Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-09
'MORR|S2[Y PRINCIPAL
County Superintendent Elected
by School Board to Pre-.
side 1t Arnold.
Succeeds Miss Birdsall. Who Re.
Gently Resigned Janitors
are Employed.
Board Orders New Text Books
and Transacts Other BUSH
nsss.-The City.

The members OF the school board met
in regular session Thursday night, and
considerable important business was
transacted. More was discussed, how
ever. and not passed upon, going over
until the adjourned meeting week
from last night.
The most important matter going up
on the records was the selection of
County Superintendent Jud c. Morris
sey as principal of the Arnold school,
at a salary of SIS per month. The cleo
ton of a new principal for the Arnold
school was made necessary by the res
ignation of Miss Harriet Birdsall, who
has been principal of that building for
the past few years, but who recently
sent in her resignation because of hav-
Ing accepted a principalship in Cedar
Rapids. The resignation of Miss Bird
sail was also formally accepted, it not
having been before the board before
The board decided to elect Mr.. Nor
rtssey after a caucus of half hour
taken shortly before adjournment. The
election was unanimous and the entire
board feels that they have very COM
petent man to take charge of the build
ing, and further than that they are for
tunate in securing him. This will give
the schools two new principals for the
beginning of the school year, Miss Zada
White. of the Second ward, having
been elected to the Woodbury. school
principalship, to succeed Miss Mary
Hostettler. the new county superin-
tendent- elect.
The question of janitors came up and
was only brought up informally and
will be looked after further at the adj
journed meeting.
The matter of janitors came up and
in connection with the appointment a
rule concerning the appointment was
voted to be revised. Heretofore all
janitors have been appointed by the
president of the board. but hereafter
the matter is taken out of the hands
of the president and placed with the
board as committee of the whole
The janitors will. however, be under
the supervision of the buildings and
grounds committee and may be dis
missed at any time for due cause at
the pleasure of the board. upon the
recommendation of the buildings and
grounds committee.
Six of the janitors who served the
district last year We're reappointed, as
follows: First ward. Walter H. VIII
son; Second ward, Edward N. Beatty;
Third ward, j. G. Carter; Fourth ward,
Edward w. Head; Arnold school, Ar
thur Dixon; Arson school, James Char
ney. This leaves the Woodbury. jan
itorship vacant, and for this position
there were five applications submitted
to the board, those desiring the posi-
ton being George Echternacht, o. b.
Crumm. Charles Harter, Rev. K. c..
Roberts and Mr.. Kennedy. It was de-
cided to put the matter of selecting
the Woodbury. man off until the next
meeting. OF the janitors hired Mr.
Wilson's salary will be $116.66 per
month, out of which he has his own
assistant to hire. All of the others,
excepting Mr.. Charney, were hired at
last years figure, s45 per month. and
Mr.. Charney was given raise of $3.50
per month, making his salary $3.50.
1t was decided to purchase the new
text boks necessary for beginning the
school year September 8. The district
is figuring on school membership of
$780, Six hundred new text books will
Unnecessary, besides the copy and
drawing books. Under the free text
book system. which went into force
last year, the books cost the district
year it is expected that it will cost
about 81 cents per pupil. The matter
of the West Marshall extension came
to tho - ~,
opening of school and President De-
inc and Mr. George A. Turner We're se-
slected as committee to investigate
the extension as it referred to pupils
from that district attending school in
the city.
Several other smaller matters
of business We're disposed of at
the meeting, including the allow
ing Of the usual number of
bills. County Superintendent Nor
rissey was voted the use of the high
school building for two weeks, in which
to conduct the annual county normal
institute, which begins on the 10Th inst.
1T was decided. however, not to allow
the building used for the two days ex-
aminations, prior to the beginning of
the normal.
Mrs. Hattie Carlson. widow of Gust
Carlson. made application to the board
to remit the school tax for 1900 on her
property in block 1, Webster's fifth adj
sdition. The remission was granted.
Mrs. George Barstow also petitioned
the board to remit her school tax, but
the board decided that as new prop
erty had but recently been acquired by
Mrs. Barstow, in the building of new