, 1907-05-07
Appropriations.
Routine Of the Meeting,

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The annual school meeting OF dis
trict No. + Albany county, Wyo., was
held at the East Side school at 8
o'clock last evening, with a large at
tendance of electors, the votes cast
for trustees numbering 1S1, many leav-
ing before the voting began, the rou-
tine of the meeting having been dis
posed of. The members of the board
sat on the platform. They were Otto
Gramm, director; e. D. Carter, secre-
tary; A. c. Jones, treasurer; W. H.
Frazes, G. A. Hertzog and J.. W. John
son. Mr.. Frazee and Mr.. Carter will
retire from the board, MI. Carter at
the expiration of his term and Mr.. Fra
zee by resignation, as he Is leaving
the city.
Reports Of .oficers.
The meeting was called to order by
Director Gramm and Secretary Carter
read the call for the meeting and the
minutes of the annual meeting of May
Z, 1906. The reports of the director,
treasurer, depository and auditing CON-
mittee were read, and on motion OF
MI. Holiday, they we're each received
and ordered placed on file.
Brown Resolutions.
DR.. John Franklin Brown, the princi-
pal of the state normal school, present
ed the resolutions exactly as they
were printed in The Republican last
week. The first recited that I'VE de-
sire school facilities equal to the best,
and that, as far as it may be practical
BILE to secure them, we are willing to
pay the legitimate cost of such advan-
tages." DR.. Brown explained the mean
ing Of this and those following. This
resolution was adopted.
The second sets out that this school
district needs, and, as 500 as 1t may
be practicable, should have, the advan-
tage of a frst-class four-year high
school, a kindergarten, an ungraded
school and a manual training school,"
Adopted in Part.
This resolution was divided and each
recommendation was acted upon sep
arately, the features being discussed
by DR.. Brown, w. H. Holiday, James
Hardman, N. e. Corthell, George Geb-
hardt, John H. Symons, President It's
del, Mrs. Lee, N. K. Boswell, J. w.
Johnson, Mrs. Brown, D. N. stickney
and others. The clause relating to the
four-year high school course was adopt
ed. The kindergarten feature was re-
ferred to the action Of the board OF
trustees. The ungraded school was
passed and the manual training school
was voted down.
Consolidation With University.
DR.. Browns resolution looking to
the consolidation Of the preparatory de-
partment Of the University OF Wyo-
ming and the high school OF the city
wat voted down as being at his time
impracticable and there being SEEM
ingly insurmountable obstacles in the
way. DR.. Brown grew eloquent upon
this subject and pointed out advant-
ages known to exist, but the reverse &C.
ton was quite Is hearty.
Money for New Building.
The meeting by q decisive vote au'
thorized the levy Of SUFFICIENT taxes to
produce $4,000 for the erection OF a
school building in the First ward, per
haps on the plot Of ground In block
1853, seven-eighths Of the block being
owned by the school district. Mr..
Gramm pointed out that the board
would probably have a surplus OF
$500 at the end of the fiscal year.
perhaps $1,000 would come from the
forest reserve fund of the federal gov
eminent, fines in the pure GOD cases
and from other sources, and with the
$1,000 voted and appropriated by the
meeting Monday night. the board
would have $4,000 for the building OF
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