The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-08-25
Redwood County
May Take Pride in
HerCounty SChooIs
Eight Fine New Buildings Now.
Being Erected; County Has
IL Semi Graded Schools
BUILDINGS ALL MODERN
Schools Made HOmelike And De-
signed for Community Cen
terS as Well as Educational

signed Tor community Gen.
ters as Well as Educational
No one thing marks so well
the progress of a nation or a
community as does the improve
ments in their school systems
and in the care they exercise for
the welfare of their greatest
crop, the boys and girls. Judg-
ing from this standard, Redwood
County has made a wonderful
progress in the last few years
and indications are strong that
the progress in the future will
be just as strong and just as
remarkable.
Within the past three years
six semi-graded schools have
been organized in the county,
making a total of twelve schools,
which have two teachers instead
of one as formerly. Six of these
schools are in the rural districts.
Eight new buildings in the
county have been erected or are
about to be built. These include
District 4, Redwood Falls town.
ship; District 70, Waterbury;
District 81, Willow Lake; Dis
trict AZ, Springdale; District 81,
Lamberton; Dist. Is, Shutdown;
Dist. 40, Brookville; Dist. 80,
Vesta; Work owbeingdone on
all except two of these buildings
and as soon as contractors can
be procured for those two, their
construction will be started.
Buildings Modern
The ''little red schoolhouse"
Of the old days has gone, In its
place is found a well-designed
and conveniently planned mod
ern building, good to look upon
and better still to work in, each
,EE 5off the new buildings having a IL
brary with bookshelves and
drawers, many of them with full
Easements and furnaces, large
porches, hard wood floors and
interior finish, inside toilets or
model outhouses with cement
vaults and ventilators, and the
whole homelike enough to at
tract not only the pupils but
their parents, thereby making
the school building a commun-
iy centre which is the strongest
factor known in true education.
District Z
Out in District Z, the Riley
district, is a new building which
has been occupied since last
Christmas, which is a revelation
in rural school building. This is
a two-room building with full
basement, which is designed to
be a splendid community room
within short time. Well lighted,
we'll heated and ventilated, and
with two acres Of land for a
play ground and lawn, the place
presents an ideal workshop for
parents, pupils and teachers.
District IS
In the Arends District, No.
70, a new building very similar
to the Riley school, i3 now in
process of construction. This
building will be fitted with two
basement furnaces and indust-
rial rooms. In addition to yard
of two acres surrounding the
building, the District has pro-
cured a half-acre across the
road and on this will be built a
community barn. This new
school will be known as the
Pratt school, named in honor of
Mrs. Adella Pratt, superintend-
ent of county schools.
District 81 !
| In District "a the school Off
GERS, VIM. Khuel, VIM. Khuen
and Anton Stitch, have worked
hard and thoughtfully to give
their district one of the best
one-room buildings in the coun-
| ty, and just how well they have
succeeded is shown by a COM
parison of the old building still
standing, with the new one
which is nearly completed. The
new building is a splendid one
room school with library, cloak
rooms, fuel room with outside
entrance, large covered porch,
and the interior finished in fir.
Trees have already been set out,
/ the building is equipped with
/ flag pole, and by next autumn
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