The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-01-04
SuPT. LAMPE
MAKES REPORT
Unorganized Districts of st.
Louis County Make Fine
Showing in 1933-34.

Louis County Make Fine
Showing in 1933-34.
Despite the fact that the Unorganized
School District of st. Louis County
suffered another severe reduction in in
come the budget for 1933-34 was bal
anced, according to the annual report
of Arthur Lampe, county superinten-
dent of schools. In contrast to the
$250,OO0 which was raised from real
estate taxes annually during the years
1926 1880 real estate taxes last year
yielded only $124.OO0. But despite this
diminution of income, expenditures
were less than collected or collectable
receipts for the year as a whole.
During the past four years the high
school population has nearly doubled
but the children of the Unorganized
District last year were educated on the
basis of total expenditures, at the cost
of $31.30 per capita as compared with
$42.46 four years ago. This includes
the large item of transportation which
the rural district must expend an
nually. Exclusive of transportation.
and on the basis of operating costs the
per capita expenditures last year were
s21.16. The average per capita cos. for
the whole county for education last
year was $41.31.
Academic or Study Field
School standards have not suffered
on account of the tremendous dimin-
ution of income. Whereas four years
ago 1870 of the grade school enroll
ment was in non-accredited schools, last
year only 1870 remained in such
schools. In contrast to the 24qo of
high school students in accredited
schools four year sage, 729o of the high
school students last year were enrolled
in fully state accredited institutions.
All of the four year high schools, OF
which there are at present, are fully
accredited by the State Department OF
Education.
Americanization classes are being
conducted at 10 centers with 173 adults
enrolled. An added impetus was given
this program through the reduction by
the Federal Government in the cost of
citizenship from $1,000 to $1,000 Adj
ditional adults are preparing for citi-
zenship under the social center pro-
gram but are not included in the above
enrollments.
Smith Hughes Agriculture
But progress in the county rural
schools has not been limited alone to
the academic field. In the field of
Smith Hughes Agricultural education.
the work has been more highly or
ganized and intensified. Besides
teaching regular high school and grade
classes and working in their associate
clubs such as the All Clubs and
Future Farmers of America clubs, the
agriculture instructors have continued
their work in part-time classes and
evening schools for adults.
Dairying was the major enterprise.
To provide cheap, valuable and abund-
ant food for the dairy COW, the in
structors, for the second year, increased
by 1000 the number of farmers rails
ing alfalfa. Active cooperation was
continued in the various experiments
conducted at the University Expert
ment Station at Duluth.
In addition to dairying an improved
farm practice program during 1884 was
conducted for clean and disease-free
potatoes, dairy herd Improvement and
cooperative bull blocks Nine COM
munity fairs were conducted in CO.
operation with the county schools agri-
culture departments. Over 10000 people
attended these fairs in which 81 COM
mEpities participated.
/; TIE work of this department win be
further intensified and correlated with
SCHOOL and community development. In
that IL Will work In close cooperation
with the st. Louis County Planning
Commission.
Extension Department
The extension department of the
county schools is concerned with the
Regular school program and community
activity. During the last week Of
school last spring 106 schools partici-
pated in athletic meets at % points
IN the county. A regular physical edu-
cation program is now an integral part
Of the rural schools program.
In the field of adult and community
activity this department last winter in
the lighted schoolhouse" program had
2,621 persons enrolled in AIT classes
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