The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-06-14
QUESTION or TAXES
LOOMS UP IN FOREGROUND
To Retain Departments WM
Require Voting Of AddL
tIOnaI Levy

The c,iy school board meets thIa
evening In the district court III reg
ular session. Much Important husl.
ness is tr be transacted BY the board
relative 70 making arrangements fqf
the next school year. the report of
the committee on the course OF study
for the next year. which recommends
the cutting out 0f the kinderaarlon
department. music and drawing from
The eourse Of study win afford much
discussion az minority reoprt fr0iH
the committee has also been made
recommending that the kindergarten
department be retained.
How The Trouble Came Up
The cause Of tlle action OF the board
relative 70 eliminating some OF tha
departments Is To cut down Tho ex.
penses Of the school the next school
year. Al the beginning Of last school
year the board had a balanca OF sl0,-
600 IN the treasury Last year tbs
Domestic Science departments aud
the manual training kAeualasnefsls luafa
added to the schools ana tive teach.
ers employed IN eaeh 0t the aoAso0Ia
Tor kindergarten work lnhtead af one.
This swelled tho liht Of teachers on
The pay roll 10 sevenly-flye, which.
with the cost Of purchasing pafnphcf.
MALTA for the manual training AMI DO
nestle science departments ent the
balance down to Sill 900. The finance
committee Of the schol board and the
committee on course Of study decided
that tho special teachers employed
for teaching music and drawing aud
the two Kindergarten teachers il each
OF the six ward schools be not feen.
engaged for next year. which would
cut expenses down about $1,000 next
year. which. che board declared Is
necessary 10 keep the expenses with
In the revenue by taxes Tor the main-
tenanee Of the schools
What Minority Report Proposes
3D. Cook, the minority member of
The committee on course Of study. WIN
Insist that the board DO not 10 away
with the kindergarten department.
but cut the expense By allowing but
one teacher 20 each school ID the Kin.
dergarton department, aud cut out the
manual training and The domestic sci
once departments II necessary to re.
duee expenses.
Another proposition that win ba
proposed at the meeting wifi be that
The board call an election IN tho In.
mediate future for the purpose 0f vots
ing one mill levy for the ulAinten.
anee Of the kindergarten department
next year
rToo Many FrIlls, They Complain
There have been many complaints
lodged with the school board recent
" by parents relative 10 the board
requiring the pupils 10 take too many
subjects, complaining thnt the pupils
are not given reoltatlonH regularly n
the principal subjects and that toe
much time Ii devoted q the "slde,n of
finishing subjects as termed by tpe
board.
Many citizens have expressed thpri-
selves AZ wanting 10 see the domestic
science aud manual training depart
ments out Of the school instead Of tho
kindergarteh department. The consli.
tuition OF Oklahoma. however, provides
that domestic science aud agriculture
must be taught iu the common schools
and some members Of the board IN
slst that the domestic science de-
partment must stick.
The teachers for next year are 70
be employed al the meeting tonight
and the election Of superlntendent
will also come up. II Is stated thaf
w. 8. Calvert, the present city gn
perintendenl Will be reelected.