The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-03
Col. j. ID. Norton Succeeds T. f.
Carver as President.
CONTRACT AWARDED.
F. NJ. Spencer Will Build the
Washington School.
Teachers Elected to Take the
Vacant Places.

At the annual meeting of the board
of education last night in the board
room Of the high school building the
record of the past year was gone over
and much of Importance for the en-
suing year done including: The award
| ing the contract for the new Washing
! ton school building to F. M. Spencer,
the election of several new teachers to
positions in the high school. the re-
organization of the school board and
the election of Col ]. D. Norton as
president thereof, the award of the
contract for coal supply to the South
western Fuel company, and the report
of the finance committee and it's esti-
mate of the levy necessary for the en-
suing year would have been passed
upon had not several new members re-
quested time to go over the work
| themselves and moved for an adjourn
| ed meeting August %.
| After the minutes of the various
meetings had been reviewed before the
meeting and the business of adjourned
meetings legalized by regular vote the
committee on repairs were given pow
er to spend an additional SAT in putting
a new floor in the Buchanan schooI ana
then the matter of the new WasnlnS Ton
street school site came up and motion
to increase the building site was passed
providing a. Site $50 by 30 feet and to
be purchased at the ratio of $500 an
acre.
for bids for the heating of the new
building. the bids to be in not later
than August %, and prevailed.
The teachers committee was then
called upon and Chairman Norton rec.
commended that since the advance OF
Mr.. Stout. James Dickinson be elected
to teach physics in the school at the
salary of $1,000 year. superintendent
Whittemore spoke in high favor OF the
new man. Dickinson is graduate o.
the State Normal school at Emporia'
did post graduate work at the stare
university and assisted in chemistry
and has taught in the high schools OF
Dakota. He was elected: MISS AuSusiI1
Wigham. a graduate of the Empor1a
college. who has done graduate work At
Clark university in pSychology ana
English. was elected to teach Engllsh
a $75 per month
TWO Washburn graduates were CIV
en- advancement. Miss Florence Tuck
err who has taught in the grade schools
for a wear and who has spent the last
six months studying at the university
of Chicago was elected to teach IN
4I1e English department at $50
month. Ward Green was given an m
crease in salary to 500 a month with
the added duty of taking charge of
BOYS athletics, which work was left
BY the T6SlSndIlOh VI NIL 11iN CT %
The bids on the Washington school
were called for. These bids had ali
been several thousand dollars too high
at the first call week ago. Since
then several expensive features OF
building were eliminated and the new
bids came within the estimate. The
lowest bid was made by Frank NJ
Spencer who was awarded the con-
tract His bid was S19,423. Lungren
and Carlson bid, $20,461; NJ. Council
= n I 4
J. B. Belts bid, $19.713: c. F. An
derson bid $2O.400; Bowers and
Kearns bid, $20,S82.
Adjournment and reorganization
was then in order. President Carver
made his farewell address, 2 speech
filled with the work and associations
of the board for the past six years
and it was with regret that his fell
low members saw him ster out. At
the reorganization. James Cuthbert.
g. R. Kutz. s. A. Swcndson and the
one lady member, Mrs. c. J. Evans,
took seats vacated by Judge T. F.
Carver, J. w. Gleed, DIR, NJ. r. Mitch
ell. and j. A. Ramsey.
Nominations for president of the
re-organized board were limited to
Col J. D. Norton and c. c. Nicholson.
The vote stood seven to four in favor
of Col Norton and he was declared
elected. z. H. Anderson was elected
clerk and Miss Helen Capps was re-
elected Stenographer.
The new BOARD took up the matter
of the finance committees report for
the levy of taxes. The same commit
tee has done the work for two terms
and last year their estimates met the
expense with but Il few hundred dol
lars surplus. Their work was about
20 be accepted and passed on to the
county CLERK wh@1 ssTCIa. new mem
bers called for explanations and fin
ally ended with asking for a meet
ing August % in order that Inry
might study up the levy and esti-
mates.
Bids for the coal supply for the en-
suing wear were next opened. Five
companies bid ard il was found the
lowest was that of the Southwestern
company and the contract was
awarded that company. The bids per
ton for the different kinds of coal
were as follows:
Shaft
Lump Nut SIX FIX