History of New Rockford: August 6, 2018

The November 1, 1901, “Transcript” stated that Principal E.R. Thomas had clarified the school’s position on extra reading: such reading should not take away from other school work; it should be done when lessons were short or when there was no work assigned in a class. Students could select their own library book to read or a teacher could select one for them. In the high school the reading done i...