The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-12-01
PAGE FOUR
County School Notes.

A school officers meeting will be
held in the high school gymnasium,
Milaca, on Tuesday, December 6. The
forenoon session will open at 1880
and the meeting in the afternoon will
begin at 1880. A very instructive and
interesting program is being prepared
and we trust that every district in the
county will be represented.
Organization of mothers clubs in
some of our schools has been reported
to this office. We should bear in mind
that organizations of this kind are not
confined to villages and larger centers
alone but should be encouraged in the
rural districts as we'll. A good, live
community club is an important fac
tor for the good of the schools, and Of
ficers and teachers should be ready to
offer helping hand in encouraging
this worthy project when opportunity
presents itself.
Opstead, district Is, East Side town.
ship. boasts of a junior high school.
This district includes all of the town.
ship and maintains three one-room
schools. The eighth grade and four
or five high school subjects are offered
in the school conducted in the town
hall. The other two schools are thus
relieved of the eighth grade classes.
This is the second year that this ar
rangement has been tried in this dis
trict and it seems to work satisfac-
torily. The people in this district are
interested in their school and want the
best there is to be had in giving their
children an education and, with this
splendid cooperation, the schools are
bound to prosper.
A number of schools report hot
lunches in operation at this time.
There is no reason why hot lunches
cannot be served in every school in the
county where pupils must carry
lunches.
We are receiving almost every day
some very fine reports from Little
Citizens league members. We know
of no better method of teaching citi-
zenship than through these organiza-
tions maintained by the children in our
schools.
The new school building in district
% will be ready for use after the holi-
days. A new building. is almost COM
pleted in the Johnsdale district.
Under a new law passed last year
state aid will be paid to rural districts
providing transportation to pupils liv-
ing four miles or more from school.
A recent survey of the county as to
the number Of pupils who will be
benefited by this law reveals that we
have only few.
Guy H. Brown of Hinokley succeeds
Mrs. Ben Hartman as teacher in the
west school, district 3, Princeton town.
ship.
The following are chairmen of the
various sections of the Teachers
league: Southern section, Mrs. M. M.
Stroeter, Princeton; central section,
Miss Olive Savage, Milaca; northeast
section, Mr.. F. G. Casper, Wahkon;
northwest section, Miss Hazel Person,
Onamia. Meetings will be announced
from time to time by the chairmen.
The first half Of the teachers pen
sion fund should be deducted from the
December salary check. Be sure, first
that you are certain Of the amount to
collect. The law provides as follows
Five dollars per year for the first five
years; ten dollars per year for the next
five years. If the annual salary is
$500 or more, assessments must be
paid on a percentage basis, 11.2 per
cent, but not over $40 year for the
first ten years of service.
Olof Wasenius, Supt.