The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-01
ST. BERNARD.
1t Will Erect u S25,OOO Addition This
Year.

The st. Bernard academy and sem
mary will enlarge their very useful
and popular institution by the addi-
ton of a west wing to the central
building. The work is under the SUI
pervision of Architect J. w. Ross and
will be completed during the coming
summers vacation. The basement
was constructed last fall and the
work on the superstructure will be
completed for the opening of school
next fall
The new structure will be 42xl00
feet and will correspond with the
central building in height. 1. will he
used for class rooms and other de-
partments for school use and will be
modern and finished in hard wood.
The cost will exceed $4,000.
The additional room was made
necessary by the increased enrolment
of the St. Bernard academy and
seminary. The popularity of the fac
ulty as educators is attested by the
fact that the enrolment has doubled
in the incredibly short time of four
years. 1t is the purpose of the man
agement to add a wing of correspond
Ing size on the east side of the build
ing when the space is needed. This
new wing makes their property here
worth in the neighborhood OF s75,-
900.
The County Schools.
| There Is no truer index of the pro-
| gressiveness of community than its
facilities for common school educa-
ton. Grand Forks county is well
| equipped with schools of all kinds
from the state university to the lit
tie red school house" ON the prairie,
but it's citizens have more than or
binary cause for pride in their sys-
tenn of common schools under the
able supervision of Superintendent
Mclean. Although this is compare
lively a new state and one of large
farms and great distances, there are
but IS children of school age in the
county who lives more than two and
one-half miles from a school house.
The total value of the school proper
| ty. as taken from the records of the
county, is $493,O32. There are lis
schools in the county maintained ct
an expense of $225,57S annually, ell
ploying $50 teachers and accommoda-
ting S,O34 pupils.
The annual report of County Sup
erintendent Mclean for the year is
an interesting document and throws
valuable side lights on the conditions
obtaining in Grand Forks county. One
new district was organized during the
past. year, making the total OF 116
In the county. There are Is p,:ui,tl
schools and 1876 ungraded schools,
making in all ISL There arc SO
departments in the graded schools
and 1876 in the ungraded schools with
a total of 225
During the year there has been one
graded and five ungraded school build
ings erected. OF the ISL school build
ings in the county eight are of brick or
stone. Practically all of the schools
have some sort of library There
are 6.74G volumes in these libraries
to which LIZA volumes have been adj
ded during the past year. During the
current year 1892 books have circulat-
ed from these libraries, not including
the state travelling libraries. In one
hundred districts free text books pre-
vail.
Sixty-six of these schools observe
Arbor day and have 1869 growing
trees for which they care. Last Ar
Dor day 919 trees were planted. by
the pupils of the county. Most of the
school yards are fenced and in the
more rural districts are provided
with firebreaks.
The interest taken in the schools
of the county is indicated by the num-
Der OF visits paid them by the super
intendent, directors and patrons.
Superintendent Mclean made 1S5
visits to the schools during the Off.
cial year just closed, the directors
2S5 and the patrons 1881. The num-
Der of male children of school age
number 4,OO3 and the female 4,O3l. Il
total of S,034 or an increase over the
proceeding year of 1913. There are five
colored children in the schools Of the
county.