WHAT HAS BEEN DONE 



has been asked to vacate, and it is the plan of those In charge to make the 

 cottage more serviceable to the school. Probably two of the high school 

 teachers will use it the rest of the year. 



The cottage has been of no special benefit to the school so far as getting 

 and keeping better teachers. It should be, and I think the time is near 

 when every school will have a home for the teachers. (A. F. Shroyer, Prin- 

 cipal, Consolidated and High School, Sherrard, W. Va.) 



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Two of the county superintendents state the boarding proposition is a 

 serious one with them. One of them remarks he "never heard of such a 

 thing." Two county superintendents "only wish we could report some." Two 

 others reply that they think it is a good move. The union district at Sher- 

 rard has a fire-room cottage. It is one of those communities where each 

 man lives in his own house and no man has one for rent. They have owned 

 this cottage for four years. The following very interesting experience is 

 related : "The first principal of the school was a married man with a family 

 of four. It was just suited to his needs. He had one-eighth acre of land 

 for a garden, where he worked out some valuable lessons in agriculture and 

 fruit budding and grafting. Unfortunately, he died at the close of his sec- 

 ond year and a single man was hired to fill the vacancy. The latter did 

 not have any use for the house, so it was rented to an outsider at eight dol- 

 lars a month, a fair return for the investment. Since that time it has been 

 occupied, but we still hold it in reserve for the future, when we may hire 

 a married man." (U. S. Bureau of Education.) 



Wisconsin. 



Difficulty of securing good boarding places is mentioned by several of 

 the county superintendents. They expect to build a teachers' home in Polk 

 County. Some of the superintendents state they must develop some plan 

 soon to relieve the situation. One wishes they had cottages now. (U. S. 

 Bureau of Education.) 



Wyoming. 



As yet Wyoming has nothing to report in the matter of erection of 

 teachers' cottages. The subject has been under discussion somewhat here 

 and doubtless it will not be long before it will be necessary to follow the 

 example of some of the other states in this regard, but so far the practice 

 has not been put into use in this state. (Edith K. O. Clark, State Superin- 

 tendent, Cheyenne, Wyo.) 



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