-Supt. H. V. Hotchkiss of Akron has been re-elected for a term of five years and the salary advanced to $5,000.

-J. H. A. B. Williams of Glenmont has been elected district superintendent of Richland, Knox, Monroe, Washington and Ripley townships, Holmes county, at $1,200.

-Supt. W. A. Rhoton, of Sparta, graduated four girls and one boy, May 5, and County Superintendent Chas. E. Davis presented the diplomas in his usual felicitous style.

-Supt. F. C. Kirkendall of Greenville has been re-elected for a term of five years and the salary advanced to $2,400 for the first year and $2,500 for the other four.

-Prin. J. C. Fisher and Assistant Miss Minerva Green of Lewistown

graduated two girls and two boys, May 7, and the high character of the productions showed excellent training. County Superintendent A. B. Lynn made a good impression on the people by his eloquent presentation of the diplomas.

-Supt. W. T. Trump of Miamisburg, has been elected to the superintendency of Circleville and the salary fixed at $2,300.

-Supt. J. E. Ockerman, of Woodville, has been unanimously re-elected for his tenth year.

-The Northwestern Ohio Teachers' Association is making great preparations for the best meeting in its history to be held in Toledo, Friday and Saturday, October 29-30.

The Northwestern, by resolution at the last annual meeting, selected Toledo as the permanent meeting place and to give the organization greater permanency, the committee

was authorized to select an executive secretary to attend to the details of the meeting.

At a recent meeting of the committee, Prin. H. A. Jones, Toledo, was elected and the preliminary announcements sent out urges active co-operation in making this meeting the best ever. He urges school authorities to assist by having all schools closed on October 29, that every teacher in the district may attend.

Toledo schools will be visited Friday morning while the usual round-table discussions will be given in the afternoon.

Friday night Dr. George Vincent will give the annual address and Dr. Henry Suzzallo will deliver an address Saturday morning.

No better talent than this is available for an educational gathering and the placing of these two speakers on a program should bring school workers from every school in the district as well as from places outside of the Northwestern's boundaries.

-Supt. Frank Linton of Mingo has been re-elected for a term of three years and the salary fixed at $1,800.

-Rand, McNally & Co., Chicago, have published Indian Legends at 45 cents. This is a beautiful and fascinating book and the boys and girls will revel in it.

-Dean H. C. Minnich gave the address to the seven graduates at King's Creek, May 6, whom Prin. J. A. Caldwell and Miss Hazel Petty have guided through the year with D. O. Brelsford as district superintendent.

-After ten years of successful experience in the schools of Tippe

is provided for. A Mothers' Club conducted an entertainment course this year costing $460 and cleared $80. This club conducted evening gymnasium classes with an enrollment of 217. This all proves that Supt. C. F. Sharp is the right man for the place.

-Dist. Supt. A. B. Lynn, of Bucyrus, has been elected county superintendent of Logan county to succeed the late John W. Mackinnon at a salary of $1,800 and has entered upon the duties of his new position with characteristic zeal.

which has been made attractive with chairs, tables, desks, a fireplace, and other furnishings in the New England Colonial style.

-Miss Victoria Boyer is teacher of the eighth grade in Woodland. School, Canton, of which Miss Lilian Turnbull is principal. Recently one of the most popular boys in the school fell ill and when the time for English came Miss Boyer suggested that they write messages to Joe in poetry. We give below a few of these messages:

We had a history test today;
You may be glad you were away.
To write the answers was a trick-
I'm sure I'd just as soon be sick.

KATHERINE Bebb.

If you're lying in bed with a pain,
Don't think of the old thing again;
But laugh and smile,
And whistle the while,
And you'll soon be with us again.
WALTER HIGBY.

O, Joseph Smith, now please do write us,

And tell us, How is appendicitis? Now, please remember, we're sympathetic,

But how did you like the anesthetic? Come back soon, and hurry a littleYou've been quite long at the hospital.

Now smell this flower and see the pollen

And then remember

RUTH F. SWALLEN.

The school is in an awful fuss
To be without your "Jitney Bus."
We all hope you will soon be well-
We have so much good news to tell.
To be so sick is sure tough luck;
But we are glad you've lots of pluck.
HUBERT SHEETS.

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-Ginn & Co., Columbus, have a new book Outlines of Composition and Rhetoric, by Genung and Hanson; price $1.00. This book has been organized to cover at all points the work of the last two years in high school. It makes unnecessary a separate manual of oral composition, as great prominence is given that branch both as a help to good writing and as an end in itself. The arrangement of the volume is such that it makes a handy desk manual for the student in writing and revising his work.

