Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1911-10-05
PUBLIC SCHOOL NOTES

| at the school gardens for soc per bu-
shell and give big measure too These
| onions should sell for much more. but
since this work is supported by the
people, it seems only fair that they
should have some of the material ben
eft as we'll as the educational value
of such work.
One of the high school boys has fig
ured that it will be necessary for each
man, woman and child in Warren to
eat Is pounds of onions during the
coming winter in order to consume all
that are on hand, or were on hand
when we started to harvest the crop.
We are glad that people from the sur
rounding towns and the country are
purchasing many of the onions, thus
making less the number of pounds to
be consumed by each of our citizens.
It is to be expected that the healthful
odor of onions will permeate the city
from center to circumference.
At recent meeting of the School
board, the amount of tuition to be
paid by those attending from without
the district, was fixed $500 per term
in the 9Th, 7th and 8th grades and
$3.50 per term for each one attending
in grades below the 9Th. This tuition
must be paid in advance at the begin
ming of each term to the treasurer of
the school district at the Warren
State Bank.
AS there are three terms in the
school year, this makes the tuition
5000 per year above the 9Th grade
and $3.50 below the 9Th grade.
The Board also decided to charge
$500 per month for those attending
the high school from without the dis
trict and getting the benefit of the in
dustrial work offered therein. This
is in accordance with the provisions
of the Putnam law under which the
| Warren School operates. The latter
tuition, however, is collected from the
and not from the pupils nor the par
ents. This makes it possible for
every country boy or girl, who would
| like to take advantage of the Manual
| Training, Cooking, Sewing and Agri-
cultural work offered in our schools,
| to do so without any direct charge to
| ~,
decide, during the present school year
| to associate (not consolidate) with
the Warren district, will be released
from the payment of such tuition.
We are indeed proud of the large
number of excellent young people
from the country now attending our
schools and we extend the hand of
welcome to others who may desire to
| attend From the farm homes, there
continues to come many of the bright
est and brainiest boys and girls in the
public schools
| It would seem that every parent
who has the interests of our schools
and their own children at heart, would
be only too glad to cooperate with
the truant officer and the school Off
Gals in helping to carry out the spirit
of the compulsory school attendance
law. Parents sometimes feel that they
are doing their children kindness by
allowing them to earn few dollars in
defiance of the laws of the state
These boys are the very ones who
need to attend school every day. They
are the ones who will get little be
hind at the beginning of the year ant
instead of catching up with thei1
class, they often get more and more
behind as time goes on. OF course
they get lower grades and this dis
courages them. They become dis
gusted with school and don't like the
teacher. These are usually the ones
that make discipline difficult. Without
this class there would be little need
for a truant officer. May We not ap
peal to the parents in the interests Of
these children, to give them at least
an opportunity to obtain good com
mon school education, for with such
an education they are far better pre-
pared to meet the duties and respons
Utilities which all must sooner or lat
er face.
I can look back over my experience
as a teacher and think of a number OF
boys and girls, who would be making
a much greater success than they are
had their parents insisted upon them
getting their school work in prefer.