Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1893-12-07
CITY SCHOOL AFFAIRS.
Meeting Of Board of Education
Matters of School In
tereSt.
Arrayed in the PanopIy of War
Co. n was Inspected
Tuesday,.
Annual Election of Officers by
SOCietieS.---In Railroad
Circles.

AT the meeting OF the board OF educa-
tion Tuesday evening there were present
President Roper, Mrs. White and Messrs
Ingalls,, Steel, Lutz and Clerk Blewett.
Absent E. w. Camp and Mrs. Hotchkiss.
In view of a possible shortage in funds
before the next meeting of the board the
following resolution was passed: That
the treasurer be authorized to negotiate
or borrow such funds as he may deem
necessary to meet current expenses and
to maintain warrants issued by the board
az par.
Interest on school bonds in the amount
of Sl,7oO falls due on the first of the
year to meet which it was resolved:
That the president and the secretary
be authorized to draw warrant in favor
of the treasurer in the amount of S1,7o0
to pay interest due Jan. 1st, 1894.
The report of Prof. Wagner for the
month ending Nov. Oath was read. This
showed that the total enrolment for the
past month has been 1873 boys and 2O4
girls, total of 4O2 against 3s3 las
month. These figures do not include "a
pupils that withdrew this month and %
last month There are % nonresident
pupils attending the city schools.
In view Of an attempt, which was made
by some of the pupils, to furnish reading
matter for one of the school rooms, the
following resolution was passed to pre-
vent it's recurrance in the future: That
no assessment for money or contribution
of any kind, for any purpose whatever,
be allowed to be made Of any pupil or
pupils IN the jamestown city schools.
The object of this is to prevent any pos
sible embarrassment of any pupils by be-
ing asked to contribute to anything
which they may not afford to. The board
alone reserves the right to supply needed
paraphernalia and apparatus.
| A discussion arose over the matter of
the janitor work IN the north side school
The janitor had been requested to per-
form certain work as laid down in the
rules OF the board passed for that special
purpose and, upon the passage of the
following resolution, Professor Wagner
requested that the board stand by their
resolutions which they pass, if they are
just, and if unjust, that they be abro-
gated Resolved: "Thst written copy
of all resolutions passed by the board be
furnished to the superintendent with in
structions that he see that the same be
enforced.'
The work Of cleaning the rooms after
school hours, in q specified manner as
laid down in the rules, had been requested
by the uperintendent, but this the
janitor had refused to do, claiming that
the work was not required by the board.
TO settle the matter it was agreed: THAT
the matter OF the janitors be referred to
the building committee with instructions
to investigate the subject thoroughly, at
once, to amend or modify the rules here
tofore passed as they think advisable
and to report the rules at the next meet
ing Of the board.
BILLS ALLOWED.
Gieseler, Blewett & Go. hardware 5 95
Churchill & Webster, school sup.
plies Is 55
The Alert, printing g.......... 10 90
Wonnenberg Il Avis, books ..... IL 90
H E White. school supplies -. 6 65
Chas Hensel, one dozen brooms. 3 90
\ NJ Clough, repairing pumps
and a new pump. ....... % 90
Pearce e. Orlady. canvas. ..... 2 Al
\ w Kelley, fuel. Sl63.5O, bill was
cut to. 1852 SO
u G Eaton Il Co., school supplies "A Oo
| The hoard then 0iOnrned