The School Room Journal from Minneapolis, Kansas • 5

District No. 20 has ordered 100 feet L. W. Lyons visiting in Ohio. A good school requires cooj good pupils, and good parents.

of real etone state black-board. An excellent investment. A young man, intelligent, active and honest, can secure a place to work for his board while attending school by calling on the county Superintendent J. W. Keynolds begins school in Dls-trict No.

6 with an enrollment of -10. J. A. Hrowii was obliged to dismiss his school ft few days of tho llrst week because of sore eyes. It was intended to issure a county school catalogue this summer, but Miss Martha Foster has been selected by the Union Labor party and the Prohibitionists as their candidate for the ofllce of County Superintendent.

The Democrats have selected O. B. Fleming; and the Republicans, A. 1. Warrington.

It is now left for the people to make their choice at the polls in November. since starting the Journal we think Trof. C. v. Mills has been elected superintendent of the Citv School of best to give the catalogue no further attention, and the main features of last year's reports will appear in tlie next Augusta, Illinois.

number of this paper. now many will help us make the schools of Ottawa County the best in The teachers of the south eastern the state? Hands up. 0m Graduating Class, 1888. Several pupils succeeded in passing the tests for graduation last May. Beautiful diplomas have been procured for them and meetings will shortly be held in.

the districts where the pupils reside, to which their parents and friends will be invited and the diplomas will be publicly presented. The following is a list of those entitled to diplomas. V. L. Auld, District No.

3. Nellie Davis, District No. 3. Nellie Armstrong, District No. 15.

Eva Ashtou, District No. 5. Henry A. Bower, District No. 12.

Emma Baldwin, District No. 27. Carrie Brown, District No. 83. Carrie Cleaver, District No.

22. Etta Clayton, District No. 5. Katie Deardorff, District No. 51.

Anna Ewart, District No. 55, Fannie Eddy, District No. 95. David Halley, District No. 12.

Maude Hollingsworth, District No .0. Edith Kinsey, District No. 18. Lillie Keener, District No. 31.

Warren G. Miller, District No. 55. Jed Snodgrass, District No. 23.

Charles Taylor, District No. 12. Win. M. Tate, District No.

3. part of the county talk of organizing a teachers association With such teach lhe Superintendent is in his office This paper is supported largely by the advertisements furnished by our business men. We trust that our friends will not this fact and that you will give them a liberal share of your patronage, and thus- let them feel and know that the assistance so ers as Simson, Reynolds, Watkins, every Saturday. On other days he will Martin, Sutherland, Mathews, Long generally be yisitlng schools. acre, and Terry in the lead, they will surely meet with big success.

Subscribe for the Journal. Send your name now and the money any generously given to advance the educational interests of the county is but "bread cast upon the waters," At the August examination, there were granted 8 First grade, 30 Second time before the first of January. S. C. Shaw has been living on a claim grade, and 40 Third grade certificates, Messrs.

Harper Brothers announce Ail. At A and there were twenty failures. The in scott Uounty, but has returned to uiat iney are aoouc to puDiisn anew questions submitted excepting those in Arithmetic were quite easy and the ap series of School Readers, in the preparation of which every care has been taken to make them of the highest practical value to the schools. Thev plicants generally did well. teach in District 75 this coming winter.

i Teachers can find good material for a profitable lesson in literature from the article about Jean Ingelow in this number. An appropriate banner has been ob no doubt will, as they announce, pos tained for the district that makes the sess qualities and distinctive features best record for attendance and punctu 12, which will commend them to all pro ality during any month. Besides cer gressive teachers and school officers. tifying to this fact, the banner will Mr. D.

Carleton has concluded not to teach this year, and Mr. Win. G. Sutherland lias been selected to take his place in the Verdi schools George Wood worth, District No. Bertha White, District No.

20. Mary Wamsley, District No. 11. Oma Wixon, District No. 83.

Sadie Barber, Minneapolis. Louie Gaines, Minneapolis. contain the names of those pupils of The first school month of the year the banner school not absent nor tardy during the month. closes Friday September 28th. Teachers should make the monthly reports on this day and forward them prom oi Teachers who are not provided with Speer's Couree of Studies, and blanks for monthly reports should send to the The following teachers have pledged Owing to the scarcity of money in lie county The Minneapolis Board of ly, so that they may be received in time themselves to secure the number of for the October number of the Journal.

Education is allowing several pupils vuuuty oupennienaenc ror them. subscribers for the Journal placed Be sure to till the Roll of Honor care from the country to attend the city The Bennington schools begin work fully, indicating by star the names of schools without paying any tuition. This is a very commendable action and opposite their names. We trust our friends will help them to redeem their pledges, and that we may secure a large list in the county. those perfect inVleportment.

All names should be written plainly. one for which several very worthy young people are thankful. The Minneapolis schools began Mon i with an enrollment of 113, with W. S. Simson as principal, assisted by Miss Mertie Riley and Lena Shepard.

Supt. T. S. Harkins, of Davis county, is fortunate. He was nominated by the Republicans and his nomination is endorsed by the Union Labor mrtv.

The following Questions have been day, September 10, with an enrollment of 325 and the following teachers in propounded. Who will answer them? 1. Is it advisable to encourage hasty charge. Prof. F.

