The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-18
SCHOOL IS NAMED
WILL BE MONUMENT TO
M'kINLEY
BOARD A UNIT IN SELECTION
Inspectors Are Confronted With
Problem of OvercrOwded Schools
-COmptrOIler McCardy's Pur-
chase Policy Denounced.

AS measure which it's members con-
Sidered particularly fitting at this time,
the board of education last night deter
mined by resolution to name the new
building now being erected at Rondo
Carroll and Mackubin streets, the William
Mckinley school. Inspectors E. 0. Zim-
mermansand E. P. Bassford were not
present at the meeting, which was a
special one, but so sure were the others
of their concurrence in the resolution
that the action was taken without de-
lay.
Prior to the board meeting, the mem
berS present met as the committee on
schools, which comprises the full mem
bership of the board. to consider the
urgent necessities which have arisen
since the opening of the schools last
week.
The most imperative demand, as has
already been stated in the G l O b e. was
for additional school accommodations,
owing to greater increase in attend
ance than was anticipated. 1t has been
found that nearly all of the buildings
are overcrowded, and in the Merriam
Park district, the Longfellow school has
one room in which 1t was necessary last
week to accommodate 120 pupils. There
where it is now necessary to hold only
halliday sessions. Thi same over-crowd-
ed condition required that there should
be some shifting about of teachers, and
designations, requests for leave OF absence
and failure to accept appointments caus-
ed still further changes in. the person
mel and assignment of the corps of teach
ers. To meet these contingencies the
following was prepared as a report Of
the committee on schools and adopted by
the board:
MANY CHANGES MADE.
We have received the resignation of
Miss Grace Williams, teachers training
school, and recommend that it be accept
ed.
We have received requests for leave
OF absence from the following teachers,
and recommend that they be granted:
Miss Minnie Pfaender, kindergarten dt-
rectress Lafayette school; Mrs. Frances
Cahoon, seventh grade, Hendricks school;
Miss Florence Golfer, seventh grade, Van
Buren, school; Miss Lizzie Morrow, first
grade Garfield school; Miss E. Wallace,
third grade. Garfield school.
Non-acceptance of position by Miss
Nancy Wood leaves vacancy in the
second grade, Whittier school.
We recommend the following transfers:
Mr.. William Beggs, from the Central
High school to the Cleveland High school,
vice Mr.. Rink, transferred; Miss Edith
Grant school, to the same position La
fayette school, vice Miss Pfaender, grant,
ed leave of absence, at q salary of $3.50
per year; Miss Frances Hoyt from kin
dergarten assistant, Rice school, to kim
oergarten directress, Grant school, vice
Miss Stevenson, transferred, at salary
of $3.50 per year; Mrs. B. p Mckinley,
from third grade, Drew school, to Van
Buren, school, vice Miss Golfer, granted
leave of absence to date from Sept. IS:
MISS Helen Kenny, from first grade.
Scheffer school. to Adams school (posi-
ton not filled in June; Miss Kathleen
Carrol, from first grade, Madison school,
to Garfield school, vice Miss Morrow,
granted leave of absence.
we recommend the following appoint
ments: Miss Fannie Strong, to the po-
sitlon of assistant principal, teachers
training school, vice Miss Williams, re-
signed, at salary of SLIGO per year;
MISS Hilda Lengthy, Cleveland school, to
open new room at a salary of $500
per year; Miss Esther Ostergren Cleve-
land school, to open a new room, at
salary of $500 per year, to date from
Sept. %; Miss Marion Chapman kinder
garten assistant, Rice school, vice Miss
Hoyt, transferred, at salary of $500
per year; Miss Collette Brown, Adams
school, additional teacher, at salary of
first grade, Madison school, vice MISS
Carroll, transferred, at a salary of $500
per year; Miss Cora Bohn additional
teacher, Madison school, to date from
Miss Irma Fischbein, second grade, Whit
tier school, vice Miss Wood at a salary
of $500 per year; Miss Rilla Palmer. Ram
sey school, vice Miss McGuiggan, granted
lave OF absence Sept. 4, at a salary Of
$3.50 per year.
All of the above appointments and
transfers are to date from Sept 9Th I'M
less otherwise specified.
We recommend that the salary of Miss
Gertrude Sinclair, Neill school, be placed
at $3.50 per year, and that of Miss Eliz-
abeth Wright, principal of the Edison
school, to be placed at $780,
We recommend that new rooms be
opened in the following schools: Douglas
school, two rooms, to date from Sept
18th; Longfellow school, one room: Haw-
thorne school, one small room, teacher
malt pay; German, one room, to date
from Sept 18th.
We recommend that committee of the
board, together with the superintendent
of buildings, be appointed to arrange
school, the Cleveland school and the Me-
chanic Arts High school,
STILL LACK OF ROOM.
In spite of the additional accommoda-
tions provided for in the report of the
committee the Merriam Park schools and
those of several other portions of the
city will be overtaXed and further pro-
visions in the way of outside rooms will
be necessary.
A communication from E. T. yelling
ton asking that he he officially author
lied as truant officer of the schools was
placed on file Mr.. Wellington has serv-
ed as truant officer without compensa-
ton for some time past.
In response 10 a communication from
DR.. Robinson, principal of the Central
high school, the board set aside the
sums of $500 each for the purchase of
supplies for the manual training. do
mest1c economy and business depart
ments Of the high schools
The question of the purchase of sup
plies was discussed in an informal way.
and it developed that the method made
necessary by the policy enforced by
City Comptroller McCardy often entailed
additional expense, as the lowest bid SUBJ
mitted in some cases proved to be higher
than the price demanded in the open
market Eastwood and copper wire were
quoted as two items upon which the
board could have effected a material saw
ing by purchasing in the open market.
This question was laid over for future
reference, and in the meantime the facts
will be called to the attention of the
comptroller.
President zimmerman suggested that
as the council had passed upon the school
board budget for the coming year. it
would be well for the board to begin at
once to think of the new buildings which
were to be erected next spring in the
First and Fifth wards He explained
that the board owned a site in the First
ward, located at Ivy and Edgerton
streets, but it would have to be decided
whether it would be most practicable to
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