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Educutionnl Departtl1ent.
By Co. Supt. Crocker
iiu titol.n'r scnoo1. NO'l'HS. ;
H ( Llinfr Circle York is pro-
gressingnicc3y. Attend allce COIl-
tinues to inCrease , Hoolll 2 , a
large recitation room , being filled
at the last I11ccting" .
Ati all appropriate cnding" to
the very successful season just
closcd ) ' the ditTerent athletic
organbmtions of the high schoo1.
Professors 1IoIT and : Schlaifcr entertained -
tcrtaincd the mel11bers at the
home of J. C. SCg'rist era last Friday l -
day evening" All those who bc-
10ng"ed to the foot-ball , boys' bas-
ket ball , girls basket ba11 , track
and base ball teams were invited
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\ to attend and a'ery enjoyable
cvcning' was spcnt.
. A program consisting of addresses -
dresses by the captains of the
various tea illS , and several 1 humorous -
orous nUl11hcn was listened to.
At the recent meeting .Qf the
state teachers association , Miss
Eva Cooper passed thc m1l1in-
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ation re < l\lirl'd of candidates for
places in the schools established
hy the government in the Phili-
pine ] sl a lids.
The second regular meeting of
the Dehating' Club was held on
last li'l'iday l e \ c\'cning' The question -
tlOn was hcsoh'cd that woman : .
still rage shoulll be adopted by an.
amclHlmcnt to the constitution 01
the U. S. " Garnett Murr\ , gd- ;
w.ird 1 Hodapp and Miss Maude
'l'oslaIHl were chosen as judg'cs.
The debate was a great succcs
and the decision was tendered
two to one in favor of thc aflirm-
ative.--IIumbolclt gn tcrprise ,
Miss I\'a Lowe hs ! resigned as
teacher in Dist. No. G an,1II : : . . .
Mable i\lacomlJer has contracted
to finish the term And Wednes-
day c'cningl1iss Lowe bl.'la11ll'
: \Irs.L oyd l\forri
Yale School : , Dist. No. 60 , Edward -
ward Hodapp , teachcr- have
just completed a half year's worl\
Our enrollment is 3\ ) . The pupils
as well as the teacher arc all
deeply interested and very enthusiastic -
thusiastic in their work Asplen-
dill program rendered on Friday
evening , 1)ec. 23rd marked the
close of the first semester's work.
: Cite [ many compliments that were
showered - upon all : who took part I
made them justly prO\\(1 of the
c\'ent. ' The school was beautiful
decorated with evergreen ' ) ranches
crimped paper , corn and appro-
priatl Christmas p Ltnres. : A
large crowd was in attendance :
and although the program was
nearly three long no one seemed
anxious for it to close. The next
in order was the sale of eighteen
most beautifully prepared baskets
Mr. Palmer Fisher acted as
auctioneer. After this the teacher -
er introduced a prize voting con-
test , which aroused exciting in-
tcrest. A handsome box of"\Vuod-
ward's Chocolates was voted to
the most popular lady prescnt.
Miss Eflie Spaulding- was the
fortunate one to receive the pres-
ent tOg'eth with the henors.
Miss Lulu Stetlcr received the
next highest number of'otes. .
i Time closing feature of the evening -
ing was thc disposal of the contents -
tents of thc baskets , after which
the large crowd dispersed , dcdar-
lug it to be an e'cninglong - to be
remcmbered. A neat little sum
of $22.84 was accumulated which
will be used to buy a library , pic-
tures etc. for the school.
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Time pupils of DisL No. 24 sent
the County Superintendent a4pic-
hire of their school for a Christ-
mas presen t. Each pupil had a
part in the giving' . The County
Superintendent prizes the present
very highly. .
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Dist. No. ( ,3 have just rcccntly
completed their newscliool house.
It is all exact reproduction of the
famous Sutherland School house ,
and is , perhaps. the best country
school building : in the county.
'J'he district is certainly to he
cong'ra t ula ted.
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' 1'ltc pupils of DlSt No. 23 gave
thc County Superintendent a
beautiful Christmas present. It
is a picture of the school. There
arc only \)0 cnrolled. It is a good
picture and we prize it very
highly.
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Dibt. No. 82 , Della l\I Icrlislcy ,
tcacher. School closed Friday
afternoon Dec. 23 , for a weeks
vacation. The pupils gave an
interesting Christmas program on
Friday afternoon. Ele'el1'lsit -
ors were prcsen t. Average daily
attendance for second quarter 25.
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You l'l'mcmber told
we you
about the School Fair held in
1)ist. No. 79 , in connection with
the ' Thanl\sgidng'prog-ram. ,
here ar'someol the prize winl1crs.
Biggest : car of corn , Austin
Thorn burg. '
Biggest Potato Clara Smith.
Biggest Sweet Potato , Clara
Smith.
Big'g'estPumpkin , ClaraSmith. :
nest specimen of writing , Clara
Smith.
