Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1911-12-21
H. ]. BEARDM0RE
TALKED OF SCHOOL
Brought Out Interesting Points at the
Meeting OF Rural School Officers at
Crookston

Meeting of Rural School Officers at
crookston.
H. J. Beardmore, of Farley town
ship, gave a very interesting address
last week at the meeting OF
the rural. school officers at the High
School. He said in part;
Discussing Prof. Selvig's speech:
'tThe School Board as Factor in the
Success Of the School, I wish TO en-
phasize the point made by Prof. Sci
Wig that the school room should be
heated and ventilated by some meth
Cd that would keep the room of an
even temperature and we'll supplied
with warm, fresh air during the win
ter and have a foul air shaft that
would carry Off the foul air as much
as possible. I know since our district
installed such a system, and filled
the states requirements for a first
grade school. it has cost us less for
fuel, and we received more special
state aid the first three years than it
cost us to make the change. And the
difference in the school work could
hardly be estimated in dollars and
cents. Another thing I wish to enl-
phasiZe is the Importance Of furnish
ing the school the necessary supplies
particularly the school books. as I
know of one district that neglected
to furnish the necessary books until
two months, though the teacher had
made application three Or four times
for them, and finally went to the
clerks Office and made out the bill for
the clerk so that ali he had to do was
to sign the order.
We school trustees, as a rule, do
not estimate the value Of an educa-
ton. For instance, allowing $1,000 a
year for an educated man, which is
rather small, and $4,000 year for
an uneducated man, which is more
q
difference of 100000 per year, which
for term of 20 years would be s12,
900. Now it takes twelve years, OF
about 1000 school days, to get an edu
cation. Divide the $4,000 by the 2,00C
days, and it gives s6 day value tt
the pupil attending school, while i.
we should compute it for thirty years
instead of twenty, it would amount tt
5000 day profit to the pupil attend
ing school. This does not mean tha
this educated person must leave thu
farm. We had used to think that h
must take up some other occupation
But now, as Prof Hess said, we nee.
the best educated man on the farm
With the experience that 1 have had
1 can see how an educated man cal
make more than $500 year NOR
than an uneducated man can. I pre-
dict that in less than five years hal
of our land will be plowed by tractiO
engines. Why just look around thi
room and see all these exhibits fro1
the rural schools of this county an
tell me, IS it possible that such
change could be made in two or thre
years? Two Or three years ago, whe
they first contemplated teaching agr
culture in the rural schools it wa
thought to be whim that could nc
be done. And now today, you cOu]
not stop it, because it is one of th
most practical things that ever wa
started. I also wish to include thes
industrial contests. And think or
of the wisest things that our distr,
could do would be to approprlat
from twenty-five to fifty dollars for a
agricultural contest in every distri'
each fall, making numerous prizes {
that each pupil could win a prize
some kind. would suggest that thes
contests be held before the annu
fair, so that the exhibits winning tt
first and second prizes could be show
at the county fair / think it wou
induce many pupil to make mo-
exhibits at the fairs. No doubt son
of you will think that you cannot 3
ford to do this. But remember tn
the money all stays in the distri
and that the boys and the girls cs
make good use of it. 1t is only iii