Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-03-24
WILlMAR SCHOOL NOTES

Mdlcu 1otu, 1Stn ana 2Vtn, was we'll
attended considering the bad weather
and the fact that all schools will have
their spring vacation very soon. The
meeting was unusually good and
everyone present felt we'll repaid for
the time spent. Superintendent ]. C.
West Of Sank Centre was elected
president for next year. 1t was voted
to hold the meeting in October here
after instead of March. The members
of the Association also decided to az
filiate with the Minnesota Education
al Association and thus form a more
compact organization from that which
we have had in the past.
The basket ball game between the
Willmar and Dassel high schools
played last Saturday resulted in a
score of 80 to IS in favor Of Willmar.
The game was one of the hardest
fought and fastest played by the Will
mar team this year. Had the boys
played in the same fashion against
Litchfield two weeks ago, Litchfield
would not have had a "look-in."
The Normal Training Department
is planning to start first grade class
on Monday, April 10Th. The object
of this class is to give the Normal
Training students practice in the
work with beginners. The pupils
come to the training department for
one hour during the forenoon of each
day., Only twenty-four pupils can be
cared for and preference will be given
to those who become six years old be-
fore the close of the present school
year. All those parents interested
should send in their names at once
to the superintendent Office.
Some time ago letters were sent
out to people in the east end of Will
mar asking them to pay up their tut
ton for the present school year. A
number Of these people have been
sending their children to the Willmar
schools for years without paying tut
ton. They have taken it for granted
that since they live in the City of
Willmar they also live in District AZ,
very reasonable supposition. The
truth however, is that the City of
Willmar extends one mile east of the
School District limits, hence people
living in this section of the city are
not paying school taxes towards the
support of district No. At. The prop
err thing for these people to do, is to
apply for admission to this school
district.
During the present school year,
considerable trouble has been exper-
fence with parents who deliberately
keep their children out of school, A
number of these children have work
ed at home and few of them have
been employed by others than their
their parents. Miss Florence A. Bur
ton of the Minnesota Department of
Labor called at the school Office re-
Gently to take up matters pertaining
to Child Labor. The school law ex-
pressly states that no child can be
kept out of school to work unless he
is sixteen years of age or has COM
pleted the work Of the eighth grade.
At last the Willmar schools has a
one hundred per cent enrolment in
the Junior Red Cross. The last
school handed in the rest of it's mon
ey last week. The total amount turn
ed over to the Junior Red Cross is
$25625.
Spring vacation will begin Friday,
March 26th at 3:45 D. m. and will
close April 5th at 9. p. M.
At special meeting of the Board
of Education held Monday evening
the present school force was reflect
ed with liberal increases in salary.
The majority Of the teachers had sig
nified their Intentions of returning if
the salary offered was satisfactory.
Something like ten or twelve teach
ers have handed in their resignation
and will not consider returning next
year.
conference of school boards of
the state to consider the question of
teachers salaries is called by the
State Board of Education, Saturday,
April Bird at 10 a. m. The conference
will be held in the auditorium of the
agricultural college in St. Paul. The
Willmar school board elected Messrs.
S. B. Qvale and Geo. H. Bitterness as
their representatives.
Gertrude Port left the third grade,
Industrial Bldg, this week as they
are moving to Milbank, N. D.
The Parent-Teacher Association of
the Lafayette School will meet Fri
day, March 26th, at 3:45 p. m. Lunch
will be served and a program given
by the pupils
The fifth grade, Lafayette School,
have been using sand tables for geo.
graphy last week. They built up the
frigid and torrid zones and also a
farm and city of the temperate zone.
The sixth grade are building a relief
map of Europe this week.
The seventh grade in the Indust-
rial Bldg, has begun to use the Stud
ebaker arithmetic exercises to devel-
op speed in the four processes of
arithmetic.
One of the reading divisions has or
dered bird pictures to be used in con-
nection with the reading lesson. They
are reading John Burroughs book of
Birds and Bees.'
This week closes a spelling contest
between different rows of pupils in
the fourth grade, Central Building.
One hundred and four eighth grade
students took the state examinations
last Thursday and Friday.
Twenty-four of the 9Th grade stu
dents who have done "B" work in
drawing or better are making post
ers for the operetta CHERRY Bios
sons"
Irene and Herschal Cooper have re-
turned to Willmar and have enrolled
again in the third grade, Lincoln
School,
Mrs. Zilch visited in the second
grade, Lincoln, last Friday afternoon.
The children in the first grade, Lin
coin, have made Easter decorations
for their room.
The sixth grade, Central, are study
ing the art and artists in connection
with their language work, to develop