Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-01-25
one COUNTRY boy OUT Of
zoo FINISHES HIGH SCHOOL
tendance of country boys and consol,
idated school activities.
5, Rural School Teacher.

tendance of country boys and consol.
idated school activities.
8. Rural School Teacher.
A plea is made for more and better
trained and paid teachers in the ru.
raj schools; for a foot.note item
shows that a majority of the rural
teachers have completed only the
eighth grade and hold only a second.
class elementary certificate. This is
described as a plain case OF the
blind leading the blind" Also, the
average annual wage is given as
$35S.26; or on the 12-month basis. as
the report states it, "the princcly sal
airy of $29.85 per month" In the
schools inspected these conditions
are better. of course. hut these are
the conditions in the majority Of the
rural schools.
4. Country Boys.
Twelve pages are devoted to The.
subject Of country boys in relation to
poor attendance. 1t is shown that in.
the schools inspected 1426 country
boys were kept out of school in via
latiOn of law for varying periods of
time. some of which we're owes three
months; but for all rural schools in
AZ counties reporting 1922 country
ooys between the ages of s and Is,
inclusive, were kept out of school 60
days, or more, in violation Of law.
One table.diagram shows that only Z
per cent of the country boys complet-
ed the eighth grade and only one-half
of / per cent completed the high
school. These conditions are analyz.
ed in the report and dare character.
lied as appalling" and brutal" The
specific remedy suggested is the en-
tightening and arousing of the public
conscience to the necessity of secur-
ing a better enforcement of the com.
pulsory attendance law.
S. Rural School Attendance.
This topic is introduced in the re.
port with the statement, 1.-THE great.
est defect in the rural school has been
and is now. the poor attendance"
The average term for the rural
schools inspected is S.S months, and
the per cent of attendance, s.: but
the average term for all rural schools
is only Z months with 60 per cent at
tendance.
6. Consolidation Of Rural Schools.
The most important part of the re-
port is undoubtedly that devoted to.
the Consolidation of Rural Schools"
A complete list is given Of consOli.
dated schools in the state that were
in existence last August. One table
gives IS open country consolidated
schools, a second table of lis town
consolidated schools, and a third table
gives the total number of consolidat.
ed schools by counties as 100. This
last table shows that Towner county
is first, with Is; Cavalier second.
with u; Rolette third, with II; Ram
sey fourth, with 10; Cass and Nc
Heny fifth, with 9 each, and Nelson
and Hettinger sixth, with s each. All
but 7 counties have n or more con.
s0lidated schools. There is an in.
crease of As consolidated schools in
one year, which is greater than the
total for five years preceding, The
subject is discussed under eight heads,
the principal one of which is, "'Bene'
fits of Consolidation Consolidation
is commended and urged in no uncer.
tain terms by the inspector.
J z Rural School Sanitation.
The Introductory statements to this
topic are: Health is the most price
less possession of childhood" and
"Yet in many rural schools, the health
of children is seriously impaired" II
is discussed urfter. the: following
heads: az Lighting; ~ Heating
and Ventilating; ~ Closets or Out
houses; (4) Water; (5) General SAM
tary Provisions. A plea is made fol
medical inspection in connection with
better sanitary provisions for the
safeguarding of health.
8. Classified Elementary Schools.
The appendix table gives the mum
Der of classified elementary schools
by kind and counties as eisscladfiSH
by kind and counties as classified last
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