Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1911-02-21
HIGH SCHOOL IS
OUT With APLAN
Separate Building Needed for Domes-
tic Science and Manual Train
ing Departments.
A new CENTRAL SCHOOL
Proposition Being Considered by the
City Board Meets With the Ap-
proval of All-The Debate.

The plan now being considered by
the trustees OF the high school for the
erection OF separate building in
which to house the constantly grow
ing domestic science and manual
training departments, seems to be
meeting with public favor. At all
events, the patrons of the city schools,
as we'll as the high school, are much
pleased with the results accomplished
in these two departments, which are
becoming more popular all the time
with the students. The facilities,
however, under existing conditions,
are inadequate, and it is generally
suits and place these two departments
upon the level they should have a
building. The cost would be COM
paratively small and the subject is
being gone into in detail by the
board Meantime, an effort is being
made to ascertain the sentiment OF
the public with regard to the mat
ter, and at this time it appears to be
wholly favorable.
New Central School Plan.
/
The members Of the city board OF
education are still at work upon the
plan recently formulated in a tenta-
tive way for the erection of new
central school building here during
this year 1t will be absolutely neces
sary to- erect a new school building
there is no getting away from thai
proposition, for the schools are bad
ly crowded right now and this condi
ton will be more pronounced mex
year. The suggestion that this nev
building oe made new centra
school, and that the site of the oil
Lincoln school on the hill be utilized
for it seems to meet with universe
i favor. The members Of the boart
have taken trouble to ascertain pub
lie sentiment as far as possible ant
have yet to hear single objection
to the plan. The Lincoln schoo
; building is of small value for schoo
; purposes. 1t has been patched Ii
, year after year and made to serve
J but it will have to be torn down be
fore long. if it doesn't fall dow
, some day This brings in the fac
that the site is the very finest tina
could possibly be secured for cer
tral school, even if the board had III
limited funds at its command to ST
cure new one How could it b
better utilized than to make it tf
site for such central school built
ing as will not only answer all in
mediate needs, but meet the d.
mands for years to come? That
41 ,f
board are asking and as yet no otl
er suggestion has come to them fro1
any quarter
Debate With Forsyth.
The local high school team, yictt
= over Billings, and the Forsyth tear
which recently defeated Miles Cit
are to debate the commission form
n government question on March
l. Whether it will be held here or
It Forsyth is yet to be determined,
) both places want the debate. Il
le local team will have the afhrmati
= OF the question, which they char
G. pioned at Billings.
e, The high school hopes to send
& Bozeman representative to parti
II pate in the extemporaneous speaki1
rs contest to be held there in the ne
h future, and Fergus may also be re
n resented in the basket ball tourr
,e ment to be played at Bozeman at t
" same gathering and in which lar
,e number of teams will compete.
IS Miss Rapalee Here.
Mt Miss Corinne Rapalee arrived he
er last week from Saginaw, Michig;
lg and has taken charge of the co
u mercial department of the hi
1t school, succeeding the late Irene Y
at Kleek. Miss Rapalee comes or
he inally from Pen Van. New York,
~ old home of the Waites and Wrigh