Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1920-11-03
Miss Florence, Minis Writes
About Aurora Schools.

lNISS Florence MINIS WEIlS:
About Aurora Schools.
The Minnesota schools hold a yer,
high place among those of the who'll
United States as regards both re
muneration of teachers and stand
ards. The foreigners in their midst
do not make the institution less eff
cient, for excellent equipment Spsla,
well trained teachers make for rapR
Americanization. ~
This particular district is known
as "the range" The towns have eael
built themselves around a mine ami
school. So plentiful is the profit from
these natural resources that ont
town, Biwabik is known as the s.IroI
Dollar" so called from the mones
producing iron stores that are ex
cavated from the depths of the earth
Hibbing, Mhnesota,is known as
the richest town, potentially in this
country. Unlimited wealth lies We
to be unearthed. From these variou:
towns, long cars may be, seen crawl
ing clumsily along, carrying the rus.
ty looking ore to Two Harbors and
elsewhere, whence it is shipped
across the lakes. 5]l
A certain per cent of the profits
from these mines is turned over sst6
the State and the State in turn sup:
plies. the schools with money fol
their equipment and maintenance. n
The High Schools of the great
Northwest are similar to the small
Southern co-educational school. Each
have highly developed manual train
ing departments, as well as science,
physical training, commercial public
speaking, art, and music instructors:
Besides a publication which the
students themselves edit, there is#a
literary society, an indispensable
part of every High School. Great pre-
cision and system to highly mark
ed degree are evident in every branch
of the school. u
The High School at Aurora is
known as the Hearding, named for
John A. Hearding, a mining man.,
who was instrumental in securing the
land for the school.
From the exterior, the building is
and ornate, built warmly to
withstand the winds and storms Of
a northern cline, and artistica1lys
so as to be the centre of the social
and intellectual life of typical
mining town. 81
Victor Hugo says that the first
two functionaries of the State are
"the nurse and the school MASTER 4
a town that has a worth while school
will grow to be worthy Of it IN the
other respects in the years to come.
1t is a better thing for town to
have the school as its principal build
ing than some commercial business
AS one enters Hearding Hall he is
greeted by a statue of Minerva, the
goddess of wisdom, who stands as a
sort of guide and inspiration to those
who pass to the class rooms beneath
her shadow.
On the left is the school library,
where many valuable books are easy.
of access for any unusually ambi
tious or book-loving students.
In the upper hall is a reading ta-
BILE with many of the best monthly
and weekly magazines and current
papers for the entertainment and in
struction of the students.
These High Schools include the
Freshman class which corresponds
to the ninth grade, up through the
Senior which would be the twelfth
grade or the Sophomore at college.
When one has diploma from such
an institution of learning as this, he
is old enough and well informed
enough to make the best of his col
lege training having had the proper
foundation.
Long may the schools of this great
state prosper, for they so directly
and fundamentally effect the state
at large, and indirectly, the whole
continent.
FLORENCE MINIS.
Aurora, Minnesota: