The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-03-30
BETTER QUARTERS
Sank Centre Public Schools Need
New Building
ALTON 10 OKS AROUND
State High School Inspector In
SpeCts Present Quarters and
Tells Board TO Get Busy

Sank Centre needs a new building
TO house her public schools
That's what Geo. B. Alton, inspect
or OF state high schools says and the
charge is admitted by the Board Of
Education.
Mr. Alton drops around once y
year, looks over the situation, offers
suggestions as to the running of the
school, and HES himself away to an.
other town TO go through the Same
performance
Mr. Alton arrived in Sank Centre
last week Thursday. He remained
over night and on Friday morning,
in company with Dr. e ]. Lewis and
r. F. Hansen. members OF the Board
! OF Education, made critical inspec-
ton OF the present building with a
view to seeing what could be done
TO secure more conmodious and mod
ern quarters ln' WHICH TO mousse the
young and rising generation While
inbibing knowledge at the educa-
! tional fountain
! Mr.. Alton saws one of his hobbies
| is the saving OF parts OF buildings
| already standing wherever possible,
| when plans are being considered for
charging quarters. With this end
| in view the state nigh school inspect
or and the two members OF The
! School Board named above tent over
the building with unusual care. A
little later Mr. Alton gave The Her
aid the result OF his investigation.
III il chat the North and south ends
! of the3 present building are in SUI
ficiently good condition TO lsaye. He
i believes that by razing the connect
| ing link between the two and sub
stituting therefore a new section,
wider than the two. ends, a fine
building can be made cut of the one
now standing. Mr.. Alton authorized
The Herald to give the public his
/ opinion.
/ In view Of the fact that the Sank
Centre public schools already have
a manual training department in sue
| eessf,ll operation, that steps will be
/ taken in the near future to institute
a department of domestic science,
and as the city is trying to secure
state appropriation for department
| of agriculture, Mr.. Alton is firmly OF
the opinion that immediate steps
should be taken to provide for larger
and better quarters, that these de-
partments, as well as others, and the
grades should have plenty of room.
| The members of the Board OF Ed
ucation realize the fact that the pres
ent building fails to meet the needs
of the school, They would all like
TO see a larger and better building.
| Whether the public would stand tor
the necessary expense involved IN
branching cut Is a question that mas
vet TO be decided. although many De-
lieye the time has come to have
better building
During his present tour OF the,
state Mr.. Alton has both entertained
and amused himself by collecting the
ideas of public school pupils relative
to certain things learned in their
study of the history OF the United
States. IN every school visited Tor
the past few months Mr.. Alton has
asked the class in U S. history to
give the names of the five men who,
in their opinion, rank highest as par
ticipants in the Civil War. Friday
morning. while in the eighth grade
room. MIR. Alton asked for an express
sion of opinion from the pupils there.
some forty Each pupil was request
ed to write list of five names. The
result was somewhat interesting ana
was as follows.
u s. Grant stood first with ~
Votes: Abraham Lincoln was second
..it;,. % votes; w T. Sherman third
with "a: Robert f. Lee fourth with.
ep: TStonewalI'' Jackson fifth with
u, There. were quite a number OF
scattering votes, aii,ong them being
Farragut.. s.. Sheridan. ): Thomas,
3 and some others. Ina School Wis
lied By Mf Alton the Gay befocS
coming. to Sank Ceatre- inc result
was: Grant, Shermsn Eincolns Rob. :
ert Fl lee, s.stonewstp' .JaeEsoa nc
vii, he noticed that tsse SANE names
compose this list. but thai they arb
arranged in diderenr order