The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-05-15
rrom Fridays Daily.

have had their elections since then
| and it is feared that the best have
been picked out, so it will be neces
| sary to 90 over the work again.
The matter was brought up by Mrs
Koke, who presented report for the
| committee on schools and textbooks
recommending that teacher of do.
nestle science be hired for next year
and that room for the work be got.
ten in readiness by Sept. l. She
also reported that the only expense
the district has been to this year on
account of the introduction of sewing
has been $26.56 to get the work
started.
Improvement Plan Improved.
Architect Schippel was present, and
presented plans that he had prepared
for preparing room, SO by 40 feet
in the attic of the high school build
ing for the use of the manual train
ing department, and remodeling the
basement for the use of the physics
and chemistry departments, thus re-
leasing the office and present chemical
laboratory. The latter room could be
used for the domestic science
Mr.. Schippel proposed to have a
fourteen foot ceiling on the room in
the attic, and to deaden the room
with mineral wool The expense of
preparing this room, aside from heat
ing and plumbing, would be 1924. The
estimate for preparing three rooms in
the basement, plumbing, heating and
wiring for the attic room, and NOV
ing apparatus, was 1924.
Superintendent Mcconnell said that
this plan would take care of the
present number of students in. the
high school building and also a slight
increase. He expected that the attend
ance next year would be little larger
than this.
President Hughes thought it the
of the present building.
Board Commits Itself
On motion of DIR. Beach, the COM
mittee on property and expense was
instructed to proceed to have the plans
and specifications completed. and the
superintendent was instructed to look
up applicants for domestic science
teacher and report at the next meet
ing 1t was also decided to hold an
adjourned meeting Wednesday evening,
May 20, when the plans and specifica
tions shall be completed, so that bids
can be advertised for. DIR. Beach was
added to the committee on the plans.
Superintendent Mcconnell suggested
that a committee investigate cooking
plants, perhaps going to st. James
and Winona for the purpose. Three
school men from Jackson visited Man
kato the other day, among other
places, getting pointers for the work
in manual training, which is easier to
select a plant for than domestic
science.
On motion of DR.. Holbrook, it was
voted that the superintendent and two
lady members of the board be a
committee to look up the matter of a
proper plant.
Janitors All Reelected.
Another important matter taken up
at the meeting was the election OF
| janitors. The present janitors were
all reelected, as follows:
Franklin building, Z. f. X. Fenske
at $500 per year.
Union building, j. Charles Vogel, at
$475 year.
Pleasant Grove building, L. A. Rad.
cliff, at 5000 year.
West Mankato building, Nicolay
Henricksen, at $3.50 year.
High school building, F. E. Barn
ard, at $625 year.
| The salaries are the same as this
year, except that Mr.. Barnard is given
an increase of $50 a year, because OF
the proposed increase in the number OF
rooms in the building, and Mr.. Hen.
ricksen is given an increase of $25 a
year.
DIR. Holbrook for the committee or
property and expense reported that the
iron stairway and platform in the
rear of the Franklin building had beer
completed. The cost was $40.
Superintendent Mcconnell reported
that the library authorities had re
ported that from LOO to 1000 PEG
pie, aside from teachers and pupils
had inspected the school exhibit al
the library. The comment had beer
most favorable.
Commencement Arrangements.
The board voted to appropriate So!
for programs and to hire an orchestr;
for the commencement exercises. Tn,
use of the high school building fo
the annual reunion was granted tn,
alumni for one evening during tn,
first week in June. The alumni ex
tended an invitation to the boar,
members and their husbands and wive
, to attend.
The board reconsidered it's previou
action fixing the salary of Mis-
Pitcher, supervisor of music, an,
drawing. at SIS month, and increase,
it to $50 month.
, The bills were allowed, including
that for the Fifth street assessment
: and the pro rata of $40 attorney bill
and a bill of $40 incurred by d. v