Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-02-04
W|LLMAR SCHOOLS

WlLmAk SChuulS
On Thursday morning of last week
the members ofthe 1919 football squad
were presented with letters The pre-
sentation took place in the presence
of the entire high school during the
morning recreation period. Short
talks were given by Harold. Carlson,
Leslie Grace, George Odell, Orlean
Christian, Mr.. Trebilcock and Mr.. Geo.
H. Bitterness. Two sizes of letters
were given out, the larger ones being
given only to those who partook in the
required number of games. The fol.
lowing boys received the small letters,
Allen Pelton, Reynold Munson, Benja,
min Rivkin, Alvin Westward and
Lawrence Virgins. The following re,
ceived the large letters: George Odell,
Orlean Christian, Wallace johnson,
Harold Carlson, Franklin Nelson, Her.
bert Sandin, Maynard Linn, Leslie
Grace, Milton Hahn, Russell Hegness,
Harold Ives, Everett Mcdonald and
Richard Gratz and Harold Wetherby,
Attorney Henry Young called at the
high school on Wednesday to make
arrangements for program which the
American Legion will give on the at.
ternoon of February 23rd. The L.
gion wishes to have number of the
pupils OF the school take part. The
program will be a patriotic one thru.
out.
Questionaires have just been re-
ceived from the salary committee of
the Minnesota Educational Teachers
Association. This committee was an.
pointed by the State Association last
November to conduct a state wide sur.
vey relative to teachers wages and
expenses, to compare these wages
with those paid other professional and
special employees and to make recon.
mendations to the teachers and school
boards of the state. Everyone knows
that teachers, have been undergrad. A
great many Studies Of salaries have
been made in various parts of the
country, but no complete survey has
been made in Minnesota The find.
ings of this committee should be of
value to schools in deciding upon the
salaries they will pay the coming
year. We hope that fair wage will
thus be arrived at SO that the present
unrest in the teaching forces turnout
the state may be checked. The com.
mittee hopes to publish it's report by
the first of March.
State Superintendent, j. M. Nc.
Cornell, is planning to call meeting
OF school boards some time soon to
discuss the teachers salary question.
At present there is no uniformity in
salary paid and school boards as well
as teachers are at loss to know what
is the fair thing to do. A meeting OF
the kind planned for should be of
great help to the school boards and
the state.
The Minnesota Central Teachers
Association will hold it's annual meet,
ing at st. Cloud, February 18th, 10th
and goth. A strong program is being
prepared and it is hoped that a large
attendance will be secured.
There is considerable unrest in Will
mar regarding the health condition of
the school children. A survey just
made of the schools shows that the
that the number of absences on &C.
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than they have been a number of
times this fall. A few pupils are sick
with Influenza but not many. A mum.
Der are sick with mumps, chicken pox
and colds. At the direction of the
Board of Health all pupils who ap-
pear sick or who have bad colds are
sent home. 1t is hoped that parents
will keep these children at home un-
til they are fully recovered and have
been certified to by the Health Officer.
1t seems to US that it would be mis-
take to close the schools under the
present. conditions. When children are
in school cases of illness can be very
easily checked by the teachers and
taken care of properly.
I Mrs. Dougherty and Miss Mittvet
are absent from school on account of
illness. Mrs. Haltenhoff is substitll.
ting for the former and Mrs. Garrison
for the latter. Last week the normal
training department had charge of
Mrs. Doughertys seventh grade.
Attorney Bergdahl of Sioux Falls,
South Dakota visited the high school
on Thursday Of last week in company
| Win Mr. Geo. II. bitterness. They ar
rived in time for the morning exer-
cises at which letters were presented
to the football team. Mr.. Bitterness
gave us an excellent impromptu talk
on the value of athletics to the stu
dent.
Among the new pupils who enrolled
this week are Clarence and Bernice
Olson in the grades.
The Coffee" given by the Parent.
Teacher Association of the Lafayette
School on Saturday was a great sue.
cess; The net proceeds were about
$500.
The two basket ball games SEIZED.
uled with Delano for January Both and
February 9Th have been cancelled by
Delano because Of the Illness Of some
of their players. Maynard also can
celled their game with the second
team last week because Of the death
of sister of two Of the basket ball
men. We have game scheduled with
Benson for Saturday night Of this