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The Daily Democrat
Marlin, Texas
Friday, December 3, 1909
COUNTY SCHOOL NOTES
BY A. W. E.
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The Union school has a splendid plat of land for a school yard, and the pupils
are busy cleaning it up at recess time. The room is neat and tastily
decorated with evergreens and red berries. The walls have some fine
pictures, and the boards show signs of work. The attendance is not as good as it
has been on account of the top crop of cotton.
One thing noticed was
that the work in the number drill was put on the board during the recitation,
and after the recitation was finished it was left to make seat work.
Miss Clara Moore is
the teacher for this term, and is getting splendid cooperation from parents and
pupils. Union
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Poverty Flat.
The Poverty Flat school has had a house cleaning, put up new curtains and
pictures, and makes a neat, tidy, homelike room. The attendance is light,
but the work goes on just the same. Miss Clara Peevey is teaching her
first school here, but she has had the advantage of normal training, and goes
about the work in a businesslike way. Poverty Flat
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Durango.
Durango school is also suffering on account of the cotton, half of the pupils
are out in the fields. The school is doing some excellent work. The
faculty is Mrs. Kate Alsup, principal:
Miss Chester High,
intermediate department, and Miss Lola Moore, primary department. Miss
Moore had a serious accident a few days ago and her place is supplied by Miss
Annie Kellough. The order and work of the school is good. A very
enthusiastic and interesting lesson in agriculture was recited during his visit.
The making of spelling words into sentences by the intermediate spelling class
was well done. Durango
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Jenna.
A very busy little school is Jenna, with Miss Nelle Rouse for teacher. A
more earnest set of pupils would be hard to find. The primer class here
seems to be especially well started. Maybe the fact that each recitation
in the primer closes with work on the board by the pupils have something to do
with the good showing they are making. Jenna
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Hog Island.
The most beautiful room yet visited was at Hog Island. It had lately been
painted; the pupils have cleaned it as clean as could be, tasty pictures were on
the walls, evergreens, red berries, pop-corn, mistletoe, colored borders,
pictures of Mr. Turkey and real yellow pumpkins all made a “Thanksgiving”
decoration that was indeed beautiful. The parents were present on
Thanksgiving, and were delighted with the decorations as well as the splendid
exercises rendered by the pupils.
Miss Fannie Hays is
doing her second year’s work here, and it is useless to say she is “making
good.” The splendid singing of the pupils, prove again the wisdom of the
work done in the institute in learning new songs. The school has a large
enrollment, fifty seven, but the top crop is interfering some with the
attendance.
Sewing Club – Hog Island and Hog Island
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Reagan.
The primary room in the Reagan school was very appropriately decorated for
Thanksgiving, and presented a splendid appearance. Miss Bertha Stevenson
is teacher, with a very large enrollment, near sixty. Some more institute
work was noticed here; the children are learning the new songs, and also play
the color game and the pointing game very nicely.
The work and order was
of the best, and the children are making good progress.
The intermediate room,
with Miss Bertha Canady in charge, was also decorated for Thanksgiving and
presented a beautiful appearance. This room also has a large enrollment,
but is making good progress. The word drills in reading lessons were very
thorough, and every pupil in the grade recited the memory gem assigned for the
lesson.
The grammar grade room
is taught by Miss Florence Davidson, who was attending the Baylor Coming, and
had her place filled by Miss Fannie Johnson. The high school room is for
the third time under the direction of F. J. Turner, and this promises to be the
“best ever” year in the Reagan school. Reagan
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Cross Roads.
The Cross Roads school house has been repaired, a supply of coal laid by, and
things made ready for a successful school. Miss Minnie Whitlow is teacher
for her second year, and gets on well with the work. This is a good
working room, and everyone seems anxious to do his best. The geography
lessons were introduced with a short review of the past work, which helps very
much in the mastering of the lesson in hand.
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Photo of December 10, 1909 Newspaper
