WHAT HAS BEEN DONE 



Mahnomen County reports one district furnishing a residence for the 

 teacher and says, "I wish every school in our county could have build- 

 ings like this, as the teacher feels as though she really has a home and 

 she is not inconvenienced by long walks through the bad weather and 

 does not have to build fires and wait in a cold room for the room to heat. 

 A place for the teacher to board is one of our greatest problems, and in 

 a home furnished the teacher as above she does not feel like an intruder 

 as she often does when boarding with a private family." 



A consolidated district, No. 9, near Morris, furnishes a residence for 

 the principal and two lots of ground. They charge rent sufficient to keep 

 up the property. The plan is satisfactory. 



In Red Lake County cottages are very much needed, as in many 

 cases teachers are boarding under very unfavorable conditions, and in 

 some cases the schools were compelled to remain closed. The Saum 

 consolidated school has a building used for such a purpose. 



In Carleton County one of the consolidated schools was compelled 

 to build a house, as the principal informed them he would have to resign 

 if no accommodations could be made. The freeholders of the district 

 formed a building association, borrowed money on a joint note and built 

 a building of six rooms. This building was placed on blocks so that it can 

 be moved if necessary, as the state has given no authority to build build- 

 ings on school ground. The district rents the house to the principal for 

 $140 a year. The principal rents rooms to teachers, who board at his 

 home. The building association do not expect to make money out of the 

 project nor do they care to lose any. Their intention is to turn it over 

 to the district at cost as soon as the law allows them to do so. 



Stearns County has 22 districts that provide teachers' cottages rent 

 free. In all instances these schools are of the one-room rural type and 

 are taught by married men. The salaries, in addition to the use of the 

 cottage, approach about $650 per year. In a number of instances a plot 

 of ground from one to thirteen acres is placed at the disposal of the 

 teacher. Many of these men have been in their respective positions for 

 a number of years and are giving good satisfaction. (U. S. Bureau of 

 Education.) 



Mississippi. 



George County. In a consolidated district the old two-room two- 

 teacher school building was transformed into a home for the principal 

 and they have a splendid man and his wife as head and primary teacher 

 whom they could not have secured without this home. They report that 

 this example of a teacherage is encouraging other school districts to 

 take up the matter and they hope for many more teachers' cottages. 



Jackson County at the Daisy-Vestry School, a rural school 30 miles 

 from a railroad, has a cottage called a dormitory across the road from 

 the school. It was built about five years ago by a donation of land, 

 labor and material. Up to that time the teacher had to board about two 

 miles from the schoolhouse as the district is thinly settled and the 

 schoolhouse is located between two settlements. The house is located 

 on 80 acres of land and belongs to the school. (U. S. Bureau of Educa- 

 tion.) 



Missouri. 



An old cottage at Bigelow on grounds recently acquired. Will be 

 remodeled by the School Board. (S. W. Skelton, Bigelow, Mo.) 



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"The question of good boarding places is fast becoming a problem. 

 Hard time to get any boarding place." "In my judgment this would 

 be the greatest means toward securing better teachers for longer terms." 

 (Picture of the home of a Franklin County teacher, showing that some 

 teachers live in tents in Missouri, was enclosed.) 



"The city of Bloomfield furnishes a cottage for the superintendent." 

 (U. S. Bureau of Education.) 



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