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like lady! Have you swept down the back stairs
kath-a een Put down your foolish drawing and keep
eye on the baby while to Mrs. Callenders!
kittys soft lips hardened always the back stairs
and the baby, just getting comfortably settled
at my drawing! never knew it to fall she recalled
sentfully she joined the jostling Christmas crowds
down the Haypont aises. There were great glsten-
ing boughs of holly drapng the walls and by every
doorway great Santa Claus poster. Kitty regarded
with grave scrutiny. There something seriously
wrong with the jovia saints beard 1t struggled in
stead of flowing, and that line there-nstantly her
fingers frightened imaginary pencil, they al
ways did before drawing Then she clenched her little
hands in their thin lastsummer gloves. and passed
with an impatient shrug If she was not in Christ
masy mood must forgive her. for she had Just lost
one job and was gravely considering the future.
She had never had real show at Fuel Brothers, she
told herself with resentful glare her yellow ~bounc
ing slip. Just eternally binding velvet edge on bot
omless boxfu of bandeaux in the Millinery workroom
As though anyone with any eye all couldn't see that
bandeau hopelessly queered the set of anv self
respecting hat Judge for yourself the utter stupidity
and lack of class of Fuel Brothers customers that they
seemed abate the unreasonable warmth of the plump
foreadys wrath when kittys stitches wavered up hill
and down dale.
81 believe you're natural born fool" she had burst
violently that last day. almost much of fool
as | am-to be here!' she added roughly.
Kitty had cried herself to sleep that night; for the
plump. good natured Miss Ashforth in her bluff wav
had been kind to her. And the d,v Mss Ashforth
was gone, had "chucked her job" having suddenly
3come into money as somewhat vaguely explained
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will be glad to explain them to Miss Connolly
"Sure" said Miss Flanagan
Thanks" said Kitty.
"You think you're going to like it? It's just your
you can spare her for half an hour I'm coming up to
get her at four thirty she announced to the chief.
I'VE want to go down to the Basement You must let
get you few things, Kitty, for-oh, for just
anniversary present" Her domestic instinct had fired
at Kitty account OF makeSftS at light housekeeping
in her bleak Arch-St.
@I' let her off, said the Head of ADULTS literally.
"Theres better place in the whole store to give
bright girl start than right here he repeated several
times with pleased glance at the recruits dill
II never, never learn em' Kitty deciding
hopelessly wishing she could the clock without
twisting her head.
EOUR-THIRTY at last!
Miss Ellsworth up and gaily conducted her
to the Basement where they accumulated small
load of varous-sized packages. One oatmeal sauce
pan and double-boier, and one dnky little
pan and four feet of rubber tubing to from the
gasjet to the table, and patent dshwasher, and an
asbestos mat
Cooking on the gas-what fun" gurgled Miss Els
worth. "Has your table leaf, Kitty? And-oh look
at that duck of little ironing board! Wouldn't you
just love to have OF those to press your hand
kerchiefs?' she cried delghtedly. Her handker-
chief was edged with Duchesse.
Kitty tried to look interested; but felt bored She
reflected rather resentuly that Miss Ellsworth get
ting more fun from this romantic expedition than
she
"And this for your coffee-but you won't be making
coffee: cocoas much better for the nerves. said Miss
Ellsworth turning reluctantly from percoator demon
strator "Isnt that bully, though? No eggshells
needed And-oh Kitty, here just look at these cooky
cuttersal ditsy little hearts-oh, pshaw!' she broke
off, colorng unaccountably
"You amt cut it out yet, have youor said Kitty.
@Why I've never had chance yet, said Miss Els
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OME!' said Kitty, blinking her eyes very
fast before caseful of Italian silk under
wear. I'D rather get down on these
floors and scrub than go home and tell
her I've lost it! 'Kath-a-leen." she
mimicked her stepmother's high-pitched
tones. ~'Nice behavior for GIRL to be
leavin' home, with the work a piled up
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BY VERA EDMONDSON

with pride. "Why don't you come to work here too?
