The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-10

City Treasurer Claude d.. Walters
had shown his intentions of resign
ing his position as treasurer of the
school board. BY a recent order OF
the board, Mr.. Walters is required to
give a bond the premium on which
is $125, while his salary amounts to
but 500. Mr.. Walters claims that
1t does not pay him to act as treas
urer, when the bond premium
amounts to more than the salary.
The board members seemed to coin
eide withyhim in his views and upon
molten II was decided to have the
finance committee meet the city coun-
ell in regard to the matter. There
was some difference as to who should
control the funds of the board, the
school board itself or the council. The
difficulty will be threshed ont, no
doubt, either at the next session OF
the council or in special session, to
the satisfaction of Mr.. Walters.
Upon une day when the first re-
ports of the Collinwood disaster be-
ordered all the flags at the various
buildings to be placed at half mast.
There was very much disappointment
at the Oak and Olney avenue build
ing, when 1t was found that they had
no flags and furthermore no flag
poles. Flag poles and flags were
Ordered.
Dr.. Horatio Chisholm had referred
some of the board members to the
conditions of ventilation in the
schools Mr.. Chisholm said that the
buildings hould be ventilated thor
oughly during the noon hour. The
board members, however, claimed
that with the present system of
heating the rooms were well ventil-
Iated, the air being changed every ten
minutes.
There was some discussion of con-
ditions at the Central building and
from the concensus of opinion it was
apparent that the building was safe.
There was also much discussion of
the times when examinations are
held. The members of the board
claim that It is not in any sense fair
on their part to discharge teacher
late in the vacation in the summer
50 that she may not obtain another
position and that no teacher should
be employed before she has taken the
examination necessary. A change
may be made in the times of holding
the examinations, but very probably
the examinations in April and Aug
ust will be continued as the time is
very favorable for that purpose.
Commencement was the last thing
taken up by the board and no doubt
from weariness the members left the
proposition of securing an out-of-
town speaker unsettled The pupils
in the graduating class this year are
preparing their orations with the
expectation OF appearing before the
public as usual, and II a speaker is
or is not secured the matter will
not be a difficult one. 1t must be re-
membered by the public and the board
that much difficulty Is heing exper-
fenced in securing books from the
p. - library for use in the prepar-
alton Of essays and speaker would
rid the pupils Of this difficulty. The
matter will be settled at the next
board meeting.
The printing committee, which Is
acting as a commencement committee
is comforting with Manager Perry
today in regard to securing the opera
house for the evening OF June 5, when
the commencement exercises will be
held. The use of the opera house
will cost the board seventy-fve dol
lars for the one evening this year.
while last year it was obtained for
fifty.
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