The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-13

SCHOOLS HOLD
HIGHEST RANK
County Leads Slate in Number
of Superior Schools and
Parent-Teacher's
Associations.
TWO ARE CONSOLIDATED
All Have Courses in Agricul.
iure-75 Per Cent of Grad
uales Go to Other
Institutions.

Boone County rural schools rank firs
in the state in the number Of parent
teachers associations, first in number ol
boys and girls clubs. and first in mum
ber Of superior schools.
Three years ago there we're no parent
teachers associations in the county, now
there are tweniy-ihree; there were M
boys and girls clubs. now there are fif
fy-nine. There were no consolidated
schools, now there are two such. and
nine accredited high schools. The county
also contains sixteen superior and thirty.
five standard schools. There are. today.
no teachers in Boone Countys rural
schools without either a four-year high
school course or years Of experience.
MANY ATTEND UNIVERSITY
Seventy-five per cent Of the eighth
grade graduates in Boone County attend
high school, and about thirty per cent 60
On to higher institutions Of learning. par
iicularly TO the University Of Missouri.
These figures are increasing steadily.
Last year the rural schools in the county
graduated 374 pupils from the grades,
and 208 from the high schools.
The rural schools in Boone County have
shown speedy improvement and growth
in the last three years under the direction
Of Superintendent Charles E. Norhcutt.
He has fos,ered and encouraged the par
ent-teachers association plan and says
that it has been a great aid in the work of
improving the schools Members Of the
county association meet once a month.
and upon paving a fee Of 81 and receiv-
ing certificate, become members of the
National Congress of Mothers and Par
ent- Teacher Associations. From head
quarters Of this organization they receive
literature and suggestions for their pro-
grams.
Through these organizations the parents |
frequently are able to provide playground |
equipment, and books that the school |
could not otherwise afford to have.
8-MOsTHs TERM UNIVERSAL /
The superior schools, which rank above !
the standard schools, must have a teach.
er drawing a salary Of at leas, $85
month, have a 2OO-volume library, give a
four-ycar high school course, score nine.
iy points, and have four meetings Of the
commissioners each year. All Boone
County schools now have an eight months
schools term.
Courses in agriculture are now offered
in every rural school in the county, and
it IS through these courses that the chill
dren have become interested in the club
work, and in stock judging clubs which
now number sixty-three. Members Of
these clubs have won nineteen ribbons,
five trophies and state shield in stock.
Judging contests.
The two consolidated schools in Boone
County are in Hallsville and Ashland.
The Hallsville school is housed in a new
building, built in 1919. and valued at
about $4,000. This plant is too small
10 fll the needs of the pupils. and it is
possible that bonds will be voted this
spring to provide for enlarging it. The
Ashland school is in an old building, but
'ne Larger, and more nearly suited to the
needs, than the Hallsville school. The
approximate valuation Of the Ashland
school plant is $4,000.