Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-04-21
DIST. STUDENTS
FOR co. CONTEST
Winners Will Meet To Repre-
sent County at State Fair
Six Towns To Vote on
HighschOol
Or. H. Burns, Co. Supt.)

i fall school. Owing to the adverse
weather conditions and very bad roads
on that particular day, many pupils
from various parts of the town. were
unable to be present. The contests
were held, however, and Miss Helen
Latus, Of Dist No. T. Windfall school,
was awarded first place She will rep
resent. the town of Atlanta in the coun-
ty contest which will be held at Lady
smith ON Saturday, May q.
On April II, the contests for the
town of Big Bend were held at the
Amacoy school. High water and bad
roads were in evidence at this time.
Miss Anne Sleider and her pupils from
the Soft Maple school, came in a boat.
By the assistance Of high rubber boots,
our supervising teacher Mr.. Hougum,
reached the Amacoy schoolhouse. The
contests were held. A member Of Miss
Sleider's school was awarded first
place and member Of the Amacoy
school, was awarded second place.
They will represent the town of Big
Bend at the county contest.
At Grant Center
On April 13, at Grant Center school
was held the contests for the town OF
Grant. Schools represented were Mead
ow Brook, Grant Center, West Grant,
and Maple Center. Selma Grandstrom,
of Meadow Brook, was awarded first
place and Gladys Walstrom, OF West
Grant, second place. They will attend
the county contest.
On April a. contests were held in
two schools One at the Central school
in the town of Dewey, in which Miss
Louise Single and Karl Kemper as
sisted Mr.. Hougum in the work; the
other at Oak Grove. The Oak Grove
contest was conducted by Miss Emma
Lybert and Miss Lucy Tromblay. At
the Central school, the first place was
awarded to Miss Doris Single, of the
Central school, and second place to
Miss Margaret Wise, of the Range Line
school At Oak Grove, Miss Bernice
Sibby, of the Conrath schools, won first
place and Margaret Fiser, of the Crabb
school, second place.
On April II, contests were held for
the town of Flambeau at Cedar Brook
school and for the town of Hubbard,
at Crane. The names of the winners
of the contests have not yet been re-
ported to the Office.
On Tuesday, April Is, two contests
viii be held. One at Walrath, in
charge of S. A. Martinson and Miss Ell
ma Fisher the other at Marshall Cen
ter at which Mr.. Hougum will be as
sisted by Mr. Graham and Miss Sgd
Sybers.
Diploma Examinations
The diploma examinations for the
rural schools will be held on Thursday.
and Friday May IL and H. Several
central examinations will be held as
were last year. The schools that are
so remote from central points as to
make it an undue hardship to reach,
separate examinations will be given.
A big central examination will be held
at the training school building which
will be in charge of Prof. Dresden and
several teachers. This appointment
will accommodate the schools in the
town Of Flambeau. Grant and few
in Thornapple. Another big central
examination will be held at Apollonia.
Mr.. Hougum will be in Charge. He
will be assisted by several teachers of
the territory. About eight or ten
schools will be assembled at the Ap-
ollonia examination. Other central
points where smaller groups will meet
are: Windfall, town of Atlanta, Soft
Maple. town of Big Bend, Hill Corner,
town of Stubbs Fairview, town OF
Thornapple, Oak Grove, town OF Grow,
Marshall Center, town of Marshall
Willard Center, town of Willard, North
washington, town of Washington Will
son Center, town of Wilson, Range
Line, town OF Dewey.
Special Examination
4 change is being made in relation
TO the state graded schools and grades
below highschools. Heretofore, these
schools have taken the same eXam1na-
ton that was given for the rural
schools. At the suggestion Of our
state superintendent, MI. CdlldHdH, a
special examination is being prepared
for them. 1t will be based specifical-
ly upon the state graded school course
of study. The date of the graded
school examination is fixed as Thurs
day and Friday, May Is and 10. The
examination will be offered in each OF
the state graded schools and in the
18th and 9Th grades at Bruce and Wey-
erhaeuser. Principals of state graded
schools have been requested to cooper
ate in preparing this examination.
Proposed Union Free Highschooi
On April IS, meeting was held at
the Office of the superintendent for the
purpose Of calling an election to per-
nit the people Of Glen Flora, the town
of True, parts of Cedar Rapids, Big
Falls. Lawrence and Grow, to vote up
on the establishment Of union free
highschool district. The officers pres
ent were: John Ericsson, chairman OF
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