The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-10-29

now 10 do carpenter work.
, only aheut 6 per cent OF the boys
and girls go 10 college. IL is our mis-
SIGN here to deal with the 80 per cent
who never reach college, as well as
the per cent who do. We want to
manufacture the right Kind OF men
and women, equipped to face the
practical side OF life, right here In
this community instead OF sending
them somewhere else to be manufac-
tured. We want to see the children OF
poor people have an equal chance cr
obtaining an education with the chill
dren OF the rich. rex
Fewer Teachers Needed.
mine teachers are employed nov,
while ten were employed I'm the six
districts. including the town, before.
The expense Ct maintaining. the one
school Is less than the five rural and
one town school. Il not only Is adyan-
tageous from an economical stand
point, but gives the child every ia
cility that city school affords and
the advantages Of the country, too.
The people here are so well
pleased with the consolidated dis
trict plan, furnishing free transporta-
ton to central building well
equipped with all the modern advan
tages, they do not hesitate TO urge
other regions to adopt the plan"
Edward Jenkins. cashier OF the Farm
ers Bank OF Jameson, said: The
farmers are largely responsible for
the school. Five members OF the board
are farmers and the one who lives in
town is a retired farmer. They real
lied the inefTiciency OF the ordinary
rural school such as we have all over
the state. They want their children
to be better equipped In a more
practical way, to have the same ad-
vantages the cities afford i'm an edu-
cational way They now have II and
they are proud of il. Two efforts have
been made to dissolve tho district, but
the fact they were defeated each
time with an increased majority
shows how we'll pleased the people
are.
Each wagon carries fifteen to
twenty children to and from school
each day. There are $50 boys and
girls OF school ages within the distric,
which has population of about one
thousand and an assessed valuation
OF 100000. Each driver receives $50
a month. II costs Sl,l92 month TO
meet all the expenses OF the school,
which has nine months term.
That means the school is run cheaper
per child than under the old system,
with the. high school facilities added.
There are six teachers I'm the grade
school and three In the high school.
" b. Sheldon, principal OF the high
school, who will have charge OF tho
agricultural work, Is graduate oil
the Kansas Agricultural college.
When school was out last summer he
hired himself to a. farmer and did
farm work until school opened. That
Is the way he obtains practice as well
as theory. He and Mr.. Brown. the
superintendent, were born and raised
I'm that community. as were Miss
Doris Callahan, Miss Gertrude Min
nick, Miss, Navel Harman, Miss Lille
/ Sabens, Miss Leaffia Thompson and
MAs Ethel Gottiieb, the other teach
ers. The members OF the board arc
Samuel J. Clark, president; william
Prichard. secretary; NJ. o. Pugh
treasurer: A. 4. Giseburt, W. 4
Feort, Clark Feort.
Aid From The State.
"Thc three things we emphasize IN
this school are agriculture, domestic
science and manual training" Mr.
Brown said. The :, grounds will ot
made ATTRACTIVE to be in keeping will
the building. Farming and gardening
will be carried on. Vocational train.
ing is of great Importance. The chill
dren can receive IL here, while the,
couldn't in the small country school
The Fairgrounds will be equipped ant
made so attractive that instead of 60
ing to town the boys will be out her,
at play and recreation that builds al
instead of tears down. Wc.plan to keel
something going OH here all the tim,
for their entertainment and instruc
ton. We want to turn out well de
yeloped boys and girls equipped {,
meet the problems of life.
"By ercCting tho kind OF Luiliin,
We did, We obtJ;hcd S2,Jct from III,
state. and have an annua! allovanc,
of SEQ fiom the state TO be apple,
to defraying the expense of the school
The state will help those who he'll
themselves. We have In this state a,
exceptionally fine School Law. pro
viding for the consolidation OF Ills
tricts. All over the state are small
districts where a teacher is employees
a few months In the year to teach fron
eight to twenty pupils. What chahc
have the 50 per cent OF the children
going out to face life from thos,
schools? Missouri has provided a Wa.
to give the 95 per cent chance I,
obtain an education that will III then
for the practical side OF life. ~ pro
vides for tho consolidation OF a nun
bcr of districts. each district co otter
atiDg with the other to provide bette
school facilities
Minneapolis. October 22.-With bu
few slight discrepancies, Aifre,
Kriskell, four times coiifessor To Oh
murder OF Alice Matthews March 2:
1912. yesterday Under the eye o
Minneapolis detectives, rehearsed tn
crime as he has repeatedly said
was committed by him. .
The greatest variance In the re
enactment of the crime as he said
was committed and the actual fact
as known by the police. was a differ
ence OF half block between tn
place where he said he choked th
girl to death and the place where tn
body actually was found.
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