The
township of Warren is well supplied with public schools of a high
character for efficiency and general excellence.
In
township 57, range 8, there is an excellent school in the village
of Warren. The central school or independent district was
organized in April, 1875. The school-house, a frame was built in
1881, costing $700. The average number of pupils in attendance is
41, and school is taught seven months in the year.
District
No. 3 has a fine frame school-house, 32x20 feet in size, built in
1873, and costing $1,000. It is well furnished with patent seats,
maps and other apparatus. There are 75 children of school age in
the district and school is taught eight months in the year.
District
No. 4 was organized in 1873 and contains nine square miles. The
school-house, a frame, was built in 1869 and together with the
furniture cost $1,200. It is well supplied with apparatus. Number
of school. children in the district, 90 of these; 37 are colored.
Six months of school per year.
District
No. has a good frame house, built in 1870, and well furnished.
Miss Pocahontas Waller, a popular teacher, has taught the last
three schools.
In
township 57, range 7, there are some good schools. Excellent
houses are on the southwest quarter of section 20, the northeast
quarter of 26, the northwest quarter of 26 and the northwest
quarter of 11. A Sabbath school is conducted regularly in the last
named house.