The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-05
SITE is CHOSEN FOR
NEW SCHOOL IN
FIRST WARD
School Board Selects South
east Corner Of Payne Ave
nue. and Rose Street and
Recommends Purchase of
Ten LOts-TOtal Number
of Pupils Admitted 25,O7l.

a site for the new school building in
the Fifth ward was selected bv the
school board at its meeting Yesterday
afternoon, and a resolution recon-
mending the purchase of ten lots at
the southeast corner of Payne avenue
and Rose street adopted.
The lots, with an alley ten feet wide
TO be vacated by the council will give
the board tract 125 feet on Payne
avenue and 303 feet on Rose street.
The lots will cost $4,000, and the site
is said to be an ideal one for a school
building
Plans for the c. X Davis school in
the Fifth ward, as prepared by Archi-
tect Gauger, were approved, and bids
VIII be advertised for Saturday. The
structure will be of brick, with maple
floors and oak woodwork The brick
used will be of home manufacture in
the Twin Cities.
a delegation of citizens living north
and east of Lake Como requested that
the board reopen the John A. Logan
school, which was closed year ago
owing to only nine pupils being in at
tendance. The board was informed that
there were now twenty three children
who would attend the school. and these
were obliged to go some two miles to
the next nearest school. The delega-
ton was requested to furnish the board
with list showing the residences,
names and ages of the pupils.
William Kemp, secretary of the jan
itors' and Engineers club, asked the
board to make some arrangements by
which they could use the telephones in
the school buildings without having to
put nickel in the box each time. In
the event of the telephone company
not agreeing to allow the use of the
phones on official business, without
cost the board will reimburse not only
the janitOrs and engineers, but also
the principals of the schools for money
used in telephoning on official school
business.
Telephone Bill Is Referred.
a bill presented by the Northwestern
Telephone company for services rem
dered from Jan. /, 1901, to Jan. l, 1903,
amounting TO $500.50. was referred to
the finance committee and corpora
ton attorney. The claim was for teIe-
phones in the office of the board and
superintendent residence.
The committee on schools submitted
the following report, which was adopt
ed:
Leave of Absence-Miss Helen Ken
nedy, Jackson school, to end of school
year; Miss Nellie Buckley, Humboldt
school, to end of school year; Miss Al
ma Ames, Drew school, until her re-
covery from illness; Miss Minnie Farr,
Lincoln school, to end of school year:
Miss Katherine Grathwol Scheffer
school, to end of school year; Miss
Charlotte Kirby, Lincoln school, to end
of school year.
Resignations-Mis Alice Baker. kim
dergarten directress, Longfellow school,
to date from March l.
AppOintmentS-Mis Kate Kendall,
seventh grade, Jackson school, at 500,
to date from Feb. 2; Miss Jennie Lees,
second grade, Grant school, at $500, to
date from Jan. 26; Miss Mary Slavin.
first grade, Hendricks school, to date
from Feb 2; Miss Millie Parks, as
sistant Central high school, salary $40
per month to date from Feb %; Miss
Elizabeth Lewis, kindergarten direc-
tress, LOngfellOw school, at $500. to
date from March 2; Miss Margaret
Cooper fifth grade, Webster school. at
$500, to date from Feb %; Miss Ellen
Curry, Smith school. to date from
March 2; Miss Marie Keefe. to first
grade, Smith school, to date from
March 2; Miss Elizabeth HOebOrn, to
Scheffer school, to date from Feb. It:
Miss Nellie Clority, to Webster school,
at $500.
Transfers-Miss Amanda Gehert,
from Smith school to sixth grade, Lin
coin. to date from Feb. 2; Miss F. Dun
kle, from Webster to Humboldt, to date
from Feb. %; Miss Anna Yost, from
seventh grade, Webster to Central high,
at $500, to date from Feb. 2.
The report of the superintendent for
February gave the number of pupils
enrolled as 23,497; average number be-
longing for month, p. 957; average daily
attendance, 20,530; whole number ad-
mitted, 25,071.