The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-03
Board Of Education at Outs With
Board of Health.
IGNORE the Call Issued for an
InspectiOnlTour.
YARDS OF MINUTES
Judge Garver's Intellectual At
tempt to CurtaiI Them.
d. L. HOatsOn Elected Member
Of the Board.

The board of education last night
diligently avoided any ENHANCEMENT
with the present controversy over the
plumbing and sanitation of the city
schools. The board of health had is
sued a call for the board of education
to accompany the board of health on
an inspection tour of the schools. The
board paid no heed to the call and no
0fncial cogntzance was taken of it.
Privately the members announced
that the board of health could go
alone. The board of education does
not recognize the existence of the
board of health.
The board then proceeded to do
business as if the board of health did
not exist. It was decided to call for
bids for the heating and ventilating
systems at the new Quincy school in
North Topeka. The bids are to be
opened by the board at the meeting
June s.
Chairman Wilson of the building
committee presented the bid of Lund-
gren & Carlson for the completion of
the basement and second story of the
Lafayette school for $1,975. This firm
has the contract for the erection of
the building with the second story and
basement not completed.
Judge Carver interpcsed an objec-
ton on the ground that the law de-
manded that competitive bids be re-
CetVed when a contract amounted to
more than 5000. Judge Carver delved
in the book of laws for some time, but
did not find such a provision and the
contract was awarded.
superintendent Whittemore report
ed that owing to the joys in the city
boundaries that people living next
door to Washington school are not in
the city and their children, who at
tend Washington school under the i'm
preston that children living next door
should enjoy the privileges of the
schooi, have no legal right to. The
board decided to let Superintendent
,WhittemOre untangIe the difficulty
Judge Carver listened "a minutes to the
reading of the verbose minutes of the
meetings of the board of education. He
heard the minutes for three or four meet
ings held in April He heard all about
the resignation of Superintendent David
ceive at Omaha He heard ali the partic-
ulars excepting the railroad Mr.. Davidson
took to go to Omaha and the street and
house NUMBER OF his Omaha residence
The minutes were as thorough as a. river
persons and places described were at
tached to the minutes they would be of
t4uueq nlsI .2I ca value. Judge Carver lis
tehed 70 an TINS, even unto the number
OF the refrigerator car in which the ink
for the high school pupils is shipped to
topeka Ihen Judge Carver said:
There is altogether too much talk in
these minutes. They are expected to show
what the board did and not what it talk
ed about"
None Of the members of the board
Seemed to want to edit the copy of the
minutes, and Judge Garver's valuable
Suggestion was of no, avail The clerk
two of minutes
The board extended a vote of thanks to
Edward Wilder, chairman of the finance
committee, for the negotiating of the bond
issue Of Sl22,0 90 at 4 per cent Instead of AZ
per cent which means a saving to the
made by Colonel Jonathan D. Norton
Superintendent WhittemOre announced
that the graduating exercises of the high
school senior class would take place Nav
n on account of the semi-centennial ceIe-
brattOn to be held the next week w M Da-
v1son, superintendent of the city schools,
at Omaha, will deliver the address to the
graduates.
The board elected D. l. Hoatson a
member of the board from the Fifth ward
to succeed Q. H. Kutz, resigned. HOatsOn
and DR.. ]. NJ Westerfeld were the can
didates Each was represented by petit
patrons of the Fifth ward 9oatson re-
4ceived five votes and Westerf1eld four.