Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-02-11
COUNTY SCHOOL NEWS
BY Il. II. Burns. Co. Supt

In view of the fact that there are
cases Of scarlet fever i'll some cOmmun-
tiles and cases of diphtheria III other
communities. it becomes necessary for
fife teachers throughout the county to
exercise care and good Judgment in
protecting their respective schools
from the spread Of contagious diseases.
Both Of the af0re- mentioned diseases
begin with general symptoms OF
cold. usually have chillS, and later
fcvcriSh condition, generally followed
hv Il sore throat The scarlet fever
eases this year are of Il mild form and
persons affected do not feel very sick.
This has resulted in Il number OF in
stances in the persons who had scar
let fever going about without having
been seen by Il physician OF having
been quarantined which has caused
the exposure of many persons. Teach
crS are directed to report to the county
nurse all cases and persons whom
they have reasons TO suspect are in
fected with any Of the contagious dis
eases.
The white card reports are coming
in rapidly upon the completion of the
fifth month of school. Some of the
striking points of information con-
tanned in this report will be included
in the news column. From the Tony
State Graded school the report shows
that for the fifth and sixth grades
there was no hardness during the
fourth and fifth months.
The report from Hawkins shows All
enrolment Of so boys and IS girls. 1t
shows daily average attendance Of
1871 and 80 who have Il perfect record.
There were only Ii cases of hardness
during the fourth and fifth months
which is very creditable showing for
Il school enrolling 17S pupils The in
tereSt Of the patrons at Hawkins is
shown by the fact that 81 visitors
and fifth months.
From the Galley Lake school. Dist. |
NO. 10, town Of Thornapple, III which
Mrs Violet Remington is in charge, we
quote the following from a letter re-
Gently received from the tacher: The |
attendance during the month OF De
cember was low owing to AN epidemic |
of Wh0oping cough. but | am glad to re-
port that out of the 10 enrolled, - were
perfect in attendance during the month
Of January''
From Marshall, Dist. No. , River
side school in which Miss Eunice Ry |
all teaches. the report shows an en- |
rollment Of 10 boys and 10 girls with |
classes in all Of the eight grades. The
average daily attendance was 2S and |
Is were ueither absent nor tardy. |
Seven cases of hardness was the total .
and three persons were delinquent.
The Maple Hill school. Dist. No. /, /
town of Flambeau, in which Miss
Theresa Diederich has taught for sew
eral years. has Is boys and %
girls enrolled The average daily at
tendance during the last TWO months
was :}2.25. For the month of Deem
Der - pupils had perfect attendance
records and for the month of January.
~ of the pupils who should attend
school as required by law, all are in
attendance. There were only II cases
of tardireSS. and the school was visited
by 10 persons.
IN many Of the schools it is the Gus
tom to reduce the noon intermisson to
thirty minutes during the months in
which the days are short. Where chill
dren have long distances to walk it is
not uncommon for the parents and
school board to approve of short
noon hour and a three-thirty dismissal