The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1901-01-09
REDWOOD COUNTY SCHOOLS.

have just added libraries to their
schools: No. Il, Sundown, 50 West
line. 81 Granite Rock, 69 Underwood
and 81 Vesta. The latter district
had a social from which was realized
$336,70, which with what the State
will give, $40, will give No. "a a
good selection OF books. The teach
er, Miss Mary Kopan, is to be con
graduated OF her successful work,
while the pupils will rejoice that
they have such an inspirational
friend.
Why can't every district in Red
wopd county have library? Here,
boys, is live question for you to
discuss at your literary society.
Resolved, that books are more
beneficial to man than steam Or
again, Resolved, that our district,
which has no library in it's equip
ment, is not equal to district No.
which has good library in the
schoolroom. =
District No. 81 Gales township,
No. 6 Paxton (two school houses);
No. 81, Willow Lake, No. 81 West
line, No. 43 'Westline, No. Il Sun
down, No. 81 Swedes Forest, No.
SO Shutdown, have quite recently
added system of ventilation to the
schoolrooms, which must mean bet
ter health to the children and much
more working power, as students.
Some time ago Supt. Race had
some talk with a certain school
board about building two good out
houses, one for each sex, on the
school ground. He said nothing
about the size Of the buildings, He
was astonished just before Christ
mas, when passing through the
district to find two outhOuses, each
about three or four feet on the
ground, and about five feet to
plates. The school enrolls about 30
pupils. He simply said. ''What
manner of man was he who in this
age of convenience and utility,
could Uuild things like these and
say This is America, the land Of
commodiousness. Two out-houses
for school district should each be
not less than 6x10 feet on the
ground and seven feet to plates
There should be a vestibule ar
ranged with a swinging door in
side. This will obyiate against the
old-time full-snow-blown outhouse.
Think of it! Fifteen strong, vigor-
Gus boys making all effort to get
into a by 4 outhouse- all at once!
Bye and bye, some vigorous soul
will move into that district and he
will laugh into those people some
thing better, and they will say,
"What poor fools we were.' But
we are still on the up grade, with
the top afar off.
The platform in the schoolhouse
for the the teachers misery, has
nearly had it's day. Froebel gave
it to US. He gave US much that was
good. but this one-the platform
is certainly an expensive, useless,
out of date appendage. Supt. Race
says he came across one, in a re-
Gently enlarged schoolroom, where
by calculation the teacher must
needs daily take about 100 extra
steps. "How do you like it," said
he to the teacher. II hate it, said
she.
Speaking about charts recently
Supt. Race said, ''The whole west
ern side of our county, two towns
wide and four long, containing in
all 32 schools, nearly all of which
have on an average 800 worth for
each school of nearly worthless
charts. The prices paid are out
rageously high and the material
poor, and the pedagogical construc-
tion Of the chart poor. So many
charts for instance purport to be
a reading chart, a physiological
chart, a civil government chart, in
fact, a sort of Kaleidoscope all in
one, while in reality, no one section
or department is or can be perfect.
How long are tax payers to stand
this outrage? Just as long as cred
uloas man believes willy agents.
But how does it come that our east.
side of the county has escaped?