The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-06-11
ply in many of the rural schools
for our boys and girls.

ply In many of the rural schools
for our boys and girls.
Men and women of tomorrow
should have good water to drink
and plenty Of it. Riverside
township has q centralized school
and a good cistern. The chill
dren are supplied with an fabun-
dance of good drinking water.
CONSOLIDATION
Consolidation of the schools
In each township is by far the
best system. The results of
consolidation are, longer term of
school, nine months, large r
classes, greater competition in
class work, more interest and
better work accomplished. Less
expense in teachers salary and
in coal. One or two teachers
can do the work in place of
three or four teachers.
Consolidation means transport
tation for a few c h i | d r e n.
Transportation means ten, twen-
ty, thirty or forty cents per day,
for travelling to school. In other
words transporta>io ion means a
little money for the children to
help buy books and clothing.
Consolidation of schools will
lower your taxes and at the
same time give your children
better advantages in school.
Eight grades with forty chill
dren is too much work and is too
strenuous for one teacher. Two
rooms and two tea hers in the
center of each township would
supply ample instruction for all
of the children. One room and
one teacher for the first five
grades and provide a t h e r
room and employ a second teach
er for the sixth, seventh, eighth
aud ninth grades. Yes, the
ninth grade or some of it at
least, such as Physical Gecgra
ply and American Literature
along with eighth grade review
work.
Inland township has had a central
lied school for two wears. They
have a nice large school room, we'll
furnished with the necessary sup
plies. They employ one teacher to
instruct and manage forty-seven pu-
pills. The total cost for teachers
wages for last year was four hun
dred sixty-one dollars and seventy
cents ($46l. 70). The total cost of
transportation was one hundred
twenty-five dollars and ninety cents,
1922. 90.) Grand total for nine
monts of school was five hundred
eIghty-four dollars and sixty-fve
cents 1854, So Expense for ample
instruction for all of the children in
the township.
Logan township runs four schools
to educate forty. two pupils. The
cost of teachers wages for this year
runs I'D over fourteen hundred dol.
lars Isl, 40O) and they only have
seven months of school. They used
four times as much coal as Inland
used.
Logan township should consoli-
date their schools in place Of build
ing another school house. Talk over
consolidation at your annual school
election, June Is, and vote for con
solidation. 1t is an extravagant
waste of money to run four or five
schools in one township,
st. Lawrence township runs too
many schools. Two rural schools in
the east half would be a great
plenty. Have all of the pupils in
the west half attend the city school.
Rec Heights township has consol-
idated their schools. All of the rur-
al pupils are transported to the city
school. where they have the very
best of school advantages; st. Law
renee might try the plan of consol-
idation for next year and save two
hundred dollars per month On teach
er's wages. The money used for
coal in the rural schools might be
saved this wear and given to the
children for transportation.
In travelling over this county dur
ing the past three years | have
found many townships like Rose
Hill. Hubert. Harrison and Como.
where it would seem like an impossi-
biIity to consolidate their schools.
They will have to have one school
east of the hills and one school west
of the hills Nearly all of the rest
of the townships might consolidate
with success
May Rudd.