The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-06-11
EDUCATIONAL.
BY NC. d. w.

the German-Lutheran Theological
Seminary have decided they must
move into larger quarters this fall
instead of a year hence. They are
well pleased with Princeton, and
seem DESTROYS of coming here.
They have been offered large in
ducements to go to several other
towns. These have been in the
form of land, money and buildings,
They wish to know what the peo-
pie of Princeton will do for them.
The old school house would accom-
modate them for several years.
They think they could fix it up so
that it would do for young minis
ters very well. Will you let them
have it? How much will you ask
for the building and lots? How
much can the town afford to give
as an mducement? These are
some of the questions that arise.
That it would be a great advantage
to Princeton no one can doubt.
We understand the school has over
one hundred pupils now and ex-
poets fifty more this fall. It
would greatly increase our popu-
lation and that with good class
of citizens. Bring many families,
demand more houses, make trade
better, etc., while perhaps it
would give our young people
greater enthusiasm for a good edu-
cation. See to it that the school
comes to Princeton if you wish
the best interests Of your town.
Final examinations were gener-
ally satisfactory. We imagine
some of the boys and girls have
grown nearly a foot in the last few
days. It is all right, we are
heartily glad to see pupils take
some pride in their standing.
Of course there are some who feel
an injnstice has been done them,
such things cannot be avoided.
Our aim has been to work for the
best interests of all concerned.
Sometimes there have occurred in
stances where a pupil might have
been promoted with advantage to
the pupil had the grades been
closer together, but in village
schools or schools of five OF six
grades it is not practical to pro-
mote oftener than once a year.
In the high school the honor of
highest standing belongs to Miss
Sarah Orr, followed closely by
Miss Tennie Cravens. Seven
pupils took the final examinations,
six girls and a boy.
There have been 176 volumes
taken from the library during the
term. We have in the library in
Guiding dictionaries, cyclopedia,
music-readers, histories supple
neutrality-suspicious. and reference
books, 265 volumes.
We have seen the plans for the
new school building and have ex-
amined them quite closely al
though we do not pretend to know
anything about the business yet
the specifications seem very COM
plete and feel assured the people
of Princeton will have q building
they will be proud of. We are
greatly in hopes it will give an
additional impulse to educational
interests in these parts.
These lines will close our rela-
ton with the people Of Princeton
in the capacity of teacher. We
have met many of the people of
Princeton who we regret to leave.
Some features of our school work
have been very pleasant while
others at times have been dis
couraging. On the whole we feel
as II some progress had been
made, We wish publicly, to
thank the editor of the UNION for
allowing us to use this column for
our message to the patrons of the
schools. As parting message to
you who have had the patience to
scan our past articles we wish to
rIpop yy~,, A.