-Supt. F. J. Kimball, of Deshler, passed away May 7, and was laid away at his old home at Converse May 10. He was in the midst of activities incident to the closing of the year's work and was looking forward with keen anticipation to seeing his boys and girls receive their diplomas. His death cast a pall over the school and the town, for he was held in high esteem by all. He was a noble teacher and a sincere Christian gentleman. People of all ages

trusted him implicitly and his going has left a great void in the community. But his kindly, inspiring influence will abide as a perpetual

presence.

-Prin. Chas. H. Lake, of the high school at Hamilton, has been re-elected for a term of four years with a salary of $2,600 attached.

-Supt. John O'Leary, the teachers and Board of Education of Eaton held their annual banquet May 21, and it was an occasion of real pleasure to all present.

-Ginn & Co., Columbus, have a new book which will be a welcome addition to the library of the rural teacher especially. It is Everyday Pedagogy and treats of the concrete problems of school work.

-At the oratorical contest which was held at Vermilion, May 7, David Taylor of the high school at Norwalk won first place. Bryan Heise of Wauseon second place, and Miss Mae Hansen of Bowling Green third.

-Supt. J. E. Collins, of Fremont, has been elected to the superintendency at Lima for a term of five years and the salary fixed at $3,000 for the first three years and then $3,100 and $3,200.

-Supt. F. G. Bittikofer, of Crawford Co., has produced an educational renaissance in his county this year. His heart and head are both right and the people know and gladly follow his leadership. And he is just getting a good start.

-Supt. Darrell Joyce, of Hamilton, has been re-elected for another term of five years at a salary of $3,400.

-The Normal School at Dresden has 86 teachers in attendance in the

Spring term and they are reveling in the menu that is spread before them by County Superintendent John. S. McGinnis, Prin. Geo. W. DeLong, and Dist. Supts. E. E. Jennings, E. T. Osborn, A. O. Michael, D. A. Watson and W. S. Kingston.

-Supt. O. H. Maffet and Prin. Miss Minnie Shaeffer, of Huntsville, graduated two girls and six boys, May 11, before an audience that overflowed the spacious and beautiful auditorium. The boys made the occasion unique by appearing in blue overalls.

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-The American Book Co., Cincinnati, has published Three Industrial Nations which is, in reality, a geographical reader treating of the industries of England, Germany, and the United States. The book is written in captivating style and the illustrations reinforce the text. It is a book in which the geography pupils will find great delight.

-Supt. U. L. Light, of Barberton has given such excellent service that the Board of Education has reelected him for a term of four years at $2,200, $2,300, $2,400 and $2,500.

-The policy of improvement adopted by the present management of Pointe aux Pins, Michigan, when they took charge of the property a year ago, is being carried out with persistence and, as a result, this delightful community is in the best of condition to receive all who may visit it the coming season. The improvements already made and those

which are planned to be made apply to both the physical condition and the service and are of both a general and specific character. The Pines Hotel will be in charge of Mr. and Mrs. Bigden, who have had a long and successful experience in operating family hotels, and who thoroughly understand the requirements of The Pines. They will give to the cottage and hotel guests the kind of service which will please and satisfy them. A long experience at

Pointe aux Pins warrants the statement that it is an ideal place for rest and recreation for all and a specially good location for relief from hay fever and asthma. Because of this experience, we heartily recommend it.

Many improvements have been. made at Pointe aux Pins, Michigan, since the close of the last season, and everything is ready for the coming

will graduate a class of 54 June 10, and Pres. Henry C. King of Oberlin will give the class address.

-Supt. N. J. Riter and Prin. J. Boyd Davis of Ironton graduate a class of 35 June 3, with a class address by Dr. Edwin W. Chubb of Ohio University.

-T. M. Muir resigned his position as chief clerk in the office of State Superintendent Frank W. Miller to accept a place as assistant principal in Cincinnati which is soon to lead to a principalship.

-An applicant said to the clerk: "I haint got no application in nowhere else." This applicant is evidently a specialist in English.

-Prin. Anthony Poss, Asst. Floyd Nutter, and Miss Morelle Erb of the Custar-Milton high school graduated a class of five, April 29. This was the first class under their firstgrade charter and joy was at high tide. President H. B. Williams gave the address.

-Fred V. Bouic, head of the commercial department in the high school at Clarksburg, W. Va., rejoices in the complete facilities of their new building and evidently is enjoying life, even though he finds occasion to hark back to Ohio now and then.

-Supt. E. L. Porter of Upper Sandusky, has been re-elected for another term of three years at a salary of $1,680, an increase of $180. will spend the summer at Columbia.

He

-Supt. John C. Berg, of Paulding county, has been re-elected for another term of three years and the salary advanced to $2,000.

-Bridgeport held a May Festival May 14 under the direction of Miss Mary Kennedy, Supervisor in Music,