Why, Of course you could. Wait till read you some
thing She opened her notebook. There's round
hole for every round peg, she read trumphantly 3And
haven't | proved it?s She advanced her pet theory
with all the joyous certainty of nineteen.
"Isnt it something fierce up there in Help Wanted at
Christmas? asked Kitty family remembering rrmors.
Katherine Ellsworth pondered To extent, rumor
spoke truly but there other ways of shaping mat
yields the twenty invncble arguments Of nineteen
years and three dimples.
"Come with me-" she said finally. "They want new
girls in Auditing believe they you up there
right now"
THEREUPON she conducted Kitty to the seventh
floor, and fornalities concluded on the spot.
There soul-searching list of questions to be
answered with diplomatic naccuracy. Since she was
a friend of Miss Ellsworth's-
@And we'll pay her dollars start, said the Head
of ADULTS cordially.
@Six" cried Miss Ellsworth in dismay. 3Why we've
got it all figured ou She can just ivewthout clothes
for seven.
@Well We'll make it seven then" conceded the chief
Even Heads of ADULTS have their of extrava-
gance.
So it seven. Kitty mounted the high stool be-
fore her desk with repdaon due to the limitations Of
her hobbe; then almost fell off it closer inspection
with terrifying of black and red vertical lines at
desk itself extended almost Atlantic City down the
room and there many, many other grsh heads
below green dropghts bent low edgers, quite
though they understood them. Kitty stiffened with
apprehension
"Ths red line here said the kindly Head of ADULTS
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regarding her hopefully, looked IN
telligent, -"is where you bring forward
the amount of the last bill and its date of
payment. There are three classes of Janu-
airy credits, those with A, B, and c
ratings. A, beyond question; B, never
yet questioned; c, subject to question.
We always start a new girl on these, in
order not to confuse her. BY the time
Christmas is over we shall know exactly
what you're worth to u.s.
3Aw-yes,' said Kitty with bold face
and sinking heart.
IF there are any little points you don't
quite get at first, Miss Flanagan here"
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well qualif ed, but have left for greeller
fields elsewhere The demand for si, I'D; Il
instruc tors has been 80 strong tlat III
has not Il always been easy to procure
first class Ones. There is great @s1a, isaa
that theEd director DE i man Of some l,el-
n lanency and stability of purp oss sss1ld
one ofs consid Terra bic initiative lSssslsss
IN spite Of these drawbacks there ll.
been n 81 gradual impr ovement i'll a8 sssthe
work aceompl ished Last April sllIr
lNeraal took charge of this work. lilly
is}quiet and una IS ulnln gin ii ann er hut
knows llo hisssw ork and is not afraid to Sssdo
itsT He is always bus from early
q till late at nigh
cessantly to increase the effiici encM 5of
his department He interests himself
a IN every movement tina vii ia tthe
farmer and thus build up the fa farming he
Interest is in this community. He Isl not
unwilling to put his hand to the ploW.;,'
II by 50 doing he can better accomplish
his purpose. Under his guidance this
department Of our schools will become
q vital factor in the development Of this
section Of the state ls n 58 4. 5>ts 2&f
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The Board of Education has designat.
ed Sept. 1st as the opening day Of our
public schools, It is understood that
the first day will be needed by the
teachers to plan their work and to be-
come accustomed to their new sur
roundings. +.
After vacation which no doubt has
seemed short to some and long to
others, the boys and girls Of our city
and country will once again wend their
way to the school room to continue
the training that is preparing them for
ife's duties and responsibilities
Some left our ranks last June, never
to return as pupils. We wish them
success in whatever work they. may
engage during the years to come. Some
there are who will enter our public
schools this year for the first time.
Some will leave homes where love,
harmony, order and happiness have
prevailed; others will leave homes
where exactly. the reverse conditions
have prevailed. ~. =.
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grade in our schools, il such pupil or
pupils take industrial work offered to
these grades. Pupils attending grades
below the 18th will be required to pay
their own tuition. u h
All pupils from the four associated
districts (Nos,s7 %, AZ and SS) may at
tend any grade or special department.
of our schools without the payment Of
tuition. Other districts may have this
same privilege, if they care to associate
with the Warren schools. .
