The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-06
NO ONE KNEW.
Board of Education Didn't Look
at Plans and Specifications.
Frankly Said They We're Not
Able to Understand.
CONTRACT IS AWARDED
Kansas City Firm Will Put in
Heating Plant.
CONTRACT IS AWARDED
Rev. Charles M. Sheldon to Get
Manual Training Building.

for the heating of the Lowman Hill
school and was awarded to the Lewis &
Kitchen comosny. of Kansas City, for
s3,542. The only other bidder was the
Peck Hammond company. of Cincin-
natl, who put in bid of S3.72o.
a move was made to exhibit the
plans and specifications of the bidders.
mo use for me to look them over"
candidly stated J. Willis Gleed.
Suddenly the board came to the con-
clusion that the memRsrs. individually
and collectively, would not know the
difference between the plans for a hot
air plant and the map of the battle of
Bull Run.
THE vital thing is to get a heating
plant that will do the work required
SAID Mr.. Wilder. Both these bidders
viii put uD d forfeit to insure us that
their heating plants will meet the re-
quirements. ] think all there is to do
is to let the contract to the lowest
bidder
Il move that the contract be awarded
to Lewis &; Kitchen said Mr. Wilson.
The motion was put to vote and all
voted aye" until E. E. Roudebush was
reached.
He hesitateG. The delay was oppres-
sive. May 1 ask how soon the heating
plant is to be comoleted?" said Roude-
chorus.
Roudebush voted aye, and the con-
tract was awarded
In the past the board has often spent
half night in looking over heating
plans while laboring under the misap-
prehension that by so doing the best
would be selected. The best may nave
| been selected but if they were they did
not give satisfaction for with the e9-
ception of about two heating plants the
board has not installed a heating plant
in the public schools in the last few
years that would heat the buildings.
If the plant for the Lowman Hill school
won't do the work the board will find
it out after the cold weather comes.
1t was not so easy a matter Tor the
board to dispose of the matter of SIS
claimed to be due Charley Scott for
caring for the grounds of Sumner school
last summer Mr. Wilder stated that
young Mr.. Scott had not cared for the
grounds in a manner that suited the
taste of the park commission and that
the park commission had been forced.
/ for the sake OF art and the cutting of
/ the. grass, to talxe-Gharge of the grounds
in August. The building committee will
settle the dispute over the So. Mr..
Gleed recommended that the committee
show mercy toward young Mr.. Scott as
the grass grew vefy fast during Hhe
summer rains.
/ The bond of M. NJ. Hale, city treas
urer@ and ex-officio treasurer or the
board of education. was submitted and
rejected on the suggestion of Mr.. Wilder,
who did not think that the document
was worded properly. and also doubted
I if Congressman Charles Curtis J. L.
Snyder. A. c. Hale. M. M. Hale and
James Burgess were good for a $50, 900
bond.
| Rev Charles M Sheldon appeared be-
fore the board to renew his request that
the NielxIe Plate. building, one story and
three rooms, located at Second and Be-
chanan Streets be moved to the grounds
i a
Twelfth and Buchanan streets and be
| put in condition to be used as do
nestle science building.
IF we can have a domestic science
department there where cooking can be
taught we can have 100 girls and boys
ready in a year to work as cooks and
/ housemaids," said Rev Mr.. Sheldon
Miss Mabel Dick has been teaching in
the primary manual training depart
ment in Tennesseetown for several years
and she has done excellent work I
| shall keep on paying her, from the
/ funds I raise for the purpose, as has
been done for 3 years but I think that
the city ought to move this building to
| the Buchanan school and start dofnes-
tic science and cooking department in a
small way
Willis Gleed moved that the building
/ be moved to the Buchanan grounds, but
Mr. Wilder objected and said he thought
| that a committee ought to investigate
the matter. The committee will decide
| later.
Superintendent Davidson reported that
| the Topeka Federation had expended
| $50S.i8 in buying school books for chill
| dren who lost their books in the flood
and could not afford to replace them.
He stated that ~ children had been
Der of the board 1s&n1. North Topeka, Of
/ fered the following resolution which was
| adopted:
Resolved. That the thanks of the
board of education are due, and are
hereby rendered to the Topeka Fedora
ton of Women's clubs. for their gener-
Gus act in setting aside all the proceeds
from the sale of the little booklet. enti-
tied The Overlooking Waters written
by Mrs. Margaret Hill McCarter and
published by the Federation. for the
purpose Of supplying books to those pu-
pills who lost their books at the Grant,
Lane, and Quincy school buildings at
the time of the June flood.
| The fact that the federation placed a
sum in excess of five hundred dollars
at the disposal of our superintendent,
| Mr.. Davidson, and the principals and
teachers of the public schools. was bOtl
generous and liberal in the extreme,
and the further fact that more than five
hundred children were supplied with
books from this fund shows how time
" and how welcomed by the patrons
was this aid extended at this time
Not only for this act. but also for
4 their generous support and encoura ge-
ment a all times of the board of ed
ucation and our superintendent. prin-
cipals and teachers in their efforts for
TIE Improvement of the public schools
of this city, is the board deeply CRATE
full
Superintendent Davidson submitted
the following report.
The following teachers have resigned
from the force since their appointment
last June:
E. H. Heaeock. vice principal, high
school,
Annie S. Douglas. teacher Latin, high
school.
Elizabeth Davidson. teacher English,
hieh school.
: Maude Pattison. teacher first grade,
tGrant school.