The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-03-15

The public schools of District NO.
- c9usist of the schools Of Winton,
Elv and Robinson Lake, having ii
total enrolment of 5e3 and corps OF
IA teachers. In the Winton Schools.
There IN an enrolment of As pupils.
the greater number being in grades
below the sixth. In the Robinson
Lake Scho0l. there is an enrolment,
of eight pupils OF mixed grades, On
the Eig Schools, there is ah enFoH-
ment ,ef about 800 pupils, the greater
number being in grades below the
seventh
TIE schools OF the district have
suffered more in the past from TACK
of teaorongh'organization, tsaan arom
any othersingle cause.
IT, is the intention of the school
authorities to adopt and publish
.cexnplete course of study for the eight
grades 'anG for four complete years OF
High School work, and to place the
same, with copy of the rules ana
regulations of the said authorities in
the hands of every teacher and school
patron. Not only will these things
be accomplished. but they will also be
carefully observed aud ligidly en-.
forced.
An effort is also being made to
bring the Ely High School into the
State High School class. With this
i'm view the Board of Education will
make every effort TO bring up the
standard to that demanded by the
State High School Board. The reQui-
site for such classification are:
First. good working library well
supplied with reference books and an
abundant amount Of supplementary
reading and general literature, and a
proper or suitable place TO keep the
same. These conditions have been
largely met and the library contains
about 500 well chosen books of history,
travel. science and fiction, which any
pupil or patron may draw free OF
charge and retain the same for two
weeks:
Second. an assembly reom large
enough to accommodate fair sized
high school;
Third, laboratory we'll supplied
with apparatus for the pursuance of
studies i'm science. such as Botany.
Physics and Chemistry:
Fourth. an Office suitable to the
needs Of, superintendent Or fsrincil,ai
Fifth, sufficient number Of High
School students ready for The f'lI!
High School course and geod Siiuw-
ing for students in the Sixth. Seyent II
and Eighth Grades.
Some of the above conditions as laid
down by The Minnesota High School
Board, have already been met by the
school authorities. The library has
been augmented fully one hundred
per cent; the principals office fur
nished with large and convenient
desk and Monograph and the High
School furnished with Il fine reading
Bausch & Lomb compound microscope
has been supplied for science work.
Conditions that are yet to be met
are the furnishing of High School
accommodations in the way Of large
main High School room and a physical
and chemical laboratory. These lat
ter matters the board and principal
are now taking under adyisement.
In the locating Of the future High
School quarters, case must be taken
that ADEQUATE provision be made for
pupils in the lower grades, that they
may have pleasant rooms and at as
convenient distances from their homes
as possible. This being true it seems
almost necessary to locate the new
High School quarters in the new
building in the eastern part of the
city. However this question may be
settled, the board will supply the new
building with heating plant and
will finish the three remaining rooms
either for H. S. purposes Or for grade
work. The rooms in the old building
need refinishing and this will prob
ably be done during the coming sum-
mer vacation.
The only remaining condition to be
met rests with the people of Ely
This question or condition is one o
attendance in the upper grades. III
the city of Ely there are over 1000
people and a city of this population,
should furnish 100 high school pupils.
Notwithstanding this fact, there ar,
only thirty-fye pupils in the seventh
eighth, ninth and tenth grades-the
latter two being High School grades.
The board of education may and vii
make ample provision for a complet.
four years High School but it is mol
to be presumed that they will seek t.
''drye" pupils. at the age of sixteei
to twenty, into the schools. Nor is i
their duty to plead with negligen
parents in this matter. The laws
the state of Minnesota makes negi