The Democratic advocate., 1908-06-12
PROCEEDINGS OF SCHOOL BOARD
A New Building to Be Er ected for
Manual Training.

The school commissioners have had
under consideration the question of
school trustees, and in the majority of
cases have re-appOinted the same truS-
tees that served last year.
On account of designations, remov-
ais and requests the following changes
and additions have been made: At
Piney Creek, Elmer Hess in place of
David Kephart; at Baust's David Hahn
and Charles West in place of Levi
| Maus an dJoseph Formwalt; at Bear
Mount, Charles Marker in place
of VIM. Utermahlen; at Wisner's, Ho-
ratio Bish in place of Charles Smith;
at Pleasant Grove, Harvey Boose in
place of F. T. Brown; at Pleasant Gap,
J. ". Shipley in place of John R. Ben
nett; at Sykesville, VIM. H. Bennett
in place of Henry Tiel; at Spring
Mills, Royal R. Logue in place of S.
J. Zepp; at Springville, David Frank
in place of S. w. Haines; at Lineboro,
John L. Hoffman, T. L. Kopp and Geo.
A. Wertz; at Cross Roads, VIM Rupp
in place of L. Berkhimer; at Fair
mount, Charles Ruby in place of d. B.
Utz; at Enterprise, Jesse Stulla and
VIM. Yohn in place of N. F. Farver and
Davis Bloom; at Keysville, Malon
Stonesifer in place of Geo. c. Clutz;
at New Windsor, N. T. Bennett, DR..
Edw. Myers and c.. E. Nusbaum; at
Retreat, VIM. o. Barnes, Harvey T.
Lambert and Charles E. Haines; at
Ridge, Albert Conoway in place of
Buckingham in place of Lloyd S.
Buckingham; at Deer Park, VIM. Say
lor in place of F. Megins, at Bethel,
! IN nj of Charles TaU-
lor; at Highland View, Lloyd Shipley,
August Heintzman and T. W. Condor;
Morgan Run is left in the hands of
Commissioner Buchanan.
For several years the increasing
number of pupils in the Westminster
High School has given the board much
concern as to what it is best to do in
providing for their accommodation. A
! few years ago under the law providing
for the same, a manual training de-
/ partment was opened in the only va
cant room in the High School build
ing. When the crowded condition
forced the board to add teacher and
open another room, we met the de-
mand by taking out the manual train
ing and placing it in a temporarily
constructed room in the basement or
cellar Now the crowded conditions in
the upper grades compel the board to
add another teacher, for whom we
have no room. The recent law passed
opens up a commercial department
in connection with the High School,
and we have no room for the same.
The State provides the funds for the
commercial department, and not the
county; that is, the commercial room
will not diminish the the school funds
in the county, and we only get the
funds from the State on condition
that we open the room.
The time has come when the man
ual training must be placed above
ground in a room sanitary and adapt
ed to the work. At an adjourned meet
ing held on Tuesday, the 9Th instant,
the board decided to erect on the High
School grounds a new building which
will provide for these necessary
rooms. Next summer the board will
take up the question of providing at
the west end accommodations to re-
lieve the crowded conditions in that
part of town.
Recognizing the fact that better
work in the school room calls for in
creased efficiency, skill, energy and
preparation, the board has voted an
addition of between three and four
thousand dollars to the pay roll of
teachers for the next school year.
AS teacher of Latin, history and
English in the Westminster High
School, the Board has elected Prof.
B. H Rogers, graduate of Grove
City College, Grove City, Pa. Prof.
Rodgers has had five years experience
in teaching, two years of which were
in Latin and English.
S. SIMPSON, Secretary