The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-05-22
GOVERNOR VISITED
COMSTOCk SCHOOL
"FATHER" OF THE FIRST CON-
SOLlDATED SCHOOL IN CLAY
COUNTY WRITES LETTER TO
THE FORUM AND TELLS ALL
ABOUT 1T,

To The Forum: We have often
seen in your columns for the last year
about the consolidation of schools in
Clay county, Minnesota, and more Of
ten we have seen in your columns
about the consolidated schools at
Rustad and Glyndon, but we have not
either heard or seen much in your
columns from the Comstock CONSOLE
dated school. The Comstock consolt-
dated school is the pioneer, in fact,
the first erected in the state Of Min
nesota, therefore the Comstock con-
solidated school is the mother" to
those s%pringing up during the last
few years. The state officials have
watched and attended the progress
and success of such rural schools.
The rural school districts of Comsto2ll
have found that this undertaking has
been a success in every way. and
especially since we have performed
according to the state laws, We have
succeeded in getting a large state aid,
which has reduced the taxes to a
minimum, this of course, owing to the
large number of pupils attending, u
school.
Our Governor Eberhart, has himself
taken a dep interest in our under
taking, and he has been often heard
expressing himself Of the great sue
cess hat the Comstock consolidated
school has attained and of which he
is justly proud. We have seen in the
last couple months that Governor
Eberhart and officials were to come
and dedicate the new consolidated
schools at Rustad and Glyndon, which
are daughters" of the COmstock con-
]solidated schools. Governor Eberhart
and officials were invited to dedicate
the Rustad and Glyndon schools, but
since he had taken such an individual
interest in the ComstOck consolidated
rural school, he concluded that "She"
was a mother of other rural CONSOLE
dated schools, consequently he came
and visited that school before visiting
her "daughters.'
We made arrangements with the
Great Northern officials to attach an
extra coach on Tuesdays fast mail
between Fargo n Breckenridge,
which arrived here at Has. The gov
ernOr n party were met at the
depot and in the school wagon were
taken to the school house, which was
filled with children and their parents
awaiting their coming.
AS the governor and his party, with
the Hazelton quartette, walked into
gave the school yell" Following the
i eli ollS NllIllICSOld VII NV Nl'S
HazeltOn quartette gay some fine
singing, after which Governor Eber-
hart was introduced to the audience.
The governor made a fine impression
on young and old and said in part,
that he would not see the daughters
without seeing their mother first"
Following Governor Eberhart was MI.
Phillips, and DR.. O.. J.. Hagen gave a
speech. After exercises were over,
Governor Eberhart and party were
taken over to David Askegaard's to
dinner, awaiting there until 2:05 for
the fast mail to take them to Rustad.
Orr school superintendent, Miss
Rushfeldt did not accompany the
party to Comstock but got off at Rus
tad to help and dress the overgroWn
child before the arrival of the COVER
nor and party who were to dedicate
it in the Afternoon. The governor and
party after the exercises at Rustad
drove to Wild Rice, N. D. where they
tool a train on the Milwaukee for
Fargo on their way to Glyndon to
dedicate the second daughter" in the
Samuel Halland.