The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-03-10
St, Clair
Mr.. Near spent Sunday with hi


family.
Hattie Fitzloff is home on "a
weeks vacation.
Jennie Fields spent few days
last week with Pemberton friends.
The regular Lenten services are
being observed at the st. Clair
Catholic church.
Several of the st. Clair young
people attended the box social at
Pemberton last Friday night.
Mrs. William Boswell left for Ar
tesian, S. d.. last Thursday. She
went to attend the funeral of her
aunt
Miss Alma Welsh of Alma City,
who is teaching i'm the Steel dis
trict, spent Sunday with her friend,
Miss Schultz
The Royal Neighbors are to give
an entertainment and supper in ST.
Clair on st. Patrick's night. Don't
fail to see the unique affair.
Mr.. Hansen, our eX-star mail car
!
last week. 1t looked good to see
him on the streets. May he come
often.
The pupils of the eighth grade and
high school entertained the pupils
and teachers of the other depart
ments last Thursday afternoon after
the last recess.
During the moving of the Cream
Congregational church into Pcmbcr.
ton the Sunday morning services
are held in the hall. Service be
gins at II a. IN.
st. Clair Congregational church
Sunday, February II. Sabbath schoo
at 1890 a. m. Preaching at 7:3(
p, N. Subject of discourse, 1.-The
Value of Man.
The "old folks concert is going
to Pemberton next Friday, Marcel
) 10. The program will be given in the
hall there. The proceeds will &C
toward improving the Pembertol
church.
The Congregational Sunday schoo
at a board meeting last Frida.
evening decided to inaugurate the
star system as reward for regular
attendance. The purpose of thi
system is to inculcate greater
enthusiasm among the pupils ant
to get them interested who are still
outside of the Sunday school. The
system will go into effect April sec
ond.
The temperance address given a
the hall Sunday evening by Rev
Mckenzie was a splendid one. TIL
hall was crowded. Once more
was demonstrated that the seatin:
capacity of the hall is entirely in
adequate. There should at least b.
a hundred more seats. In case o
fee is charged. as the "old folk
concert" people do not like to pa
their quarter then be obliged t,
stand up for couple of hours
Nor can you blame them.
The school problem of ST. Clai
should be of the deepest concern t,
every individual of this town AM
adjoining vicinity. The days of tn
little red school house." are nearl
numbered. They are being replace,
by the more modern methods en-
plOycd in the graded and hig
schools. Just as the butter factorie
have long since taken the place o
the old earthen churn SO the NOR
modern methods must sooner or Ia
ter be used in the field of education
From purely financial standpoint
would be cheaper for the indepent
ent school districts near St Clai
to send their children there t
school. This does not say aDytbin
about the advantages to the chill
} to be derived from the graded class
licatiOn of subjects in the grade
school as against the wOeful lack O
it in the country district schoo
There arc few towns as favorabl
situated for good high school a
in st. Clair. The town has no raj
road connections whereby its boy
and girls can so to a school in
neighbOring town every morning an
return in the evening. The neares
high school is ten miles distan,
This matter of larger, hence
better school system for st. Clai
should be agitatcd by every loya
citizen and progressive bushes
man