The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-09-13
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The Eighth Annual Report of the
State High School Inspector has
been received. It shows a total of
one hundred and twenty-nine state
high schools. Fourteen graded
school were placed upon the list,
four of them being in county seats
|-Hallock, in Kittson County,
Wheaton and Brown Valley, in
Traverse county and Elbow Lake,
in Grant county. The total enroll
ment of pupils is 14,170. Number
of graduates last year, 1922. Mum.
of instructors, $50. Total number
of classes taught daily, $3.50. A
comparison with the Virginia High
School shows the following results:
Fourteen schools on the list have
smaller enrolment. Eight schools
have had no graduates whatever.
Leaving out Minneapolis, St. Paul
and Duluth, only nine schools have
more instructors than our school,
and ninety-nine schools have less.
Forty-seven schools have no chem
istry course, while our school gives
course of two years. Forty have
no classes in English literature.
Seven districts have a greater valu-
alton than No. ~. This shows that
our school is qualified for State
High School and has been placed
on the trial list for the coming
year and if the work that is being
done satisfies the state authorities,
we will without doubt be placed
on the list another year.
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Our local Schools have opened
| under sver.y, We =, favorable conditions:
An entire new system has been in
troduced by Supt. Gilpin. Each
building in the district has a prin-
cipal, who has general charge of
all the pupils, teachers and sup
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Children who have not vet regis
tered and who are not able to enter
the Fourth Grade, should present
themselves to Miss Ella Clark, the
principal of the primary building,
for examination and classification.
All others will report at the High
School building.
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The primary grades are over
flowing with pupils. The teachers
are not able to handle a room
where there are more than fifty pu-
pills. The seating capacity is in
sufficient. From a careful exami
nation of the time that pupils have
been at school, it was discovered
that many pupils, who are now in
the first and second grades, have
been attending school for the last
four or five years. The only ex-
planation for this is that the rooms
have been too crowded for the
teacher to do good work. Where is
there superintendent who expects
first class work from a room of sew
enty-fve pupils. At present our
Primary Grade has an enrolment
of seventy four and the First Grade
fifty nine. This condition, without
doubt, will soon be settled by the
selection of new teacher.
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The new library books arrived
this week. They will be ready for
distribution next week. Many new
works of fiction, history and science
have also been purchased by the
Board of Education, until now we
have small library equal in quail
ity with any in the state.
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The Eveleth Schools are also
making rapid strides in numbers
Two new teachers have been added
to their list, making fifteen. One is
doing grade work, while the other
is general assistant in the High
School, which is entering upon it's
second year with an increased num-
Der of pupils.
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1t has been less than one year
since the new Fayal Building was
opened, and at present all the
rooms are filled, with an extra room
Just completed in the attic. The
old Eveleth building of eight rooms
is entirely filled except one. A new
hot water plant is being placed in
this building to assist the hot air
furnaces.