The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-08-29

Minnesota; Elizabeth Randall
Wolf Point; Irene DER, Volt
Mont; Gustaf Rein, Minneapolis
(Mr. Rein has not signed hi
contract YETI
4th gradients. Wayne Kurtz
Wolf Point. 3rd grade-Ann Inge
bretson, Rolette, N. d. End grade
Mrs. Marjorie Stebbins, VOL
Point. LIST grade-M. Lillian Bran
don, Tioga, N. Oak. list grade
Cyclic Hagen, Hillsboro, N. Oak
LIST ands End north-Mabel Hatch
Seattle, Wash. 3rd and 4th north
Esther Strickland, Duluth, MINI
Rural Schools
Day school, Mrs. L. E. Gorton
Sand Creek, Mont; Victory school
Edna Lundgren, Amery, Wiscon'
sin; Volt school, Katherine Pow
er, Cathcart, Wash; Pioneer
school, Sadie McManigal, Ollie,
Mont.
Other rurals who have contracts
but have not been assigned def
mite schools are: Mildred Dahlin
of Binford, N. OAK; Bessie Ander-
son of Burnstad, N. OAK; Azell
Anderson OF Burnstad, N. Oak;
Julia Poole of Glendale, N. Oak.
Other teachers will be signed
for the rural schools before | ar
rive in Wolf Point. No teacher
is being considered for our rural
schools If she isn't an advanced
normal graduate. We hope that
all signed will be experienced
teachers.
Miss Rosenberg, who taught Dry
Fork last year, will teach in the
city of St. Paul this year. We are
sorry to lose her. Miss Dickinson,
who did excellent work at Long
view, has a good position in nor
thern Minnesota. Miss Hopwood,
who taught our 9Th, will be at
Harlowtown during the coming
year.
A complete list of the expert
ence and qualifications of our
faculty will be published after my
arrival. I haven't all the papers
with me.
Our school should be better
than ever because most of the
faculty have been in Wolf Point
for several years.
Our policies are so shaped as
to keep the Wolf Point schools
in line with the larger and better
schools of the U. S.
Studies show that the largest
number of cities demand n or
two years experience as a pre-
requisite to election. This plan
makes the rural school and the
poorer districts the training
school" for city teachers. Our de-
mand for experienced teachers is
taking Wolf Point district As
(town and rural) out Of the clas-
sification training ground.
In the cities there is a tendency
to require 6 or more years OF
training for elementary grades.
Wolf Point teachers have met
this requirement even in u rur-
al. schools. The 6 years mean four
years of high school plus two
years of normal.
Surveys show that larger cities
have greater power to hold the
teachers in service. Little schools
change teachers every year or
two. This rule is accepted now
among educators, 1.-THE larger and
better the school, the smaller is
the teacher turnover.
One authority says, mot until
the rural school or small town
school can compete financially
with the larger districts is there
much hope that they will ever
be more than the dumping GROUND
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training schools for city systems
Our salary schedule is our only
handicap. Our system Of taxation
will have to be changed before
this can be remedied. A state
wide tax for elementary and hlgf
schools is just as much needed as
for a university.
l have studied the Wisconsin
system of high school tuition tins
summer. Each district that mas
pupils going to a high school out
side of the district is compeliec
to pay a sum, not to exceed sloS
per year, for each child attend
ing. Is per cent of the high schco
budget in Wisconsin is tuition.
This shows that the amount ask
ed by the Wolf Point district Il
very reasonable. Montana needs
law patterned after the Wisconsin
law.
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