The Goodland republic., 1906-05-18
NAMED CORPS OF TEACHERS
BOARD OF EDUCATION ELECTED
LIST COMPLETE.
Next Year There WIN Be SIX Teachers
in the City Schools Instead OF
Five, as Formerly.

The board Of education Of GoodIand
met Friday night and reorganized the
board for the ensuing year Four
newly elected members, w p Brin-
kers @. n milliSack, Q. E BfddfsOu
and J. J knight, took the oath OF Of
fee, after which the following officers
were elected
President. W. P. Brinker; vice
president, c n MillisaCk; secretary,
H W Stewart
The board then proceeded to tran
sact the business OF paying bills and
electing instructors and teachers for
the GOOdiand schools for the coming
school year. Prof Z. E Mitchell was
formally elected as principal Of the
Sherman county high school Mr
Mitchell had been promised the place
at an informal meeting Of the board
when he made GcOdland a visit. but
as IL was thought that the board
could not legally elect at that time,
Ihey simply gave him the promise OF
the position, and the Friday night
meeting, carried out that promise by
election Miss Della Cardwell. the
present assistant principal in the high
school, having received a majority of
the votes, was declared elected The
salary Of the principal viii be S1,O5O
for nine months school work, which
viii be seen to be a reduction Of SS25
on the salary paid last year. During
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services, in the high school, he re-
ceived $1,000 for eleven months
work, for which he was TO teach in
the school for nine months, also to
instruct in the Sherman county nor
NAL, after which he was to eXpend
his energies for a month in working
up the interests Of the high school at
different towns and neighbOrhOods in
the county Last year a new arrange
-ment was made, whereby Mr.. Mallory
work, which was not a reduction upon
the basis OF monthly wage The slight
reduction this year, from SLOTS to
S1,O5O, is accounted for by the fact
that the salary Of the assistant prin-
clpai was raised from $50 to $50 per
month, or $3.50 for nine months. The
amount deducted from the principals
salary would not equal the raise made
IN that OF assistant principal, but the
county commissioners, after a confer
enCe with the board, thought that they
would be able to make an apprOpria-
ton Of $3.50 for the support of the
high school. which was divided as in
dicated above, at a sacrifice Of S25 in
the salary Of the principal and a raise
Of only $50 in the appropriation made
by the county commissioners. 1t has
been held by quite a number Of peO-
pie interested in the educational af-
fairs OF the county that there was too
great dISprOpOruOn between the
salary Of the principal and the assist
ant. This has come about more upon
the grounds that the position OF as
sistant has been filed by a lady teach
er. and it is a fact, rather regrettabIe
that a woman seldom draws the pay
Of a man for equal services. Hence,
the board Of education fixed a new
rule in this particular, and raised the
salary Of the assistant upon the prin-
ciple that the position OF the assist
ant, regardless Of the incumbent,
ought to pay at least $40 per month,
and il was 50 decided
The board next considered applfca-
tiOns for places in the grades, result
ing in the following elections:
John r. Reed, teacher Of eighth
grade, and principal Of the GOOdland
city schools, at a salary Of SIS per
month; Rose b Filler, teacher Of sew
enth grade, and eighth grade assist
ant, at a salary of S45 per month;
Nellie Scott, teacher Of second inter
mediate, at a salary Of S45 per month;
Clara Sapp, teacher Of primary de-
partment at salary Of S45 per
month This leaves but one room as
yet unassigned, although two teach
ers, not above named, we're hired by
the board at a salary OF S45 per
month each-Hattie Palmer and
EurOth Stewart 1t has not been de-
hnitely decided but it is probable that
Miss Stewart will teach in the first in
termedlate department, and that Miss
Palmer VII be assigned to primary
work in an extra room in the base
ment Of the building. There has been
such a crowded condition in Miss
Sapp'S room that this move was alb
sOlutely necessary. Primary pupils,
under the age of seven years, have
had to be excluded in order to relieve
the crowded condition in the school
building. There has been some talk Of
building a ward school at some point
in the city most convenient to relieve
the situation, but such a procedure
seems improbable just now, but with
an equal growth in GoOdland in the
next two years, as it has experienced
in the last two years. some arrange
ment for ward school will surely
have to be made. However, the board
Of education IS doing all in its power
to run an economical, and at the same
time, high class school.
This year they have improved the
school grounds by having about $50
trees set out, and expect, as far as
possible, to protect and nurture them
so that the public school grounds will
be one of the proud and beautiful
places Of the city. The board invites
the hearty cooperation Of all pat
rOns, and residents Of the city and
county They have conducted the
business Of the school with no thought
either Of dislike or favOritism, and
have felt no prejudice whatever in
the election Of teachers, but have act
ed solely from standpoint Of judg-
ment-
J. s. Ellenberger was elected janitor
Of the school building