Willmar tribune., 1920-04-28
SCHOOL NOTES..

school last week: Lillian Ellingboe in
the first grade and Ruth Arithson in
the eighth grade
Two new sand tables have been made
in the manual training department re-
Gently. One of these has gone to Miss
Johnson in the high school building
and the other to Miss Clausen in the
we'll constructed and would cost in the
neighborhood of $500 apiece if bought
from furniture house.
man representing the Narragan-
sett Machinery Company which manu-,
us last week. A complete list of the
equipment needed for the new gymna-
SUM was made out and as much of it
as we can afford will be purchased for
use next year. Prices of gymnasium
apparatus are going up and it no doubt
will be good policy for us to buy our
equipment this spring. Mr.. Trebilcock
has been elected as physical director
for next year so that we are assured of
having some good work in physical
training.
On Wednesday Of this week the
School Board opened bids on furniture.
This furniture will be used in equipp-
ing the new Junior High School A
considerable number of bidders were
present and some fine samples display
ed.
There is a great deal of restlessness
among teachers even now Wnen Sdlar-
les have become fairly we'll fixed but
we are glad to say that the following
teachers have signed their contracts to
return here next year: Geo. o. Bro
Jenness, principal of H. S.; Miss Falk,
Miss Quigley, Miss Nelson, Mr. Trebil-
cock, Miss Paddock, Miss Esther John
son. Miss Mueller, Mrs. Dougherty,
Haines. Miss Averill. Miss Elmquist,
Miss Mittvet, Miss Hilstad, Miss Clau-
SEN Miss Larson, Miss Agnes Haines,
Miss Mamie Johnson. Miss Murphy
of Litchfeld has signed up as principal
of the Junior High School,
Letters were written some time ago
to a considerable number of people
living outside of the school district
they owe. So far only few have re-
sponded The difficulty no doubt lies ir
the fact that many of these people con-
slider themselves residents of the schoo
the city limits. These people should
apply for admission to the school dist
rict at once: At the last meeting o
the Board of Education it was voted t
raise the tuition charge next year from
ten. dollars to forty dollars per pupil
This may seem a rather big charg'
but it does not cover the cost to tn
district. The average cost of on
years schooling per pupil in Mime
sofa is about fifty dollars in the grade
and about seventy-five dollars in tn
n1Sh SchOOI Hence the action OF tn
School Board is entirely just.
A number of students in grades an
high school are failing in their wor
because of taking part in too man
| activities not connected with the schoc
i Some of the grade children who form
erly did excellent are now barely pass
ing or even falling below grade. Man
i of them out night after nigh
/ when they should be at home aslee1
l School work in too many cases is cor
| sidered a side issue and SO given al
| tention only when there is nothin
| else to do. Reports have come to tn
superintendent's office from many
the teachers where this condition e,
4 lists. We ask the parents to look int
the matter and help US as much as the
can in the work that we are trying
do for the boys and girls
The children in the second grad
Lincoln. have been learning garde
song, and making tools in constructic
period. Several of the children al
planning to have gardens of their ow
The enrolment of the primary ella:
of the training department is as fo
lows: Wallace Anderson, Ruby Ande
son, Harriet Bergquist, Mildred CHI
Waller, Agnes Downs, Kenneth Du1
ning Judith Engstrom, James Ga
stad, Dorothy Good, Celeste Johnso
Olga Johnson, Helen Kavanagh, Nal
Kjosling, Donald Larson, Maurice Law
ler. Earl Linman, Marvis Lumber
Alice Monson, Marvis Nelson, Robe
Nelson. Lester Norman, Marion Rim
Mary Schmitz, Dorotha Volk and Ga
field winters.