The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-01-17
NOTES ABOUT OUR SCHOOLS.


Manual Smith system" of heating
and ventilation in both schools Jan.
4th. This district arranges to clean
the school rooms every three weeks.
No. 80, the Helen Keller" school,
is to treat the pupils with a New
Years gift new single seats thru
out.
No. So, the Wolfe Ruder" school,
is to have new blackboards, which
are much needed.
No. GO, 'The Whittet" school, has
added more slate blackboards. 1t
has now the best equipment of any
rural school in the county.
Diplomas for attendance will not
be issued if the pupils have not done
faithful work and have not had
good department. The motto on
these diplomas says that Redwood
county schools stand for honesty,
truthfulness and self-reliance. Two
forms of diplomas will be given, one
for perfect attendance and one for
100 days of attendance to rural
schools, to city and village schools
for 1875 days of attendance. This is
because city and village schools have
nine months. Rural schools average
seven and one-half months.
Miss Nellie Lorden, graduate of
the state normal at Mankato, sue
ceeds Miss Anderson in 'The Mer-
riam" school. Miss Anderson is i'll.
Jas. E. Timlin succeeds Miss Nc
Kinnon in No. 35 the 'Olson-Nelson
school. Mr.. Timlin is an experienced
teacher.
How often does the average good
house-keeper clean her kitchen floor?
Twice to thrice per week. How
often does the average school board
arrange to have the school room
cleaned? Once in six months. How
can teachers teach that cleanliness
is next to Godliness?" Mothers of
Redwood county, why not reform
these poor school conditions?
Several letters have reached the
County Superintendent of schools,
asking about diplomas for attend
ance. The diplomas for rural school
pupils for 100 days need not be for
100 consecutive ones. But for all
diplomas, there must be faithful
work and good department on the
part Of the receivers. To award a
diploma for attendance alone would
destroy what the diploma is for
honesty, truthfulness and self-re-
lance. The diploma will be given
only when all conditions have been
fulfilled.
How to provide suitable drinking
water for schools is a serious prob
lem. The six-inch tiled we'll with
a mouse, snake and toad proof plat
form seems to be the nearest solu-
ton. Every treeless school ground
in this county ought to have II we'll
planted, good trees placed thereon
next April.
What school boy or girl wants to
join the country club? The boy to
raise the best corn for a corn con-
test and the girl to exhibit her best
needlework and her best made
bread. A meeting will be called in
March at Wabasso to arrange de-
tails. You must be a school boy or
girl enrolled and have credit of 60
days attendance.
All certificates and diplomas from
all teachers must now be recorded
with the County Superintendent of
schools. Don't send in your diplomas,
but get some reputable person to
state that he has seen it. Send in
this statement for record.
Teachers, send in for sample di-
plomas to be shown to the pupils.
This may arouse interest.
What school in the county will
earn the highest percentage? This
is not known now. There is one
school trying very hard to earn that
reward.
The regular teachers examina-
tons will be given at Lamberton
and at Redwood Falls Jan. 25, &c
and II. See notices in press.
Out in No. 105, "The SteffP
school, the teacher, tho young in
experience, has some good things in
the school. Cleanliness is on he1
program and she is part of her