The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-04-24
the PUBLIC SCHOOL AS A CONNER
C|Al ASSET TO The COMMUNITY

of the population, and vies with any
commercial club in advertising
town.
A business man counts advertising
as part of the necessary cost of con-
, Quoting an enterprise. A commercial
club hires a permanent secretary and
expects to get an adequate return on
the investment. The public school
does a large and efficient amount of
advertising for a city, which the aver
age tax payer never takes into consid-
GRAFTON. AS farmers reach a sufficient
degree of prosperity and their chill
dren demand increased educational
advantages, they naturally move to
the town which has the school Of the
greatest reputation in the vicinity.
Men of families, in any line of work
always consider the school before 10.
eating for permanent residence. Thus
in school taxes is also invested a sum
for advertising which is sure to
bring substantial returns.
Valley City is becoming known not
only in this state but beyond it's
bounds, as desirable residence and
school town. 1t is we'll known fact
that every fall sees large number
of people, who are planning to put
their children in school, seeking
houses. An influx of population, in
creased demand for houses, and in
creased rents are certainly of some
commercial value to the town.
In our local high school there is a
i total of forty-one nonresident pupils.
This does not include the pupils
whose parents are living here for the
express purpose of keeping them In
,, school. These pupils, Of course, must
find rooming and boarding places
which would mean a probable expen-
diture, placing it at the low figure of
81 per week, of about $1,000 during
the year. This, of course, does not
include the other expenditures they
are certain to make, which cannot be
estimated.
Any community eagerly welcomes a
new business enterprise to it's midst
The Valley City public schools are
really business concern of some lit
tie Importance. They employ a staff
Of twenty-nine teachers with a total
monthly pay roll of $234S.25. Besides
the regular teaching force they have
in their employ an office girl, the med
ical inspector, three janitors and a
driver with total monthly pay roll
of S345.55. This makes for nine
months in the year total in salaries
of $25,144.25 and by far the greater
part of this is expended in Valley City.
| The domestic science and manual
training departments patronize local
| dealers to the extent of about $3.50 per
year, and this does not include gas,
water and light. The citizens of Val
ley City should feel that the school is
one of its business establishments,
which is doing a great deal to pro-
mote the interest of the "ity
The Valley City schools hold a uni
que position which should be Of in
terest to all thinking citizens. This
is in connection with the large num-
Der of boys enrolled in it's classes. In
the upper grades where boys usually
begin to drop out, we find in some
grades in Valley City a larger per-
centage of boys than girls. and in
all cases the percentage is equally
large. In the high school we find the
percentage of 47.5 boys which is I'M
usually high for high school attend
ance. The benefit to the community
of keeping these boys in school as
we'll as their increased efficiency can
not be overestimated.
Creditable school buildings never
fail to attract the attention of travel
ers and visitors in the city. Well
kept school premises are a great inn
provement to any city. School build
ings built along approved plans of san
itation and comfort are worth many
dollars to the community in safe
guarding the public health, and Valley
City has been singularly free from
epidemics of disease. Taking every
thing into consideration, the public
schools of the city should be regarded
as the income of a very profitable in
vestment.