Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-05
MANY VISIT new
SCHOOL BUILDING
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work Is standard in every respect.
Once more i congratulate you and
your citizens upon the good work that
you have done in erecting this splen-
did building, and feel sure that the
entire community will profit by the
practical work and culture that your
Hstudents will carry out into your COM
munity.''
Following the address of Mr.. Nc
Clenahan, Major E: M. Carr address
ed the audience in few we'll chosen
words. Mr.. Carr congratulated the
High school scholars and the people Of
Manchester generally on the compile
ton Of their comfortable, sanitary and
beautiful High school building. He
referred briefly to the differences in
school conditions here in Iowa at the
present time and those OF fifty years
ago, cautioning, however, against the
dangers that lurked near the path
ways OF ease and comfort: AS a rule,
hardships and trials were necessary
for the development OF the best quail
ties in boy or girl. He urged all
school children to be kind, to be def
erential and above all else, to be
trusty. He assured all those who
could win the distinction Of be1ne
trrsty that the gateway to success
was swinging wide open, for them.
Since visiting the school on Fri
day, Inspector McClenahan has Sent
| to Superintendent Inman his report
which will be Of interest to the tau
payers Of the indepndent school dis
trict. 1t will be remembered thai
Mr.. McClenahan's report Of condition.
as he found them a year ago wac
/ such that the Manchester High schoo
would have been d-opped from the
North Central association.
/ The North Central is an asso
citation Of High schools, colleges
and universities OF about twent,
OF the north central states. Pu
pills finishing the course Of stud!
in a North Central High schoo
are admitted to the colleges and uni
versities without examination. This
is the highest rank that a High
school can receive.
Following is Mr. McClenahan's re
port regarding the school at the
present time:
Des Moines, Iowa, Feb. l, 1913
Supt. j. r. Inman, 81
Manchester, Iowa. ss
Dear Mr.. Inman:
1 am very glad indeed that l had
the opportunity to visit your High
school and look over the conditions
IS they exist today and compare then
with what l found in your school one
year ago. As you probably. know,
called your attention to the condi.
tons last year in which you were not
meeting the North Central Associ'
alton. am very glad indeed to tell
you that at the present time you
are meeting these conditions and that
after my inspection of the work l am
entirely satisfied with the conditions
that 1 found at Manchester. Your
new building will relieve the congest.
ed. conditions which you had last
year. You now have room for your
labratory and library and also room
for students, both resident and nom
resident, and want to congratulate
you and your board of education shd
the citizens Of Manchester most
heartily upon the good building that
you have erected. To say was de-
lighted with the conditions as found
them is putting it mildly. With your
present equipment, your modern con-
veniences in the way Of manual train
ing, domestic science laboratory, gym
nasium, baths, etc, your able teach
ing force, makes it possible for you
to do as strong work as can be found
L certainly want to ex-
press my greatest appreciation of the
way in which you have met the prob
lens that you had to solve. I am
sure under the present conditions that
your students will 60 out BETTER
equipped for their life work and that
the people of your community will
be benefited by the things that have
been done. %
Wishing you every success in your
work, and trusting that may have
the opportunity to see you and your
school often, I am
Yours very truly,
J. E. McCLENAHAN,
Inspector Of Secondary Schools.