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     The attendance from districts outside the city is larger than for many years. At present we enroll fifty-five non-resident pupils in our schools.

     Having a splendid and well equipped city library the school retains in its library only such books as are needed for reference work. Our reference library is very complete.

     The course of study in the high school is essentially the same as outlined in the high school manual, only such changes being made as are necessary to allow a division of some classes.

     The work in the normal training course has proven very helpful and many students are taking advantage of this opportunity of preparing for teaching. Our class numbers twenty-six at present.

     This year we have installed a manual training department in the schools, offering this work to the boys and girls in the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth grades. A special teacher is employed for the boys' work, the girls doing their work with the regular teacher in charge of the grade.

     We feel that the schools of Superior are in a very satisfactory working condition and that our teaching force is very efficient. The support of the citizens is most loyal in every way.

A. H. STALEY,          
Superintendent.     

     Sutton schools are having a healthy vigorous growth, but at present are in need of a modern high school building. Within the past few years the North ward building has been enlarged and two extra teachers employed. The high school course of study follows the outline of the University of Nebraska manual and the grade course is based upon the state course. The library has been enlarged through the establishment of a Carnegie city library and 100 volumes of fiction transferred to same from school library.

     The buildings and grounds have been kept in splendid repair and good interest manifested by patrons and pupils.

E. CLIPPINGER,       
Superintendent.     

     Since Superintendent E. E. Lackey took charge of the Syracuse schools in 1906 there have been several improvements made along different lines. In 1907 the twelfth grade was added together with normal training. Sufficient teaching force was added to do excellent work in the high school and at the same time to give the advantage of high school instructors for the eighth grade. We considered this a very. successful innovation.

     A debating society was organized for those who wished to do this line of work, and through this organization was connected with the Otoe County Debating organization and the Nebraska High School De-

bating league. All other pupils were members of a high school literary society, which did very efficient work. The athletics were controlled through an athletic organization, basketball, baseball and tennis being the principal lines of athletics pursued. In 1909 a new heating plant was erected which is at least a hundred feet from the buildings to be heated. This is calculated to insure absolute safety from fire.

     Syracuse is a live school town and they consider the best teachers and equipment none too good for them.

E. E. LACKEY,          
Superintendent.

     I first became acquainted with the Table Rock school eight years ago. At that time it had eleven grades and was not on the accredited list. Since then another grade has been added, the school placed on the accredited list of the state university, normal training added and a new school house built.

     There were 369 pupils in the district at the beginning of the school year 1909. The total enrollment for 1909-10 was 280, the average daily attendance, 218. .

     All children between 7 and 15 tears of age are required to attend school six months during the year. Last year we had but little trouble in keeping the children in school the necessary time.

     Last year twenty-six pupils from rural districts attended school under free high school attendance. Most of these were enrolled in the ninth grade and were very studious pupils.

     The school house is a large brick building, containing ten rooms; viz.: a laboratory, recitation room, library, office and six study rooms. The building is heated with steam and is well lighted, ventilated and equipped.

     The grounds are large and are beautified with a great many trees. One of the most useful things they contain is a well of good cold water.

     The library contains about 850 volumes, a number of these being large reference works. The room containing it is about twenty by thirty feet, and is furnished with a telephone, a large oak desk, a long table and a set of chairs.

     Agriculture is taught for one semester. The pupils are required to examine soils and to plant seed and watch their germination and growth.

     We have had normal training in the high school for two years. Nearly all the seniors who belonged to the normal training class of 1908-09 taught school last year. The present class numbers sixteen and is composed of seven seniors and nine juniors. The seniors have completed the examination, and will all teach next year.

     Vocal music is taught in all the departments of the school. In addition to this we have a good high school orchestra.

     We have two basketball teams, and a baseball nine, but no societies.

L. P. GRUNDY,       
Superintendent.     

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