St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-01

Jaeger and Pratt, ard the school chill
dren will be assessed in consequence.
The old quarrel between Norton and
Rolfe and Capt. Duncan, foreman of
buildings, came up again. On Duncan's
advice the building committee recon-
mended the discharge Of Janitor John
Welch, of the Peabody school. Norton
objected. Welch had been doing his
work we'll, aud his was about the only
building in the city in which something
bad not gone wrong this winter. Capt.
Duncan said Welch was too old to do
the work, and did not understand heat
ing and ventilating. Welch went.
Later the employment of E. Ii. Duncan.
the fOreman'S son, came up and precipi-
tated a lively squabble, during
which Pratt and Rolfe vgor-
ouSly "chewed' speech with each
other personally for ten minutes.
Both were mad. Young Duncan was
employed on the South Side High school
as architects assistant, and was paid
out of the architects fees. He has been
at work, since the building was ac-
cepted, in connection with the expert
meniing with the heating apparatus.
Capt. Duncan put his salary down at
500 a month. Rolfe objected vigor-
The board finally decided to pay young
Duncan, but he will work no longer for
the board.
This resolution was presented by Di-
rector Gjertsen and adopted unan-
imously:
"Reoolved, That the board of educa-
ton of the city of Minneapolis is cor
daily in favor of free text books for our
public schools. and respectfully petl-
tons the state legislature: now in ses-
sion, to pass law to that effect"
The board of sinking fund commits
sionerS offered to lend the school board
S54, 600 until June 80, with interest at
81 per cent.
The building committee reported the
new buildings needed, seven in NUM-
Der, which have been mentioned before.
The board expects to build but two OF
them this year, for the following dis
trictS: The first, SiXteen-room build
ing to cost $4,000, in the territory
bounded by Washington avenue north,
Fifth street north, Twelfth avenue
north and Sixth avenue north: the Sec
ond. an eight.room building to cost
$4,000, in the territory bounded by
Fillmore street northeast, Central av-
enue northeast, TWenty-second avenue
northeast and Seventeenth avenue
northeast. The building committee will
advertise for proposals for sites for these
buildings, proposals TO be received UP to
Monday, the 18th. The board will meet
and act on the sites Tuesday, the 18th.
The lack of substitutes to take the
places of teachers stricken by illness
was commented on by the superintend-
ent's report. Since the training school
was abolished the supply of substitutes
has fallen short. The board will con-
sIder this question later. The superin-
tendent reports that the new system OF
making promotions on daily records,
without examinations, is working we'll
The proposition OF the Northwestern
university to include the Minneapolis
High school in the list of schools i'll the
university catalogue was accepted. This
college may send committee TO Mime
apoliS to Investigate the schools. The
offer of CHM & Co. to send A. w. Clark
to Minneapolis to instruct the teachers
in penmanship was accepted. City
Treasurer Haugan filed his bond of
100000 as treasurer of the board Of ed
ucatiOn.