TEACHERS' COTTAGES 



Minnesota. 



Teacher's Cottage in St. Louis County, Minnesota 



"Section 10. The principal of a consolidated school shall be qualified 

 to teach the elements of agriculture, as determined by such tests as are 

 required by the superintendent of education. A school of this class shall 

 have suitable rooms and equipment for industrial and other work, a 

 library, and necessary apparatus and equipment for efficient work, and 

 a course of study embracing such branches as may be prescribed by the 

 superintendent of education." 



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We have teachers' homes at the following schools in what is known 

 as the unorganized district of St. Louis County; No. 14, four teachers; 

 No. 40, two teachers; No. 41, one teacher; No. 45, two teachers; No. 56, 

 two teachers; No. 68, two teachers; No. 71, three teachers; No. 73, one 

 teacher; No. 70, two teachers; No. 83, three teachers; No. 85, three 

 teachers. There are about an equal number of cottages for teachers in 

 the rural schools in other districts of the county. Our plan for these 

 buildings is not uniform, but in all cases except one the cottage is a 

 part of the main building. (See illustrations, pages 34, 35.) Our 

 object in making the cottage a part of the main building is to economize 

 in the matter of cost of construction and to enable this little household 

 to be used in connection with the instruction of the children in domestic 

 arts. As a general rule the cottage part of the main building costs us 

 about $600, and in addition thereto we are at an outlay of $300 for 

 furniture. The buildings are equipped completely in every way with 

 all the necessary furniture and kitchen ware. This method of taking 

 care of the teachers we are following up, not because it is impossible 

 to secure boarding places in all instances, although that condition of 

 affairs frequently prevails, but rather because it enables us to secure 

 better talent and to retain our teachers for a longer period of time. 

 No rent is charged, and no charge is made for fuel. The teachers 

 live usually at a cost of from $5 to $10 a month each. (N. A. Young, 

 Superintendent of Schools, Duluth, Minn.) 



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When I came here the first of August, 1913, to take charge of this 

 school, there was no house available, and, as you may know, this school 

 is five miles from Barnum and two miles from Nemadji, it was up to 

 some one to provide a house, and as the laws of Minnesota did not permit 



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