Burt Community School - Bears / Roundup Yearbook (Burt, IA)

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INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT The day by day activities of a school cannot be portrayed in a short report such as this. The inculcation of ideals, attitudes and ambitions are an important and far reaching result of a teacher's efforts, yet these are not readily observed nor can they be measured like sums of money, enrollments, average daily attendances and other physical features of a school. To know a school system thoroughly one must live with it and voik wit a it. He must meet the principal and teachers and children as they carry on their various activities. Essentially schools are an expression of the spiritual aspirations of a people. Facts concerning the expenditure of funds, attendance, enrollment etc are only external facts in the real life of a school system. This report is largely concerned with those external facts and has been prepared with the hope that they may afford the interested reader an insight of the work of the school in its efforts to develop worthy and well qualified citizens of the community, state and nation. Facts and not foundationless opinions should be the basis for the Judgement of any organization, particularly a public institution that is largely supported by taxation. The facts and figures contained in this report are the result of a great deal of research and investigation and are believed to be as reliable as may be secured. To aid the reader in determining trends statistical data are for the most part presented in the form of graphs rather than statistical tables.

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