Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1893-10-06
COUNTY SCHOOLS.
I'm Interesting Letter Show
ing Their Growth and
Prosperity.

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ing Their G-owth and
Prosperity.
EDIToR. TRANSCRIPT: cheerfully
comply with yourrequest to write an
article with reference to the common
schools OF the county based on the
county superintendent report to
the Department OF Public Instruc-
ton. s.~.. ,..=...s
The number of school districts
since Aug. l, '92, increased from 65 to
q. The free textbook system has
been adopted in nearly every district,
and people seem to be satisfied with
the new plan. Every district that
has adopted the free textbook sys,
TEN, is entitled, free of cost, to a
Textbook Record. 1t is the work OF
Ex-State Supt. Kiehle. and is an ex
cellent book for keeping a record of
the hooks purchased, their prices,
kind Of books (whetlier grammars,
histories etc.,, names of pupils and
what books each has loaned, etc. It's
arrangement is very simple yet sys
tematic, and no teacher will have any
difficulty in keeping it properly. The
Record is to be returned to the Clerk
at the close of each term. OF course,
no lead pencil entries are allowed.
The quality of the work done in
the schools is ON the whole, becoming
better. The two factors that have
done most to bring this about, are
the normal and the summer training
schools. The st. Cloud normal
school receives quite large patron
age from the teachers of this county;
still, not so large as it ought to be.
Probably, one reason is because
some districts "would just as soon
hire a teacher who never attended a
normal as one who has!'' This is a
mistake. The object of the normal
school is to prepare teachers for the
profession OF teaching: they are
taught there how to teach Others
Nor is it all theory as is generally
believed; good share of the time is
devoted to practice work. Ever
two terms, or year, spent at &
normal school would be OF grea1
help, especially, to the young teach
err.
Nearly every teacher has provided
herself with the teachers reading
circle books. These are prescribed b.
> the state teachers reading circl
} which is under the direction of tn
state superintendent Each teache
+ is to procure two books every yeal
The two required this year are
1.-THE Schoolmaster in Literature
and "Berard's History of England.
The following statistics may be {
: interest:
d Number of scholars entitled to a,
v portionment, 1872; last year, 1866.
: No. not entitled to app't 62l; las
year, 654.
r No. OF teachers, each Sex, in tt
e year (no one counted twice.) male
e Z; females, 63; last year. males, j
Y females, 81.
= The average monthly wages (
!. teachers for the year were, male
E $40 per month and females $780,
Ten teachers were graduates {
u high schools and one of a norm;
school; twenty-four attended a hig
school, twenty-one normal and fl
teen college. Seven teacher
= taught continuously the past thre
years in one district, and five tw
years.
# The value of all school houses an
9 sites is $23. 400; seats and desks, 81
.. 700.
i Last year, school houses and Site
22,s2O; seats and desks, $4,000 an
apparatus $4,5S0.
The aggregate Indebtedness of di
y trictss go includeU is $9,7O6; las
T. year (26 included) $s,756.
n Number of First Grade certificate
+ granted ................. ....................
Second Grade.
II Third .....,...,,,,...... {
Is Permanent Hygiene certifica tes, -. ::
Limited 4
Last year, Fist Grade certificates
e granted ................. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
, Second Grade. .:
!, Third .................... 4
: Permanent Hygiene certificates......4
Limited
. Whole number of scholars who a
!, tended school between five and eigh
years of age, 5S3; between eight an
e sixteen, 1923; between sixteen an
q twenty-one, 81.