The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-08-30
School Opens Monday.
September Third
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portunity for the girl to apply her
class work knowledge to home
problems, thereby linking the home
and. the school more closely and
stimulating a keener interest on
the part of the girls. These pro-
jects are supervised by the instruct
or after planning and consulting
with the girl and her parents.
The detectives of Home Econom-
les in general are to develop the
ideals and personal traits of the girl
as well as set standards Of achieve
ment and habits which will pro-
mote effective and happy living.
Statistics show, % per cent Of
all Minnesota graduate girls, with
in a year after graduation, either
marry or enter some form of home
occupation requiring Home Eco
nomic foundation. Therefore it be-
hooyes the modern girl to be eco
nonically minded and so trained in
home making subjects that she may
>intelligently fill her mission as
home maker.
The federal aid received for this
department amounts to Approximate
ly six hundred to seven hundred
dollars year.
Girls Physical Education
To relieve ME-. Sontag of his
mathematics classes and to. meet
the state law relative to required
physical education, an extra teach
er was selected. For a long time
it has been felt that the physical
education for girls in the Sank
Centre schools has not been up to
standard, due to the fact that the
teachers did not have the time to
carry on the work. Naturally the
most emphasis was placed on boys
activities, which has been more or
less unfair. To have a well round
ed out girls physical education
program, conducted by competent
teacher, will accrue much benefit
for the girls.
Bus Routes
For some time the question of
improved transportation facilities
has been talked of by the Board of
Education. In conjunction with
the recommendation made by Mr..
Engum, of the State Department of
Education, for more economic
transportation the local Board
purchased three buses.
The new bus bodies are of steel
construction with insulated top and
wooden floor. These bodies repre-
sent the safest type of transporta-
ton that money can buy. It has
been felt for some time that the
buses previously used did not offer
the maximum amount of safety
necessary for the transportation of
pupils.
The new bodies will be mounted
on V-8 Ford chassis and will carry
from forty to fifty pupils. Hot wat
er heaters will be installed, which
will give the maximum safety heat
ing.
There will be three routes estab-
lished and, as soon as the buses ar
rive, the homes along each route
will be given the time that the
children are to be at the various
stations. Each family on the
three routes, that have children to
be transported, will be informed di-
rectly as to the route they are on
and the station time. c
Though each bus route will be
longer, the running time will be
approximately the same as under
the old system. It is asked of the
parents whose children are trans
ported that they do thir utmost
to cooperate in seeing that the
children are on hand when the bus
arrives.
In what has been known the
"old gymnasium" a garage will be
constructed in the senior high
school to house the three buses and,
with the recommendation made by
the Department of Education that
the School Board purchase their
own gasoline and oil, a fueling
pump will be installed to give the
minimum amount of cost with
maximum amount of benefit for all
concerned.