The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1925-01-15
BOYS VOCATIONAL
CONFERENCE FEB. 3
JUDGING CONTEST ALSO-LO-
CAL TEAM WILL GO-SCHOOL
AFFAIRS REVIEWED

The Vocational Conference will be
| held at Bozeman Feb. 3 and 4. This
is a Young Mems Vocational Confer
ence. The Live Stock Judging Contest
will be held at the same time. Wolf
Point will send stock judging team.
The boys judge Beef Cattle, Hogs and
Dairy Cattle About eight boys are
training for the team. Last year
total of 1902 boys attended the Con-
ference. u. S. Commissioner Tigert
will be one Of the speakers. Young
men went from Montana, Washing
ton, Idaho, Utah, North Dakota, Wyo-
ming and British Columbia last year,
Next week ends the first half of
the school year. The second semester
will open Jan. 26. Final examinations
will be given throughout the grades
and high school on Thursday and Fri
day Of next week The state eighth
grades examinations will be held at
the same time.
Hot Lunches
About so pupils and teachers en-
ioyed the hot luncheon served by our
domestic science department on Tues
day of this week. The receipts were
$8.25. The purpose is to make it pos
sible for children to secure at least
one hot dish at the noon hour. A bowl
of soup was served for three cents.
Sandwiches and cocoa were also SER
we'd. Another hot lunch will be served
on Thursday of this week. If enough
patronage is secured two hot lunches
will be served each week during the
cold weather.
The state basketball tournament
will be held at Bozeman March At.
The district tournament will be held
the week before this at Saco or Wolf
Point. We would like to hold it here
as we believe that we have a good
chance at the championship this year.
A large number of the children
have been vaccinated lately. The sore
arm is quite popular.
Action by Assembly
A local teachers meeting was held |
last week to discuss the work done by
the delegate assembly at Helena. |
This assembly at Helena decided to
continue the three-district plan of |
meetings. 1t recommended that the |
apportionment of pupil be trans
ferred to the school which he attends. !
This is the only sensible thing to do |
and we hope that the state legisla-
ture will pass such law. At |
present the apportionment may be |
if the county commits
decide to do it. There is an
in a law that apportions
money to a school for child who
does not and cannot attend that /
school. The assembly went on record
as favoring higher qualifications for
county superintendent. 1t also went
on record as favoring the repeal of
he teacher retirement fund law pro-
yided a good substitute law cannot
De passed at present. $4,000 is taken
rom the teachers Of the state to sup
,ort very few, some of whom do
lot need this support. A teacher who
las retired draws pension of 5000
,er year as long as she or he lives.
This law is really a tax on the people
f the state as the teachers who have
o pay into this fund demand higher
alaries than they would otherwise
SIX. Compulsory life insurance would
e far better than our present retire c
tent law.
The Assembly favored the appor- a
onment of the school taxes on the 0
ttendance-teacher basis. At present y
lis money is apportioned according I
, census which is most unfair a
ethod. The state and district are G
.tting aside school money for child l
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