Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-16
SELL UNUSED SCHOOL SITES
Board Of Education will Dispose Of Certain
Real Estate.
NEEDS PROCEEDS FOR NEW BUILDINGS
Secretary Gillian IL Instructed to Pre-
pare Lists of All such Property
Enumeration Are Appointed TO
Take school Census.
leeds PROCEEDS FOR NEW BUILDINGS

1t has been many weeks since the new
school buildings occupied so little of the
attention of the Board of Education as they
did at Monday nights session. The matter
was hardly preached at all. The evenings
slate called for a discussion Of the matter
OF grading down the High school grounds
in accordance with the suggestions of Land
scape Architect Ulriah, but the special com
mittee which was appointed to make an in
yestigation was not ready to make a report
and the matter went over. The buildings
otherwise held but incidental attention.
For some time there has been talk among
board members of selling unused school sites
for the purpose of raising money that will
be needed in excess OF the $3.50, 900 bonds
voted last fall to pay for the High school
and three grammar school buildings that
are to be erected this year. This scheme
was formally presented to the board in a
report from the committee on buildings and
property, stating that II had instructed Sec
rotary Gillian to prepare lists OF the unused
school sites for the purpose of placing the
same In the hands of the leading real es-
tate dealers of the city and requesting them
to submit propositions for the purchase OF
tho property. AS such propositions will be
presented to the board for consideration be-
fore the question of selling any of the sites
is considered the report was adopted with
out omment
for Architects.
Architect Latenser and Architect MoDon-
aid were allowed stimates of $500 and 5000
respectively for the services that they have
already rendered in preparing plans for the
Cass and High schools. Member Cowie Of
fered the resolution to this effect and pro-
viding that the estimates be Incorporated In
the evenings claims report. The resolution
prevailed, Burgess voting against 1t. The
latter wanted the matter referred.
The bonds furnished by Architects McDon-
aid and Latenser were approved on the rec
ommendation of the judiciary committee,
which had examined them.
The following enumerators to take the
school census were appointed, with instruc-
lions to m work on May % under
the direction of Secretary Gillian:
First Ward-John Fiala. Fred NJ. Bach.
Second Ward-Joseph Stransky, Joseph
Michal.
Third ward-Frank Curtis, Henry A.
Fourth ward-w. w. Copeland, T. X.
FIFTH Ward-Mrs. Emma Fisher, Mrs. M.
l.. Weitzel.
sixth Ward-Stephen Daniels. A. 7.
seventh ward-Henry E. Petersen, John
Kowelewski. -,
Eighth Ward-C. j. Westerdahl, Ms. Allie
Il. Hough.
Johnson.
These appointments we're reported by
Chairman Burgess of the committee on
boundaries, who stated at the same time
that while the report was signed by two
of the three members of the committee he
was dissatisfied with some of the selections.
He therefore moved to amend the report
by the following substitution: D. NJ. Stock
ham for Mrs. Wetzel in the Fifth ward;
Thomas Johnson for A. T. Hayes in the
Sixth; Helen Jeffcoat for Mrs. Hough IN
the Eighth. He read petitions from citi-
zens in favor Of the proposed substitutes.
In each case the amendments were lost
by a vote of 10 to 4, Penfold being absent.
Burgess, Hayward, Moore and Thomas voted
in the affirmative each time. Hayward then
moved that the report be amended by sub
stItuting the name of Mrs. Seaver for c.. j.
johnson in the Ninth ward, but this met
the same fate as the other amendments.
When the report was put to a vote 1t was
unanimously adopted-'Becau6e we have to
have enumerators,' Burgess said.
Union Label Question.
The old question of putting the union
label on all printing used by the board
again came up 10 trouble SOLle Ol lLlc udl
members. Cowie brought it up. He wanted
to know where the written opinion was that
the attorney of the board had been instructed
to make regarding the legality Of such &C
ton. Attorney Lunt said he had not yet
prepared it and gave a verbal opinion to
the effect that the authorities were divided
on the question, but he saw no legal objec-
tion to the board adopting the label if it
wanted to. Some of the board members
thought this should settle the matter, but
the majority wanted a written opinion from
the attorney. The matter was consequently
laid over another fortnight.
Kindergarten teachers will be required to
be good pianists il they want to hold po-
sitions in Omaha schools hereafter. Notice
to this effect was served in the following
resolution introduced by DR.. Teal, which
was unanimously adopted:
That the superintendent of instruction be
directed to notify all kindergarten teachers
who are not now able to play the piano we'll
that this board expects all such teachers
who desire to remain in its employ to learn
to play the piano, to make reasonable pros
ress toward that end before the opening of
school next fall and as soon thereafter AS
possible to complete their proficiency in this
part of the duties of a Kindergarten
Applications for Positions.
In anticipation of the election of teachers
and ~janitors that takes place in a few
weeks, the number of applications for these
positions is gradually increasing, Last
nights receipts were the largest reported
since one year ago.
The children Of the public schools will be
permitted to contribute to a fund that is to
be used in the purchase and erection of a
soldiers monument at Forest Lawn Gene
terry. the fund to be known as the children's
memori fund. This will be done in re-