Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-12-10
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Why We Need a New School Build
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The present age is an age of GRO
gress, an age. in which every man
is a specialist. People are sue
ceeding i'm every line of business
because they have not been afraid
to use new methods and to adopt
| themselves to the demands ofsthe
age. They have been able toSssdo
this because they have been. edit
Gated for their. work which, year
by year, demands more intensive
education. 49,
The public schools of today|are
institutions where several kinds 3of
trades are taught, their curnicq1-
huns having been changed so that
the subjects offered are more prac.
.tical than they have FORMERLY
been. When a school has thus
broadened its curriculum, it has al
so increased its attendance, which
fact has called for greater seating
capacity and special laboratories.
We, in Warren, have made this
change in our curriculum, but have
nag no addition to OUR school
building. We therefore need a new
high school building. Under. the
present conditions, we are very
much crowded. Our assembly room
seats but siNty-two, while there
are one hundred nine enrolled, and
some of the freshmen have to sit
IN the adjoining room. The reason
for this crowded condition is that
the country around us is settling
up and the Putnam school system
is attracting many of these settlers
TO our schools. Then. too, there
are not so many of the eighth grade
pupils getting discouraged and
dropping out because they are
learning that education is needed
for success in life. For proof of
this fact. look at our Junior and
Freshman classes. The Juniors
have just about the same number
now as when they were Freshmen
and the Freshmen have lost but
three from the eighth in town and
have gained five from the country
districts.
We need a new school building
because the ventilating system THAT
we now have is very defective.
Each pupil should have two thou
sand cubic feet of air per hour. If
we were to meet this demand, we
would have to change, the air fif-
teen times an hour, which is now
impossible to d.. Co.,.
I Another important reason why
we need new high school building
is that we are not up to the rules
for state aid. We should have
about twice as much room in both
the Manual Training and Domes-
tic Economy departments.
In the Manual Training depart
ment, we need higher and better
lighted rooms. Space for work
which has been completed is need
ed and this : same noon could be
used for a finishing room. There
should be a separate room in
which to keep lumber for season.
ing. When the lockers, machin-
fery, benches, lumber, work and fin
ished pieces are all kept in the
same room, there is much confu-
sion, and the finished pieces are
not in as good condition as they
would be otherwise.
The Domestic Economy depart
ment needs two rooms for cooking
and sewing. They now have bua
one. We have twenty-five pupils
in one sewing class and space for
but sixteen. This means THAT the
pupils must alternate and thus get
but half the work that they would
| otherwise get in the same time. A
large pantry is also needed for this
department, in which to keep all
| the victuals, extra utensils and
canned goods. H. .@.r =<@
Agriculture is another industrial
! subject which the Warren High
School is now teaching. The agri-
cultural department is also crowd
ed. It needs two laboratories soil
and dairy; a room where reference
books, bulletins and 'demonstra-
ting materials could be kept; and
space where exhibits can be pre-
served under glass. The agricul-
tural work is perhaps the most
popular Of all. There ARE forty
seven pupils in the classes and be-
sides, every Friday there are about
thirty-five pupils from the country
who come in for agriculture, Do
nestle Economy and Manual Train
ling. v.
The nigh school also needs three
other laborato ries physics, chem
istry and zoology.
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