The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-01-03
SCHOOL, CONgL|'l, J
INSTRUMENTATION J
A Nj. John Cameron, Nfing g sne e'
odebolt Chronicle, MINI MINI.
Schools OF eadoHla1 ? " "''s''' ',''
200 PUPILS in AThpAhc1

$, -S4s 5.S. fi5Ia W y. d.
4 Students are Taken 70 " Y ~" s's
u School In Heated Co. s'' : s5i
and Enjoy csWf
While many may NOT fs no.l.eu
4 IT. the consolidated scha y II .a A'ns
marvellous progress it f;S =, nels 'l'
has been no vast aSItst nere '
have been few meetings "a nssh7
tions, no speeches. and II ;sso,us
tions. No one has tried e VIZ
! innovation upon the fSrHs u se'
the movement has msdsy rsats ,pro
gress just because the sSs n.oh, ,s
I have been left to work \ ssl ~ ~
lem. ssls \! ;ssss M, Nv
Mr. John Cameron. Supt Ns.rIa .ucg
schools, to- the Ode bolt sssya. ~ nds
tells Of the schools of 49, ~ ,. e,.,s.s.
Mimi. located forty mile M hana. s.s
of Duluth. We publish It M NJ intar. T
issfit Of our readers who mi 4 ~ ~ n,ss. ,ss
ested in the consolidated 49, D -s.
stiOn. Sss mtrd tl,at
But the one thing to 4 una NJ. AZ. sna.
stands above all others 4, an-ysns ~ -
lands, is their fine systej = s ~ -.
dated rural schools. I-ed A. -chii.
rollment OF nearly two ! sahnn,s
dren furnished with as ths ara AZ
as are to be found In any IN, esnta s.
or city schools in iowa MI - : = y sfsa,1, Twn
The plan here is q sinlIts I, III : = ~ n
townships are organizsl sow,, : !
dependent school distrS achoo, his.
Independent Consoli4Ata .v '. ~ oadow. L,,s
trict No. so st. Louis Ee1s 81, "at;nr
lands, Mimi The b0a1 ~ n Scntrni s,sI
consists OF six directeA sS :, ~,
an area Of land ak milS ysS s.yaS zs 4 :, ! - 8,
twelve the other max MI NJ ~ 1hs
miles in all. Near the s III sso.,d
west township stands ~ !: sib /, ] :
station and around this W. ~ VI,
been plated in ten acre -
one of these ten acre ira s ssaS ~ & n, s9sy
culture methods are cOndt XII ~
surprise, / found In this M.
rural school a. Columbia
man as Superintendent Of |
While In the teachers couegle MI 1lHsft
a himself ~ expert Ill., industry
4 tian, 4 i0aAd that lls had ,!s.
u; !, s.pA Z .ss st n ss
s,;;,n 9 amon1 thie grad d6stsA of stlae
stafa normal school at Duluth ana
from the state University OF Mime.
sofa In the only boarding house OF
tte 1community at breakfast time, 4
not sned a group of four young ladies'
m ey were having a splendid time as
alI yonng people should have, ! was
told mat they were four out Of the
i've laiy teachers of the consolidated
school and that the superintendent
lived ON his farm about mlie lron
the school. found the schooi mouse
the. largest building in toWn-lt you
call git town (three stores, three
churches, Catholic and Protestant
ma, ma hotel for meals only, q creamery
Yraiiroad station, fine brick building
WITH hank postoffice and rooms Iol
5irfSuf All in the same building; and tWe
Eords; (the only cars in town..
a wondered where the chiMren came
from to all such school edif1ce. Al
4 neared the building a school Dus!
with a stove pipe extending up tn
eide from which coal smoke was issu
ing, stopped. the door IN the rea
onened and sixteen country boys ant
eirls Of all ages, climbed out. Anothe
school vehicle stopped, ~ boys an
Girls as warm as toast, popped ou,
one team after another arrived unit
seven had deposited their loads \
front Of the building stepped Int
each furnace heated vehicle ana ioun II.
them almost as comfortable as q ~ ~
iiig room in modern house.
thermometer showing 80 below zer
at the nearby Demonstration I laril Y
Entering the steam heated scno. ,.
fsildjng. l found it teeming WI
bright, happy children. a part OF q
teachers have two grades, others VII
but one grade to look after Whlc
Is better. From the primary grad
through the first year high school.
found splendid work. The childre
are RESPONSIVE, eager to attack tf
nrohlems set by the normal coilee
trained teachers. Another year WI
he added to the high school next yea
and a third year the following yet
so that by 1919 Meadowlands Will haN
q ! three-year well equipped hie
school.
The advantages offered in the mo
ual training and domestic econoil
classes are unique for a ruras scllot
zach department has we'll equi 1p'
rooms in tie basement for the use
,he grade Eurils as well as the hii
school. 4 ten acre farm Is 4beil
cleared OF stumps to be used by =
school pupils as demonstration q 3
governmental farm. Thus under =
direction of superintendent especi
" trained in Industrial rural educ
lion, these school children are rece
ing the training that will make the
efficient citizens Of the rural comm'
ity. - - - -,
Eat cold lunches? At eleven o'clo
the lowest grade passes into the
mestic science room and are served
The tables arranged in a hollow sque
to hot soup prepared by the mem1'
II The domestic economy class. Il.
O. t's-ir lunch. By TIVE
school is served
iey eat aet,ra .n IS over and
clock the ELL. ,.ah time l.. MAY roo
OF soup. L Lu ~ to the erouI
b;ldren eltntI 6o +ta nlay ,eI
own Q, sna s.a .nareparation Is being N maoS so,
vhere prs psIt of the school yard ,aSt aSt
god a p par The building Is Is .aeche ael5
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