The Columbia evening Missourian., 1920-10-21
BOONE COUNTY
SUPERIOR LIST
HAS SCHOOLS
fiaced in Groups According TO
Standard of Efficiency
None in First Glass
Before.
l8 IN STANDARD LIST
Now Two-Thirds of Rural Dis
tricts are in First or Sec
ond Glass = Must
Maintain Standard.

Light Boone County schools have been
put upon the Missouri list of superior
schools since the opening Of the fall
Term. Eighteen schools have been plac.
ed upon the list Of standard schools. I'm.
til this year only six Boone County
schools were on the standard list. Now
exactly one-third of all the rural schools
in Boone County are on one Of the two
lists.
A standard school must fulfill the fol-
lowing requirements. Ii must have a
term Of at least eight months. The teach.
cr must have better than a third grade
county certificate. The school board
must furnish each year at least five
cents per pupil for library purposes. The
school must follow the approved state
course of study. Introduction, discip-
line, organization and classification Of
students must be satisfactory. The build.
ings and grounds must be adequate and
sanitary. The teacher must be a regu.
lar attendant at teachers meetings, and
must do work in a reading circle. AT
least 100 volumes must be in the school
library, including at least four sets of
supplementary readers and fifty agri-
cultural bulletins. The heating system
Of the building must provide for good
circulation Of air. The school must earn
at least eighty points on a scorecard de-
signed TO test its general efficiency.
To be placed upon the superior list.
q standard school must have at least 200
volumes in the library. The teacher must
have at least a first grade certificate,
and must be paid at leas, $85 a month.
She must have taken a four year high
school course or an equivalent. The
school must have at least four community
meetings a year, and must earn ninety
points on the scorecard.
The superintendent Of schools is auth
orized to take certificates away from
schools which cease to live up TO the
conditions necessary for awarding GER
tificates.
The following schools have been plac-
ed on the superior list: district No. Ia,
Dunbar school, Miss Grace Smith, teach
or: district No. 38. O'Rcar school. Miss
Grace Fenton, teacher; district No. 80,
Wade school, Miss Ola Norris. teacher;
district No. a. Keene school, Miss Laura
Haden. teacher; district No. As, Brown
school, Miss Gertrude Allen. teacher;
district No. 49, Walnut Grove school,
Miss Mabel Semon, teacher; district No.
II, Deer Park school. Miss Allie Crews,
teacher; district No. "a. Warren school,
Miss Holiday Waters, teacher.
The following schools have been placed
on the standard list: district No. 2, Din
widdie school. Miss Mary Lowry, teach
er: district No. Is, Grassland school,
Miss Eugenia Smith, teacher; district
No. q, Bethlehem school. Miss Phyllis
Turner, teacher; district No. q. Red
Rock school, Miss Mamie Booihe. teach
er; district No. 81, Conley school, ]. r.
Anthony, teacher; district No. 80, Murry
school, Miss Ruth Semon, teacher; dist
rict No. 43, Gillaspie school. Miss &C.
neva Hulen, teacher; district No. AZ.
Iathrope school. Miss Kathryn Lewis,
teacher; district No. 50, Hickory Grove
school, Miss Ethel White. teacher; dist
rict No. So, Midway school, Miss Ruby
Huff, teacher; district No. SO, Earring
school, Mrs. Alpha Hart Lewis, teacher;
district No. 81. Jacobs school. Miss Nell
Collins, teacher; district No. Is, Bethel
school, Miss 10y Crump, teacher; dist
rict No. 66. Crindstone school, Miss
Alice Hall. teacher; district No. SO. Rob-
nett school, Miss Wilma Ward, teacher:
district No. p. Lakeview school. Miss
Ruth Selby, teacher; district No. 90. Ar
mold school, Miss Hannah Lohrey,
teacher.