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Newspaper
Mount Vernon Signal
Location
Mount Vernon, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1913
Page
4
Kentucky’s 1913 educational push see big plans for new school buildings larger grounds and better equipment. Counties hire experts and superintendents to oversee work with over forty boards adopting supervisors. Daviess County experiments with fifteen strong teacher supervisors to oversee scattered small schools.
The article argues for a county supervisor to oversee a group of six rural schools, visiting three sites each Monday to monitor progress, provide help to new teachers, and ensure consistent reporting. It notes prior failures due to dispersed supervision, praises a shift to Tuesday through Saturday teaching, and cites a growing spirit of systematic work and increasing tree grafting projects as signs of educational progress in Kentucky.
The article argues Kentucky must teach youth through Boys' Corn clubs to grow fruit domestically. It notes 9 million bearing apple trees and a 3 million bushel annual crop of inferior quality, with $17 million spent on fruits that could be grown locally. Teacher trainees at normal schools prepare bundles of young trees sent to homes for a year of home-garden cultivation.
Community briefs mention Withers C E Mullins visiting merchants in Jackson county. Penny and Ada Mullins are noted, along with S A Caudill of The Louisville Tin and Stove Co visiting last week. Local births, illnesses, wagon trade, and social visits weave through a slice of county life with measles, berry crops, school closings, and small town happenings.
Attorney General rules no license required to kill frogs, clarifying that the act is not hunting or fishing. No regulatory license needed under current interpretation.
Public notice promotes Kentucky Educational association gathering in Louisville from April 30 to May 3. It forecasts a large crowd and urges early attendance with special railroad rates to attract members and guests.
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