Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from History of St. Paul and Vicinity, Vol. 2: A Chronicle of Progress and a Narrative Account of the Industries, Institutions and People of the City, and Its Tributary Territory
A similar enlightened policy has dictated the opening, by the St. Paul board of education, of a continuation sch'ool for pupils under Six teen years of age who are compelled to work and who have not completed the grade course in the public schools. This is an important provision of the compulsory education law and its strict enforcement is essential to the protection of the working children.
Under the proposed system the working children who come within the provisions of the law will be given certain hours each day in school in order to do the study equivalent to a completion of the grade course in the public schools. The cooperation of employers, by which the little toilers will not lose any of their wages while attending the school for a few hours each day, is an important feature of the plan and should be secured without difficulty. Both the children and their employers will derive ultimate benefit by compliance with the terms of the plan. It is unfortunate that children under sixteen years of age should be compelled to become wage earners, but the evils of the condition will be greatly lessened by successful conduct of the continuation school.
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