Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-11-09
DAYS SCHOOLS At
PRISONS PLANNED
BOARD OF CONTROL cONTEM.
PLATES ASKING LEGISLATURE
TO PROVIDE FOR BUILDINGS.
EDUCATORS MEET IN ST. PAUL
Hear Discussions on mIlitarIsn,, Stuff
rage and Mosherhood-Additio of
Two Years of College Work to High
School Course In State Urged.

Two Years of College Work to High
School Course In State Urged.
st. Paul.
Establishment Of day schools at the
state prison and the state refomatory
Ii contemplated by the Board OF Con
| troll just as soon as the legislature
makes provision for them. Board mem
bers said they were considering a rec.
ommendation to the coming legislature.
providing for erection of school build.
| ings In connection with each institu.
ton, each building to be a model for
the purpose to be served
Night schools are now conducted at
both prison and reformatory, but the
courses are admitted to be OF the ira
! ditional type. Little effort has been
made to emphasize educational oppor-
| tuntties for inmates as paramount to
other activities that engage them.
&. ]. swendsen and c. f. Vasaiy,
| members of the board, recently re-
| turned from a tour OF inspection Of
penal institutions OF the Eastern states
with special reference to the kind Of
schools maintained for inmates. They
came back confirmed In their belief
that Minnesota was ready to give to
| Its prison population the schooling IT
did not get before entering prison.
They were particularly impressed by
the opportunities for emphasizing vo-
eational education.
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State Teachers Gather.
Militarism was denounced, woman
| suffrage advocated and motherhood de-
clared the most overworked OF the pro-
| fessions, by speakers before the Mime
esota Educational association In st.
| Paul.
DR.. Yamoi Kin. head OF the Woman's
Medical school, Pie-Yang. China. fiayed
miiitarism. She said the height of bar
barism was the settlement OF difficult
| ties by force. Charles Zeublin OF Bos-
| ton, sociologist said that principles OF
| government and the duties OF citizens
| could not be we'll taught TO children
when the majority OF their teachers
were treated like slaves In that they
were denied the franchise. William
Writ, superintendent of the Gary.
Ind, schools. put In the good word for
mother
Carol @. Pearse. president OF the
Milwaukee Normal school. said at de-
partment Of secondary education that
the adding of two years OF college
work 10 the high school course would
not only prevent crowding In the uni
versity, but would aid the student by
giving him the benefit of home influ-
ences In his early youth.
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!. c. c. Declines To Aid.
The car shortage situation In Mime
apolis and the Northwest will not be
clearedup by the Interstate Commerce
commission. Ira Il. Mills. chairman of
the Minnesota Railroad and Warehouse
commission, recently issued a state
ment blaming the Eastern and South
ern roads for the car shortage here
and appealed to the federal body for
aid. He has received word from H. Fl.
Meyer. chairman of the |. G. c.. that
the matter IL one over which the com.
mission has no control.
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| On Educators conveyanees.
That the cost of keeping up old
Dohhin or the hivver or other convey
ance used by county superintendent
In making their rounds OF rural schools
should be borne by the county was .
contention by Superintendent n. A.
| Thorson OF Polk county before the
conference of county school supertn.
tendents. His sentiments were vigor.
ously applauded by the gathering.
which filed the Senate chamber at
the Capitol.
Battery "F" Mustered Out.
Battery r. the State University's
contingent In the First Minnesota field
artillery. which returned from the Mex
lean border more than a month ago.
has been mustered out OF the state
service. Captain w. III. Rhinow. acting
on authority from the adtutant gen.
erals ONCE. read the list of I'll men
and declared them mustered out Hon.
cradle discharge papers will be fur.
nished the men later.
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Favors Pure Milk Laws.
Pure milk regulations enacted by
| the Legislature to have statewide eff
feet and place Minnesota In the front
rank among other states were advo-
Gated by Commissioner J. J, Farrell of
the state dairy and food department
at a hearing before the commission re-
Gently appointed to propose revision
OF Minnesota laws relating to public
health.
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Toun0 Giris Poor Teachers.
Seventeen psychologists are all right
In their place. but they are A. a rule
Ill suited to teach in the rural schools
Of Minnesota. This was the concensus
Of opinion expressed by county super,
intendsnts at public conference
with c. q. Schulz. superintendent oil
education. Nearly every county of the
] state was represented. Girls OF tina,
! age lack the mature judgment and
J training necessary for Instructors
speakers declared. w. t. Boerger oa
Stearns county favarad an rnsns N, AMI