Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-12-08
LIKE A COURT SCENE.
Pen Picture of Meeting of the
Board of observation-disclosures of
Anxious Petitioners.

There are only needed crown for Presi-
dent Yeager and velvet robes for himself
and the mighty board who meets with him
to complete u scene at court in the meet
ings of the board. There are pleas from all
quarters and all stations. There is the lit
tie Italian boy who has been suspended
twice from the Washington school, and
who comes with his father and an inter-
prefer, who speaks for the latter, to ask
that the boy be taken back and promises
TO do his best TO help keep him there; then
comes woman who asks that an Indian
boy, who makes his home with her, may be
admitted to the schools. The requests of
these two are granted.
Professor Cottingnam, of the Benton
school, pleads that the board furnish some
books for the school, or else let the school,
as has been the custom before the new rui-
ings of the board: give entertainments. the
proceeds of which will go for books. His
quest is put off till another meeting, and he
asks the board if ii may have free lectures
at the school and take up collections to pay
the same. The board can offer no objec-
tionS to free lectures.
A Mrs Smith, from the neighborhood of
the SwitZer school. comes to ask the board
to buy a fifteen foot lot north of the
SwitZer scho NJ that has been injured by
the grading done at the school. Members
of the board are appointed to examine the
land and report at the next meeting Then
comes a representative from Funk WaS-
nails. publishers, begging for the privilege
of giving away copies of the Standard die
tionary in the schools: There will be Il
prize contest in connection with these gifts
as he must have something to show his
employers for the work he has done The
board accept a dictionary for each school
without any contest, and offer. some
thing. TO show for his work. TO put the
Standard dictionary, as well as the Wep-
ster, on their book list. man has geog-
raphy and historical chart that contains
maps of most everything in American his
/ tory. from the earliest explorations up to
, the present time. He offers the chart at
! the extremely low price of thirty-two and
| some odd dollars. The board is edited, but
! don't buy.
| The librarian and her assistants are here
with their requests, which they obtain, as
usual.
The room is beginning to thin out little
now, and most of the board get out their
the president begins on a pile of written
requests. There are substitutes appointed,
| book shelves needed in some schools. re-
seating in another and still they come.
Then the board goes into executive seS-
sion to decide on the site for a school build
ing, but doesn't decide anything, and the
court adjourns.
Among routine matters disposed of were
| the following:
| The petition of G. f. Kessler H. A. Wise
and others, asking the board to purchase
all or part of the library of the late Robert
| is limited and many of the books in the
| Gillian library are already in possession
! of the school library.
! Miss Sallie Sewell and Miss Ethel Ora
| ham were appointed substitute teachers.
| The communication from the Band of
board request the reorganization of the
| bands in the various schools not later than
| October of each year, and that a uniform
| plan be adopted, was approved.