The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-06-21
Board to Put Manual Train
ing i'm the Grade.
MOVE MADE BY MRS. SMITH
Girls Will Be Taught to Sew; Boys to
Use Tools at the High School:
Business BY Directors.
From Fridays Daily.


The special meeting of the school
board last evening was presided over by
President Hughes, and was attended by
all of the members except Dr.. Beach and
| Mr.. Coughlan. Preliminary arrangements
were made for the coming annual cleo
| ton, to be held on the third Saturday in
| July, when the term of one member in
each of the four precincts expires. Those
whose terms expire are L. r. Cou9hlan,
Dr. G. ID. Snow, DR.. w. A. Beach and
Mrs. B. ID. Smith. While they have not
said SO, it is expected that all of these
will accept reflections; especially if there
is no contest.
The board voted to have the polling
places at the school buildings, as here
tofore. 1t is thought that the Franklin
building will be ready by that time, but
if not another place can be found.
The following judges of election were
selected:
First Precinct Jost, John
lQuane and Louis Bishman.
Second Precinct-Captian Clark Key
sor, Z. B. Sparrow and w. d. Temp
kins.
Third Precinct-A. NJ. Smith, W. w.
Paddock and w. p. Coffin.
Fourth Precinct-R. S. Pritchard, A.
c. Barney and a. NJ. Morrison.
The president and secretary were in
structed to prepare and publish the no.
tice of the school election, and to make
arrangements for the same as prescrib-
ed by law.
Mrs. Smith, for the committee on
schools and text books, stated that if
anything was to be done toward in
creasing the facilities of the manual
training department it should be done
now. 1t had been said many times that
only the children of wealthy parents
stay in school long, enough to 60 through
the high school, but this is not true to
any great extent. Nevertheless, many
business men favor having manual train
ing in the grade buildings, but the board
i is hardly in a position to do this at pres
ent. 1t may bring it about by degrees
/ TO. carry. out present plans for the en-
| largement of the, work, Prof, Angler will
use eight sets of tools in the new room
| for the seventh and eighth grade boys
and first year high school boys, and will
use the rest for the second year high
| school boys. Seven new sets of tools,
costing SOL, will be needed for the new
room, in addition to the eight mention
ed, and also fifteen benches, the latter
costing $3.50. This will make, an expen-
diture of $500 for equipment. The cost
of finishing of the new room without
floor will be .$l57.10. sAs to the girls
of the seventh grade, it is proposed that
the seventh grade teachers will instruct
them in sewing at the times when the
boys are engaged in the manual train
| ing work Three of the seventh grade
teachers have expressed themselves as
much pleased with the idea of having
sewing and will plan the work together
| to have it uniform. The fourth teacher
! has not been seen, as she is out of the
city.
Mr.. Davies moved that the report of
the committee be accepted, and that it
| be authorized to procure the necessary
equipment to carry on the work as re-
ported upon, and that the property and
expense committee be authorized to have
the room finished off. This was carried
without opposition.
| DIR. Holbrook reported the letting of
the contract by the committee on prop
erty and expense for a cement walk
from the property line to the school
| building in West Mankato, and around
the building, to Z. ID. Wilmot at nine
and three fourths cents square foot, 30
cents a square foot for the steps, and
for two drains from the Pleasant Grove
building across the sidewalk for $l2 The
| only other bidder was Fowler & Pay,
whose bid was ten and fftyZfve cents
per square foot for the walk and steps,
and SIT for the drains.
Ms. Koke moved that where manual
training pupils do not attend regularly
Prof. Angler notify the parents, and
that the board back him up in requir-
ing regular attendance, and this was
carried.
A number of bills were allowed.
DIR. Snow called attention to the fact
that the truant officer was looking up
the same boys more than once in several
instances, and he thought that if the
district bore the expense of getting the
boys back into school after playing tru-
ant once the parents ought to stand the
expense if the service of the officer is
needed again. 1t is expensive if the
officer has to spend half a day every lit
tie while in hunting up the same boy
The other members of the board felt the
same way.
DR.. Hobrook said that he had secured
an order book, and that hereafter bills
to the board should be accompanied by