During the past year some unpleas-
antness was experienced in collecting
tuition from a few districts. However,
most of them paid it willingly after I'M
Outstanding that we were absolutely in
accord with the requirements of the
law, which plainly compels the district
to pay such tuition, II ~ N "a
The state believes that every school
district should furnish to every child
in the district a thorough education, as
a foundation for lifes work. If dis
trict does not do this land we know no
rural district does), it is the duty of
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better methods Of farming. Farmers
clubs have been organized and CON
Quoted with much interest and the
school house has served as q pleasant
and profitable meeting place during the
winter months The larger boys and
girls from these districts have been driv
en- to Warren one day each week and
the entire day has been devoted TO work
IN agric ulture, manual training and do
nestle economy. Contests have been
instituted and in this way q keen in
5terest engendered between the as,
ISOLATED district
All 81 these districts have progressive
men on their boards. We are sure
with the Go. operation of these men and
the teachers of these schools with the
superintendent : and the industrial
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Gunner Bodell and all the garden
ers from the Associated schools Wis
iting.
industrial life of their districts,
for in no other way can the best
results be accomplished for the
people residing in these districts.
The teachers of the Warren schools
desire to lend any aid possible to
the teachers in the Associated
schools, for in one sense all belong
to the same large district.
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Z 4
49, 49, Fay WadsWorth, Dist. 10; Lottie
tGreenley, Dist. SO.
The entire corps of teachers are
well qualified for the work for
which they have been engaged.
Nearly all Of our teachers this year
will arrive in Warren as strangers
ambitious to make the best possible
success. Whether or not they do so
will depend partly upon themselves
but also upon the support and en-
enlargement they receive from the
people Of the city.
Those who will have charge of
our Associated schools are well
suited for these positions. We hope
they may become interested in the
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MANUAL TRAINING DEpART, III.

Under the leadership Of a very able
instructor, MI. Foker, this department.
Of work had its birth in the Warren
schools. Beginning ii a small room with
very nllleeager equipment it has been nee
essary at different times to provide
more room and add to the equipment
Last winter FORCES We're. installed So
that the boys might ,do:some rudi1nenta-
ry work with iron. While this is be
ing written the carpenters and nlasons
are busy. in the basement fitting the
room formerly used for coal as a need
ed enlargement to our present quarters
for wood an iron work The basement
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Pupils having earned u high school
credits may substitute the normal
course Tor their last year IS the high
school This will entitle them not only
to graduate from the high school, but
also to- u first grade certificate from the
State perintende Of Education. az
II Those who have compl eted two years
of high school work may enroll il the
Normal department and On successfully
comple letting the years work will be-
granted q h second grade certificate.
Those who have earned four high school
credits may, with the superin dents
permission enroll ia this depa rtment,s
but such ones are not granite q certifi-
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OUR SCHOOL FARM

Fifteen years ago if some one
had advocated the introduction OF
courses in agriculture into our
schools, he would have been desig-
mated as was Columbus when he
claimed the earth to be round
instead Of fiat. He would
have been branded a crank,
fanatic, a likely candidate
minded. What a change has been
wrought in public opinion during
the past few years. How strange
that people should have been so
slow to realize that large part Of
a child's education should consist
in acquiring a knowledge of those
forces with which the child will
come in contact throughout its life
work. We have not yet begun to
realize how much there is to teach
q child about that with which he
comes in touch every day OF his
life. Something like five years ago
the first attempt was made to teach
Agriculture in a high school Of
Minnesota. At the present time all
the leading high schools Of the state
are Offering some Of the agricul-
tural courses. Now, those who
would oppose this movement, are
6onsiderd at least unpro oppressive, if
not unba lanced.
