The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-05-29
STUDENTS ASK
BOARD TO HAVE
SUMMER CLASS
Manual Training Pupils Express
Desire to Make Best of Long
Vacation Days.
SAMPSON TO WATCH
CONSTRUCTION WORK
Park Commission Complain That
Children Are Destroying
Trees on BuleVard.

Sixty-two sixth grade pupils Of the
public schools have signed an agree
ment to work in the manual train
ing department during the summer
months, provided the school board
engages the services of an instructor.
This matter was brought before the
board at it's meeting last night and af-
ter some discussion, as to the advis-
ability of conducting this department,
the matter was referred to COM
mittee consisting of Directors Erwin
and Holly to report at the next meet
ing of the board.
The question Of securing power for
the running of the machinery in this
department and the addition of new
machinery will be gone into and If
matters can so be arranged, the boys
will be given an opportunity to spend
the long vacation in doing something
that will be of great value to them in
the future.
President w. H. Eaton is toking a
great deal Of interest in the manual
training department and takes great
pride in showing visitors the work
done by the students. "The innovation
of running the manual training de-
partment during the summer months
meets with my hearty approval" said
President Eaton last night, "and the
training which the boys will receive
in this respect will be of inestimable
value to them in the future. will 90
all | can to help this matter to a
successful end and am convinced that
the other members of the board are
as equally enthusiastic as l am. Mr.
Welland, the manual training instruc-
tor, has signified his willingness to
remain here during vacation time and
take charge of the department and l
am sure that the boys will take
enough interest in the work to Wor-
rant the board in going ahead with
the proposition"
Seventy-three eighth grade pupils
have Sipnified their intention OF en-
tering the high school for the next
term. The influx Of pupils to the
higher department will necesitate the
CHANGING about Of some of the grades
in the Technical building and it is
the intention of Supt. Colgrove tc
transfer the eighth grade pupils from
that building to the Roosevelt in or
der to provide more room for the
students of the high school. Other
changes are contemplated by the sup
erintendent in various departments
and general Encouragement will have
taken place by the time school opens
for the fall term.
James P. Sampson has been en-
gagged by the board to supervise the
construction of the new Southside
school building now being erected. Mr.
Sampson has been instructed to bt
on the job at all times.
Complaint was made by the parl
commissioners that some of the schoo
children are doing damage to the tree:
of the boulevards and asked that thu
superintendent be requested to in
struct the teachers of the differen
departments to warn the boys agains
doing further damage to the property
The Dooley Quintette, college or
ganization from Alabama, was grant
ed the privilege Of using the Roose
velt auditorium on next Tuesday eve
ming for the purpose of giving con
cert. This organization is touring
the country in an effort to raise fund
for the support Of the college and it
hoped that there will be large al
tendance that evening and give finan
cial aid toward the education of tn
negroes Of the south.