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CHAPTER XVIII -- EDUCATION (CONT'D)KIRKMAN CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL.The recent prominent movement in Shelby county education is the formation of consolidated independent school districts, that is, the annexation, of course after the vote of the people, of territory surrounding a village or town, with the school district in the village or town, and with provision for the transportation of pupils from the county territory to the school house. Shelby county now has four consolidated independent school districts in which pupils are transported in hacks to school some miles from the country. These districts are the Harlan independent district, the Tennant consolidated independent district, the Kirkman consolidated independent district and the Irwin independent district. The Kirkman consolidated district was established following an election on April 26, 1913, on which date the vote favoring to consolidated district was: In town 37, in the country 22, or a total of 59 votes in favor of the proposition; the vote against consolidation was: in town, 7 votes, and in the country 13, or a total of 20 votes against the proposed consolidated district. The new board of education was organized May 19, 1913. The territory embraced by the district at the present time includes the town of Kirkman and all of Douglas township, except four corner sub-districts, 1, 3, 7 and 9. The pupils from this territory are conveyed to the school in Kirkman by means of four hacks. The course of study, which is being printed, provides for the taking of agriculture in the eleventh grade, instruction in this branch having been offered for the first time in the fall of 1914. So far the subject has been taught by text books. Courses are also offered in domestic science and in manual training. The equipment of the school consists of ten double steel vises and work benches and one lot of tools for carpenter work. For the domestic science there are five double cook tables, one kitchen cabinet, one blau-gas range connected with a blau-gas plant, cooking and table equipment, also a sewing machine. For the teaching of the agriculture there is also one set of agricultural charts.
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