers Institutes and Meetings
After plans had been completed for
the annual teachers institute and
county school board convention. both
meetings bad to be called off, because
of public gatherings being forbidden.
Two geuera! and three sectional
teachers meetings were held in the
county during the year.
Second Iron County Commencement.
May 18th, 1919
The fltst county commencement
brought about such good results
throughout the county that we felt
justified in continuing the experiment
and the second one was held at the
court house in Hurley on Friday, MAY
10Th. 1919.
The morning program consisted of
Reading, Spelling and Writing tests
for county honors and the Four Min
ute Patriotic Speech Contests.
During the noon hour the boys and
girls from all parts of the county par
took of picnic dinner.
The afternoon was occupied with
the commencement exercises. Re
pors on tho outside activities done i'm
connection with school work during
the year We're read. Supt w. p. Wag-
man of Ashland delivered a timely
and interesting address to the grad
uating class which consisted of thir-
teen young people. Only this num-
Der out of the twenty-e eight who fin
ished the common school course were
present owing to the fact that several
schools had heightened their term
in order t. complete the work. The
afternoon closed with races and sports
at the ball park. One hundred and
fifty people outside of Hurley were
present during the day.
Teachers Examinations
Regular examinations for teachers
certificates were held on April 9Th
and 10Th and August 1913, 1919
Seven special examinations were Civ.
en- As a result of these examinations
eighteen certificates were granted.
Home Credit Work
A new phase Of educational work
was introduced in the county year this
year in the form Of Home Credit
Work The purpose of this work is to
more closely unite school and home
interests and to dignity necessary
labor. A record book containing the
list Of duties for which credit is given
was placed in the hands Of each child
at the beginning Of the second semes-
ter Upon furnishing proof that such
tasks had been faithfully performed.
the teacher granted credits in the
form of certificates. To more closely
eorrelate this work with the regular
5, hool dut ies, every case Of hardness
Or unexcLsed absence forfeited a num-
Der Of credits. When the child had
earned five hundred credits he was
granted a Home Work Certificate.
When three such certificates had been
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