Educational Column

Miss Lena Mallory, of Ann Arbor, is teaching in District Xo. 3. PittslieUl. Eniollment. seven boys and sixteen girls. It is the btst eqnipped district school in Washtenaw, being provided with map, globes, and a good library ï J4i vols., to which theteachèr and pupiis have access at all times. Tlie school is also l'uruisbed with kinderhuiden tables lor the childreu. A pruuiment. feature of tlie school work is the tmisie under the directioii of Miss Cole, of Ann Arbor. The school board sliould be comuiended tor their y.eal in this direction. The present teacher is engaged tor the 4th year and is doing the work satisi'aetoriiy to all conctrned in the school. Mr. F. E. Mills is the director. Mi. Fanny Haller. of Saline, is teaching a very snccessf ui school in the Blaess district, on Lodi plains. The commissii.ner was partieuhti ly interested in her reading classes. She was doing excellent worK. Enrollment, 41. It is the laigest schooi in Uietownsliiji. The scholars are well diilled in theii lessons, and are improving nicely in their books. Mr. Albert Blaese is director. sale.m Union School. - This school is under the able and efficiënt supervisión ot' Mr. Ci-ias. fc. Stark, of Salem. He has the school well under hand, and the scholars are taking an active interest in their work. Enrollnaent, 4-5. Algebra and other advanced branches are tautht. Miss Grace Van Atta is doing suceessfiil wo-k in the pnmary grades of the same school. Enrollment, 42. The teaching force has made the school a success tliis year. 'Mkadk" District, Ann Akbor Town. - The school is small. Enrollnient, 9; teacher. Miss Margaret McGinnis. School oflicers, John Meade, Chas. Smith and IVm. Brown, Ann Arbor. District í, Nortiifield. - Mr. Frank Conlin is teaching his second term in this district. He is hired for iour months. is just getting' tlie scliool in siood sfaape to do hard work. Enrollment. 2i5. There are luree scholars in the 8th giadewho expect to pass the examinaron and recieve diplomas. The school has a good physiological chart, and the otlicers are going to buy a dictionary. Mr. Ezra Brokaw is director. District 6, Webster. - This school is in charge of Miss Sarah McCourt. The school is provided with a new dictionary which is agreat hielp to teacher and pupils. Enrollment, 16, The scnooi room is piensant ana agreeaoie. The director in this district is John McCourt, Whitmore Lake. Other officers, T. Fohey and Fred Geiger, Webster. DlSTRICT 1), NORTHFIELD- Mr. Elmer E. Latson is hired to teach this school for a term of five inonths. Enrollment. 86. The opening exercises were especially attractive. The recitation in United States History was interesting and the scholars recited well. The school is supplied with a dictionary, 3 scholars in the 8th grade. It is a large school and it has been the wi8h of the school board to assist in all possible ways to make a snccessful school. Mr. Allen Stephens is director, Whitmore Lake. The Hammond School Saline Towxsnir.- Miss Edith Boyden is doing her first work in teaching here. Enrollment, 19. This school is not as large as it was a few vears ago. It iS well equipped with apparatus, has an organ, and a flag, and all the necessary equipments for successsful leiching. The school is progressing nicely. I). D. Monroe is director. Saline.