Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-01-14
W|LLMAR SCHOOLS

Work on the new building Ia pro-
crossing rather slowly. It is practt-
cally certain now that we will not be
able to use the new gymnasium this
year. This is keen disappointment
to- all of us but as there is no help
for it we are trying to be optimistic.
We have moved several good stoves
to the Seminary and will 60 on with
our basketball schedule as best we
can. The first game viii be played at
| PaynesVille Friday, January 9.
| Mr. Anton Fischer, fc;mer superin-
tendent of schools as Benson, visited
us on Tuesday in the interests of a
map company for which he is working.
| Supt. c. e. Holmgren, who is in
charge of the consolidated school at
| Russell, MINI. spent Monday fore
noon looking over our school plant and
visiting classes. He reports that they
are building a fine modern school in
his town.
The first grade room in the high
| school was plastered and fixed up on
Monday and Tuesday of this week so
that the pupils could move back on
Wednesday. These pupils have been
CHARTERED in the small mechanical
drawing room of the industrial build
ing during the past month.
Miss Hazel Benson resigned her
position in the 9Th grade of the Lib
rary Building and has gone to the Uni
versity to take up the study of Art
Work with view to teaching in the
public schools. We are sorry to have
Miss Benson go. Miss Laila Holt of
Willmar has taken her place. Miss
Holt is an advanced normal graduate
and has had three years of successful
teaching experience. Her last posi-
ton was at Rochester, MINI.
Twelve new pupils entered the
grades on Monday of this week. They
are located as follows: 2 in the third
grade. 2 in the 4th, S in the 5th, l.
in the 9Th, in the 7th and 1 in the
9Th.
The janitor did fine Job of cleaning
and scrubbing DUNG the Xmas holi-
days. The only building not cleaned
was the high school and the basement
Of the industrial building. Owing to
lack of heat in these places they will
be scrubbed up this weekend. Both
teachers and students are pleased to
come to school in clean, sanitary plac-
es and they appreciate the work of
the janitors.
The new school building has now
been shingled, all the metal lath is
in place and much other work has
been done. The electrical men are
installing the conduits for the cleo
trio lights and telephones and have
nearly finished wiring the old central
building for lights. The Johnson sys=
tenn of heat control is also being in
stalled rapidly.
During the past eight years the Ian
guages of Norwegian and Swedish
have been taught in the high school.
Since such a large part of our popula-
ton is of Scandinavian descent these
seem the logical languages to offer
But the courses have not been popular
| with the students. At first the work
was given to upper classmen only,
| with little success. The last few
years Freshmen and Sophomores have
been enrolled but with no increase in
enrolment. Owing to the difficulties
we are having to get teachers in these
| subjects and because Of the small en-
rollment in the classes the board vot-
| ed at one of it's recent meetings to
| drop the subjects. Small classes re-
! present an increased cost to the dis
! trict also as more teachers are need
ed to do the work. A class with
individuals cannot be handled as eff
GENTLY as one of twenty-five. The
average enrolment per year in the
Willmar High School for the past
years is as follows: Swedish I 1878
pupils, Swedish II SIS, Morse 81 and
Morse II SIS. To put it in another, way
| the average number taking Scandina-
H. 49,
per class.
School opened Monday in the high
school with more than an adequate
supply of heat on hand. It surely was
pleasant for teachers and students to
be back at work in their old quarters.
The new heating plant has been finish.
ed enough to take care of the high
school and Industrial buildings and
will be connected up to the central
grade building next week so that it
will be unnecessary to run more than
one heating plant. The school board
of the plant during cold weather SO
this winter.
State high school board and semes
ter examination will be offered in the
high school next week. Only two
states will Rewritten by eur students
They are higher algebra Thursday
Jan. Is at 9 a. m. and American His
tory Friday morning Jan. Is at 9 a. m
Mrs. Cora Burns, principal of Qul
eighth grade, was called home sud
denlydenly Sunday because Of he1
fathers death. The students of thu
Sth grade and teachers Of the schoo
| sent floral trihuto al 1jft1o tolxoy
of their sympathy. Mrs. Karl Halten
J hoff is substituting in the 9Th grad,