Many districts have leased or
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The 1913 Animal Husbandry class at work Judging
live stock at the spaulding farm, near Warren .7s

Agriculture; ]. Nevin Johnson, NJ.
try; Helen Baker, Domestic Econ
omy; Anna Costello, Normal; Lii
Ian English, 9Th grade 49,. 81
:: 18TH grade; Julia Rue, 9th q. w.
Bldg; Pearle Heslie, 18th and 9Th d.
s. Bldg; Helen Line oln, 9Th and 18th
w. Bldg; Jesamine Gould, 3rd and
4th w. Bldg; Edith Sine clair, 3rdl
tin; Myra Johnson, Science and Ma
thenatics, Librarian; Ole Neraal,
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bought tract Of land and desia
mated it, the School Farm. Our
School Farm consists Of nearly is
acres, owned by the district, and s
acres, belonging to the city and
used by the school for experiment
tai purposes This entire farm
was planted to crops this season
under the direction Of our agricul-
.tural director. Most Of these crops
are making q splendid showing Is
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the choice jobs are not held by physical
strength. Education viii not crawl in
to your head at night when you are
asleep Or while you loaf upon a street
corner sucking q cigarette. The thing
for you to do is to hike off to school
the very first morning and stay there.
Your holidays will come later when
you need them. '8 iss 45 &. n
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such district to pay for the further
education of it's children in some school
properly equipped to give the kind of
training desired. We therefore invite
young people to our school. Come with
the assurance that your district owes
it to you to give you this training.
. The Warren schools have always
had q large enrolment from the coun-
try. May the attendance this year be
larger than ever before. Come early
and get q good place to work for your
board and room. 5S /. n.
PRESENT SCHOOL BOARD
=. Lamberso n, Pres; Ed. Quist-
gard, Y. Pres; G. =. Stevens, Clerk;
G. a. Nelson, Treas; Aug. Lundgren,
%. Farrell. . 3.,
s SCHOOL FACULTY "a 1913 AND 1871
=. M. Mitchell, supt.; M. Lucia
Stitt, Prin. II. s.; English, Nora
Bake, Asst. Prin.;; German and La
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not only learn the rudiments Of sewing,
cooking, housekeeping and homemak.
ing, but the introd uction of such work
into the public schools has served %
lpopularize the everyday duties of the
home II IS more popular today to be
q good housekeeper and q good cook
than it was a few years ago I 3.5S
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and 4th 4. s. Bldg; Hazel Isle, 1st
and 2nd ~. Bids q IA Wood, 1st
and 2nd a. S. Bldg.
. In the assoc iated schools the
teachers will be as follows: Edith
Head, Dist. Anna Cheney, Dist.
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young man, notice that You are
not i'm school any more. What's the
matter? Think you have received
enough education to carry you through
the world? Or do you stay out just
because you do not like to go? Didn't
like the teacher, Ell? Well, let me tell
you that you will find the meanest
teacher on earth now a dream of love
beside some Of the bosses you will work
under in the cold and unfeeling years
you will pillow into when you have
to get out and hustle for yourself. i
Education is the most valuable thing
in the world to man, but to a boy it
comes the cheapest It costs you moth
ing now to get that for which many a
man in this town would give all that
he has to possess. You have the win
ming number in the lottery of education
if you play it now. Loaf around for a
few years and you will always be on a
blank. a.,
1T is true that any man can make a
living, but you will notice that the
fellows who do it with their brains and
muscles combined have an easier time
Of it than those who are compelled to
do it with their muscles alone.
''At the present stage Of the game
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Andy and Harry Morkassel, rak-.
ing hay;two wide-awake boys, one
Hand the other IA. Both are in the
school garden contest, and the old
er lis also in the One Acre Corn con
test. s.: ~:
seem pleased that they took this pro-
gressive step. We have in various
ways sought to interest the children in
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Ipr az ling such pupil takes any 81 the
industrial y n work ii the high school
The district from which such pnpil
attends asE q must pay this tuition 100
per mont = will be charged non, associ-I
etc districts for each pupil from such
district VINO attends the 7th Or 8th
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OUR HIGH sC:lH'O or =.

