The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-01-29
Considers able Important Bus
mess Transacted.
A CHANGE IS SUGGESTED
In Manner of Conducting the
Commencement Exercises.
Prof. James Albert is Selected as
Instructor for Annual Teachers
Institute in the Spring

The city school board considered
4 number of important business
matters at its regular meeting held
in the library of the high school
Monday night. The question of in
stalling school in the extreme
north end of the city was again
discussed at length. Mr.. George
d. Copeland made the board a
proposition through which he prom
ised to construct a two-room brick
building on a site near the brick
kiln providing that the board would
lease it for five years Mt rent Of
5000 per year.
The board did not like the idea
Of binding itself to five-year-leasc
However, the general concensus OF
opinion was that it will be necessary
to provide some sort of u school
building for the children Of that
district and the building and
grounds committees was authorized
to investigate the chances for rent
ing building and report back to
the board.
Superintendent II. l.. Frank
announced the death of a former
commercial teacher of the high
school. Mr.. j.. =. Jones which oc-
cured in Detroit last Saturday.
resulting from short illness with
appendicitis. Through the sugges-
ton of an ex-member of the
board, Superintendent Frank and
President Christian were authoriz-
ed TO draw up set of resolutios
on the death and to have them
read at the next board meeting and
placed en- file.
Mr.. Frank called the board s
attention to the approach of the
annual high school commencement. /.
He declared that Principal F. ID.
Tubbs had suggested that the COM
mencement exercises be divided in
to two sections this year instead Of
five as it was the case last year.
The class is small there being
but twenty-ninc eligible graduates
and Mr.. Tubbs was Of tho opinion
that two commencement exercises,
class day on Wednesday and com
mencement proper on Friday would
be sufficient. The board left the mat
ter to the president and superinten-
dent.
| 1t was announced by Mr.. Frank
that the school manual would be o:f
the press within another week. Tn
board authorized the superintendent
to place them in the hands OK the
teachers with the instructions that
they are not TO be disturbed only il,
families sending written request
| Mr.. Frank reported that he had
secured the services Of Prof. James
Albert of Brownsville, Penn, as
instructor at the annual teacher 5
institute to be held in the spring.
A communication from the educa-
t:cnal committee of the jamestown
exposition asking that the Marion
schools contribute exhibits of
drawing and art for the education-
al hall Of the exposition, was read
before the board. The board favor
ed the idea.
A deed fer the extra ten feet Of
property lying at Miami, street at
the Olney Avenue school grounds
which was lacking in the original
deed was received and placed in
the hands Of the clerk. After the
board purchased the Olney Avenue
grounds it was disclosed through a
special survey that they had bought
4 bv ten feet, more land than they
received and consequently the es,
tate was compelled to supplv the
deficiency.
President Christian gave a gener-
al report CT the financial standina
of the board at the beginning OF
the wear. The report showed that
on Januairy l there was $3l.s07
on denosit in the bank. A contin-
cent fund of $1,1E1 SO; building
fnrd s2s647 80 bonds aad interest
80 0a4 IA; tnition fund overdrawr
nearly $4,000.
The matter Of binding an addi-
tion Of four rooms to the DAvids