. Clay County. Agriculture. Jorgen Jensen School House Schools of Clay County The people of Clay have been staunch supporters of the schools of the county since the earliest settlement. Districts Nos. 1 and 2, Glynclon and Moorhead, were organized on Febru- ary 13, 1873, each with a large area of territory. The third district formed was in Parke township, and today it has the largest enrollment of any of the rural schools of the county. The oldest school building now standing is the Jorgen Jensen school house in District No. 8. This is a fine example of the work of the pioneers, who were alway
. Clay County. Agriculture. Jorgen Jensen School House Schools of Clay County The people of Clay have been staunch supporters of the schools of the county since the earliest settlement. Districts Nos. 1 and 2, Glynclon and Moorhead, were organized on Febru- ary 13, 1873, each with a large area of territory. The third district formed was in Parke township, and today it has the largest enrollment of any of the rural schools of the county. The oldest school building now standing is the Jorgen Jensen school house in District No. 8. This is a fine example of the work of the pioneers, who were always proud of the fact that their district never was in debt. The manner of building this school house shows the community spirit of the early days. Each settler brought four logs to be used in building the walls. Then these logs were hewed and fitted together by the donors. To complete the building the joint note of the settlers was given as security for payment of the bill for hardware and lumber. The log walls are still in use, although they have been sided and a brick foundation has been placed un- der the building. A vestibule and bell tower have also been added. The free text book system is in force throughout the entire county. There are over 5,000 children of school age, the enrollment in the high and graded schools being 2,146; in the rural and semi-graded 2,586, and fully 300 at- tend the State Normal School at Moor- head, Concordia College and several parochial schools. There are 109 school districts in the county, five of them consolidated. Clay was one of the first counties to take advantage of the law providing for the consolidation of school districts and giving high school training. The first district formed was at Comstock, where the A'illage and two rural schools were combined in 1909. This school proved so successful that in 1912 three. The Thomas McCabe School House, Southeast of Sabin. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that m
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