St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-27
MINNEAPOLIS.
FLAG DONORS ROASTED.
The Board Of Education Jumps
On the Patriotic Order.


The Board Of Education Jumps
On the Patriotic Order.
The board of education took occasion
to roast that organization known as the
Patriotic Order Sens of America at the
meeting held yesterday afternoon. The
whole matter started upon motion in
tr0duced by Robert Pratt, that the
board buy the flags for schools not yet
provided with them. and that a day be
set for the raising of the flags upon all
the schools. 1t seems that there are
nine schools that have not heen pro-
yided with the proper bunting, and for
that reason the exercises that were to
have occurred when the flags were to
be raised had to be postponed.
A. L. Ankeny thought that the board
had no right to appropriate money for
such purpose. He said that he did
not think that the flag matter should be
saddIed upon the board, now or at any
future time. He had always thought
that the flag question was matter to
be tended to by the people, and that the
board had done its part in furnishing
the poles. This Patriotic Order of Sons
of America has got lis into this thing"
said he, land now they want to shift
the whole responsibility upon the Shout
ders OF the board. They came before
us here some time ago, and promised to
furnish, not only flag for the top of
each school building, but also for each
room. They have failed to keep their
promise. and we find that we are nine
flags short of enough to 60 round, to say
nothing Of those for the rooms. In my
opinion they are a colossal fraud, and
think the board has right to doubt the
willing to give the flags, but this order
wanted all the honor to ITSELF"
The majority of the board favored
Mr.. Ankeny's view of the case, Mr..
Pratt alone seeming to feel that the
board should buy the balance of the
bunting. Mr.. Gjertsen thought that,
if the order in question did not furnish
the flags after due notice, those that
had already been given should be re-
turned with remarks appropriate to the
occasion. There was lengthy discus
sion of the matter. the Patriotic Order
coming in for roasts from every quar-
ter. A motion was finally passed that
the order he notified to send in the re-
mainder of the flags before April 10. and
that flags be accepted from any source
that might see fit to offer them.
A communication was read from Her
bert Putnam, librarian of the public Ii
brary, recommending that the janitOr at
the North Side High school be made
special police officer. Robert Pratt Of
fered a resolution to the effect that the
board take the necessary steps to have
him appointed as such. There was con-
siderable debate over the motion. Mr..
Ankeny asked if the school had ever
found the need Of police officer before
there, and if it had be9n found neees-
sary to have the janitor of the library
building appointed a special policeman.
He said he did not like the precedent,
end thought that if the library board
wanted an officer there 1t was a matter
for that board to see to. II don't want
to see the children of this city," said he.
placed under the power OF the police in
any form if it can be helped. They are
brutal and inhuman, and are better
kept away from the school children"
Mr.. Gjertsen said that the library
board should see to it that Or
der was preserved. and if it did
not, the branch should DO ordered out
of the high school building. The mo-
ton was put and lost.
Supt. Bradley's report showed tina.
175 new pupils had been admitted dur
ing the month. The total enrolment
for the year thus far has been 1927, an
increase over the figures for the same
time last year of LIPS. The attendance
in the lower grades has materially de-
creased, owing to the prevalence of
measles, which will also. he states. in
terfele with the general admission of
In i,nn IN hn hold Mon
day.
There was motion put that an ap-
preparation be made for the 800 diplo-
mas which are to be furnished graduates
from the high school. Last season the
cost for these diplomas was 81 each. and
there was lengthy debate upon h w
much ought to be appropriated for them.
1t seemed to be the pre- vailing opinion
that as the printed forms were already
in stock, there should be no expense in
filling the names of the several officers.
The matter was finally referred to the
committee on supplies.
The report of the teachers commit
tee gave notice of the appointment of
Anna Nj. RecOne as principal of the
Lincoln school; Mary FL. Dwyer. princi-
pal of the Hawthorne school: Susan NJ.
Long, teacher of the Grant school; Ella
Nj. Bancroft, assistant principal of the
Lincoln school; Mary Grimes, primary
assistant at the Motley school; Jessie NJ.
Whitney. teacher at the Lincoln school,
and Hattie Ostrum, teacher at the
Bremen school.
Delegates were present asking that
some better place for school house in
futile district be found. as the building
now in use was too small and inadequate
for tha demands of the district A. H.
Jordan headed delegation represent
ing people from the South side, asking
that the high school in that section be
located upon tract of land 247X119 feet.
on the corner of TWenty-Second street
and Seventeenth avenue. Both prop
ositionS were referred to the committee
Oh school sites.
The board passed resolution lnvit-
Ing the National Educational association
to visit Minneapolis during the cOnve en-
ton in st. Paul in July next.