The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-22
SCHOOL MERGER
GAINING GROUND
MOVEMENT A SUCCESS WHERE
TRIED IN NORTH DAKOTA.
System of Transportation Works
Smoothly and Expenses Are Lessened
and Advantages Increased-school
Board Of Crystal Contracts to Edu-
cate Children of Other Districts.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal. ,,....
Grafton N. D., March 22-The question OF
of North Dakota. The success of consolidated
schools in Logan township and also in Peters
burg and Lakota has set the residents or otner
districts to thinking of
Superintendent B. e. Groom of Langdon, Alex
ander Roney Of Loane township. Donald NC
Laughlin Of Harvey, William Dew OF Wales,
Robert Robertson Of Hope and 3. McDermand
of Osnabrock visited the consolidated school IN
Logan township to Investigate the methods and
make comparison Of the expenses between the
and district ne a. sreoy
surprised with the school itself and the trans
portation idea. +
Ninety pupils are enrolled in the two rooms.
The visitors found that this number Of pupils
had been carried safely and promptly all wins
ter from their homes to the school and then
home again. 1t was interesting sight for
the members of the committee to see the ar.
rival of the five buses with their loads OF
children, and to see how quickly they were
started for home in tho evening. The committee
will make a report at a meeting OF school
officers to be held at Langdon In June.
Around Crystal the innovation meets with IA
vorable discussion on every hand. On Saturday
the school board Of Crystal contracted with the
aud educate their pupils in the public school
at Crystal, and a meeting to be held there on
Friday will doubtless make similar plans with
Hartford district ana on with the
Up to this time pupils from outside districts
\ In the Crystal school have been charged
tuition fee Of 81 month; while the actual
cost to the taxpayers Of the town has been
s2 50 pupil. On the other hand, those living
in the country districts educating their chill
dren in the town school have paid, besides the
tuition taxes in their district and board
| and room rent in town at about So week.
Under the new plan better advantages are
| offered to all the pupils Of the district and
| expenses are lessened to- the patrons Of the
schools and the Crystal school will be getting
| its just tuition fee.
| An educa tional rally will be held Saturday
! evening In the operahouse at Crystal, where the
| subject consolidation the Salvation Of the
| Rural School Problem" will be discussed by the
| state SUPERINTENDENT, W. L. Stockwell Of Graf
| ton President Carhart Of the Mayyille norma
ana F. M. Sherarts, county superintendent Of
Pembina county.
| Some excitement was created on the platform
| Of the Great Northern station when the even
ing train stopped to leave Its passengers ticket
| ed for Grafton all caused by lovers ange
| when he saw his betrothed, Miss Margaret Nc
l Clellan Of Ardoch, a passenger ION the trail
| bound for Crystal in company with younl
dentist Of that place. As result Of the weight.
| blows given by the brawny arm Of William
Rogers. the lover, the young dentist will hav
to apply some Of his skill In browning tw
i broken teeth and removing the black disco1ora
Etfons from his eye.