The Rooks County School Monthly from Stockton, Kansas • 1

The Rooks County School Monthly- PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF ROOKS COUNTY. 25 Cents Per Year. Vol. 3. No.

I. STOCKTON, KANSAS, SEPTEMBER. 1910. Rooks County School Monthly. C.

E. RARICK, County Supt, NOTICE. The Optical Charts for use of teachers may be secured free on application to the Smith Jewelry and Optical Stockton. Proprietor and Publisher in behalf of the Teachers of Rooks County, Kansas. Published Monthly Except May, June, July and August Subscription Price 25c Per Year in Advance STATE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION.

Kansas State Teachers' Association will have a great program for its annual meeting at Topeka, October 20 and 21. Among the men of national fame who will deliver addresses are Dr. Luther H. Gulick, New York City; Dr. Henry Goddard, New Jersey Training School; Prof.

P. P. Claxton, Tennessee, and Wm. G. Bagley, University of Illinois.

One of the general sessions will be devoted to a Kansas program dealing with the educational problems of the state by the following prominent Kan-sans: State Supt. E. T. Fairchild. Pres.

H. J. Waters of the Agricultural College. Prin. Harry L.

Miller, Kansas City, Kan. Miss Effie Graham, Topeka: Supt. L. W. Mayberry, Tola, and Chan Address all Communications to County Supt.

Stockton, Kansas. teacher shall be required to the effect that the pupil has completed satisfactorily the course of study of the school attended. 8. A fee of twenty-five cents shall be charged to defray the expenses of the examination. 9.

No pupil shall be admitted to the rural-school examinations who shall not have finished the eighth or ninth-grade work; provided, that the seventh-grade pupils may be admitted to the examin- ation in reading and physiology. 10. It is recommended that graduation exercises be held as an incentive to those in the lower grades and as a 1 J. 1 1L EDITORIAL STAFF Supt. F.

C. Marks Plainville Supt. L. M. Spray Stockton Prin.

J. W. Smith Woodston Mr. Ellsworth Dodrill Stockton Miss Elsie Durnal Plainville County Superintendent C. E.

Rarick Stockton Entered as second clan matter October 31,1 908 at (he pottoffice of Stockton, Kansas, under act of March 3. .1379 ANNOUNCEMENTS Teachers should take notice that both Reading and Classics will be required marK oi aennue acnievemeni Dy mose passing the examination. ADDITIONAL SUGGESTIONS cellor Frank Strong of the University, president of the association. The department meetings will be giv en great prominence, using the talent of Kansas educators and in many cases that of outside experts. The examination to be given for schools having a term of nine months and using the Course of Study for Graded Schools should include all the subjects in that course except ethics and industrial training.

Examinations will be held bi-monthly. Questions will be sent from this office; we shall use the uniform list sent from the State office. Dates for exam-' inations are: Thursday and Friday, Nov. 10 and 11; Thursday and Friday, Dec. 22 and 23; Thursday and Friday, Feb.

23 and 24. Examinations must.be held only on these dates. (These examinations are for rural schools only. lor graduation irom tne common schools. The first meeting of the Teachers' Reading Circles will be Saturday, Oc-toper 15.

Every teacher should plan to attend the meeting in her respective district. BI-MONTHLY AND DIPLOMA EXAM-ATIONS. Rules governing the bimonthly and county diploma examinations: 1. The bimonthly examinations shall be given under strict examination regulations. The grades from these examinations and the regular school work shall be counted not less than one-half toward a county diploma.

2. The first half of the county diploma examination for rural schools shall be 3) rri. Nmvfrnm nnvprtnPnvpr WEBSTER'S NEW INTERNATIONAL held on the last Saturday in March and the remainder on the third Saturday in DICTIONARY JUST ISSUED. Ed. bCluef, Dr.

V7. T. Uarris, former U. S. Com.

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400,000 WORDS AND PHRASES. GET THE BEST in Scholarship, Convenience, Authority, Utility. April, and for schools using the Course of Study for Graded Schools the examinations shall be held on the first Thursday and Friday of May. 3. The questions for all the bimonthly and diploma examinations are to be prepared by the same state board.

4. Both reading and classics are required for a county diploma. 5. The number of places at which the examination shall be held shall not exceed the number of congressional town Toilet Articles You can depend upon our stock of toilet goods to supply your demands at all times. We keep an up-to-date stock of these goods and purchase worthy articles as soon as they are out.

The following staple articles of exceptional quality are always in evidence at our store: TOILET WATER, TOILET SOAP, COMPLEXION BRUSHES, TOOTH BRUSHES, NAIL BRUSHES, HAIR BRUSHES, CLOTH BRUSHES, TALCUM POWDERS, BATH POWDERS, CHAMOIS SKIN, MANICURE REQUISITES, COMPLEXION CREAMS and LOTIONS. We have a very large stock of "FACE POWDERS of all kinds." "OURS" is the only store in town where you can buy the "VELVE-TINA" preparations. G. R. Thomason PHARMACIST ships in the county, and the examination shall be presided over by some competent person or persons appointed by the county superintendent.

6. A minimum grade of 60 per cent, with an average of 75 per cent, shall be required for examination. Pupils may carry indefinitely all grades of 75 per cent or over toward graduation. 7. In addition to the examination requirements, a statement from the Writo for Epccimcn races to I Ton will do favor to mention thii publication.

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