The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-07-07

would put outline maps on the black
board and call on pupils to use them.
PauI's doctrine was applauded vigor-
ously.
Supt. Howard commended the
large attendance and close interest
shown at this meeting and spoke of
the excellent reputation Of Redwood
county for its schools. The value
Of education was taken for granted
here, but improvement was yet pos
sible on the part of parents who
never visited the schools, not show
ing as much interest in the training
Of their children as they would to
the training of promising colt.
The school should be valued not only
for the facts it teaches but for the
mental training the pupils receive,
and here the teacher was the all-im-
portant factor. The facts that the
standard Of teaching is every year
improving is hopeful symptom, and
next to the teacher, patrons of
schools should take more interest in
electing their best men on the school
board.
Paul Callaghan talked on what the
school board can do, and showed
right ideas on that head. The ideal
school board should not only look
after the business Of the district,
but it's members should take ad-
vanced ground and study to create
public sentiment where the people
were Indifferent or wrong-headed.
The business management should be
for best results and the board
should act as unit, keeping their
disagreements to themselves, Loyalty
supporting the majority and on no
account condemning the acts of as
sociates on the board or helping to
create dissensions. The board
should place the employment Of
good teachers as the important thing
and then use the teachers right.
Supt. Bebermeyer reported that
progress continues to be the rule
with Redwood county schools. While
the total number of school districts
in the county is 112. the total num-
Der of school houses is III, with two
high schools. at Redwood Falls and
Lamberton, receiving $1,000 of state
aid, five graded schools at Morgan,
Sanborn, Walnut Grove, Wabasso
and Belview, receiving $4,000 state
aid, eight semi-graded schools at
Vesta, Seaforth, Lucan, Milroy, Re-
we're, Wanda, North Redwood, and
Delhi, receiving $3.50 in state aid,
So frst-class rural schools receiving
$5565 in state aid and IA second
class rural schools receiving $3.50
state aid. making the total amount
of state aid received in the county
S13, 1865.
During the coming year the school
at Clements will add an additional
department and district No. 10 in
North Hero township has voted
$500 bonds to build an addition to
their building in order to have de-
partment school in the country.
Every school in the country has
free text books and all but two are
provided with Libraries. The rural
schools alone spend annually from
700 to 800 for library books and a
greater supply of reference books
are also added every year. That the
money in libraries is not wasted is
shown from the fact that II, 300
books were taken out during the
year, or an average of more than
five per pupil of all pupils attending
and entitled to apportionment. The
total school enrolment is 6,225 pu-
pills. The yearly average attend
ance per pupils in independent dis
tricts is from $50 to 1875 days and in
common schools from 80 to 100 days.
In most districts, school houses are
in good condition. the poorer ones
being enlarged or replaced by larger
ones, Four new. buildings were
erected last year at an aggregate
cost of $4,000. All the new buildings
are modern and have furnaces and
Easements. The valuation of all
school buildings is about $3.50, 900.
and $4,000 are annually paid out
for teachers salaries.
K~l~1Eor INDIGESTION.