The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1901-07-03
schools pupil They 4a days Are these


s:srreina eases NO, there IRE q,
.e,s sie'a tii1TllIsaeEsss u The s't'l1t$g
s,aazaeyTs tstssy.!si. VIA.
IL, 5:,lsaift It 81 pupils, has 30
personal abundance 81 50
days. ami vet tbls sE1.Et21e} ..as ilaj
session III days The tsesgaeitillg hT
the teacher. was fssll 81 Itste,f5tessssC and
efficiency It's a relief to say that
two children Of this district, (No.
49, Freddie and Lofts Scharfe, at
tended the full 40 days. The par
.ents aresto be .coug tH@ated.
Here 5 a typical case, district NO,
Il. Nov Won. The school vas inI
session 2G0 days The eentollment
was IS pupils DULY 5 #sere emit
tied 10 apporSlopnlent. The aver
age personal attendance ct each
pupil was only S. days The loss
80 this district is at least SO. but s
much greater. loss s.tQ the children,
Here again the teacher did good
work, but the parents did not sup
plement OF. aid the teacher as they
should.
/ But are there not many good
schools, and are not many schools
making Improvements along this
i i; !, ~ " 49,. ~, a t,.,t
is what lends encouragement TO the
question. There are many schools
where the pupils are quite regular.
Take No. 80, .sWedes Forest, with an
enrolment Of IS pupils, every one Of
/ which viii draV The applrtio fl1ient
/ and The average person 81 atte1l dance is
4 iDa days 40. IS. iil hsrttila, Wir til All
!. enrolment Of ~ pupils, and al averr
1 8ge personal atre4 dalce Of us days for
each pupil NO. II; Underwood; Wit4i
al ehIoI}4nent Of e pupils. the average
fJefs0nti attendance Of EACH y8ltil is
y IL days, Nos 81 and So, in Willow
Lake. have enmlfn1enss Of rs aud %,
respectively, and the average personal
attendance is l02 days. No. II, Sum
down township, with an enrolment of
81, has an average personal attendance
i of nearly 100 days But are not these
schools just mentioned, in American
settlements? No, the verv reverse of
i that. There are schools in this county,
# wholly foreign in nationality, that are
# among the best. They are we'll equip
4 ped with apparatus, well taught, and
they well pay the teachers They
4 maintain eight months Of school and
4 always employ a teacher with first
grade certificate. But are schools,
] which are taught by teachers holding
4 such certificates, always first-class!
No, not always; but as rule they are,
Il and it, s reasonable to expect much bet
i ter results. The teachers holding such
81 certificates are olderi IN years. They are
usually possessed of better Judgment
,5I They are uniformly letter scholars
4: They have more salstsIre; ard as a rssEe
{. f1rey have had SOME s s,essal training
But. Mr.. Race sre seen sprffe teach.
I efs with a third grade certificate that
would teach all aroHnd your first grade
u teacher that you sent us Iasf year.
Eyes, that Is occasionally true, but die
YOU ever stop to think what power
I your third grade teacher would have
f had had she had the. advantages thai
4 she should have had, had she possessed
q first grade tificate There arr
81 teachers and teachers, but after all very
] few real teachers. But bye aud bye W.
shall believe that brain developing anl
mind awakening are worth more thar
cornering corn, wheat and railroad
!. stocks. We shall get over this mao
rusl, for the dollar and shall live for on
IchiIdrenss best opportn nities.
Sincerely, S. ]. RACK