Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-01-27

the greed of the parent is the car
of the delinquency. At any "a
the problem of school attendance n
seems possible of solution.
The school surroundings are !
as good as they should be. Many
the school sites are too small, a
even where they are large, there
scarcely any attempt to utilize tn
properly. Few school grounds ha
shade or ornamental trees or shru
Very little is being done to enco
age agricultural experiments.
buildings, which could be screened
vines and shrubs, stand out bare {
unsightly. At the superintendent
convention, called by Supt. c
this year, one of the speakers
posed the plan of having five Or
acres in the school grounds. ?
would be an experimental field
would tend to the keeping Of
in the profession. If man
hired to teach the school, he C
be given the proceeds of the SC
garden as an addition to the teac
income. Two acres is not too
for good play ground, and it is
necessary to clear every tree
the play grounds. All are tryins
best they know how, to make
schools efficient to meet the dem
upon them. The common school
not be expected to make skilful f;
ers of all of its pupils, but it sh
prepare them to take up the stud
farming if they wish to be farl
and it should make the best Of
natural advantages that surrount
The matter of making belter us
school grounds and in some case
increasing their size to five Or
acres for experimental purp'
should be the next to engage
attention.
School boards are anxious to
all the best things for the equip
of their schools. Districts have
saved thousands of dollars by
sending out from the state
county superintendent offices
culars warning against agents.
school officers are annually char
these warnings must be repeadly
out. | have discovered that
agent recently sold a Grams
and Heart of Our Country in one
ume for SIT to a school district
already had a Grams Atlas that
50 a volume too ponderous for
ordinary school.
We warn school boards az,
such agents.
Nearly every rural school in
county has an adequate ventili
system, which has been inst
within the last five years. In
schools these systems must be
proved as the schools grow. In
of the graded schools the vel
ton is not SO good. The pla
these schools when built was
have a double chimney with a
eight inches square to carry
foul air from two school rooms.
a flue twelve inches square is
scribed to carry the foul air
one school room. Thus there. i.
sured fully four times as much
tilation as under the former plai
In one respect your schools
not improved but rather grown W
In the first report for this co
there was one school with an c,
ment of less than ten pupils; il
last report there are thirteen
schools. Thus we have THU
times as many of this class Of SCI
as when we began, certainly al
lucky multiple. Of course, Whe
the small schools are counted
case is not SO bad, but the fact
mains that almost half of our co,
schools have no more than ty
pupils enrolled. The average a.
ance is usually about half the
ment, so these schools have apI
mately ten pupils every day.
is a faint hope that these Sc
may fill up in time, but we
seen school houses moved or a
oned because improperly located
settlers that demanded schools
four or five children move away
the money they got for building
school house.
The remedy for this is the
portation Of pupils at public exI
The law provides that special
aid can be secured to help pa
transportation. The state aid I
very much but it has been incr
from time to time as to the NJ
it affects. Now it is the duty
members of this board when {
on town boards to exercise c,
over school district boundaries
can secure better schools at no
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