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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1926
Page
6
A survey of 86 consolidated schools in Illinois shows daily current expenditure per pupil at about 46 cents, including transportation. The U S Bureau of Education compares this to one and two teacher schools, noting similar costs but higher quality in consolidated schools.
The bureau announces official support for the consolidated method in a formal record. Officials emphasize efficiency and uniform standards across departments, signaling a shift in policy toward a centralized approach.
A 16 week general short course in agriculture starts October 25 at Michigan State College. It is the first of over a dozen agriculture and home economy courses for the coming winter, with forty subjects offered under director R. H. Tenny. The program promises practical, everyday knowledge across Michigan agriculture.
Zone VI teachers gathered at the English school three miles south of Manchester for the first zone meeting. Miss Leone Egan opened the session and officers were elected. Reading instruction was discussed with a demonstration lesson in second grade, followed by a student program and talks by county staff. The event closed with a thanks from attendees and plans for the November meeting.
Professor Pettit of Michigan State College stressed cleanup of crop remnants and trash as the main defense against the European corn borer. He urged strict adherence to federal and state guidance and announced a statewide inspection meeting at the Monroe county experiment station on October 9.
In the International Eye Laying Contest at Michigan State College, the top pens run neck and neck with less than a month to go. Birds set new records as averagesreach 186 eggs per bird in week 48, surpassing last year’s 168. Leading pens include Hanson’s White Leghorn Farm in Corvallis Oregon at 2384 eyes, J. Pater & Son in Michigan at 2360, Marshall Farms in Mobile Alabama at 2359, Geo. S. Sutton in Aurora Indiana at 2342, and George Fortis in Grand Rapids Michigan at 2327.
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