Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-12-21

would have appeared in the succeed
ing issue Of the paper, were unavoid-
ably crowded out for lack of room.
Such portions as were then omitted
are published herewith:
TUESDAY EVENINGS SESSION.
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT BRoCKERT' S
REPORT
To the Honorable Members of the Board of
Supervisors: Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen
/ herewith present Tor your consideration my
fourth annual report In presenting this school
annual to you and to the people whom you repre-
sent, | wish to thank you for the appropriation
which has made its publication possible. Five
hundred copies printed for distribution, and
in a county the size of Grant with its 672 school
officers, 342 teachers, town and county othcers,
the demand for the annual is greater than the sup
ply This being the case, arrangements are made
to supply each member OF your honorable body
with copy: Every school clerk in the county;
every high school principal In the county; every
town, city and village clerk; the state superln-
tendent and many county superintendent and
others, until the supply is exhausted.
/ wish toIthank the principals of high schools,
teachers town clerks and others for the informa-
ton received from them. They have assisted me
much in the preparation OF TINS annual
@ OUR RURAL SCHOOLS
Never before were the schools in better condi-
ton than at the present time. OF the POI rural
school districts in the county, 146 maintaining
schools Of the first class. Ims means thaT tne ~
are supplied with equipment equivalent to that OF
our graded schools. 1t means that the minimum
equipment for a school IS:
Supplementary readers for the primary, first
second and third reading classes; one Information
al dictionary and holder, one Academic dictionary
for every six pupils beyond the third grade; case
Of eight maps; one globe; eighty square feet OF
blackboard; card catalog case; library catalogeu,
heating and ventllatlng system.
At the present time 55 Of the pol school dis
trcts have failed to maintain first class schools.
No one thing can be given as the reason IL may
be because of a lack of interest IN the school IN
some districts small attendance at school, or be-
cause of an increase in the school taxes.
The following is list of schools that because OF
lack of equipment not schools OF the hrst class
Dist. s. Beetown; Dist. z, Beetown; Dist. 2,
Bloomington; Dist. 3, Bloomington; Dist, 4,
Cassvile; it, B. Castle Ro, x; Joint L Clifton; Dist
EIlenboro; Dist Z, ElIenboro Dist. |, FennImore;
Dist 3, Fennimore; Joint l, Glen Hayeni Dist. 3,
Glen Hayen; it. l, Harrison Dist; 2, Ha m1s
Hickory Grove; it. 3, Hickory Grove it. A.
Hickory Grove; Dist. l, jamestown; DIST 3
Jamestown Dist. Z, jamestown; it: 3, Liberty
Dist. Z Liberty; Dist. 9, Liberty; Dist. A, Lima
Dist s. Little Grant; it. 6, Little Grant Dis. =
Marion; Dist. 5, Marion; Dist l, Mt. Ida; Dist.
Mt Ida; *Jt. b. Mt. Ida Ut. B, Muscodai DIST. Y
North Lancaster; Dist. /, Paris; Dist: 2, Paris
Dist. 6, Paris; Dist. 3, Platteville; Dist. 2 Po-
tosi; Dist s. Potosi; Dist, l. Waterloo; Llst O.
town; Dist. 8, Wngville; it, 9, Wlngvllle; IT, H.
Wingvile; Dist A. Woodman; it. 4, Woodman
Dist. Wyalusing.
#Without an exception Joint Dist. ID, Mt. Ida
is the poorest equipped school in the county. Ny
report Of visit to the school October Is, 1910
shows the following:
supplementary readers, none; desk copies of
text books for teacher none; dictionary, one Web
ster unabridged maps for geography ana hlstory
none; blackboard slate, it. by y it.; charts
none; globe, none; clock, none; desks, new single
desks good; book case, none; card case none
library cataoged no; building, quite good condl-
tom assessed valuation, $l29, 448; Taxes levied in
1909 S14203; rate on 81 90, .OOlO9; total amount
expended, 1909, $371.l4.
This means a school tax of about mill on the
dollar for school purposes. Or to illustrate
further man assessed at $40, 900 pays $40 school
tax to his district.
The above data to one who has eagerly watched
the progress made by each district Tor the past
three years might lead him to become discour-
aged but am oPtmstlc enough TO prGpneSy
place at the foot of the column OF 2Ol rural schools
year hence.
Dist. No. 3, Glen Haven-area of district, "a
sections or 1l20 acres assessed valuation, $64,-
$4,000; taxes voted July 1910, $275.00; rate
OO426; amount expended 1909, $268.27.
NV report of visit to the school October H.,
1910, shows the followng
Building in poor condition; walls of ceiling
dirty; supplementary readers none desk copies
of text books for teacher none; dictionaries, one
in bad condition. maps for geography and history,
lobe none: clock. none; desks, fair; book case,
none; card case, none; library cataloged no;
wood shed, no.
The above report shows that No. 8, Glen Haven,
paws four times the school taxes that No. 49, Mt.
Ida pays and stands End in the list with 1T in
equipment.
TRANSPORTATION
The question of consolidation of small rural
schools is a live topic in many parts OF Wisconsin,
t. Ohio and states of the
West and where tried the people are UNANIMOUSLY
in favor of consolidation and the organization OF
the township high school, or the two, three or tour
department graded school.
The topography of some parts of Grant county
is such that the one-roomed district school will be
maintained, but there are other parts OF the coun-
" where consolidation and free transportation to
a central school are feasible and practicable. We
NAV not live to see much attempted In TINS oil
recion but the cry is going out for trained teach
ers and the scarcity of trained teachers will be an
important factor in this great movement toward
consolidation of small rural schools and the free
transportation of children to centrally located
graded or high school.
There was a time when words were as good as
wasted to talk of transportation in Grant county,
but out of the very nature oil the case the issue is
District No. 3, Hazel Green, voted to pay
TRANSPORTATION to the grades OF the Hazel Green
No. Of school age in district, 10; No. between
and A. IA; Transportation 10 school' IL, average
daily attendance, II; transportation per month,
$50 for months; distance OF round trip ABOUT
miles.
THE TEACHER PROBLEM
One of the greatest problems to solve has been
that Of securing teachers for all the schools OF the
county. 1t has become necessary to license near
~ every applicant that the schools might be
supplied with some to keep school.
Letters have been written to other county
superintendents asking for teachers to apply for
schools in Grant county. No doubt many school
officers think that they are paying high salaries,
all that teacher is worth. In a few cases it may
be true, but / shall leave the subject with the
reader for solution. Whatever the solution may
be the fact remains that teachers are underpaid;
they do not receive remuneration commensurate
with the service rendered, and the argument is
more convincing when the price set upon their
work is compared with that of other vocations of
life