Warren sheaf., 1911-12-07
COUNTRY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION.

viz AoSCS tuaC you may at your own
dlscretion avail yourselves of certain
enlarging and beneficial educational
relations by associating yourselves
and concentrating your efforts.
1t is now common knowledge in this
community, that last spring the War
rem high school was selected by the
Minnesota state high school board as
one of the thirty schools in Minneso-
ia, coming under the Putnam act
whose location, standards of scholar
ship and general conditions warrant
the state in aiding it financially for
the support and maintenance of
courses in agriculture, manual train.
ing and home economics.
The state law further provides that
the country districts around Warren
may, at their own election associate
with the central district (Warren) for
the purposes of securing the benefits
OF the special subjects above listed
Benefits Of Association.
The main idea in association is to
get definite, educational, working
unit in the country, thereby having
the school help the farmer and farm.
er's children in more systematic and
efficient manner. Association always
brings the farm and village into
closer and mutually more beneficial
relation. Association distributes
the cost of education over a larger
territory.
What the Country Districts Gain by
Association.
Its pupils are passed from their last
years work in the country school di-
rectly into the high school without
any charge whatever to the parents
or the school district from which they
come, otherwise than an assessment
Of $3.50 per month per pupil is levied
upon the country school district.
The country school work in the as
sociated districts is, according to the
law, under the immediate supervision
of the superintendent of the central
district. He is required to prepare
for the associated schools suitable
course of study directly in line with
the high errcol Work) ei1ll.llbsuG,y iisss ing
training and instruction in agriculture
and industrial training and such sub
jects as are related to farm life and
can be successfully taught in country
schools.
The farmers of associated districts
are directly benefited in that the ag-
ricultural director is expected to work
with them in conducting experiments
and study of good farm practices.
The State Aids Associations
The state of Minnesota recognizing
that association is beneficial and leads
to a better development of farm life,
has laid an inducement for the ac-
complishment of that end
The law states that in addition to
the direct financial aid given to the
central school, (Which will be $4,000
per year,, sum of $3.50 per year will
be given to the associated district for
each country district associating. 1t
is furthermore declared that each as
sociated country district shall receive
as state aid $50 per year.
In concrete form, it will be seen
that for each country school associat-
ing with the Warren high school, the
state of Minnesota pays into this
community 5000 every year. In case
ten schools associate, there will then
be an annual income from the state
of $4,000 to be used for the betterment
and development of the industrial
classes in our community.
The question is now squarely before
you country school people. Do you
want to have this money for the ad-
vancement and enlargement of your
school systems, or would you prefer
to sit back in passive attitude and
let this opportunity which is yours,
slip by to be taken up and used by
more progressive communities?
In order to avail ourselves of the
liberal offers and inducements foster
ed by our state laws, the central
school district of Warren wishes to
urge upon every farmer, teacher and
school board member within at least
ten miles Of Warren, to be present at
a meeting to be held at the Warren
city hall at 1880 p. m. Friday, Decem-
Der 15, 1911.
It is very important that school
board members and farmers be there
as a thorough discussion of associa-
tion will be held, which will be led by
Mr.. George B. Alton, State High
School Inspector Of Minnesota, and
definite action on the matter Of asso-