Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1921-04-21


renew certificate one year and
twelve weeks will renew it for one
year. All high school graduates
must get standing in psychology
and pedagogy from a school as here
after they will not get an opportunity
to write on these subjects. All
teachers must take professional work
leading toward graduation. By at
tending summer school a number of
years you will soon finish your nor
|mal course and get your professional
certificate. We want to urge all
young people who are figuring on
working to take up the teaching pro-
fession. We want young people of
German parentage especially. Teach
ers from outside the state do not
understand conditions or people in this
section, and we are having a hard
time eating certificate teachers to
stay in some places because they do
quently it is either close the school or
not understand the language. Conse-
put in unfit people as teachers.
In places were it is hard to get a
boarding place we want to urge school
boards to build an addition on to the
school house for the teacher to live.
Wlnona district has done that with
four of it's schools, and it has proved
success.
A campaign is to be made in this
county this summer to interest every
one in schools Public sentiment
must be aroused in school. State
Supt. Minnie j. Nelson and others
will be here at the school officers
meeting, June 7th. 1t is likely we
will have our eighth grade commence
ment at that time. All school pa
irons, chillren and teachers are urged
to be present as we wish to make this
big day for the schools of the coun-
ty. There will be picnic at the
park. Everyone should take his lunch
along, and devote one day to the
schools of the county.
May 18th and 18th is the date of
the next teachers examination.
If anyone thinks enforcing the COM
pulsory attendance law is pleasant
thing for either this Office or that of
the states attorney they are mistaken.
We have filed seventy-fve and hun
dred names for arrest so far and peo-
pie are brought in every day.. The
law says we must do this, and we are
doing our duty. No one has con-
WINGED us yet that anyone is either
lawfully or morally entitled to use his
children to make money, and we can
see no reason why little children ten
and eleven years of age should be al
lowed to drive four or five horses at
any time. We don't bring these ideas
from outside the state. We have lived
here all our life, and North Dakota,
has always been our state, so they are
strictly home ideas.
This week we have sent out all sup
plies needed by the clerk for election
and for making out all reports. These
blanks are sent you to fill out at the
proper time. Please see that we get
them when they are due so we can
get QUE reports in on time. In the
report to the county treasurer rela-
tive to the Teachers Retirement Fund
you must send check A warrant is
no good. He must have the cash to
send in to the state,
The next annual school election will
be held Tuesday, June 7th. Hereto
fore about one-tenth Of the people
voted at school election.
Show interest this year and vote
good men in as directors. Then abide
by their decisions. So many people
never go to school election, and they
lay back and "kick" about the schools
and school directors. Do not vote for
a man, or woman, as director because
he is a particular friends of yours,
or because he will keep taxes down.
Vote for the one who will give you
good school as cheap as he can, but
who will not cheaper education to
keep down school taxes. Even if it
costs you 500 school taxes year,
don't you think that is pretty cheap
education for even one child?
We have not yet received the state
aid for standardized schools for last
year. It is claimed that Auditor Ko-
sitzky laid aside enough funds for this
purpose, but as yet we heard nothing
further of them. It is also claimed
that the state has more than 5000, 900
of school funds for bonding school dis
tricts. Yet, great as is the need, we
cannot get anything on bonds voted
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