The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1895-01-03
law to act as truant officers and bring
into the schools the truants.

law to act as truant officers and bring
into the schools the truants.
The township system of schools
brought out many warm friends who
had nothing but praise for the plan.
The points briefly stated are these:
Less friction and machinery; less
number of school officers. The schools
of town should be placed under a
single board and the method of hiring
and distributing teachers improved.
Neighborhood quarrels would be much
lessened. The system would call for
officers of much higher type. There
would be fewer changes in teachers
and more cohesion in the course of
study and management of the schools.
City school boards prove this. The
board manages fifty schools with fye
hundred teachers. The teachers are
located according to their ability to
manage and instruct pupils. All
school taxes would be equal through
out the town and this inequality is
becoming greater, because cities and
villages are increasing in wealth more
rapidly than the country. Districts
that really need good schools have the
poorest, the school year is the shortest
and the poor people actually pay the
highest tax. On account of the low
standard of many of our rural schools,
the few parents who can take their
children out and send them to the
neighboring village or city, thus de-
priving their own school of the ad-
vantage which the presence of a high
or grade of pupils always gives. School
matters would be managed in busi-
ness way, much as they are in indie
pendent districts. County commits
sioners would be no longer troubled
over boundary lines and organizations
OF new districts. Neighborhood jan
giles, now so frequent, would be re-
duced to a minimum. Perhaps it
would be pleasant to know if any
States have this system in use and if
it is really successful. Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, New Jersey, Indiana
and South Dakota have the system,
and perhaps others. All are we'll
pleased and have no wish to return to
the district organization.
The Rural and the High school
There seems to be desire all over
the State for closer union of these
two schools. The high schools are
certainly furnishing the teachers for
rural schools, and our boys and girls
ought to be encouraged to remain in
our rural schools until they have COM
pleted the course and then urged to
attend a good high school. Some
glowing tributes were paid the youth
of our rural schools by the high
school men. They said, the rural
school boys and girls, when really
ready to enter the high schools, they
give tone, strength and solidity. They
never detract., They seem to have
strength of character. The general
impression seemed to be that we want
more high schools. The high schools
are more the schools of the masses,
than the Normal or the "U"-they are
doing we'll and have been helped
enough. Now let us have a high
school extension until all our boys
and girls shall have high school
privileges. There we're several plans
suggested, but space here forbids. A
committee was appointed to look up
the matter and report to the commit
tee on Legislation. The session as a
whole did some good work. We we're
brought face to face and did discuss
right warmly too many minor yet i'm
portant questions. The attendance
was excellent. The social part OF
the association is becoming a factor
for good. We like to know our CO.
laborers and hear the words of cheer.
It's but an opinion, but what's all law
laws only opinions or judgment.
S. j. RACE.