The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-06-05
Board of Education Will Not Dispose
of East Mankato Property.
Present Building Will Serve Good
Purpose, So it Is Believed.
School Election Will Be Held the
Third Saturday in July.
All Old Ianitors Reelected. Other 3usi
ness Transacted by Directors.
From Thursdays Daily.


w. L. Comstock was elected president
of the board of education last night and
occupied the chair long enough to say
that he had no speech to make. Just
as the board was about to proceed to
business Vice President L. r. Coughlan
put i'll an appearance. Mr. Comstock
gracefully surrendered the chair and the
business was taken up. President
Davies was the only absent member
w. E. Edwards made application for
the position of janitor of the high school
building. w. R. Williams also made APP
plication for the same place. Mr.. Peter
son, assistant janitor at the normal, APP
piled for the position.
Janitors for the several buildings were
elected as follows: West Mankato,
Peter H. Burmeister, salary, $3.50; Pleas
ant Grove, Lincoln Radcliff, $3.50; Union
L T. r. Fenski, $3.50; Franklin, John
Rising, $425; high school, J. f. Crowell,
$500.
Clark Keysor reported the destruction
OF property at East AIankato school
building, mention of which has been made
in The Free Press. Advised that the pro-
perty be sold. Twenty seats are in good
repair; also a stove and some pipe. Mr..
Keysor questioned the advisability of
attempting to maintain a school there
Mr.. Fletcher advanced the opinion that
the present building would serve the
purpose of preventing the Residents of
East Mankato from asking some board
to build a large brick building. He
believed in protecting the building with
an iron fence.
Mr.. Hughes believed that the build
ing should be sold; that within a few
years the building will become so rot
ten and dilapidated that people would not
send their children to school there. lie
did not want the lot sold. Mr. Hughes
made a motion that the committee on
property and expense be authorized to
receive bids for the building.
Mr. Fletcher said the building could not
be duplicated for 81 400. He did not
want the district bonded in order to put
up brick building little later on.
Mr.. Hughes stated that the building
was in a state of dry rot.
Mr.. Comstock said that the council
committee on streets contemplates doing
something with the street adjacent to the
building and the water can be drained
of and no more need be allowed to stand
there. Mr.. Comstock was of the opinion
that the destruction was due to the sur
plus energy of Young Americans. The
school population in East Mankato is
changing and within a few years that
stock ventured the opinion that the
building needs a coat of paint and a few
repairs. If he were a member of the
committee on property he would let
little light into the building even at the
expense of a pane of glass.
Mr. Davies did not think 5000 could
be secured for the building.
The building is insured for SLIGO.
Mr.. Hughes motion did not receive
a second The matter was referred to
the committee on property with power
to act as to the care of the property.
The committee on schools stated that
an appropriation of 500 for chemistry
would be required. Other supplies were
asked for.
A circular from State Superintendent
Olsen regarding teachers certificates was
read The points in the circular have
been referred to in The Free Press.
There are at least eight teachers that
come within the rules adopted by the
state high school board, but as they
were teaching in the Mankato schools at
the time of their adoption, the rules will
not be enforced in their cases. A state
ment from Superintendent Uline and the
high school Inspector to the effect that
they are fully qualified will suffice.
Supt. f. B. Uline submitted a report