Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-01-22
From Wednesdays Daily.
u BOARD AT WORK. n
School Will be Resumed in AL Ai
Grades Next Mon X &,
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The board of education and Supt.
Thatcher are entitled to great credit
for the manner in which they have
met the emmergency cOused by the
destruction of the Central schOnl
building, and for the prompt meas cas-
ures taken by, them to immediately.
res ume school work. They nave
closed a contract with the trustees
Of the parochial school for th3st
building, and have secured y lease
for it from the first of March until
the close of the term in June. When
this bnilding il complete it will fur-
,niSh room for all the grades that
wer. III attendance at the Central. 5s3
For the i've weeks that ara necest.-, necet.,
sary to get that building ready, thf.
board has secured the new court
house assembly room and the several 1
jury rooms. These will he used for q.
the high school work aud the gram
mar and sixth grades. The court
room will he used as the assembly
room and the four jury rooms VIII
be brought into use as recitation
rooms.
. The fifth grade will ~ to the WI. va.
Z mt room in the Columbia building.
the fourth grade to the city hall, y
that room can tie secured, and the
matter will be decided bv the city
couucil at its special meeting to.
morrow evening, and the third
second and first grades will occupy
the old court house building OH
First a venue southeast ~
The board held a meeting at the
court house this morning which was
attended by all the teachers and
nearly all of the pupils, there being
nearly 400 of the latter present. me ne
pupils were requested to be present
to ascertain the number of boOksSsitnl "a
their possession and to announce gs. tile:
plans for future work. The numht.r
of books found with the pupils was
very small. not oyer. two Il or three
,utlo i, fort VI 81 Atty bisffii Se Mn,
those not in a very good condition
The board having received thec0n-
sent uf three OF the five county com
,nissioners for the use Of the court
house, announced that thess high
school would resume: work. this
afternoon and the grades would all
begin their studies again next Mon
day. #.tE "
The high school, commenced this
afternoon, and nOtwithsta tanding; the
loss of books, was enabled to do full
work. The closing work OF the
semester is now being done, @and
books will not be needed for several
days. and the examinations and pro-
motions will be made, and when
ready to begin work on the next
semester the new books will be on
hand. tits probable that it will be
necessary to hold half day sessions
IN the first, second and third grades
until the parochial school is ready.
: The board adjourned until three
O'Clock this afternoon to meet the
representatives. OF the school stfrrni.
ture companies and to hear5SSnpt.
.Thatcher's report ON conditions: No
new seats will he purchased until the
parochial school building is ready
for them. and all the old desks and
seats which the board has on hand
will again be pressed into service.
The vacant room will be furnished
with the old seats and desks that
were taken out of the Central build
ing last Christmas and stored In the
basement Of the Hawthorne. The
desks and sea ts in two rooms o. the
Central were at that time. replaced
with new furniture, and though the
old furniture is in q rickety condition,
it will serve the needs temporarily.
Other cities that have lost school
buildings have had to wait as long
as two months before reslming
work, but we will be able to begin
again in less than a week, and the
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