The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-10-07
SCHOOL ROOM IS
NOT SATISFACTORY
Residents Of Spring Greek Number
10 Raise Objection.
HOLINESS UNIVERSITY INVOLVED
Children Taken From Regular Build.
ing and Housed IN Basement
Room of One Of the Col
Iege Buildings.


rooms of the central Holiness Uni
yersity is the chief allegation In an
interesting appeal taken to County
superintendent of Schools Charles h.
young, from the action of the board
of directors of Independent School
District No. 10 of Spring Creek town
shin by w. H. GilchrIst and A. r.
Deck, residents of the district Inc
action is brought on legal grounds
and complaint is made because the
board authorized the payment OF the
expenses of young lady teacher 10
come up from Missouri and attend the
county normal institute. The affidavit
filed with the county superintendent
is in substance as follows:
The Legal Document.
1--WE. w. H. Gilchrlst and A. r.
Deck. being first duly sworn, say that
We are residents of Mahaska county,
and state of Iowa. in Independent
School District No. 10, Spring Creek
township. in said county and state,
do hereby appeal to you from the de-
cision and order of the board OF d.
rectors, which decision and order was
made at a regular meeting OF SAID
hoard of directors of said school dis
trict. We complain that said board
OF directors by order so made, have
increased the expense of said school
district 800 over and above what Is
necessary for school purposes OF said
district, and that they refuse to &C.
crpy a good comfortable and we'll
regulated school house in said dis
trict. and have contracted to pay rent
IN the sum of 5000 for a basement
room of the Holiness University, sit
uated in the corporation of University
Park. That the room so located Is
not comfortable, healthy, well located,
desirable nor designated for school
purposes. That same is lily yentilat'
ed and is heated by steam pipes,
norton of which is suspended from the
ceiling of said room. That the base
ment is not to exceed eight or nine
feet in height, and a larger portion
OF said room is below the surface OF
the ground. That said basement Is
not in a proper place for said school,
and that the teachers hold school In
said rooms for said district on Satur-
DAYS instead of Mondays. that is to
say the five days of the week during
which school is held, begin on Tues
day instead of Monday, which is con-
trary to the usual custom and the law
of the state of Iowa, that said school
board have wrongfully and unlawtul-
IL been diverting and expending a
norton of the school funds OF SAID
district in that they agreed to pay
fol the car fare oil a teacher from
Missouri to Oskaloosa and her exam
ination fees, and using the teachers
fund for that purpose. Whereby the
affiants ask that you as County Super
intendent require the secretary OF the
school corporation to file in your Oh
fee a complete transcript OF the re-
cord and proceedings relating TO the
decisions and order complained OF as
required by the lay and section 2SI9
of the code of Iowa. The action OF
The said board complained of was had
within ten days prior to Sept. 20, 1909.
"(Signed) W. II. Gilchrlst
and A. L. Deck"
Minutes of the Board.
The above petition was filed with
County Superintendent Chas. H..
Young Sept %, 1909, and on the fol
lowing day he sent to Tibbals u.
White. secretary of the board OF dl-
rectors OF the Independent School DIS
trict of Spring Creek township, NO.
10. a notice to file transcript OF the
record referred to in the appeal MI.
White complied and filed the follow
ing:
"At a called meeting OF the school
board of the Independent School DIS
trict of Spring Creek township No. H.,
held in the main building Of Central
Holiness University, sept. IL, lSOS' all
the members were present.
ION motion the president was au'
thorized to contract with Miss Mary
T. Adams to teach the first room for
nine months ar s45 per month, plus
81 per month for institute expenses.
ION motion j. F. Allgood was au-
thorized to contract with the Univer-
sity for rooms No. Is and 20 for nine
months for public school purposes for
District No. 10.
"Tibbals G. White, Secretary.
School On Rented Property.
The district school house in No. 10
district is on the Fremont road. just
fifteen rods inside the eastern limits
OF the corporation OF University Park,
and, it is said, has been erected on
rented land. the lease on which ex-
pires about this time. The school
house is much too small to accommo-
date all the children OF the district
and the providing of at least one adj
dltIonal room Is a necessity. The
case will be given a hearing before
Prof. Young at the earliest convent
ent date and an appeal may possibly
be taken TO State Supt. Riggs.
The 1lS-aere farm OF Myron T. Mum
singer OF Mills county.near Tabor, has
been sold for s2i,45o. nearly $1S2 per
acre.