Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-08-28
SCHOOL OPENS
SEPTEMBER z
Teachers Will Hold Business
Sessions Monday to
Outline Work.
improvements and Changes
Made in Interior of
the Building.

improvements on the school prem
ises during the summer months have
progressed to the stage when the
opening of school on Tuesday, Sep
TENDER 2, will be fittingly and effici-
emily ushered into the Askov COM
munity. A teachers business meet
ing will be held Monday at 1:30 p. m
The school has been renovated
throughout, the furnace repaired,
floors scrubbed, oiled, and in many
rooms the walls have been cleaned
and painted, making the whole gen.
eral interior a pleasing contrast to
what it was at the close of the 1929-3O
school term.
| Superintendent Harald Petersen has
superintended equipping the labora-
tory with much new equipment dur
ing the past summer and this equip
ment will occupy the room formerly
used for Danish which will afford
more floor space for the large new
laboratory tables together with store
room where the equipment can be
Systematically arranged for QUICK
reference. The Danish room has
been placed in the old laboratory
room and third grade room of las,
year has been turned into the mgr
school recitation room with the th1rC
grade room occupying other adequate
quarters. The new laboratory equip
ment added during the past two year:
includes a Blaugas plant. Three
science classes are conducted in th'
high school each year with chemlstr.
and physics alternating. This yea
about twenty students in each clas'
will receive general science, biology
and chemistry taught by Superintend
ent Petersen
Superintendent Petersen calls atten
ton to the law which requires al
children under the age of sixteen t
be in school regardless of whether o
not they have passed the eighth grad
unless they are excused by writteI
, consent of the board.
| Five of the teachers of last yea
l including Superintendent Harald Pet
ersen will again conduct classes
the Askov school. The complete lis
of teachers is as follows: Grades on
and two, Miss Valborg Justeser
Askov; grade three, Miss Celia John
son, Goodhue; grades four and five
Miss Anna Rupp, Bruno; grades tiv
and six, Miss Marie Riis, Tyler; sew
enth grade, Miss Anna c. Yngv'
Cambridge; eighth grade, Miss Helg
Boo, Remer; danish, Miss Ellen Pau
sen, Askov; principle of high schoo
!. Vernon Anderson, Atwater; matthew;
tics and social science in high scho'
. department, Miss Elna Petersen; an
, Superintendent, Harald Petersen Mis-
Anna Rupp is the librarian for tf
/. coming year. 1t is expected tn;
Scandinavian will be offered to tn
= Freshman class as an elective sui
: ject.
,. Bus Drivers Engaged.
= With the exception of three, the bl
drivers are the same as last yea
The exceptions are c. M. Laursen
e place of Anton Hansen on route No.
8 ]. Thomson in place of Jim Holm
e route No. Z, and Fred Olesen in pla
It of Mis- Kyhl on route No. 1. The COZ
e plete list of bus drivers are as follow
il Route 1, Fred Olesen; route 2, Villa
n Olesen; route 3, B. R Petersen; rou
4. P. D. Pedersen; route 5, Mika
= Petersen; route 6, H c. Hanse
:. (north); route Z, ]. Thomson; route
= C. M. Laursen; routes 9 and 10, Jol
Thinesen.
The buses have all been paint
II inside and the window in the do
r has been remodeled to make for mo
S. ventilation. Chris F. Sorensen is
ianitor and has been busy most of t