Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-11-04
BOARD DECIDES To
LICENSE TEACHERS
HOLDS GRADUATES IN NORMAL
SCHOOL SHORT COURSE
ELIGIsLE.

ToIbo 6hADuATES IN NORMAL
SCHOOL SHORT COURSE
ELIGIBLE.
STATE CAPITOL HAPPENINGS
Events Of General Interss, In Mime.
sofa Condensed and Revised for
The Greater Convenience
Of Busy Readers.
st. Paul.
st. Paul.-Graduates Of state nor
NAL schools in the three-year profess
sional course will be eligible here
after to teach in the ninth year of a
nigh school system, according to an
agreement made between the State
High School board and representa-
tives of the normal schools and Nor
mai School board at the Capitol.
In state graded schools doing high
school work, the normal school grad
yates OF the three-year course will be
eligible to teach the ninth and tenth
years. Beyond the tenth year qualifi-
cations of high school teachers In
graded schools shall be the same as
those of high school teachers In regu-
lar state high schools.
The State High School board voted
to reconsider it's previous action in
Withholding the annual state aid from
the Mankato school, This action was
taken as the result of the adoption
by the Mankato school board Of
resolution disseminating Bible and
and prayer reading at opening exer-
cises.
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Plea For Prairie Chickens.
Ducks are plentiful, prairie chickens
are scarce and cartridges are few and
far between, according to reports
from Minnesota hunting regions to
Carlos Avery, fish and game commits
sioner. A wet, cold spring is held to
blame for the comparative lack of
chickens.
1T Is shame to kill what few
chickens are left" wrote John Huderle
of Mcleod county.
Ducks are said to abound in Roseau.
Pine, Itasca, Jackson, Nicollet, Stearms
and Watonwan counties.
Hunters are more and more i'm
pressed with the apparent passing of
the prairie chicken. Past activities Of
sportsmen as we'll as unfavorable
weather for propagation of the birds
these game birds.
North of the Thief river chickens
are reported scarce Other eommuni-
ties that report few of these birds are
Mahnomen, Pine, Itasca, Renville,
Stearns, Lake, st. Louis, Kittson, Mar
shall, Hennepin and Ramsey counties.
271,137 Public School Children.
Public school figures for the fiscal
year 1914-15, compiled under the d.
rection of Dr. c. G. Schulz, state su-
perintendent of education, show an in
crease in enrolment of 22,246 over
the previous year, making a total of
271,137 public school children in the
state. Two hundred and ninety new
schools were erected, raising the
total number of buildings to 1884.
There are 221 high schools, 241 grad
ed schools and 143 consolidated
schools, the increase in the latter
class being highly encouraging as it
is only four years since the consolida-
ton movement began in Minnesota.
To instruct the army of children there
were employed 1873 teachers, an in
crease of 1,040 over the previous
school year.
Requires 10000 Checks.
More than 10000 checks will be re-
CURED to apportion the $1,500,000
state school aid fund which Walter J.
Smith, state treasurer, Is distributing
among Sc counties. The county au.
ditors draw s,043 drafts on the state
treasurer, that being the number of
school districts sharing In the distri-
button, and the county treasurers
draw checks payable to the school
district treasurers. This makes q
total of 1912 checks. The apportion-
ment this year Is based on an aver
age enrolment of 421,772 pupils. The
per capita allotment is 1855.
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To Dispose of Rate Case.
The railroad and warehouse COM
mission on Nov. 10 will take up with
counsel representing the Chicago
Great Western railway the question
of disposing of one of the Minnesota
rate cases which has never been tried,
though complaint was fled in 1907.
Railroad Brings 100000.
There were only two bidders and
only one bid for the Mississippi, Hill
City & Western railway, which was
sold at public auction for 5000, 900.
They got it. The sale took place on
the front steps of the state capitol and
was attended by only few persons.
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telegraph Company Appeals.
The Western Union Telegraph COM
pany has appealed to the supreme
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