The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-06-15

the first bid, owing to the increase in
the price of labor. The board assumes
all responsibility for damage to the
building
The boiler inspection reports for the
high school, Pleasant Grove and Union
buildings, as made by the Inspector OF
the Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection
and Insurance company, were very fav-
orable. They said that the general con
dition of the boilers was good, and the
care and management good.
1t was stated that Janitor Fenske of
the Union building refuses to accept his
re election for next year unless his sal
AIRY is raised The board voted to raise
it from $475 to $500 a year, which is
satisfactory to MIR. Fenske.
Mr.. Currier stated that he had propos
ed to resign as member of the board
ut this meeting as he is no longer a resi-
dent of the precinct, having moved to
the fourth precinct the past week. He
was willing to serve until the expiration
of the present term if the board thought
best, but the election comes on in July
and he desired that the voters be think
ing whom they want to have fill the va
cancies of himself and Captain keysor.
On the recommendation of Superin-
hoard voted
move the primary room at the Pleasant
Grove building to the sunny side of the
building.
MIR. Mcconnell presented financial re-
port for the year. He said that the
schools had paid out $2O7.34 for English
histories, freight and express charges,
| and that he had sold all of them to the
pupils and saved desk copies, and the re-
ceipts had been 5000. He had bought
| back at the end of the year about l25
! of the books, for $5O.95. Accounting for
| the money appropriated, the board Is
1896 ahead. The books that were bought
back will be sold again at the prices at
| which they were bought. The high school
| music had cost $20.76, and the receipts
from sales had been $l4.40, leaving de-
| felt of $6.36, but there are books on
hand to the value of $3l.60, as against
S25.43 paid out to date by the board.
| The amount of tuition collected had been
| sSl. and there had been collected from
pupils in the chemical laboratory for
| breakages $2.95 The superintendent
expense account for the year footed up
to $4437.
Mr.. Mcconnell said that the expense of
| the laboratory the coming year would
be about what it has been in the past,
S75 to $780, The board ought to spend
more than $50 for supplementary read
ing, and will get $50 for that purpose
from the state. The supplies for the
! primary department will cost about $40.
The manual training department should
be built up and a forward step taken
| The expense for tools and lumber the
past year had been $75. No department
/ has more profit for the school, both here
md elsewhere. The schools all over
the country are making an effort to ad-
vance manual training, but Mankato has
not done much in this line yet. The
rooms and equipment are too small fol
| the demands and the board should con-
slider the matter of giving some material
help this year. The upper grades should
be assisted. 1t is possible to equip the
1 second room in the basement for the
seventh grade and the balance of the
eighth grade that has had to be refused
He favored equipping more extensively
for wood work. The department has nc
lathe or motor. There is room for sixteen
people now, but the addition proposed
will accommodate thirty more. A scien-
tific scheme for grade work is being car
ried out, and is being used at New Ulm
Hastings and other places.
Judge Comstock moved that the sup
erintendent be requested to report an
! estimate of the cost of preparing for
twenty more pupils in woodwork, and
| equipment for ten with forge and anvil
| work, and report at the next meeting
| md also an estimate for thirty addi-
tional in woodwork only. This was car
| ried.
The bills were allowed, including the
| assessment of $2733S net for the extern
| sion of the sewer and water on North
Broad street.