Best written story , Nov 1'umcr.
Prettiest loll , Ruth Cornclius.
Biggest apple. Chas ] ose.
Biggest car of popcorn , Ben
\Valkcr.
Biggest \ carrot , Altha Hitch-
cock.
Biggest squash , Cha Hose.
Longest list of words made from
the word "per : : anality , " Altha
Ilitclmcock
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Dist. No. 5S-gthel Darker ,
teacher. \Vc closed our first half
year Fdday , Dec. 23.rd , with a
short plog'ram and Christmas
tree. The pupils ( 'xchang'ed small
g'ifts. Those receiving rewards
for largest number of head marks
were : Laura Kelly , Florence : StC-1
wart , Grace Kelly , Ira Inks and
Goldic ] elf. Hattie Boyd , being
neither absent nor tardy , was
awarded a prix ' . . _ _ _ _ _
Dist. No. < j-Vidan ) Aten
teacher. We believe wc have a
sllcc ' eSSful 5chool. Friday , DCG.
23rd , wc gave a Christmas tree
'rhe exercises were well attended
by patrons. Also in December we
gave \ a basket supper and cleared
S11).25. As a result we have a
nice globe , a set of drawing books
and other needed he1p Claud
Shrader has been neither absent
nor tardy during the first four
months.
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Dist. No. S8-'rances ) Kelly ,
tcachcr. School closed Friday .
Dec. 23ftl , for a week's \'acation.
We gave an interesting Christmas -
mas program , consisting of recitations -
tations , songs , dialogues and
music. A number of visitors were
present. Our enrollment is 28
Our teacher attended the State
'reacher's Associat1on.
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1)AwSON SCHOOl. NOT1S. :
Our County Superintencemlt :
visited our schools last Wednes-
day.
'L'he Grammar room now has
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Whitaker Brothers' I }
Land Excursion I
Every First and Third Tuesday "tf
of Each MOtlth.
Providing the weather is favorable we will go next . .
Tuesday to Dicki nson , Saline and Lincoln Counties ,
Kas. The 'wheat in these counties before this snow '
was looking fine and we are just in receipt of informa- ' :
tion from these counties stating that the snow is the , i.
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finest that they have had for years and assures a fine's
wheat crop an . : l'every man we have sold to is going to ,
make money on his crop to say nothing of the advance t a .
on his land. Don't take our word for " the conditions in '
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these counties , ask the men that have seen this country. ,
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\Ve know one party that bought last year down in this '
country and clear $5 , ; 00. If you don't believe it come
and we will take you to him and he will tell you that
this is a fact. Don't g-o to the dry regions of Nebraska - . ;
ka or Kansas , where thc land will only grow alfalfa ( . . . ' 1
but..go with 'us to 1\ orth Central Kansas wlfere the soil
will produce anything. . The R. R. fare is only $9 for )1 )
the round trip. If you don't want to leave Richardson
Co. , here is the best bargain in the Co. , gI acre farm , .
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all good smooth land , large 10 room house , new barn
24X32 , , well . fenced , good orchard , plenty , of good wa- I
tel' near Cottage Jro\'e. This farm is worth I $ . So per { . . .
acre , but in order to make a quick sale will sell it for j
$ 75 , This will not be on he t market long at this price r--j
\Ve hive for sale a first mortgage on a good 80 for _
$ I , ooo , to run 3 years at 5 m per cent. This 80 is worth ( - 1 ,
$ ; ,500 or $4,000 and the maker of . this mortgage is J1
first class Fine city property for sale or rent , also .5 . '
per cent money to loon all fanns. I' '
WUITAKERBRO5e \
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an organ , due to the efforts of
their progressive teacher , Mr
'Vag-g'ener.
Our Debating club is contem-
plating a debate with sonic of our
neighboring schools soon , preparatory -
paratory to the Annual contest
next spring' '
'rhe teachers have instituted a
Fire drill for all the rooms and
thc practice of emptying the
building quickly alaI orderly will
soon be in force.
Our Debating club held its reg-
uJar veekl ) Illcdiug' last Friday
evening and debated the silb.1ect :
"Resoivecl that ichesg'es more
pleasure than ' \ 'isdouu.Ve arc
sorry but the affirmative won.
After the debate the society spent
some time in parlianl2ntary prac-
tice. _
Dist. No. 5--Clara Dabb.
teacher. 'l'he board had our
school-room floor scrubbed last
laturcla\ ' , for which we are very
thankful. 'rhe pupils seem interested -
tcrcstC'd in their work. 'Ve have
four eighth grade boys , who enrolled -
rolled only last wcek. Time Look-
keeping class was organized last
week. _
Dent fail to attend the special
introductory sales of pianos at
the Curtice : Music Store. Re-
mcmber we give special terms and
discounts luring the month. Lat-
est popular sheet music.
Quimby Hossack returned to
the University Sunday afternoon.
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For Parties , order of
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