The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-16
SCHOOL NOTES!
Comparative COST of Heating, Progress
in the High School and Different
Departments.

Superintendent Edwards has a report
from twenty high schools Of the state
showing the comparative cost of heat
ing of school buildings for first year.
The report gives the total cost to the
district and the cost per room. The
average cost per room for the twenty
schools Is $49.58, while the cost per
room In Moorhead is $52.44. .Luverne
has the highest figures, s6o:Ss, while
Little Falls has the lowest $29.11.
Contrary to the commonly accepted
opinion, the report would ten to show
that buildings having poor ventilation
are the most expensive to heat while
those having fan system of ventilation
are heated at less expense. Luverne
$60,85, Cloquet $54.61, ST. Cloud $50,
Moorhead $52.44 and Owatonna $4S.7S
with old buildings, or part Of their
with Ely $40.79, Mankato $42.65, Roch-
ester $43.75, Crookston $43.52 and Thief
River Falls $47.36, all Of which have
new well ventilated buildings in full
or In part. If such a report could be
made to show comparative efficiency
between we'll ventilated and poorly
ventilated buildings, we believe 1t
would show some startling results.
Neither teachers nor pupils can work
at a high degree of efficiency in a poor
ly ventilated room.
Progress in the High School.
The high school now has 176 in at
tendance with an enrolment of about
$50. A new row Of seats was installed
two weeks ago and they are all filled
with four or five pupils without desks
at the present time. The manual train
ing department is attracting more Of
the high school students this year
and with the added equipment will be
able to produce better work. The do
mestic art department, under the in
struction of Miss Ina Lowery, with an
enrolment of thirty-four, presents a
busy appearance during the first two
periods of the afternoon. The domestic
science department was opened late
on account of non-arrival of fixtures,
but Is now about complete and is one
of the most attractive rooms in the
building. Sixteen of the sophomore
girls are taking this course and think
1T the best department in the high
school. Miss Polzin presides and after
the recent reception all who enjoyed the
refreshments were glad to acknowledge
her ability in the culinary depart
ment.
A class of seven are taking short
hand, twenty-three are enrolled in
typewrlting and twenty-five are taking
bookkeeping. Miss Dennison has q
class of about thirty taking penman-
ship. all from the high school. Miss
Nickel has a special class in express
sion With about twenty enrolled. A
resent Moorhead in the debating field
but such a team will be chosen O
With classes starting at $40 in the
morning n study work until 4:3O
in the afternoon, the high school pre-
sents a picture of industry that is very
gratifying.
First Monthly Report,
The first reports to parents will go
out this week covering the first six
weeks work of the term. In many
cases this will be incomplete, on ac-
count of the absence of pupils and in
other cases, the standings will be low
for the same reason. The student who
is obliged to enter late has a hard
struggle to make up the work and
should receive all possible encourage
ment. If the student has been in school
from the beginning and still has low
standings, the matter should be in
vestigated. The work for the average
student this year Is based upon two
forty-minute periods a day of prepara-
ton and recitation. A student taking
four studies Is expected to spend eight
periods q day in study and recitation.
which amounts to five hours and TWEEN
ty minutes of actual work.
Surely, this is not too much time
for any student. Many will be obliged
to spend more time. Some high school
students are spending too much time
studying and not enough for exercise
and recreation. Others need to have
definite time assigned to them for study
and to be required to keep these regu-
lar1y.
It Is to be hoped that parents and
teachers nay work together in his
so that the best possible results may
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