St. Paul daily globe., 1892-01-27
FOR A SPECIAL MEETING,
South Side High School Site Re-
served-Interesting Board of Ed
uCation Business.

ucation Business.
again postponed action on the site for
the South side high school. Mr.. Rolfe
was not present and the other members
thought he would like to have
voice in the selection. More
over, it was thought that the
selection of site would occupy
whole afternoon. This question will
be taken up at special meeting, to be
called as soon as Mr.. Rolfe returns.
Three new sites were offered to the
board. One is at TWenty-second and
Minnehaha avenue. The price set upon
it is $1,000. The other two, offered by
Mr.. Mills, of st. Paul, are on opposite
corners of Thirteenth avenue south and
Nineteenth street. The price of one is
Sl3,050. and of the other, Sl2,6OO. 1t is
not believed that either of these sites
will be satisfactory.
The finance committee reported that
it had received three proposals to lend
the board the money it needs. The low
est was from Corser & Co. 1t offered
the board money at an even per cent,
of which Is per cent is for commission
and q per cent for exchange. The offer
was accepted, and it was voted to borrow
$4,000 on notes of the board due June
80. President Ankeny took occasion to
state that this was the lowest rate at
which any board in Minneapolis had
ever borrowed money. He ventured to
state that the park board would have to
pay at least or per cent. He took
this getting money at such low rate of
interest as compliment 10 the high
character of the board of education.
The finance committee was instructed
10 tor f1an to
that interest money that has been paid
out on school bonds and deducted from
the school funds, the court having de-
cided that 1t belongs to the board of ed
ucation. The committe will ascertain
when each separate sum paid as inter-
est was due the board, and will en-
deavor to make the city pay interest on
the money from those dates. The board
will be some $4,000 richer when it gets
that money.
Supt Bradley reported the total en-
rollmentt up to date in the schools as 81
525, an increase over last year OF 1856.
The enrolment in the night schools is
2,032. He stated that the average at
tendance has been kept down by the un-
usual amount fitness prevailing among
the pupils. Many of the teachers have
| also been Ill. Six of them resigned yester-
day, and five of them alleged ill-health
as their reason. GoOdnOw & Lawther
were awarded a contract for 500 tons of
Brazil block coal at S5.14. They have
| the coal contract anyhow, and this was
| given them in addition to that, despite
the objection OF John Norton. Bernard
| Cloutier was present. and spoke to the
board on behalf of a patent ventilator
which admits air to school rooms
through perforated part Of the sash.
| The committee had not looked up this
matter. Robert Pratt said that he
| thought he would oppose it as in warm
weather the windows have to be opened
| anyhow and in cold weather enough air
comes in through the windows when
| closed, not to speak of opening them.
| The commendable action of the p. o. S.
| A. in presenting flags to the schools
means some expense to the board.
| Many of the flags, about thirty of them,
were run up on flag stats. The board
now discovers that those flagstaffs are
| dangerous and must be protected with
lightning rods, at a cost of SIS each.
The theory advanced by President
! Ankeny that the board is getting money
at low rate of interest because of its
high character is going to cost some
thing. In order to maintain its high,
aesthetic character, as revealed by the
! bills passed yesterday, the board has
to buy nine automatic ink stands at a
cost of S1.75 each.