The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1903-03-27
WORK OF NORMAL BOARD
Reorganization CompIeted-Salaries Raised
and New Departments Created-CalI for
Applications for Next Meeting.

| 1PphCduOO iOT NeN Weetlnp.
| The board of trustees of the Lewiston
State Normal school met Tuesday eve
ming in the rooms of the secretary at the
Idaho Trust Building and completed the
| reorganization of the board by electing
{. A. Foresman president and r. w.
kettenbach secretary. After going over
the routine work before the board an ad-
journment was taken till p. III. Wednes-
day to allow the non resident members
to visit the institution and inquire into
the detail work of the several depart
ments.
AT the afternC on meeting the immedi-
ate need of the school was taken up for
discussion and the president and secre-
tary made a committee to supply the
several departments within the provis-
ions OF the appropriations with the
equipment necessary for immediate use
A committee consisting of DR.. Ross Ba-
ker, E. p. Giboney and l.. S. Ollie was
appointed TO adopt rules and regulations
for governing the actions of the board
and to report the same at the next reg
ular meeting. Pending the adoption of
such rul IS committee to be known as
an executive board will have charge
the institution with authority to act in
matters of immediate need till the close
OF the present school year. The board is
comprised of The president, the secretary,
and of resident member. G.. w. Shaft
was appointed to act with the president
and secretary on the executive board.
Severs matters of detail concerning
the commencement exercises were taken
up and disposed of Among them an ap
preparation for diplomas and provision
for the invitations and programmes.
The appropriation provides for an in
creased teaching force and the trustees
passed a resolution marking out in gen.
eral faculty equipment of nine teachers,
an addition of two members to the pres
ent faculty. The plan is subject to
change but in main provides for princi-
pal who will teach psychology and
methods, and departments as follows:
history and civics. mathematics. training,
English, Latin and Elocution, music and
drawing, Physical and Chemical science
and BicIogy. The salary for the prin-
ctPal is to be $4,000 per year aud lor the
departments range of from $1,000 to
$500, Notice Is given III the resolution
that the board Is oi eli fJr applications for
any or all Of the departments and will
seitet eachcrs TO ill he faculty at the
next nee ils. S,i,ries have been raised
because the best interests OF the ihstitu-
tion demand it, aud III The making of the
selection OF teachers the board will be
guided solely with The idea of making
the teaching force the most efficient from
the material that presents itself by appli-
cation.
Messrs Ollie and Baker, the non-resi-
dent members of the board spent yester
day and oday visiting the departments
at the Normal Miss Scott, state school
superintendent, also a member of the
board, was not present at the meeting,
being detained in Boise on account of
the duties of her office, The board ad.
journed Wednesday subject to call of the
president and it is not unlikely that such
call will be issued prior to the regular
meeting in June.