The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-05-11
ANNUAL SCHOOL MEETING
Old Board Reports and Resigns and
New Board 0rganizes-Mi
Mitchell Reelected.

Monday night the Board of Educa
tion held tie annual meeting at their
rooms in the east building and the
reports of the old officers were re-
ceived and then the board adjourned
sine die. The new board then was
called together and the newly elected
members we're sworn in. The per-
sonnel of the new board is as follows:
s. G. Cecil, M. q. Robinson, g. M.
Nelson, H. T. Evans, E. G. Remsberg,
r. II. Bennett, d. P. Northrup and
J. e. Jones. The board organized by
electing e. NJ. Neleon president, M.
g. Robinson vice-president, and f.
G. Remsbsrg secretary. The presi-
dent will appoint the committees at
the next regular meeting on the first
Monday In June.
The appointment of the teachers
for the ensuing year will come up
also at the next meeting, the present
efficient corps with few exceptions
having applied for their old positions.
The board chose Miss Clifford Mitch
ell as superintendent of schools for
another year. Miss Mitchell has
served In that capacity for one year
and she has given the same excellent
satisfaction which she gave as prlnci-
pal. She is liked by the children and
by the teachers and seldom has there
been year which showed less fric-
ton in all the departments. The
choice of the board will meet the
hearty approval of the patrons of the
school.
The report of the clerk brought out
several items of interest in connection
with the schools. On April 20 there
were enrolled 1499 scholars, the larg-
est In the history of the schools. The
gross sum paid out per month In
salaries by the board reaches the re-
spectacle figures $500. During the
past year the city has spent 1888 on
each child enrolled. or not counting
the new building, something over $40
for each child. Students from OUT
eide the district who attend here to
the number OF so or more, have
thought it . great hardship that they
are required to pay $40 per Annum
fee, but that is less than the people OF
this district spend on each child, go
the kicking is shown to be very
groundless. In considering the en-.
rollment 1t is interesting to remem Der
that according to the census OF July /,
1899, the number of children of school
age in this city was only 1905, and
today there are 1499 enrolled and
going to school. The town is grow
ing very rapidly.
In fact this growth is embarrassing
as it calls for a new school building
every year. For two years now the
buildings have been built and today
the rooms are crowded and next yeal
will be worse. The board is worry
ing about this and scheming to gel
along without the annual expense o
building. 1t Is planned to use thu
EdtEOb bho "hN S"SN
for laboratories and thus vacate TIVE
rooms in the basement of each build
ing which will be available for schoo
purposes. These with the Adventls
church will provide five rooms, anC
by engaging three or four NOR
teachers, the new building can b.
STAYED off for another year, hut it will
have to come then. And this pros
pect calls to mind the fact that thu
city has no school lands now, the las
tract having been built upon. Eithe
the new additions will have to donat
sites or the city would do well to con
denim and buy sites now before tn
prices get any higher.
Work Has Begun.