The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-12-05
GRADED SCHOOL GAINS
SHOWN IN THE REPORT
Inspector S. A. chatham Makes
The Facts Public
SALARIES PAID PRINCIPALS
Too Many Boards Meet Requirements
OF State Instead Of Their
institutions
SALARIES PAID PRINCIPALS

| He eighteenth dhuudl iepoll vi
state graded schools, now ready for
distribution, gives the total number
of graded schools as PIT, a net gain
of thirteen for the year. The five
large graded schools at Aurora, Bull,
Blackjack, International Falls and
Maple Lake are promoted to the
high school list. Eighteen new
schools are listed. including eleven
consolidated schools. The consoii-
dated schools are located at Brook
Park, Glyndon, Meadowlands, Med
ford, Nemadi, Reading, Round Lake,
st. Francis, Saum, Willard, and
Wanda. The other seven are at
Bruno, Crosby-Ironton, Deerwood,
Greenbush. Lake Wilson, Onamia and
| Wrenshall. AS will be seen from
the list twelve of these schools are
located in northern Minnesota.
Annual State Aid.
The annual state aid received by
each of these two hundred seventeen
schools is $500 In addition to this
aid fifty-nine schools have been
awarded five hundred dollars each
/ for high school work, nine schools
$1,000 each for industrial work, and
two schools $4,000 each for complete
| industrial courses under the Putnam
| act.
The report states that the average
| tax rate for graded schools is in
creasing. This year it is 207 mills
as against 10 &C last year and 10. Ia
! the year before.
College Graduates Gaining.
College graduates are gaining on
graduates Of normal schools for
Normal school graduates are rapidly
displacing other grade teachers. Sal
aries show slight increase. The
average annual salary Of principals
is $914.2 %, and of grade teachers
$490.3 5. Sixty-one schools pay the
principal an annual salary of $1,000
or more. The highest salary paid
graded school principal is $1,000.
The minimum salary of $675 is paid
by but fourteen schools. After Sep
TENDER l, 1914, the minimum salary
limit is fixed at $1,000 year for
principals Of schools with approved
high school departments, 500 year
for principals of graded schools not
having such departments, $40 year
for high school teachers and $3.50 a
year for grade teachers.
Libraries Not Supported.
School Libraries are not supported
as they ought to be, and principals
in general make very little effort
to stimulate the use of the library
School boards and principals, in al
together too many instances, seek
merely to meet the requirements of
the high school board instead of
endeavoring to meet the needs of the
school and the community The IL
brary as an adjunct to school educa.
ton is a most important factor, the
liberalizing influences Of which i'm
press themselves indelibly upon the
growing mind.
One hundred ninety-nine out of the
nish free text books at an annual
cost of s113 per school or about Is
cents for each pupil enrolled in these
schools.
Offering Industrial Courses.
In the eleven schools offering in
dustrial courses, 548 students have
been enrolled in agriculture, 522 in
home economics and 1928 in manual
training. The total expenditure for
these courses during the past year
has been $24,27O or an average of
$17.42 per pupil
The report is submitted to the
high school board by S. A. Challman
retiring inspector of graded schools,
who is now state commissioner of
school buildings. r. B. MacLean has
been appointed as his successor.
The high school board consists
iof R. E. Denfeld, president; C. G..
Schulz. secretary; George E. Vim
cent, Ell Torrance, and George F..
Howard.
Special Report Made.
Mr.. chatham has submitted
written report in regard to the en-
ployment of teachers and the con-
duct of graded schools at st. Joseph,
Melrose, Richmond, in Stearns county
and frierz, in Morrison county.
Inspector Challman's report stat
ed that in each of these schools
teachers are employed who are
members of the Benedictine Order;
that some part of the school day
had been devoted to religious in
struction, given either by the teach
ers or by some other persons not
connected with the public schools;
that in each of the schools there
were kept religious emblems and
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