The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1901-02-13
SCHOOL NOTES.
What IS Going on in the Little
Red School Houses.

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Red School Houses. =
School District No. 88, Sidney
Cobleigh, clerk. Willow Lake town
ship, has added a set Of The School
Library Encyclopedias, : 4 volumes,
to the school library. A new stove.
has been placed in the school room,
too. It's hard coal burner, and a
good one, too. The teacher, Miss
Bromaghin, says 1T keeps fire all
night without trouble, and by day it
! warns us sometimes too warm.
No. SO has a good school room and
it is well equipped, too, and the
teacher knows how to teach.
Mr.. Race says: Z never go into
a school room that I don't learn
something. It's true it's not always
educational pedagogics that I m look
ing for. /" Here's one item that he
ran against a few days ago-both
educational and economic: On the
desk of the teacher was a neatly
/ painted block of wood about 2 by 2
by 8 inches, in which were bored
holes large enough to admit pencils,
| pen holders, etc. In this holder
we're seven we'll sharpened lead
pencils, three pen holders with pens
in them and sharp knife opened
was in it's place also. He called it
camp emergency. The cloak and
| hat room of that teacher was a model
Of neatness - every hat, cloak and
oyershoe in its place. There was
a buzz of industry in the room.
Now just two and one-half miles
from that beehive he found a school
which he called "Droneville. = Why
all this change? Hats and coats on
| the floor in the cloak room. A place
for everything, but everything not
in it's place. The floor oh, my!
DO you think it's my place to
sweep the school room, said she
Yes said he, unless you wish
to live like ahog. But, " said she,
I'm the teacher :'Yes, !" said
he, Il see that you are. - Where.
dospersonal accountability, personal
sponsibility, come into children's
lives if not taught in our schools?
Miss Margaret Thomas and Miss
Helen Sands, teachers in District
No. 6, known as the Lussenhop
school, in Paxton, and the Whitley
school in Sherman, are extremely
we'll pleased with the system OF
heating and ventilation which they
and the pupils are this winter en-
joying. Both the ladies report that
they can do more work, and better
work, aud feel less tired at o. clock
than can be done with the old way
of heating. Why said Miss
Thomas, my school room seems
like a pleasurable spot, the zir is
so light. It's freshness is felt by all
Of the pupils. No headaches or
drosiness is now experienced. =
Mr.. Race will soon review this
plan Of heating and ventilation, for
the plan is now in nse in 18 schools
of the county. Gentlemen, you who
manage our schools, give the boys
and girls a chance. At a cost of
fifty dollars, with a good tight school
room, this plan can be put in and
good results that cant t be measured
by the dollar standard, will follow.
School trustees or teachers con
templating making additions to the
school library or in selecting a new.
library should at once do so, as the
State Library contractor has notified
Supt. Race that the fund is now re-
duced to $500. Districts falling to
make early application will be shut
out until after August 1st, 1901. All
school districts, provided they make
application early enough, are enti-
tied to State aid to the amount of
$4,000 on the first order, and $1,000
on each annual subsequent order,
provided each district appropriates
at least similar amounts as those
given by the State. ***
TO THE YOUNG MEN.
A. D. Stewart Gives Some Sound
Advice to Them.