The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-07-06
PLACES FILLED.
Supervisor of Music and Draw
ing Elected.
School Board Fills ont the Corps OF
Teachers and Considers the
Matter of Repairs.

The school board held a special
meeting Friday night to fill all the va
cancies in the teaching force and to
consider the matter of repairs to the
buildings. DR.. Webster was the only
absent member.
The election of supervisor of music
and drawing was first taken up, with
thirty-six applications to choose from.
The recommendations of the eight best
ones were read, and Miss Florence
Myrick, of LeSueur, was chosen on the
first ballot, receiving four of the seven
votes. Miss Myrick has taught for ten
years, six years in the grades in Min
neapolis, and the last four years as
supervisor of music and drawing at
jamestown, n. D. She is highly rec
commended by Miss NJ. Ida Crawford,
a former high school teacher. Her
salary was placed at $75 per month.
Out of thirty-one applicants, Mrs.
Edna Comstock Cook was on the first
ballot elected eighth grade teacher at
salary of $50 per month. She is a
sister of Attorney W. L. Comstock and
is a graduate of the advanced course
of the normal school She has taught
in Mankato, Madelia and Tracy.
There were thirty-two applications
for the vacant position in the West
Mankato school, caused by the resig-
nation of Miss Richardson.
Mr.. Fletcher moved to suspend the
rule which requires that any one elect
ed teacher in the schools must have
had previous experience in teaching.
President Davis ruled that this rule
cannot be suspended
Miss Daisy Dougherty, who has
taught in the East Mankato school for
three years past, was elected on the
first ballot, and her salary was placed
at $50 per month. This fills all of the
vacancies.
Capt. KeGsor, chairman of the COM
mittee on property and expense, pre-
sented report ON the repairsaand i'm
provements that are needed Its rec
concentrations includes the following ::
Union building Cement walk eight
feet wide along the Broad street side
and leading to the building, cut down
the seven cottonwood trees, calcimine
all of the rooms and halls, put up pic
ture molding, reslate all black
boards, paint tower and cutters, etc.
Franklin building-Calcimine all
rooms and halls, put up picture mold
ing, repair roof, renew blackboards, etc.
West Mankato buildinglCalcimine
five school rooms cloak rooms and
halls, deepen the well repair roof, put
down new walk feet wide and % feet
long, renew black boards, etc.
Pleasant Grove building-Put down
cement curbing along entire front and
boulevard and sod, put down gutter on
upper side, calcimine rooms, etc.
High school-Calcimin three rooms,
hall and office, purchase 100 feet of
lawn hose, build fence on south side.
East Mankato building Board up
the windows, well, ETC., building goes
out of use.
Mr.. Fletcher thought that the board
should go slow, on account of the money
in the repair fund running low.
Capt Keysor said that on Wednesday
he had drawn $1,000, from the county
treasury, but had not yet distributed
it among the various funds.
On Mr.. Fletcher S motion the matter
was referred back to the committee to
give an approximate estimate OF the
expense at the next meeting and also
the amount of money available.
The July meeting was held July
9Th, asthe time for the regular meet
ing falls on the Fourth.