The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-11-18

10 IlSRSSadAIy SOIIlIiiCuuasoit VI
Le~wistswn.
Miss Edith Lathrop of the depart
ment Of rural education of the bureau
of education, Washington, ID. c., who
is making a special study of dormi-
tories in connection with high schools
serving rural communities prepare
tory to the publication of a bulletin,
has spent two weeks in Montana. She
says hat she is greatly pleased as
well as surprised at the wonderful
progress which the schools of the
state have made along this line.
Miss Lathrop says that the Fergus
county high school dormitory at
Lewistewn, a fine two-story struct-
ure housing 100 girls, would do cred
it to many colleges. She considers
1t a remarkable institution not only
as to its appointments but as to it's
management, which Miss Lathrop
says is ideal. The greatest factor in
its success rests in having a most
competent matron who has high
ideals fer the social improvement of
her students as well as a desire to
keep them comfortable. A large
number of boys are housed in another
building rented for the purpose, but
both boys and girls are served in the
immense dining room in the base
ment of the girls building.
Some Other Dormitories
At Stanford, Miss Lathrop found
a dormitory which, though on a
smaller scale, is meeting real need in
a small community where many boys
and girls come to high school who
could not come if a dormitory were
not maintained.
Miss Lathrop says that the Teton
county high school dormitory is most
unique in its arrangement. A new
school building has been erected and
the old building with very little re-
modelling has been arranged into an
extremely attractive and eminently
satisfactory dormitory. She found
everything running in a most orderly
fashion under the guidance of a conn.,
petent matron, who, because she is
a trained nurse, is particularly we'll
fitted to look after the students well
fare.
The girls dormitory at the Powell
county high school at Deer Lodge is a
fine old residence with al unusually
elegant interior. The building, which
the county board were fortunate in
securing for $4,000, would in Miss
Lathrop's opinion, cost 100000 to
erect at the present time. The din
ing room walls are done in tapestry
and a large Tiffany window adds to
the general air of elegance. The %
girls living here have a fine spirit
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Partial SeIf-Support
An interesting feature of the DOR
mitory at Deer Lodge is the plan of
partial s~elf-support which is being
worked out. Three COWS which have
been loaned to the institution are
taken care of by boys who earn their
expenses at the boys dormitory,
which is established in another build
ing and houses II boys. The high
school agriculture class raises forage
for the COWS, and takes care of a
flock of chickens which supply the
necessary eggs. 1t is planned to buy |
a pig to be fattened on scraps and
later used to replenish the larder. $
The dormitory fills a great need, as {
81 out of 181 enrolled in the high |
school come from rural sections of |
the county. {
While there is no dormitory at G
Bozeman, a nurse who has lived in
the city for eight years and knows c
conditions well, has the responsible '
ity of seeing that go children who q
come from rural homes to attend the 1
Gallatin county high school are prop Q
erly taken care of in private homes. l
Many of these students work their J
way through school. Miss Lathrop J
felt that a dormitory will ultimately t
be provided. u
Sweet Grass Dormitory h
Sweet Grass county voted $4,000 !
bonds last spring for h county high y
school at Big Timber practically :
without opposition. Half of the en- Z
rollment is from rural sections. Due /,
to an unfavorable bond market, it y
has been impossible to begin the =
construction of the dormitory. AS y
soon as it can be built, the enroll u
ment from the rural sections will u
grow rapidly. Miss Lathrop says that =
in a town where teachers have diff '
Guilty ia finding places to live, it is :
useless for principals to urge rural q,
people to SEND their children to high u
school unless a place is provided for ~
them. =,
At Columbus, Miss Lathrop found =.
13 girls housed in a building which q
built as a high school annex for
special departments. The outstand-
ing feature in the management of ri
this dormitory is the provision for all We
The work to be done by the girls lii
themselves. BY the proper vision OF vi
labor the burden is light for every of
)ne. pc
Miss Lathrop planned to visit the in
1ormitory at the Jefferson county be
nigh school at Boulder and then to su
cave for Utah to visit the Carbon pf
county dormitory, the only one in hi
hat state. There are in Montana II an