The nonpartisan leader., 1920-12-27

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now stands, is 12 miles square. The school building
is located on 1O-acre tract set apart for that pur-
pose, and cost $75,000. 1t has 20 classrooms,
poys 15 instructors, including the superintendent,
and has enrolment of 383 pupils, ranging from
the primary to the twelfth grade. The curriculum
includes also manual training and domestic science,
for which the building is amply fitted.
The pupils are transported to and from the school
in large auto busses, each with a capacity of 80
children. The buses have regular routes run on
schedule and the children must. be at the gates of
their homes when the bus arrives The shortest
bus route is 12 miles long, while the longest is %
miles. The teachers drive the busses, going out in
the morning to bring the children in and taking
them home again at night They then return to the
school, where the busses are stored in the school
garage and kept in repair by an expert mechanic.
The teachers live at the school, in home espe-
cially built for them and in charge of housekeeper
and other help. They receive $25 a month extra
for driving the busses. Asked if they objected to
driving the busses, teachers were enthusiastic in
the affirmation that they liked it. The morning
drive, they said, pleasure, while, after being
in the schoolroom all day, the evening spin was a
JOY.
The loft of the big cement garage is used for
gymnasium basket ball and parties. A miniature
electric light plant in the basement of the school
JUNIOR COLLEGE BUILDING
NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION
just across the road from the school building a
junior college building is now under construction
in which two-year college course will be given.
This building is to cost $4,000 also and will be
ready for next season.
The community center idea has reached high
state of development in this vicinity. Not only is
there the consolidated school but there is also
consolidated church The consolidated school takes
the place of six small country schools and the
solidated church comprises some nine different de-
nominations The school building is used for church
and Sunday school purposes. Professor George R.
Young, superintendent of the weekday school, is
likewise superintendent of the Sunday school, and
the teachers of the weekday school are teachers in
the Sunday school, And it would be difficult to dis
tinguish the Sunday school from the weekday
school. The 383 pupils of the regular school are all
enrolled in the Sunday school and Sunday
morning every classroom presents as busy ap-
pearance as Monday morning, with the addition
that in the auditorium there is the Bible class of
grown-ups Professor Young calls the classes to
order by the cang of bell the same as he does the
weekday school.
Members of any evangelical denomination may
become members of this community church and nom
church members may enjoy an associate or active
membership. The community church maintains a
pastor, who is supplied with a manse and three
acres of ground. The pastor, Rev. o. B. Nourse, is
also editor of the Sargent Co-Operator, a commu-
nifty weekly paper, to which every family in the
district subscribes.
The community spirit pervades all social activi-
Sargent is not a village. It is only a school-a
country school-and there is not a store, shop or
postofice in the neighborhood.
Naturally the question arises as to the expense
of this proposition The cost of operating the school
is approximately $26, 900 year and tax Of g.
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