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E" JOHNSON, SPEAK 1

Large Orowd Attends Wedneslal i
~ Dedication of Training Cens>"



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The cornerstone of the new eon-

sohdated school which is to be af-
filiated with the Rural Education
department was laid Wednesday

‘afternoon at 3:30. Two nationally

known educators, Dr. Albert Win-

ship, editor of the New England
Journal of Education, and Hon.

Thomas E. Johnson, state superin-
’tendent of public instruction,

were the main speakers in the
ceremony. Schools in the consol-“
idated district were dlsmlssed at
‘noon to attend the program, and
it is estimated that nearly 2000'_ |

people witnessed the ceremony.

The district in which the new
school is located covers an area of
sixty-three square miles valued at o
over two and one-half million dol-
lars. The building is being erect-
ed on a twenty-acre site five miles
south of Ypsilanti. Motor buses
will be used to transport the stu-

idents to and from school.





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| enrollment of 200.
have well equipped agriculture,

‘next year.

The new building will be con-
structed at a cost of $200,000 and
will take the place of thirteen
one-room rural schools. It will
contain nine rooms for grade work



| in which 350 students will be en-
rolled the first year. The junior
and senior high school depart-

ments will undoubtedly have an
They are to

home economics and manual train-

‘ing departments, and will offer
| the wsual college preparatory

courses in these subjects. The ac-
companying picture gives an idea
of the new training center for the

'rural education work. This con-
«olidated school, together w1th .

number of small rural schools now
being used will furnish an ade-

quate training department for

students specializing in rural edu-
cation, when the fall term opens
Training for county
normal crltlcs, rural superwsors, |
and superintendents of consoli-
dated schools will be especially

stressed in the department.

At the ceremony accompanying

the laying of the cornerstone Wed-

nesday, addresses were given by
Commissioner Evan Essery of
Washtenaw County, Dr. Thomas E.
Johnson, state superintendent of

public instruction, and Dr. Albert

E. Winship, editor of the Journal
of Educatlon. The Rotary octette
of the cn;y rendered mus:cal num-

bers. The Klwanls Club, patrons
of rural educatlon Were also proe

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