Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-02-24
SCHOOL MEET
HAWKINS FEB. .
Prof. Hill in Charge.--Rusk
County Schools Are
Visited
BY II. IA. Burns. Co. Supt,


graded school will be chairman of the
meeting. The program is planned pri-
marily for the benefit Of the graded
schools This is due TO the fact that
the greater number Of the schools in
the east half Of the county are state
graded and highschools. Members of
the faculties of the different villages
will participate in the program. One
important question: to be considered M
the meeting is promotion from the
eighth grade in the graded schools.
The superintendent, supervising teach
or, and members of the training school
faculty will be present at the meeting.
"a Pupils at Dairy Center
The supervising teacher has recently
made official calls on the following
schools: At Dairy Center on Febru-
airy II. This school is taught by Miss
Della Sybers, Of Tony. Miss Sybers
is a graduate Of the county training
school. class of 1914. Most Of her
teaching has been done in other parts
Of Wisconsin and some in Dakota. The
Dairy Center neighborhood was for
tunate in securing her last fall to take
charge of the big, one-room school.
The enrolment in the Dairy Center
school is 81 and the report of the SUI
pervising teacher shows that 81 were
present when he called. Two years
ago, there were not children enough
in the Dairy Center neighborhood TO
Justify the maintenance Of school
The fine building stood idle. At the
present time it is oyercrowded and in
Il comparatively short period, another
school room will be q necessity.
Other Schools Visited
At Lone Birch. District No. l., Town
Of Thornapple, Miss Mamie Stevens
is In charge Of q school Of 26 pupils.
At the last official visit, "a Of the 26
we're in attendance. This is one of the
newer districts in the town of Thorn
apple. The schoolhouse generally
speaking, is good 1t is of the modern
type. 1t is provided with Il good base
ment and the original plan contem-
plates that q furnace will be installed
when the district is financially able to
hear the expense of it. Some play
ground apparatus is recommended for
the comfort and happiness of the chill
dren in this school.
In District No. 1, town of Flambeau,
Flambeau Heights school. y. r. Burns
in in charge. Twenty-siX pupils were
present at the time of the last official
inspection. To this school Il number
Of children are transported from over
in the town Of Dewey, The transpOrta-
ion is provided for by joint district
No. 4, Tony, Dewey and Big Falls.
There are number of settlers who live
70 the north and west Of the Flambeau
river in the town of Dewey whose only
opportunity for school is the Flambeau
Heights district
On February 10Th. the school in Dis
tlict No. ), town of Grant, know as the
West Grant school, was visited. The
register showed an enrolment of 81.
OF this number there were 30 in at
tendance. The district is quite new
the schoolhOuse new, and the attend
ance fully up to the capacity of the
building. Miss Sophia Wright, of the
town of Grant, is the teacher IN charge.
This community is growing very rapid
~ and whereas the schoolh0use was
more than big enough at the time that
il was built, the indications are now
that it will soon be crowded beyond the
number that it should accommodate.
This Sch0Oi Has Piano
On February 18th, the school at Ce-
dar Brook, District No. 8, town of Flam-
bean, was visited. Miss Lucille Dean
is the teacher in charge. Of the 81
pupils enrolled, 20 were in attendance.
This school has recently been equipped
with playground apparatus Through
the progreSsiveness of a ladies organ
ization in the community and the help
Of tic teacher. q piano was recentl Is
purchased. / is Tie first PIANO toF be
placed in n one~room school in the
county. We trust that others may go
and do likewise.
The school at Grant Center was WIS.,
ltCI OlA 4 Cbl utlAS Lpbiis 1ANAC -tAiF'o 49,
ia Mohr is in charge. Of the 26 pu-
pills enrolled, q were in attendance.
This is the third official visit TO the
Grant Center school since the opening
in September. All reports indicate that
the work of instruction and training
is going Oh in a satisfactory manner.
On February 14th, the superintend-
ent attended q meeting of the COM
munity in the North Star schoolhouse,
Dist. No. /, town of hurry. The gath
cring was for the purpose of talking
over some questions that had been a
source Of trouble and disagreement be-
tween the members of the community
and the school authorities. After a
frank, fair and open discussion of the
several points of disagreement, it ap-
pearcd that there was not as much real
cause for trouble as had appeared be-
fore the meeting. Most of the points
OF disagreement were 'ironed out" and
amicable understandings reached The
community is to be congratulated for
practicing the art of liberation and ar