Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-18
SCHOOL BOARD REoRGANIzEs
b. M. sargent Elected President and
List of Standing
Committees.

The Board Of Education recognized last
night by electing B. NJ. Sargent president.
]. F. Hess succeeded himself and George
w. German took the seat vacated by Charles
Swaine, the retiring member
President Sargent on assuming the chair
announced these standing committees:
Teachers and Rules-Hess, Macrae.
Finance and Accounts-Ke1er, Cooper
Janitors and Supplies-Macrae, Hess.
Text Books and Course OF Study-Shugert,
Fuel and HeatIng-Gorman, Keller.
Buildings and Gr~ounds-Cooper, Shugert.
The bond Of the newly elected school
treasurer, George s. Davis. was fixed at
SIS. 700, being $3b GOO less than that given
by his predecessor. 1t was explained that
there would not be so much cash In the
treasury IS before.
On the report of the hnance committee.
1t was decided to certify to the Board OF
Supervisors the following amount of taxes
to be levied this year: Contingent fund,
$780, 900; free text books. $4,000; teachers
fund, 10000; schooihouse fund. to pay in
~terest. $3.50; to build Pierce street, school
addition. 5000; total. &119, $40.
The report of the finance committee
showed that the contingent tund. was over
drawn s1S.o24.50. but hat to meet this
overdraft there will be turned into this
l IuuQ QuTlHk the year ADOuI 1JtUoV IN GNCSbS
of what Will be needed to meet the ordinary
demands. which will leave the fund over
drawn at the end Of the calendar year about
1900. 1t showed that the school book fund
was only overdrawnr $e58.1Os and that the
tax which will be turned over this year
will wipe out this overdraft. The teachers
fund is shown by the report to be oyer
drawn s6,417.2 S and a small balance is shown
to exist In the schoolhouse fund.
The offer OF W.. s. Keeline to purchase
for 1875 lots 1. 2 and 8 on Glen avenue,
part OF the old High school property, was
accepted. Keeline 20 assume the special
Improvement assessments. The offer Of
L. 1. Edison to pay $500 for lot 4 was laid
over until the next meeting.
II was decided to refund 1920, 900 bonds
bearing AZ per cent at 4 per cent and the
secretary was instructed to advertise for
bids. to be received on or before the next
regular meeting OF the board.
The matter Of the addition to the Pierce
street school was referred to the commit
tee on buildings and grounds, to report al
the next meeting.
The report of Superintendent clifford fol-
the sixth month OF school. ending February
FL, gave these statistics:
Entire enrolment, boys. 2,52s; girls, ASA
total. 5.074; monthly enrolment. boys
2.SO4; girls. 2.s2s; total, 1859; averags
daily attendance. 4.osi. 7sS; per cent OF at.
tendance. s4.4s; number cases Of hardness
4s4; number neither absent nor tardy. 2.lss
The old board before adjourning can,
vassed the vote cast At the recent schoo
election, finding that ]. p. Hess and @. W
German, the republican candidates, hat
been elected members of the board; tina
George 8. Davis, democratic candidate. hat
been elected treasurer Of the school dis,
triet. and that the three propositions sub
mitted to the voters had carried. Tit
judges and clerks were allowed IS each foI
their services and Secretary Ross was al
lowed SIS for preparing the regIstratiol
lists for the election.