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CHAPTER XVIII -- EDUCATION (CONT'D)TENNANT CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL.In 1913 the consolidated independent school district of Tennant was formed from certain territory in Shelby, Cass and Lincoln townships. During 1913 -14 a fine brick school building was erected. It is equipped with modern heating apparatus, plumbing, ventilation, and with apparatus for manual training and domestic science. The building was dedicated March 14, 1914. The school now has an enrollment of one hundred and twenty-eight pupils, with an average attendance of ninety-five per cent. The pupils are conveyed several miles, in five hacks, to the school. These hacks begin picking up the pupils about seven o’clock. The drivers are paid an average salary of nearly seventy dollars per month. The first principal of the school was A. W. Phillips. The first and present board of education is: George X. Cook, president; R. F. Plumb, August Turke, Albert Hansen, Fred T. Miller, and F. L. Hansen, treasurer. The first secretary was R. A. Studley, who worked especially hard for the establishment of the school. The present teaching force is composed of Thomas L. Cook; Blanche Morris, domestic schience; Miss Frieburghouse, intermediate grades; Hattie Wulff, grammar grades; Mrs. J. B. Wiley, primary grades. The school offers the following courses: Ninth grade—First Semester: Latin, algebra, English, physical geography; second semester: Latin, algebra, English, agriculture. Tenth grade—First Semester: general history, English, Latin, home economics or manual training; second Semester: general history, English, Latin, home economics or manual training.
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