Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-04-09
PINE COUNTY RURAL
SCHOOL NEWS
A. e. GUSTAFSON
County Superintendent


The following reflections were re-
ported to us this week: Miss Dolores
Kraft. District No. As; Harold Palm,
District No. 81, SO increase; Miss
Eileen Coyne, District No. Ill; MISS
Alice Sanburg, District No. 40, her
second reelection; Clifford Thomson
District No. 1, SO increase; and MISS
Virginia Benson, District No. 81, 80
increase.
Miss Juanita Hauer of Hinckley,
was elected for the Mission Creek
District No. position. Miss Mar
garet Hansen of Askov, who is COM
pleting her third term there, declined
a reelection. Miss Hansen is one OF
our best rural teachers.
After fifteen years of rural teach
ing service, Mrs. Estelle Babcock-Mul-
Inns will retire to help handle the
work at home. Mrs. Mullins is
strong, talented industrious teacher
who devotes untiring efforts for her
whole community as we'll as the
school. She has helped to promote
community plays, clubs and Parent
Teachers Associations and thus
helped to make her school commun-
ity social center. 1t is difficult to f1nd
leaders and workers like her and the
profession will miss her.
The Rock Creek Parent-Teachers'
Association promoted a Rag Bali
social and lunch at their last meet
ing. Sufficient money was raised TO
pay the last installment on the piano
they purchased for the school last
fall. If you want to know how to
operate Rag Ball social write to
the teachers or to Mrs. Ernest olson
at Rock Creek.
Facts and Information.
The following facts have been OBJ
tanned from surveys, state reports,
and other sources:
Pine county rural school levy aver
ages 20 mills.
219S rural schools in the state lev
led less than five mills.
There are 1921 rural school dis
tricts and 4S6 high and graded school
districts in Minnesota.
Pine county has 80 rural and nine
other school districts.
There are 1O2 rural schools in OPP
Grafton this year in Pine county.
State aids furnished 81 per cent OF
all money used to operate all the
public schools of Minnesota last year,
1934-35.
In Pine county, 70 per cent of all
school money for operation was de-
rived from state aids, 1934-35.
Only five other counties in Mime
sofa received a greater percentage
of state aids than Pine. They are:
Aitkin, go per cent; Beltrami, 73 pei
cent; Cass, 73 per cent; Clearwater
SO per cent; and Kanabec, 76 per cent
This means that about three fourthS
of the money for our Pine county
schools was derived last year from
state aids,
The average salary of rural schoo
teachers in Minnesota for different
school years is as follows: 1882
$50; 1928, SIG; 1933-34, SCI; 1884
35, $50; and 1885, SCI. 1t seem:
that bottom was reached last year.
The average in Pine county, rural
is 1934-35, S51; and 1885, S54.
Seventy-fve per cent of the rura
teachers of the state receive more
than S54 per month.
This year, 9O2 of the S149 Mime
sofa rural teachers are receiving les
than $50 per month; 26S receive more
than 500 per month.
Thirty-nine Pine county rura
teachers this year were not teachin,
in Pine county last year. Most o
these are teaching their first year
All but seven of the thirty-two Pin'
county teachers training department
graduates were placed.
Nineteen other Pine county rura
teachers changed positions for thi
year. Thus over half of the rura
pupils faced new teachers this year
If a teacher is at least average
the school efficiency is usually in
creased in proportion to the number
of years she remains in the same
school.
We feel that rural school Distric
No. II has the best Pine county rec
ord for teacher tenure. Miss. Aureli;
Lahodny is now teaching her nintl
consecutive year there. Mrs. Saral
Hinze, L. F. Appleby and Geo. Dip
prey are members of the board Their
at this time.
Miss Katy M. Young has the hes
record for number of years of effici
ent, faithful rural school teaching
service. This is her thirty secon
year. She is now teaching in Distric
No. 101, Kingsdale.
Library Aid.
This statement will answer man
recent questions: No state aid de
ponds on the purchase of librar
books except library aid. Librar
aid is based on the amount of none
spent for certified library books. TIL
aid amounts to fifty per cent (pro
rateO of the amount of money spen