Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-02-27
COUNTY SCHOOL NOTES

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for loans made to the land commits
sioners for the erection of school
buildings, the purchase of school
house sites or for the purpose of re-
| funding district Indebtedness kept
| these funds exhausted or at best at
! low-water mark.
The conditions just now are some
what different and much more prom
Using. There will be available fund
of about $1,5O0,000, which will come
| into the hands of the land commits
sioners between now and July /, 1924.
The applications for loans for school
building purposes now on file in the
office of the land commissioners totals
$4S2,950. This leaves about one mil
lion dollars subject to applications be-
tween now and next July or later.
Loans to school districts are made
at the rate of 40 per annum for
period not to exceed fifteen years IN
sums not to exceed $4,000. Such
| loans to be paid back in equal install
ments of principal and interest. The
Hand commissioners with the Attorney
Generals department have prepared
new and simplified blanks for making
these applications. These may be Sc
cured now. Any school board wishing
to make application should secure
these blanks before starting to make
duplication and then carefully follow
instructions outlined in the blank.
This will avoid the necessity of re-
turning application for corrections
which during the past has been dis
Agreeable though necessary feature OF
1.-The work of the land commissioner. IL
| is hoped this can be reduced to the
minimum.
| The school boards of Grant county
who are planning on building in the
Inear future will do well to take notice
| of the above announcement.
| There has been considerable mis-
understanding the past year through
out the county upon the question OF
TRANSPORTATION and tuition of non-resl-
dent pupils. The law on tranSporta-
ton has been changed very material
| ly by the last legislature. The old law
provided that where parents trans
ported their children to and from
school, they be paid at the rate OF 4O
cents per day for every child trans
ported provided the child be trans
ported at least five months during the
school year. The new law changes
the rate of transportation to 80 cents
day for the first child, 20 cents for
the second and 10 cents for the third,
| and the children must be transported
for at least six months during the
school year. This means that the
greatest amount paid to any one fam
lily is 60 cents per day.
| The law on tuition of nonresident
pupils has not been changed. Pupils
livings more than two miles from the
home school an dat least one half mile
nearer an adjoining school may attend
the nearer school and the home school
must pay the tuition. The maximum
charge of tuition must be based on the
cost per capita of instruction.
A few more changes in our rural
school teachers have taken place since
the first of January, due to the mar
riage epidemic and other causes.
Miss Katherine Durley is teaching for
a couple of months in No. 3, Harrison,
in place of Miss Eva Cavanaugh, who
was compelled to give up her school
for q short time on account OF SICK
ness. Mrs. Fricke has been engaged
to complete the school year at it. Dist.
4, Hickory Grove. Miss NeVa Croft
has been engaged to teach Ut. Dist. y,
PotOSi, for the remainder OF the year.
Miss Florence Meyer is completing the
school year at it. Dist. 6, Cassville,
and Miss Ruth Ward is completing the
| school year in No. 4, EllenborO.
The new physical training problem
in the schools of Wisconsin is being
handled in our rural schools in a very
satisfactory manner by many Of our
teachers and much praise is due to
these people. The idea of giving chill
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of physical training every school day
seems absurd to the average person
in our rural districts, and probably
they are not far off in their judgment,
but this is a state law and will re-
main with us for at least two years
and hence it is quite necessary that
the teachers arrange their programs
accordingly and prepare to give the
children their medicine. | wish to
mention especially the manner in
which this problem is handled by Miss
Marie Westing, teacher of No. l South
Lancaster. The school board has pur-
chased graphaphone and several
physical training records. The exer-
cises are fully explained by the direc-
tor and the children seem to have no
trouble in carrying out every detail of
the drill and at the same time they
seem to enjoy every minute of the ten
minute period which I observed. At
ter observing this physical training
period / came to the conclusion that
the graphaphone will be an important
factor in helping us solve our physical
training problem in our rural schools.
There seems to be some confusion
among many of our teachers in regard
to the diploma examinations which
will be held in April. Teachers who
read these articles will please take
notice There are two subjects only in
which pupils below the eighth grade
are permitted to write. Sixth and sew
enth grade pupils write in geography
over the work outlined in the Manual
for the school year 1923-1924. The