Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-02
DESPITE CENSUS INDICATES
SLIGHT FALLING OFF, NUMBER
OF PUPILS GREATER.
ANNUAL MEETING OF
SCHOOL BOARD HELD
Board Makes Annual Levy For Differ
emit Funds-Teachers' Cut $4,000, and
Extra Amount Given to Contingent
Beasley Reelected secretary-New
Teachers Chosen.

Despite the fact that, in comparison
to a year ago, the school census re-
Gently compiled by Secretary George
W. Beaseley shows a slight decrease,
the assignment of pupils for the Mar
shalltown public schools for the COM
ing school year indicates an increase
in the opening attendance in the
grades of 116
Miss Kathryn L. Morgan. principal
of the First ward school, has just COM
pleted the assignment for next year
and finds total of l.s4s pupils in the
grades kindergarten to the seventh.
inclusive. as against 1880 fer the cor
responding period in 1908. showing that
there will be a larger enrolment in the
grades on Aug. so, 1909
The high school has been showing
an increase every year. and from all
indications the increase for the begin
ming of the approaching school year is
going to be larger than ever before.
Annual Levy rs Made.
The school board met in annual ses-
sion Thursday night the Iowa law
compelling the levy TO be made on
July l. The levy does not exceed that
of preceding years. and is the same
as last year. altho the funds We're
somewhat rearranged. 10 the better
ment Of the needs If the district. The
levy for the teachers fund for the
coming year is 10000 contingent.
- o0o; school house, $4,000 This last
fund is in accordance with the levy as
established by the vote al the last
school election,
The changes made in rhe levy are
the withdrawal of $1,000 from the
teachers fund and placing it in the
contingent fund. Thase funds last year
were $4,000 and 10000. respectively.
George W. Beasley, who has served
The board very satisfactorily as secre-
tary for the past year, was unanimous
~ reelected.
New Teachers Chosen.
The board Thursday night elected
several new teachers. including a SUI
+ pervisor of music, in the person OF
/ Miss Catherine Elizabeth Wellemeyer
] VI t-tltlitS NilN, 70 SOeNtSt Misc iic
Krause. Among the new grade teach.
ers are three WELL known Marshall.
town girls, Miss Elsie J. Wicker, Mis-
Muriel Moscrip. and Miss Marie
Welch Miss Wicker is a daughter o
Mr. and Mrs. Alva H Well1er: Mis-.
Moscrip the elder daughter of Mr.. anC
Mrs Frank A. Moscrip; and Mis-:
WEIGH the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
j. c. WEIGH.
Fl Miss Wellemeyer comes to tn
schools with the finest Of recommends
tons She is teacher of voice, am
taught at Gladbrook and Reinbeck 20
two wears. in Chicago one year, il
Graceland College. Lamont, two years
and in the Britt public schools for fou
years Miss Wellemeyer is a gradual
Of the DEBORAH high school. and of boil
Charles City College and the low;
| State Normal school She studio,
under private teachers of voice in ts
persons of w. II. Tontrous, Dubuque
and w L. Tomlins and Arthur B. Eng
Fish. Chicago.
The other teachers elected, togethe
with their places of residence. thei
educational qualifications, and teachin
experience, are as follows:
Miss Leone Peasley, of Kellerton, wi
be a new teacher in the sixth grade
Miss Peasley is a graduate of the kel
lerton high school, and studied for tw
years at Simpson College, Indianols
She had had two years experience j
intermediate grade work a Diagona
and has been assistant principal 3
| kellerton for the past three years.
Miss Minnie L. Smith of Clarion, wi
4 be'in the second grade. She is a grad
uate of the high school of her HON
town, and for one year and two term
took work in the Iowa State Teacher!
4 College. Cedar Falls, specializing i
4 high school Latin and primary methods
She has taught two years in rurs
a schools, four years in the grade
4 schools of Trent, S. D.. and two year
y in the Rowan and Belmond publ
4 schools.
Miss Elsie ]. Wellser, of this cit
graduated from the normal departmer
Of Palmer College, LeGrand, and a
tended the state teachers college fl
one term. She has taught in the rur;
Il schools of this county two years, an
will take an intermediate position.
Miss Muriel Moscrip is a gradua
W
of '07, and took one term of work
the state teachers college. She hs
q taught for the past two years in tt
rural schools Miss Moscrip will teao
q in the intermediate grades
q Miss Marie F. WEIGH. a new kinder
a gartner for the schools, is an alumni
q of ST Marys Institute. of this cit
q and graduate of the Chicago Kinde
garten College. She cadetted in Il
4 local schools one year, and durir
most of the last school year was al
sistant in the kindergarten departing
q of the Moline, ILL.,, public schools.
Miss Inez w. Dent, of McCallsbur
who is to be sixth grade teacher,
graduate of the Illinois State Norm
4 School She has taught in the Wenon
4 ILL.,, public schools for seven years, tv
8 years in the McCallsburg schools, al
= one year at DeSoto, Iowa.
= With the election of the teache
Z Thursday night there remain but thr
y positions to fill besides that of supe
visor of drawing, to succeed Mi
Charlotte Reed. One of the grade p
, sitions to fill is for the first. anoth
for the second, and the third for t