Looking Back

100 Years Ago

Jan. 8, 1915

The question of consolidating the rural schools in this section is being seriously considered. The plan is to have a graded school with three rooms and a high school course added in each specified section and haul the pupils to and from such school.

If this plan can be worked out there is no question but what it would materially raise the standard of common schools. Where this plan has been tried out in other states it has given perfect satisfaction.

The serious difficulty here is on account of the spare population it would be difficult to get the desired number o...