The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-23
SCHOOL ROOMS
ARE CROWDED
Board will be Forced to lease
Some Rooms.
ENUMERATION REPORT
Shows a Marked Increased
During the Year.
The Question of Naming a DepOsi.
tory for School Funds Occupies
Much Time of the Board.

just how the board Of education
may comply with the recommended
tion of G. p. Godfrey, Of the
state service bureau, and at the
same time be fair to the local
bankers, puzzled four Of the board
members at a regular meeting at the
! High school Monday evening Some
time ago Mr.. Godfrey asked that
some local banlc be made d deposi-
tory Of the school funds and how
this may be done remains yet to
be considered
Member DfckersOn was first to
delve into the problem and offered
a resolution providing that, In
compliance with the request, the
Maron County bank be designated
as the depository for the funds
He said that the bnks had an un-
derstandipIg so that all would get
their share of the money although
one bank was known as the deposit
tory. ]. W. Jacoby offered force
full objection saying that he had
heard more than once that local
bankers were displeased with the
been distributed In the past. II
would be far from a fair method
for the board after having obtained
money from all the banks without
interest to tide them over indebt-
edness, TO make one place a de-
pository. When the board bor'ows
money, he thongfht, 1t ought to
paw interest as do other parties.
Mr.. DickeTson stated that in his
opinion the matter of naming a
depository was not in the hands OF
the board OF education, but should
he left entirely TO Treasurer C.. ID
Walters. who controls the fund OF
the CITY end there Is no reason
WIN he should not place the
money OF the board in any place
which he selects
The matter was left on the table
and the finance committee OF the
board will look after the commrni-
cation and properly place the fin
anoes OF the board.
Mr.. Godfrey of the state bureau
he'd also offered some criticism NJ
the bond of the city treasurer G. n
Walters as keener Of the funds OF
the boar1 OF education. City So
licitor Boyd was consulted in the
matter and he stated that there
seems 10 be nothing iu error
An interesting feafbre OF the
meeting, Monday evening. was the
report Of Superintendent II. /
Frank on the present enrolment OF
pupils in the city schools Accoro
ing to the r"pout there is an aver.
age OF thirty-e7yht pupils in eac,
room in the city used for school
pUrDcses, mallinig total enroll
ment OF 1895. In The Hitch scHo0l
there are at present 375 nupi's
The congPTed condition in the
rooms in the West End was looked
into aud found to be quite serious
there beiDg an average of ne fol-
lows at these various buildings
Davids, 40; Silver, 80; Lincoln, As:
olney Avenue. 80.
The total enumeration presents
some Interesting fietlres. In the
year OF 1906-19O7 there were 2913
puDils; in 19O7-1908 there were
2S72; in 19OS-19O9 there are 2S95.
President w. B. Spanlding stat
ed that in view OF cfle very congest-
ed condition in the West End,
rooms should be rented. "Tf the
people Of Marion DO not take snf-
ficient interest to grant us the
privilege of building school
house, we ought not to build one
and the people Will have 10 abide
by the consequences said Mr..
Spaulding.
Mr. Jacoby favored a proof THAI
the people were wrong when they
refused to grant the board the nee
essary permission. E'The condition
should remain at is is.' he said,
'for at least a year and then II we
find that the people are entirely
wrong in the matter we shall
build
Mr.. Dickerson rather favored
building the addition early 50
that the rooms would be ready.
THE slight vote which was cast"
he stated ''should scarcely be
considered as an index TO what
the people wanted in the matter
George b Christian stated that
II was unfortunate that the election
'"Ne-' ANNu dlhi CtiiFuhCu unG utWS-
papers and others for their failure
TO educate the people 10 the issue
at hand, 'Many people in the
city he declared. "were of thu
opinion that $4,000 was to have
been expended on the addition
alone.
J. w. Jacoby was elected dele
gate by the board TO attend the
twelfth annual convention of school
board members at Columbus. March
25 and 26 He will represeu' the
board at the meeting.
Superintendent Frank presented a
communication blom the American
Peace society asaxing that pro-
gram be Observed through tho
schools, NAV 18 IN oommemoratlon
ot Peace day. this occasion being
the anniversary OF the first peaee
needing at The aIague. The dis