The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-08-31


1882 persons OF school age residing In
the district The gain a. not In pro-
portion 10 previous years and not as
much by far as ought 70 be recorded
but change in the policy Of the state
department OF public instruction has
worked 10 trim down the lists In all
districts Of the state and especially in
districts with 10 heavy foreign pop
ulation as is generally fonnd In the
upper peninsula.
II is now necessary 10 give the date
Of birth Of each child reported TO be OF
3 OF 10 years Of age. The department
has a special force OF clerks who go
over the lists sent in very carefully and
check up each years list with those
sent in the previous year. Last year
100 names were sent back TO Prof. Hill
for verifcation.
In many OF the foreign families 1t is
about impossible 10 get accurate data
regarding the birth days and the new
policy OF the department will thus
serve 10 keep the lists down for few
years until matters get adjusted 10 the
new basis.
NO MANUAL TRAINING.
The matter OF adding course in
manual training and domestic science
has been much talked Of in school cir
cles for year or two back and special
rooms were provided In the basement
OF the new high school building for the
installation Of the apparatus necessary.
The matter was very Thoroughly dis
cussed this year on the board and il
was decided to defer the starting OF
the work until the drain upon the
finances Of the district shall be- reliev-
ed.
The grading of the school grounds
and the building OF the First Ward
school has made big hole in the
money at hand for incidentals this
year. Should conditions brighten mp
later in the year conrse will be pro-
Nlueu OUT lbht ~ uouDtlul.
HARD TO GET BOARD.
one condition confronting the school
authorities is causing considerable
uneasiness and that il the difficulty of
getting boarding places FOR teachers.
The new teachers have not been pro-
vided with boarding places yet and
from present appearances IL will bother
them very much TO get located.
Many are boarding teachers just AS
an accommodation and the price Of
board is run mp 20 figure. which
with the incidentals necessary tO liv-
ing. runs the teachers living up TO
about $50 Ter month Grade teachers
who receive $50 per month barely make
living after they pay their railroad
fare here and home again and cloth
themselves
FIRST WARD SCHOOL.
The contract calls for the First Ward
scnool 10 be completed Oct. !. With
the present conditions in the labor and
supply market IL Is probable that the
contractor will not be able To complete
the building much before Thanksgiving
time. I'm the meantime the kinder
garten class over there IL 70 be cared
for in new dwelling house which
Corrigan Mckinney a. Go. IL erect
ing.
An actual connt OF the number Of
kindergarten pupils in the first ward
records 43. over half OF the number in
the central school building where the
big bulk OF the pupils Of that grade is
taken care OF The number is indica.
tive Of the Importance Of the first ward
IN the citys population and shows "A
remarkable gain during the last few
years
TEACHERS MEETING MONDAY.
While school does not commence until
Tuesday morning. the teachers will be
ON hand Monday and will start work in
the afternoon Of that day with teach
ers meeting at 30 AZ the snperinten-
dents Office.
a Heroic Rescue.