The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-01-26
.SELLE HAS TAKEN
PLACE AT WINOhA
He viii Join State College
Faculty There
GIVEN HIGH PLACE
Has Served Four Years AS Sup.
erintendent of Mankato
] Schools.

Superintendent +. S. Selle Today
received official notice of his cleo
ton last week to position in the
State Teachers college at Winopa
for the next school year. He has ac
cepted the election, and consequent
ly will not he 4 candidate for re-
likely that at the February meeting
of the board of education Inc mat
ter of filling the vacancy .or next
year will be taken up.
superintendent Selle is now in the
fourth year of his service in the
Mankato schools, and has done
some good work, as has been shown
by the growth and expansion of tue
school system. That he will prove
college faculty goes without saying.
He has made many warm frienuo
in Mankato, who will greatly regrt,
his leaving. He has been active
in the civic as well as the educa
tional life of the city, being now
president of the Social Science cido,
chairman of the Y. M. C. A. bo..a'
work committee, a member OF me
Givic and Commerce association and.
kiwanis club, and is an active Nom
Der of the Southwestern Minnesota
educational association, Minnesota
Educational association and Nation
al Educational association. lie has
held offices and taken part on the
programs of the first two, OF these
educational associations. He holds
the degree of bachelor of arts from
Washburn college, and master o.
arts from Columbia university.
Organized Several Associations.
Some of the things accomplished
during Mr.. Sefle's administration or
the local schools has been the or
ganization of the various Parent
Teacher associations; the voting OF
bonds and election of the Lincoln
Jufiding; thorough re- writing of the
courses of study from the kinder
garten through the high school; ii
brary work enlarged and put upon
a high plane: requirement of phys
ical training of every pupil; expan
sion of the art and music courses in
the junior and senior high schools:
social record made out for each
child. requiring acquaintance of
each teacher with the homes of her
pupils, CO operation with the min
listers in working out plan for
week day religious instruction,
which plan is working well and is
athletics debating and other extra
curIicuiar activities has been slim
ulated. MIR. Selle has been y mem
Der of the athletic committee of the
fourteenth athletic district for the
past three years, and chairman for
two years.
Strong On Publicity
The publicity 5nattef, 3tssd ninth :
Lincoln bond election was gotten out
by Mr.. Selle, and il has been in de
mand from as far away as Texas
and Pennsylvania, and these publ
lefty methods have been widely
copied.
The Mankato public schools have
been quite successful during the
past three years. Higher profes
sional standards have been required
of the entire teaching force. MI.
and Mrs. Seize have taken an active
tart in the social and club life of
the city, also. the latter being a
member of several clubs and organ
iZations, and active in them all.
All will be pleased that Mr.. Selle
has been selected to a berth as
the position in the Winona school,
and will watch his future in the
field with interest.