The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-02-28
REDWOOD COUNTY SCHOOLS.
History unequalled BY Any Other
County In the State.

i UlSIOUy OHSQu0ttSO ~ UWy VtnSs
County In the State.
I present herewith a complete
registration, with salaries attached.
of the teaching force Of this county,
ana the CITY of Redwood Falls. I be-
lieve the list will be of value to our
people who are interested in the
schools, and it may also excite in
terest in other counties adjoining
our own.
The rural schools employing either
first grade certifcated teachers. or
those holding Normal school diplo-
mas will receive a special Estate
Aid" Of $75, provided that such
schools are continued eight months;
have a library and are otherwise
well equipped. Last year there were
IS such districts namely, 6, 9, IL,
IL, IA, 10. 10, %, IS, 80, 46, So, 81,
60, 81, SO, q, z. This year the
following will compete for the State
aid: 2, 6, 8, II, II. IA, 10, %, 26,
30, 80, 40, As, 46, So, IS, 81, 60, 81,
81, SO, Y, q, IS, x, 70, SO, GA
total Of %.
Districts II, 10, q and "a, which
are in villages. will compete for the
special aid of 800 each. DISTRICT
81, Lamberton village, and IS, Nor
gan village, will receive State Aid
5000 each. District No. l, Red
wood Falls High and Graded School,
will receive $500. It will thus be
seen that very nearly 40 per cent.
of Redwood county schools are
Especial State Aid Schools, which
is certainly very gratifying, and
from personal inspection these
schools are in advance in MANY
points over those which do not try
to keep up to the required standard
imposed by the law Of 1895.
The following districts have this
year add ID libraries to their schools:
Nos. 2. 3, 4, A, 81. There is no
good reason why each school in
this county should not be equipped
with a good library. The State
offers a special aid of $40 to each
district which likewise contributes
$40. The books are, as a rule,
good, instructive, and full Of deep
moral influence. Indeed. the list
contains much that is best in biog-
raphy, science, travel, literature,
history and morals.
The following districts have now
placed libraries in the schools: Nos.
l, 2. 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, II, II, 13, Il,
Is, 16, II, Is, 10, 20, Fl, %, %, 25,
26, q, 90, 20, 30, 81, 81, 80, "a, IS,
38. 80, 40, Al, A, 40, 46, 48, 40, so,
50, IS, Sc, 81, So, so, 81, 81, 81, Sc,
SO, Y, %, "a, Is, rs, u, 70, "a, So,
80, 81: total of 81.
It's quite too bad that a large
number of our boys and girls are
growing up into manhood and wom-
anhood without much knowledge of
the inspirational lives Of our great
men and women. The school libra
ry, rightly chosen, may prove a
great moral force in any community.
It's as much sin to teach a boy to
read and then not teach him what to
read as it is not to teach him to
read. Both conditions society has
reasons to fear.
Recently the following question
was submitted to the teachers OF
this county: What ten books would
you advise pupil to read, who can
read. but who has had but little OPP
portunity to read? Here is an al
most ideal list from a teacher 26
years of age: the Bible, Little Men.
Little Women, Robinson Crusoe,
Black Beauty, Captains Of Industry,
Romola, Ivanhoe, Life of Franklin,
Life of Lincoln.
I feel quite sure that any boy who
reads carefully and thoughtfully
the ten books named by that teach
err, will be much helped, and he
will also have his moral and relig-
ious nature much stirred. If I have
been taught one moral truth deeply
and firmly, it is this: that to save
our youth from going astray, we
must commence in the home, while
yet the child is quite young, to sur
round the child with an atmosphere
that makes for righteousness. The
atmosphere of good books is from
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