Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-01-15
COUNTY SCHOOL NEWS
Prepared By Miss Ida Bradley. Co. Supt Of
Schools. and Miss Margaret Hardie. Su-
pervising Teacher

The state department has issued a
request that Standardization test il.
arithmetic be given to every rural school
in Iron county between the dates of
January 10 to the 81. The results will
be compared with those secured last
year in order to determine Just what
progress has been made in the teaching
of this subject. We expect to comply
with this request, and will try to reach
every school during the given time.
On Thursday January Ia, the North
ern Wisconsin Supervising Teachers AS.
ISOLATION held a conference at Spooner
The supervising teacher was present and
felt that much practical help was gained
through the discussion of every day
problems confronting education of the
present time Miss Hardie talked on
Hot Lunches in our Rural Schools"
The three best hot lunch posters made
in the state-graded and 2ruE3l schools
have been sent to Madison: The best
poster was made by Ruth Brown, under
the direction of Mrs. Vonderheid, teach
er in the Springstead school. The other
two posters were made by Mary Klevit-
ter and Margaret Porter of the Saxon
state graded school, They were made
under the direction of Miss Anderson.
All the schools are 100 ser cent in
Junior Red Cross membership. These
schools will receive Red Cross buttons
and the monthly magazine.
Mrs. Ed Anderson of Van Buskirk,
has taken the position as principal of the
Van Buskirk state graded school, made
vacant by the resignation of Mr.. Leon
Drury. Mrs. Anderson was formerly
connected with the Michigan Agricultural
college. in the Extension Division, Home
Demonstration Work She has had
several years experience in the Interna-
tional Institute work, besides teaching.
We feel that we are very fortunate in
securing her services not only for the
school, but also for our institute.
w. T. Anderson, state inspector of
state graded schools, visited the schools
at Mercer. Saxon and Van Buskrk, this
week. Many helpful suggestions were
offered to the principals and teachers.
Miss Ellen Olson instructor at the
central school at VanBuskirk, gave a
basket social on Tuesday of this week.
The proceeds are to 60 toward procuring
hot lunch equipment for the school,
Most all the rural schools in Iron county
are serving hot lunches to the pupils.
SEAT WORK
Is seat work one of your problems?
Are you using material that you can get
right in your district? Children love to
cut paper dolls, furnish houses, or equip
forms. Use old catalogues that children
bring from bones. make flower beds,
seed booklets and garden from seed
catalogues. Use advertising pictures
! from magazines for puzzles booklet
covers and language exercises. Use the
/ special holiday of each month as the
center of seat work for the month; for
instance January centers about New
/ Years and Eskimo life February about
Longfellow, Lincoln and Washington and
St. Valentine. 1t would be good idea
to make books relating to language or
reading work in the primary grades.
Salaries of teachers in elementary
schools of 81 Wisconsin counties have
been increased 81 per cent since 1919
according to report submitted to the
Wisconsin Teachers Association by l..
! d. Harvey. president of Stout Institute,
and chairman of the special publicity
committee of the association. The in
crease is largely the result of the cam
paign conducted by the teachers of the
state. The appeal for increased salaries
was based on the menace to the schools
of continuing low rates of pay rather
than on the benefit to the teachers of
receiving more money, Only 8 per cent
of the teachers in rural schools of 81
counties received more than 500 in 1919.
In 1920 so per cent of such teachers re-
Ceive more than 500.