The attendance il the high school
this year will break All previous
records. The incoming class is about
twice as large as classes heretofore have
been. For the past three years we have
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AGRICULTURAL L / DEPARTMENT.

"A The experience of this department.
has been somewhat chez ered, owing
to constant change of Instructors,
some Of whom have been misfts and
unable to shoulder the resp nsibilites
Of such a. position. Some have been
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and high school teachers, there are four
special teachers, each directing, the
work in a department. .s. %.
The adding Of these departments to
our. high schools has necessitated the ex-
penditure Of consid erable money. How
ever, the state has been SO anxious to
see these special lines Of work, pursued,
that she has aided these departments
to such an extent financially that there
has been no extra burden placed upon
the tax payer. r. n I
Minnesota does not aid any school in
order to decrease reasonable rate Of
school tax, but rather that a school
may be made more efficient without an
undue increase in taxation. II rs,
Our state says to school district,
Spend more money in your district in
order to have better school and / will
help you to bear the extra expense
b We believe the work in our special
departments has as rule been salts
factory. The outlook for the work in
these departments at the present time
is brighter than ever before ,$ ,.t FL
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NORMAL DEP TsIENT Il.

Doubtless 10 department. Of the Min
nesota highschools has proven more
useful than the. Normal This was
added to meet q very strong demand
for better trained teachers for the rural
schools ~ large number Of our high
school graduates become teachers and
for this very reason should be trained
for that work before they leave school.
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cate comp citing the year q work.
However the crs dts above per cent
earned ~ ny these wi tbes accepted III
place az xalnina ion Tor q teach
3ers' certificate
las Anna Costello, who will have,
charge ~ this = ~ during the coming
year, has had much experience il.
rural, graded and high schools, besides
beng 4 grad uate from the advanced
scouIs \ il ~ state normal school. U
he granting Of third grade certifi..
Gates by d Minnesota county superiin-
dent Is i now forbid den by law. Those
VINO have been teaching on such Ger
sstifcates may take u this course on the
ne omme nda tion of the count Il superi rim
: IS By 50 doing they may earn a
certificate. ~ 5s n ok i. III
Ss fterf he year A 81 . no teacher 4 can
procure III first grade certificate without
MT leas n one years normal training. It.
therefore behooves all who can to take.
advantage Of the normal course offered
si, the Narren schools. 35 81. III .
II. 5! OUR ASSOCIATED SCHOOLS !.
D1llillg the past year four rural
schools have been associated with the
Warren A schools under the provisions of
the Putnam. Law. v With but, few ex-
ceptions, the people Of these districts
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DOMESTIC ECONOMY.

This department. with a special teach
er was regularly. installed in our schools
two years ago, under the efficient man
agement Of Miss Alta Newcomb, who
remained with us two years. Miss
Baker, who will have charge Of the
work during the coming year, will see
that q change Of teachers will mean no
falling off in the quality Of results ac-
complished. Her experience il the
agricultural school at Spring Valley
should fit her well for this place il our
schools. In this department the girls
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tt4Iachers Of the Warren schools and
with the loyal support q the county
saperiint endent better work may be
done during the year before usI than
ever before.
TUITION CHARGED NON-ASSOCI-
Al,TED DISTRICTS
i M CHARGE TO AssOCIATED
I..3I DISTRICTS Il
N "A tuition Of $$2. 90 per month for each
pupil from q nonsasso ciated district
will be charged fors this school year,
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is being deepened and . cement floor put
in. It is also being plastered overhead
and more light is to be admitte On the
north and east. Mr.. johnson, with his
charac teristic energy and enthusiasm,
will continue to look after this work
during the coming year
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This view how
and each numbered from In this
9 Minnesota No. % raised Munger
Department
High School during the latter part of April,
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All will come together to the teacher
whom they have never seen before.
May the school room become to them
as soon as possible a real home and
may the teacher be to them as true
mother! We welcome these little ones
to our schools and wish for them that
their, first year in school may be a year
of helpfulness, year Of happiness. 3