The District School from Aurora, Kansas • 1

i I i i i VdTTl Aurora Kansas, Jan uary 1 894; THE DISTBICT SCHOOL! -A)IIoliTnLT Paper, Especially for the Teachers and School Patrons of Cloud. County. Edited and Published By T. Xr lc5on, Aurora, Kansas Subscription price, 50c per Year. ine paper wm do puDiisnea once each month, and will be mailed to every teacher in Cloud county at least once, whether a subscriber or President Hoensliel, of Campbell University, attended theN.

C. r.t. a. Ina Stiison of No. 21 was a visitor at the Aurora teacher's reading circle on the 8th Ult.

Earaie Wents in Dist. 92 recently raised $10 by a social, which will go toward a school library. "The singing of the male quartette was the best feature of the show. (Empire, inN. C.

K. T. A. BeFOit.) Hannah L. Cole: occasionally has a spelling match over in Dist.

37, a very commendable exercise. And, by the way, 37 has some J. 1 C. Varvel will 'close his school in Dist. 33 March 1st.

He wants to eecure a Spring term. Districts that will have a spring term in 94 note this. Lack of systematic and timely arrangements in regard to transportation to the state association caused a number ul Cloud Co. teachers to -remain -f at home this year. Miss Clara Burns of No.

obliged to quit school on Ult. on account of iicknees. This is the same school which: Earnest Wentz had to quit on account of sickness. Whafs the matter with 12? 1 Albert Shoemaker, in Dist. 62, cleared $20 at a box social, with which to purchase; a library for the echool.

This is the 14th libra-ry put in ihe school houses of the county, through the efforts of the Miss Iizsie Prcclovo is teaching at Rice. The Concordia Teacher's Head-ing circle has suffered a fjocd deal lately, from the ravages of the foot ball -4 On visiting the school czo day last wcok we found the pupib very much interested in their ettdics. The teacher is doing: excellent work as instructor. Rice Cor. in Daylight.

Statistics show tbat of thd 1C3CO teachers of Kansas, oboot C3 in the elementary echools are Females, 50 of thocd in the ebcoi-dary grade are females and only 25 in the superior schools are females. The question is, wheto is the nearly 40 difference fcs-, tween the number of ladies in tip elementary schools and the superior echools. Attend the Co. Acsociation on the 6th. Don't let the remembrance of the joyous holidays, and the intellectual feast at the K.

S. T. A cause you to forget your own Associations. The latest addition to the newspaper literature of Cloud county is "Thb Distbiot Scsool'' a three column 0 pa eheet pub-lished at Aurora hf T7. Aoron.

It is devoted excltdwrely to the oduny sdioob and will be the receptacle or all the figures and facts, the quibbles and quirks and the lights and shadows of the profession. TJie first issue is a very readable number. It will require the loyal support of all the teachers to keep Editor Acton from having nothing but experience to show for his labors at the end of Our columns will be devoted to the interests of education and teach-ing. The teachers of the county should not hesitate to oontribsfcr articles or items for publication tor from the exchange of ideas will be derived the most benefit. Subscriptions will be received by the editor or ihe Co.

Sup't, Mrs A. L. Bates, Concordia, Kansas. ADVKiTisiNa Bates madbICnown ON Hapiy New Tear." Holidays are over Npw' for business again'. vi Did you attend the 'KT T.

A. If not, whynott; "Thia frost is on the punin and the fodder's in the shock." The N. C. K. J.

A. was a very enjoyable meeting. See report on another B. E. Hyatt; Aurora jst 89; will have 2 weeks vacation.

Sadie we understand, will close her term of school before Chnstmas. in DisC 88. IPred Duff and Mr. Trowbridge of this county, are attending the i Lincoln; Normal University, Idncoln, Nebraska. teachers.

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