The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-08
IN A WRANGLE.
The Board Of Education fuses
About Little Things.

The board of education met last night
and spent the greater part of the time
wrangling over the spending OF SO for
q fence and whether the board could
stand the expense of cutting down two
trees at the Parkdale school.
Several months ago A. A. Rodgers at
tempted to have the board build a fence
along the north line of tibet Sumner
graded the high board fence which was
there was torn down and carried away.
The people who live next the school
house complained about children rum
ming through their yard on account OF
there being no fence to prevent them.
When Mr.. Rodgers brought the matter
up he explained that the board was re-
sponsible for the fence being torn down.
The treasury of the board of education,
however, is In such a depleted coned-
ton that the members thought they
could only afford to share nalf the ex-
pense OF new fence, although the
board was responsible for there being
no fence,
That made Rodgers wrathy. He got
up and spoke right out in meeting, it
was not an executive session, either.
He drew from his pocket plans and
specifications for high board fence.
He explained that the cost of hals the
fence would be about 81 and that the
other halff would cost the same price
The watch dogs of the treasury on the
board listened to his remarks with eyes
wide open. They might have imagined
that the fence was going to cost thou
sand When Mr.. Rodgers got through
he had explained that he thought a
board Of education which would not re-
place board fence at a cost of $14,
which they had ordered torn down, was
about the cheapest outfit he ever heard
Of He certainly had the board hypno-
tised. In order to have the board re-
verse itself like some supreme courts
1t is only necessary to talk to the mem
bers. When Rodgers was through the
members of the board fought for q
chance to make a motion that the board
build the complete $14 fence. The motion
was made and carried with rush The
fence will be built and what is more, it
will be painted barn door red, accord
ing to the suggestion of J. Willis Gleed
in order that 1T will be decorated in
keeping with the Sumner school build
ing.
The board then after much delibera-
ton decided to whitewash some school
fences and Easements. to build some
new out houses, put in sanitary plumb
ing at Clay school and to make some
small improvements during the sum-
mer.
The board then decided to raise the
salary of E. H Heacock. assistant prin-
cipal of the high school, from $500 to
$1,000 a year. The board could not
squabble about it as they did the fence
for Heacock had an offer of a raise and
the board had to meet 1t or lose his
SCItICtS. Lie DOdTQ tnen ol0CIoQ f.
H. Roudebush. brother of E. E. Roude-
bush, who has recently been elected a
member of the school board, teacher
at Clay and Harrison schools. Mrs.
Lutte Embleton and Miss Winifred Ev-
ePingham were named as available
teachers for the high school Laura E.
Brezettam, Ada Kennedy, Clara Plum
mer, Belle Stage and Ennis Morgan
were named as supply teachers
for the graded schools. The following
available list was agreed upon: Ora
Bennett, Alice Dallas, Estelle Daley;
Lucrecia Kemp. Jennie Farnsworth,
Louise Mcclellan, Elizabeth Meyer, Mary
B. Nelson, Martha Spurlock, Maud
Sproat, Henrietta Jackson and Maggie
Johnson. Miss Taunsie Caps was
elected as superintendent clerk and
Miss Winifred Campbell was elected to
the position of clerk to the principal OF
the high school The board ordered r.
B. WEIGH to fight the litigation with
district % to the bitter end, If the end
is the supreme court. The board hopes
to recover about 81, 900.
The only other important act of the
board was settling the controversy
about cutting down the two trees at the
Parkdale school. The board hardly felt
that it was able financially to pay for
some woodman to fell the sturdy cot
tonwoods SO Mr.. Bonebralxe of the I'm
ance committee, suggested that some
one might cut them down for the wood
there is in them. The board will be
thereby saved go cents.