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

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Part II - The THE TEACHING STAFF - The school faculty for the year l934-’35 with the name of the position held, the length and olace of training, the degree held, the kind of certificate , the date of election to the position and the home addrcGS of each teacher is given below: Mr. Donald Weir, superintendent. Master of Science degree, 1929, University of Wisconsin; Bachelor of Science degree, 1924, Iowa State College,- Ames, Iowa. Iowa Superintendents Certificate. Elected to position , 1927. Married, Home Address, Burt, Iowa. Mr M. Condit Bowie, principal, coach of athletics and teacher gf mathematics. Bachelor of Arts degree, 1931, Iowa State Teachers College, Elected to position, 1931. Single. First Grade State Certificate . Home Address, Zearing, Iowa. Mr Sigurd Fardal - teacher of social sciences and instrumental music. Bachelor of Arts degree, Luther College, 1928 First Grade State Certificate. Elected to oosition, 1931. Single. Home Address, Stanhope, Iowa. Miss Charlotte Warrior- teacher of home economics and typewriting. Bachelor of Science degree, Simpson College, 1928, Elected to posit- ion, 1929, First Grade State Certificate. Single, Home Address, Blockton, Iowa, Miss Alice Eighme - teacher of English and dramatics. Bachelor of Arts’degree, State University of Iowa, 1931, Elected to position, 1931, . First Grade State Certificate. 8ingle. Home Address- Shannon City, Iowa. Miss Eighme is also principal of the junior high school. Miss Erna Baars — teacher of public school mu'-ic, English and junior high school subjects. Bachelor of Arts degree, Iowa State Teachers College, 1934. Elected to position, 1934. First Grade State Certificate. Single. Home Address - Lodi, Wisconsin. Miss Frances Vaughn - teacher of the 5th and 6th grades and superAricoa visor of penmanship throughout the school. Two years College at Morningsidc College, Sioux City, Iowa and 12 weeks summer term at the Iowa State Teachers College. Elected to position , 1934. Certificate- Second Grade Iowa State. Single. Home A ress, Rolfe , Iowa. Miss Mildred Anderson, teachor of 3rd and 4th grades and supervisor of art work throughout the grades, . Two Year Normal Course at,Waldorf . College and Special 6 weeks art course at the Iowa State Teachers College, Elected to position 1931, Second Grade Certificate. Single. Home Address, Milford, Iowa, Miss Eva Whitney, teacher.of the first’and 2nd grades. Special Primary Course, Iowa State Teachers College, Special Primary Certificate, Elected to the position, 1898, Single. Home Address, Burt, Iowa, 5 -

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SUPERINTENDENT’S TENURE OF OFFICE IN NINE KOSSUTH COUNTY SCHOr LS- A common comolaint about governmental or quasi- governmental funct- ione is that these arc less efficient than are private corporations or private business. There probably is an element of truth in these complaints. One reason for such a condition is the relatively short tenure of many of t. cse public officers. The public schools in many cases have not serves’ the communities in which they are located as well as they might because there is a tendency to change personal at freq- uent intervals. In this connection it is of interest to check the tenure of superintendents in several of the Kossuth schools. During the past 44 years Burt has had a total of 20 superintendents, 6 of whom served but one year(or less) while 10 others served but 2 years. Twe men served for a period of 3 years each, one served 5 years and I have been here 8 years. The average tenure in Burt is but 2,2 years since the school was organized. Is it any wonder that Burt has the reputat- ion of being a two-yeartown”? Bancroft and Fenton each have average tenures of more than three years- Bancroft having an average of 3 2 3, Lakota and Wesley continue to be the low average tenure schools in the county with averages of just 2 years each. Seven of the nine schools had at least one superintendent with an tenure of mere than five years- the exceptions being Ledyard and Wesley, Bancroft sets the record with two superintendents with office tenures longer than five years. In the chart below is given the record of each of the nine schools. It is a hopeful sign for the welfare of the schools that the tenure has been longer the last fifteen years than during the same poriod befor that time. .................. SUPERINTENDENT’S TENURE OF OFFICE IN NINE KOSSUTH COUNTY SCHOOLS A 1892 - 1935 V° A V A 4 Number of years 44 44 34 40 41 31 44 44 44 No. of Supts. No. with one 12 20 10 20 20 13 17 22 19 year tenure No, with two 2 6 4 11 8 j 7 3 10 12 year' tenure No. with three 3 10 ; 2 3 5 2 5 5 2 year tenure No. with four 2 2 1 4 4 2 6 4 3 year tenure No. with five 2 0 . 1 1 1 i 0 1 3 0 year tenure 1 No. with more than 1 1 0 1 1 0 ■ 0 1 5 year tenure 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 X Average tenure in years 3.66 1 12,2 3,4 a.o £.05 £•46 3,50 2.31 - 6 -