Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1892-09-30
All the Glasses n the Central High
School Crowded to Over
flowing.
ONE TEACHER HAS IS PUPILS.
Half Day Sessions Are Held. Relief
=, When the Columbia School
T.. is Ready.
From Tuesdays Daily.

present the different grades are
greatly crowded, SO much so in fact
that the teaclersscannot do justice
either to themselves or the pupils.
Experience through years of teach
ings has shown that the maximum
number Of pupils to each teacher is
about forty. While better work
could be done with. fewer pupils, if
the limit of forty is not exceeded,
excellent work with personal atten-
ton to each one. can he done with
this number. e
Some idea of how. the schools are
crowded and the work to be done by
each of the teachers can be had when
it is learned that the lowest number
of pupils in any 81 the rooms at. the
present time is 53-thirteen more
than there should be at the outside
figure. In one of the rooms, Mrs.
Bakers there arc 7s pupils. In
this room and in Miss Barlow's room
it has been found necessary to hold
half day sessions. In the morning
Mrs. Baxter teaches 7S, and Miss
Barlow 81 pupils, who are dismissed
at neon for the remainder of the
day.
In the afternoon tho rooms are
occupied by Miss Postlethwaite with
about so pupils and Miss Janson,
with Ct. The afternoon classes are
made entirely OF pupils from the
First ward, who are attending the
central school, until the Columbia
school building in their ward is
completed.
The other teachers in the school
are also taxed to the utmost to find
for the pupils. In
every grade, excepting the most adj
it has been found necessary
to seat some of the pupils on the
front seat.
The Board of Education has been
on having two rooms oc-
cupied in the Columbia building next
month. 1t would seem, however, as
thought three rooms would be re-
quired. Prof. Klepper stated this
that he did not think it
would be possible to get along with
but two rooms, and he intended to
ask the board to provide three teach
ers for the new building. Even with
this number there would be no more
room than was absolutely necessary
According to an estimate made by
Prof. Keeper, the number Of pupils
in each room after the
lew building is finished will be as
ollOws, allowing three rooms in the
Columbia building:
Central High School-Mrs. Baxter,
p; Miss Olson, 46; Miss Barlow. so;
Miss Tozicr, 40; Miss Covey, 4S; Miss
AIRY, 81.
Columbia School-First primary,
Is; second primary, Al; first interme-
1iate, ~.
At present the teachers in the High
School have from six to seventeen
more pupils than they will have after
he schools are separated. The at
is increasing at the rate Of
about so pupils a week, at the pre-
sent time. In addition to this it is
Understood that there are a large
Of pupils in the first ward
who have not been enrolled. This is
attributed to the fact that the
parents do not wish their children to
attend until the Columbia school is
on account Of the crowd
I'd condition of the Central High
school.
The attendance OF pupils from the
first ward has increased to such an
extent during the past year that
Prof. Klcpper is of the opinion, that
not only will the four rooms in the
Columbia building, be occupied a
year from now, but that it will be
necessary to build an addition to the
At present the high school room is
the only one which is not crowded.
The total enrolment is now 40, but
q number will attend the Columbia
school. AS soon as cold weather
sets in every seat will he occupied,
however, as many from outside the
city cannot attend until the fall
work is finished.
An idea seems to have gotten
around, especially among the resi-
dents OF the first ward, that all pu-
pills residing in that district would
be obliged to- attend the Columbia
school. This is not the case. Prof.
Kiepper stated this morning that
the pupils in the first ward who lived
nearer the Central High school than
the Columbia would lie allowed to
attend the former. ..s.s. T.. rs -
Il. sCoUGALE & CO. "