The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-12-05
1T is DEDICATED
New School Building at Lake
Crystal.
Prominent Educators Speak nm the
Afternoon, With ReceptioRln
the Evening.

The addition to the Lake Crystai
public school building was dedicated
with appropriate exercises Monoay
afternoon. This is two story BRICK
addition, that doubles the size OF the
bnildipg. and was erected at cost OF
nearly $1,000 The entire building
has also been: supplied with steam
heating plant. The increase in school
facilities is sufficient to accommodate
the children of school age, and to al
low for an increase for some years to
come.
The meeting was held in the hign
school assembly room and was largely
attended by the patrons of the school
The Lake Crystal cornet band opened
the exercises with well-rendered Sc
lection. and Rev. D. B. Livingston
pronounced an Invocation. The audi
ence Joined in singing America.
Hon. ]. W. Olsen of st. Paul. state
suuerintendent of public intsrucsion.
gave an eloquent address on the scnooi
svstem of the state, and after geing
into the details of the system made
an appeal for it's support by the people
Of the state.
Miss Jenuie Hughes and Pearl
Moses rendered duet in an artistic
manner.
State High School Inspector George
B. Alton of Minneapolis spoke upon
"Minnesots's Future. He thought
il bright with promise, but referred
to the much greater cost per capita OF
educating high school pupils than
pupils in the grades. -;
A. W. Rankin of Minneapolis, state
graded school inspector. spoke upon
the first eight grades. He laid down ,n
FIVE precepts for the children go tc
school; study your lessons stay at
home evenings; be kind to your
mother respect your father.
County SUPPLEMENTARY wv. E. Free,
man gave an interesting talk about
the schools of Blue Earth county, tax.
ing the same ground regarding the
supervision of common schools tnat he
took at st. Paul last winter.
Miss Pearl Moses rendered delight.
full solo.
County Superintendent J. E. Gil
man of Faribault county spoke enter
tainingly upon Schools, New and
f. Old.
superintendent E. B. Uline Of thii
CITY gave an excellent talk on manus
training. He said that it was net ex
oected that manual training would
make mechanics, but that it would
cause the pupils to do things exactly
right. 1t is easy to see that they dt
4. this with manual training, when i
was not 30 easy in mutual subjects. $.
superintendent A. G. Tibbets .oi
Blue Earth spoke upon "The Business
Man and the High School " ---
Superintendent 81. g. Blanch o
Kenyon gave an interesting talk OF
the Lake Crystal public school from
1897 to 1902, when he was superin
.tendent. He was well received.
President D. A. Reed of the boar'
of education presented the building
to the school district, ana Rev. u
Edwards accepted it on behalf of tn
patrons of the school.
The program was closed with
song, "Nergo Lullaby, by the secon'
and third grade pupils .---- -~s@-
A public reception was rendered "a
the high school assembly room las
r. evening by the board of education an
teachers. The building was throw
open for inspection, each room N it
order. and the people expressed muc
pride in the building. -.-.-..s-
The following program was carries
ont:
Cornet solo, Superintendent Thor
son; Recitation. "Some Little Friend
of Long Ago." First Primary Pupils
duet, Stella Riley and Fay Leavitt
Pantomime, "Ay Faith Looks Up I
Thee" Marie Clark; Solo, Mari
Strunk; Closing address, james
Thomas, Board of Education. 49, =
Refreshments were served and
social time followed that all enjoyed
The affair was one of the incest eve
held in Lake Crystal.