Educational Deparimeni
Conducted by County Supt. Crocker
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DisL No.4. Janctte Wellcr ,
tcachcr. Our enrollment so far I
for this term is 31. Ou l' pupils I
have drawn sc\'cralnicc maps of
Richardson County and Ncbras-
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DiL ! 38. Gcorg L. \Vclls.
teach cr. Wc have just rccic\'cd
a supplcmcntary rcading- book
from thc county superintendent
as thc start for a library. Our
school closcd I.'riday , March 24.
\Vc cnjoycd a school picnic April
1st and pluntcd smile trccs.
'rhc school in Dist. No. 71 , Mr.
O. O. Marsh teacher closed last
Friday. Several pupils took thc
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the eight 1 grade 1 cxanllnalton ; ; and
expect to attend the Stale Nor-
mal School next year. 1\11' Marsh
him recently ta1cn a homestead
consisting of one whole section in
\ Chase County Nchraska.
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The school in Dist. No. 10 Miss :
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flea Riley , teacher , closcd March
20. 'l'hc Pupils gave an cntcr-
tainmcnt in thc c'cningwhich
was well attcnded and enjoyed
by many friends and patrons of
thc school. Miss ; Riley l will
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spend a few weeks at her home I
in \Vymorc.
Dist. No. H. Catherine McMahon -
1\lahon , tCotchel' Our total enrollment -
rollmcnt for the is 35. Our attendance -
tendancc at thc present is only 25
on thc account of so many of
many of thc older pupils having
to quit on thc accout of spring
work. Our school will close June
23. The Co SupL has given us G
books to start our , . library .
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Dist. No. 78. 1IabdVit.takcr .
tcachcr. Our school closed Wcd-
ncsday. March 29.Vc spent
most of thc time Wednesday
morning decorating thc school
house with evergreen trees , which
wc planted in the alt,1'\1oon. \
Our Program was short. We
were glad to welcome sc'cral'is -
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1)ist. No. ( ) O. Ida Pierce , tcah-
cr. School is progressing nicely
we have an enrollment of only
nine and these arc all g-irls
Florence : Houbideanx and Lizzie I
'l'iban were neither absent nor
tardy lilting the past month.
They arc doing splendid work.
- \Ve ha\'c just received a few book
from thc county superintendent
to help us start our Hbtary.
Dist. No. ( ) S. Louis Spencer ,
tcachcr. Our school closed Friday -
day March 31. The school gave
a program in thc evening which
was attended by man\ friends
and patrons. Miss Spencer has
clone splendid work and thc school
board have offered her the school
for the ensuing year. The foll-
owing pupils have been neither
absent nor tardy ; \Villcr. Ollie.
Hose , Minnie , and Ida Stauffer
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illlll Sarah J , dic. Albert Frank-
houscr has been present every day
and tardy only oncc.
'l'ucsday evening March 21st ,
the school of Dist. ,7. Mr. W. C.
'l'uckcr teacher , gave a spelling
and ciphering school. Many
friend and patrons of thc school
were prcscnt. 'J'he pupils did rc-
markahly well \ in spelling and in
ciphering anl reflected much
credit on their teacher. Many
of thc visitors took part Miss
Lydia Wissler , 11 years old , was
the champion speller of thc evening -
ning and Miss Lizzie Casswcl1 ,
lG years old , proved to bc best in
ciphcl'illg' Dist. ,7 has one of
the best equipped school house in
thc the county , and they have
one of the best teachers , too.
Dist. 63 , Miss Mac Burg-ett ,
tcachcr-Our school closed March
31. Four of our older boys set
out 30 trees Monday , March 27 ,
and last Saturdi'Y they went to
llumholdt and had their pictures
taken. Thcy shall be known as
thc 'HL'ree Planting Quartctt of
Dist. ,3. It is hoped that their
trees will \ grow , do well and stand
as mon\lll1ents to their school pa-
triotism. 'I'herc is an old pro-
verb that "a blessing . comes to
him who plants a trce" and let us
hope that many blessings may
conic these ( four young mcn.