II. Clark, Superin tendent; Miss Martha Foster, seventh reading in ordinary school learning'? grade; Miss Ray Irwin, sixth grade; thus insuring his re-election. PlnkioJ A Tl 1 2. In what way would you proceed to develop the reasoning faculties of Miss Etta Tolley, fifth grade: Miss Bracken," fourth grade; Miss Waite, pupils? i roc tor, me noted astronomer died of yellow fever in New York, September 12. He was enroute third grade; Mrs.

L. A. Henry, second 3. Should there be daily devotional Watkins, 20 Simpson, 25 3 Liudeman, 10 Mattie Brown, 10 JHTraini 10 Lillie Deardorff, 10 Shaw, 10 Helen Eacker, 10 Edna Hush, SNA Uicc. 5 Mrs Curran, SOB Fleming, 5 Ttobt Cochlin, 5 Jennie Ilutton, 5 11 Snider, 5 Jason Crow, 5' Gray.

5 Marilla Simison, 5 Scott Spauldinpr, 5 Fannio Eddy, 8 Richards, 10 Phillipson, 4 MT Mills, i Laura Fitch, 3 Adda Smith, 3 Minnie Duffy, 8 Edwards, 3 Lee Longacre, 3 Fr'ccsMonaghan, 3 Carrie Brown, JOStODe, 3 A Brown, 3 Jennie Hill, 3 Mrs Wells. 3 Mrs. Elder, 3 Miss Clayton, 3 Ella Ackcrinan, 3 Hattie Perry. 3 EilieKliae, 3 Lizzie Midgley, 3 Anna Klein, 3 John Perry, 3 Reynolds, 3 Mrs Tatlock, 8 Mrs Howe, 3 GC Bennett, 3 grade; and Miss Agues Lucas, first exercises conducted by the teacher? for England where he was to lecture this fall and winter. urade.

Messrs. O. B. Fleming and J. S.

Rich we will present a nice prize to the ards, and Misses Helen Eacker, Lillie boy or girl 15 years old or under who Chapman, Maggie Midgley, Jennie will send us the best answers to the "queries" in the class room department Mldgley, and Dora Welsh succeeded in passing the graduating examination at the close of the institute and each is of this paper. Persons competing for the prize must be pupils in some one of The Northwestern Kansas Teachers' Association meets at Beloit November 20, 30 and December 1. An excellent program has been prepared and a pleasant and profitable time is anticipated. Ray's New Elementary Arithmetic has no superior as a text book for Third and Fourth reader pupils in the ordinary country school. It is just the book many teachers have been looking for.

entitled to an institute diploma, which II Sutherland, 2. is equivalent to a professional our county schools, and must write the answer and punctuate them without asssistance, but they may get informa- lion irom omer parties, ah answers The following problem is going the rounds of the weekly papers. Who must be received by he 10th of October. A. PARMELEE DEALER IN will solve it and send us both the solu Last year a prize school library con- tion and the answer? sistincr of twenty-three books was of "I sent a dealer twenty cents for Hardware, Acorn Stoves twenty pencils, and he sent me three fered to the school making the best kinds, some were four cents each, some record for attendance during the year.

The School Room Journal will be issued about the 10th of each month here after. Should any subscriber not receive his number by the 15th he will please notify us of the fact and an other copy will be pent. one cent eacn, ana some tour ror one Many schools entered the contest and cent. How many of each did I AND RANGES. Call and see the Acorn Oak worked hard for the prize, but district No.

88, Miss Anna Klein, teacher, was the successful contestant. Tho books A prize consisting of a set of books Heater before purchasing. have been procured and will be pub licly presented soon after school begins will be made to that school of the county employing no more than one teacher and having an average daily attendance of 10 or more pupils, that makes the MINNEAPOLIS, KANSAS. in that district. The ranks of the var ious schools of the county in this con best record for attendance and punctu test will be given next month.

ality during the year. We trust that CITY District clerks are requested to send every school in the county will work the report of the commencement of for the prize. Our schools will be greatly improved thereby. the school term to the County Superintendent as soon as the informnt'on called for can be given. This report A prize consisting of a set of nice books will be presented to that school which makes the best record for punctuality and attendance during the year.

We trust that every school in the county will strive for the prize. I. W. Lyons wishes to say that he can furnish you materials to repair your old black board as good in quality and cheaper than you can purchase them elsewhere. Oflicc in Shepard-I'arker Block, Minneapolis.

The composition outlines in another col ml are selected from Hall's Composition Outlines, an excellent little book containing 116 similar outlines. It is published by A. Flanagan, Chicago. The price is 20 cents. Every live teacher should have a copy.

MEAT MARKET, Opposite Ballou House, Second Street, Minneapolis, We send a copy of this number of The School Room Journal to each school district officer In the county and should contain, (1.) The name of tho teacher. (2.) Number of months school. (3 When term is to begin. trust that a number of them will favor us with their subscriptions. If your (4.) Salary per month, The report i3 teacher has pledged more than one necessary to enable the Superintendent Having purchased the meat market of S.

W. TMvfs. I shall offer to tho citizens of Minneapolis and vici nitj, choice meats of every kind at fair I shall keep Fresh and Salt Meats. Poultry, Fish an-1 fn their season, and shall try to pcire satisfaction to all patrons. subscriber, give your name to her, and to arrange for visiting the schools, and hand her the subscription price, orsend clerks should not wait till school begins it to us when you have it and find it before sending it.

Send it now. Blanks convenient. were sent to the several clerks in June. L. A.

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