. Consolidation of country schools . utes. Yousee the small farmer can make the trip in about four hours, and a goodpart of the year he has nothing else to do, and nothing perhaps for theteam to do. It is so much extra money. In answer to the question, isit advisable to have more than one central school, he says: That is alocal consideration, but with townships, such as ours, with a small hamletnear the center, most assuredly not. It takes numbers to make a goodschool, to give inspiration. Few, if any, of our townships have as manypupils as can be cared for, even under centralization. It would
. Consolidation of country schools . utes. Yousee the small farmer can make the trip in about four hours, and a goodpart of the year he has nothing else to do, and nothing perhaps for theteam to do. It is so much extra money. In answer to the question, isit advisable to have more than one central school, he says: That is alocal consideration, but with townships, such as ours, with a small hamletnear the center, most assuredly not. It takes numbers to make a goodschool, to give inspiration. Few, if any, of our townships have as manypupils as can be cared for, even under centralization. It would be follyto run two corps of teachers. As to expense, a careful going over of thebooks of our township clerk shows that we are paying something like$250 more per year under the new system than we did under the is for the school year ending last August, as compared with the lastyear under the old system. This small sum, however, pays for two monthsmore of high school than we formerly had. The per capita expense isno Going home from School, Gustavus Township, Trumbull County, Ohio. These wagons are fitted with curtains, lap robes and if necessary withoil stoves for severe weather. The longest route is five milesThe routes pay as follows: 29 ROUTE. AMOUNT. MILES TRAVELLED. No. $i-S5 per day 5 miles No. 2 98 per day 3 ^ miles No. 3 69 per ...2 V% miles No. 4 per day 5 miles No. 5 per day 3 % miles No. 6 1-45 per day 4 % miles No. 7 per day , 4 ^ miles No. 8 per day 5 miles No. 9 95 per day 3 ^ miles Average paid each driver $ per day. Average distance travelledfour miles. At Aurora, Portage County, the patrons took up the matter of central-izing about six years ago and made arrangements to convey the pupils ofthe eleven districts to these central schools. One of the trustees told methat after four years preliminary trial the people have become satisfiedwith the question of permanency and two years ago there was erectedone centra
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