The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-08


benefit of their. children. The state
should look after y the, physical as
we'll as the mental and moral well
fare of the young. The equipment
of our schools, withour teaching
force could be- rendered manifoldly
more valuable, and serviceable it the
physical defects of the pupils were
known and remedied. Results of
thorough medical inspection could be
sent to a central office and a perm
anent record kept and only in the
case of poverty would the service of
the public physician be required"
With the opening of the new
North Side grade school in January,
the local teaching force will be in
creased by the addition of four
teachers with whom Supt. Bliss is
now corresponding. According to
present arrangements, Miss H. An
derson, who received her education
al training in Michigan institutions,
will be principal of. the new school.
Many teachers in the present North
Side school will be transferred to
the more modern building. The old
school, which is two-room build
ing, is badly crowded and the open
ing of the North Side building will
provide the students of that section
of the city with full day sessions.
instead of half day sessions. as is at
present the case owing to crowded
conditions. ID q. *
The school sauthorities are. we'll
pleased with the success. scored by
the lyceum bureau entertainments so
far this year in the Shubert Symp-
thony club, Cambridge Players and
Vassar Girls attractions. The next
number will be lecture by James
Batten, the Little Giant of the
Platform" this being the. initial ad-
dress OF the course. Capt. Richard
Hobson, the naval hero, Is also
booked to give an address under the
auspices of the. high school athletic
association; his appearance to be
later In the year.
The school district and city coun-
Gil are working in harmony and it
is planned to extend the consolida-
ton work as shown in the heating
of the library and Roosevelt school
and the establishment Of the school
library in the public library to the
medical inspection problem. The
city health department has given the
schools valuable aid and it is
planned to have a regular medical
inspector hereafter.
supt. Bliss, who has worked faith
fully for the establishment of a Sec
ond state training school in this city,
is hopeful regarding the attitude Of
the next legislature on the matter.
The juvenile court which is held
every Saturday in the district courts
at Hibbing and Virginia before Judge
Martin Hughes is proving a great
help to the schools and shows the
need Of a training school on the
range.
The following committee was in
charge of the Halloween program
given at the annual party in the
Technical school Saturday evening:
Misses McFarlane, Burnham. Mel
gard, Oberg, stenger,s Shelley, Of the
faculty; Margaret M. Savage, Ethel
E. Whiting, Mildred G. Sigel, Ethel
NJ. Wicklem, Blanche B. Moreland,
Ethel NJ. Grace. Myra NJ. Lindsay,
Francis A. Lippman. 49, -:
supt. Bliss and Clerk c. E. Hend-
rick. of the school board, have been
making trips over the forties west
of the cemetery which have been
promised the school board fer: an
agricultural farm blythe state audi
tor. The school heads also favor the
establishment Of I county agricul-
| tural school near this city. The ex-
| perimental farm would have been
we'll underway ct this date had not
the land now being uesd a the e site
for the car barns been purchased BY
the promoters OF the new range trac-
ton line. So .ss Sc s= Is. !
4 big christmay entertain ment to
be given 6 the Roosevelt Auditor
ium BY adults. NTH the Aohami
Band led by Director Eugene Lau-
ger taking promlne nt p1rt = now
being planned. This = IN annual