The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-01-05

franklin elementary school Is a
brick structure built in 1874, and
contains eight rooms, seven OF which
are used as class rooms. While
this is an old building, adequate ia
cilities have since been provided,
such. as modern drinking fountains.
| toilets and Mushrooms. Two hun
dred and twenty pupils are enrolled
! this year with teaching force Of
seven kindergarten work is pro-
vided in addition to the six elemen-
tary grades. Miss Minnie Bangert-
eer is the principal.
.. The County Schools
There are l23 rural schools in
Blue Earth county. 119 of which are
one room schools. one a two room
! school, located at Smiths Mills, two
of which are three room schools, To-
Gated at Eagle Lake and Madison
Lake, and one four room school
located at Judson, which is in a con
solidated district. These schools
are so located and situated over the
county as to give every pupil the
opportunity of attending a school
without long trips, no matter in
what section the pupil might live.
Throughout the county there are
| four high schools which were organ
ICED before the move for consolida-
! tion took place and which are OPP
I Grated as separate high schools.
These are located at Mankato, Lake
Crystal, Amboy and Mapleton. There
are five schools in the county which
have been formed by consolidating
smaller districts, four of which in
addition TO the eight elementary
grades contain complete high
school course. These four are locat-
ed at st. Clair, Pemberton, Garden
City and Rapidan. The fifth at Jud-
son contains only the eight elemen-
tary grades.
| The school building al st. Clair is
a large modern structure which has
| lust been completed at cost OF
S33, 900. This building contains eight
rooms including an auditorium. with
a teaching force of six, one of whom
are special teachers. In addition to
the new structure, the old school
building. containing four rooms is
| being used to supplement the newer
building. Last year this school had
an enrolment OF 112 pupils. Four
horse drawn busses are operated ID
! transporting the children.
lherton Is housed in an $4,000 strric-
hture completed in 1920. This build
ling contains ten rooms including an
i auditorium. One hundred and thirty
pupils are enrolled and seven teach
ers, including one special, are en-
Moved Six horse drawn BUSES are
operated in transporting the chiio-
rem. .a.
The new building which has just
been completed in Garden City al
a cost of $4,000 is approximately
the same size as the one at Pemoer-
ton. In addition to this new oulla :
!, ing the old four room structure IS
being used. Eight teachers, two >of
them doing special work, are en-
Moved, An enrolment of 213 pupils
, IS reported. This district operates
four motor buses for sportation
A building has just been completed
, at Rapidan, costing $4,000 which
, contains the same number of rooms
and general equipment as the TWO
above mentioned schools. There is
an enrolment of l25 pupils with
, a teaching force of seven, one OF
them q special teacher. Four motor
buses are operated. :.
The school at ,Judson while II
, merely contains the eight eiemen,
, tary grades is yet consolidated
school as the district II serves 10
made I'D of consolidation OF sew
eraI smaller ones. The four room
school building, costing $4,000 was
completed in 1918. Four teachers are
: empioyed and there is an enrolment
of "a nupils. -Four horse drawn and
one motor bus provide transporta-
ton. ,,,,a;-as orc
Thoroughly modern in every respect
containing the best equipment avall-
able in order to promote a more
| healthful and pleasing environment
! for the children. All of the ouilo :
ings are fire proof and contain SAM
: tary washrooms and toilets, spray
shower baths in connection WIN tne
r fSe schools, fan system of Ventila-
, ton. and electric lighting system.
There is a total of 269 teachers IN
>, tho countys schools, receiving an aVT
5 erage monthly salary Of $119 for the
4 men and s13S for the women. Inere
are 3471 pupils enrolled in the hlgn
and graded schools of the county
and 2541 in the rural and semigrad /
ded making a total of 6,0lZ pupllS
There was a total of 1881, 6f5:3s
1 spent on all of the schools OF the
] county last year. 1mS lnCluuOS Ihe
high and graded schools as well as
S the rural and semigraded. ACCORD
j ing TO w. H. ,Detamore,, count!
e SUPERINTENDENT Of schools, the trene
s Of late years has been towards con
s soiidation of the smaller school dis
: tricts, which is bringing all the 40
t yantages of the city school system
tn tine country districts. The reason
c and the necessity for such consoil'
dation is plainly to be seen when tine
| taxable property available for scnoo
a sI;Dnort of the smaller unconsoh'
dated districts. The property as
i easements of the FIVE consolidated
h districts range between a half 10
9 support of the smaller unconsolldat'
r ed school districts. The property as
j 5000 600 and most range arount
:. 500 900. The small districts canno'
support the larger, more mooerr
r school.
r The teachers college here is ont
of the early schools of the state
Judge Daniel Buck of Mankato,
4 former member of the state leglslaa
\ Iture has been known for years a.
= the Father of the Mankato State
!. Teachers College. In 1858 an &C
. was passed by the state governing
body authorizing a normal schoo
9 fand this was established at Winona
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