On thc evening 1\Iarch 2lth ,
we gave a basket social and
cleared $50,5 which will bc used
to help buy an org-an. Dist. )3
it will \ bc rcmcmbercd has a fine
new school house. It is a duplicate -
cate of the famous Sutherland
huilhng-
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The Southeastern Nebraska
Educational Association held a
most successful meeting In Beat
rice , March 21) . 30 and 31. The
enrol1mcn reached 400. Tie
prog-r.UI1 was carried out as an-
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nouncc ( 1 . I acii 1 session was strong
and the inter high-school debate
Wednesday evening was especially -
ly g'ood. The question was ' "I e-
solved , that United States Senators -
tors Should bc Elected by the t Di-
rect Vote cf thc Pcoplc. " The
Affirmative : Pawnee City , li'air-
bury , l 'allsCity , Humboldt. Negative -
at'c : Crete , \VY1l10rc , Beatrice ,
Nebraska City. 'l'hc judges Cc
aided in favor of thc afl rmat'c. . ,
Earl Cline of Falls City , was given -
cn first place as individual de-
bater : Lein N. Bailey of Fairbury ,
sccondLawrc'lcc ; Weaver Beatrice -
rice , third ; and Fred G. Arnold of
l1\1111boldt , fourth.
'l'hc next meeeting will be held
in B ( atricc. Officers elected for
thc ensuing year ; Prcsidcitt , C.A.
Fulmcr of Beatrice ; Vice Prcsi-
lent , , V. H. Pillsbury ; Secretary ,
Miss Rose Clark of Friend ; treas-
urer , ? . L. lIoff ; ; cxucuti\.c C01ll-
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mittcc : Dr. Ii'Y. . Saunders of
Lincoln high School and President -
dent J.V. . Crabtrl of Pcru.
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Last Friday. March 24. the
school in Dist. No. 35 rcccived a
pleasant visit flom thc school in
Dist. 34 in charge of their teacher -
cr Miss \Vinnic Ryan. The forenoon -
noon was spent in thc usual way
( getting and recit'ng ' thc lcssons ) .
After dinner wc engaged l in Rome
running and jumping contests.
In thc running contests Dist. 34
won. In thc jumping' , Homer
Auxicr of Dist. 34 won. Standing
jump-S fcct. Punning broad
jump-12 feet. high jump -3lf
fcct. After thc contest both
Dist's. tool part in a program consisting -
sisting- recitations , songs , and
drills. This was followed by a
debate on the question : : Resolved ,
that fire is more destructive than
watcr. Dist. 34 I had thc affirmative -
ati\'c and were represented by
Joseph Kane , Grace Auxicr.Hom-
er Auxicr and Frank Drapcr.
Dist. 35 had thc negative and
was represented by Lola Dc\Vcse
I\'a Philpot , Curtcs Ramsey , and
Julia DcV cesc. The judges j decided -
cidcd in favor of the nCg'ati\'c.
Sc'cral'isitors were prcscnt.
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Dist. No. 15 Miss Pearl Cunningham -
ning-ham , tcachcr. \Vc have one .
pupil to take the cig-th grade examination -
amination this spring. If the
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I pupil is succcssful we hall celc- 1 i
'brstc ' her g-raduatuating' from thc
cig"th grade with approlriate cx- t
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1'0 prevent so many tardy .
marks , I read from an interesting !
book for opening exercises \Ve \
I have drills in mental arithmetic . I
and keep a record of the work on i
the board. The one getting thc --.l-o {
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most answers for a week IS con- :
sidcrcd thc champion. 'l'wice a \
week wc use history cards. 'l'her S
enjoy this very much and do much
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reviewing in order to bc prompt
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in answcring' I had some difficulty -
cult ) ' In originating a plan to
stop the use of poor 1ang'uagc.
\Vc made some small booklets , .
gave one to each pupil and callcd' ' _
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them our "Grammar Books. " In
these thc recorded all mistakcs I :
they noticed during thc day. I.
Each before ' -f'1
one reported just ;
school closcd. It worked nicely : ,
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and by using care no onc's feelings -
ing-s were hu rt. Of course they
also noted their own mistakes. I
In the first and second grades
wc made geography books from . - " .
heavy papcr. \Ve have chart'lcs-
sons fr0m which we learn much
about lakes , rivers , bays.etc. , and
thc children bring pictures from
magazines and paste them neatly
in their books and under thc pic-
turc write thc proper namc.
Our pupils arc neat about their
desks and note books. These arc
inspected each wcek.
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