The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-04
CHANGES IN SCHOOLS.
New Teachers VIII Take Places-E,n-
courage Advance Study.

At the meeting of the board of edu-
cation held Monday night a large
amount of routine business was trans
acted and as the heated argument
concerning the payment of certain bills
took up several hours of time it began
to look as though it might be Tuesday
before the business would be COM
pleted.
1t was voted to allow the State
Teachers association to use the high
school building Thursday and Friday,
October 20 and 81, free of charge.
a committee composed of T. F. Gar
yer and c. K. Holiday was appointed
to act with W. ]. Stagg, clerk of the
board, in preparing a requisition sys-
tenn for the purchase of supplies for
the schools.
1t was decided to purchase a supply
of fumigating materials so that the
janitors can do the fumigating from
now on, thus saving the extra cost of
hiring some one else to do the work.
The following recommendations of
the teachers committee were adopted:
The appointment of Miss Harkins as
acting principal of Potwin during the
temporary absence of Miss Nagle be
approved.
Filling of the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Miss Sarah voolfolk,
LoWman Hill school, by appointment
from the available list.
The following changes in salaries:
Kindergarten assistant, SO to SIS per
month; Dorothy Zanditon, pianist in
high school gymnasium, $40 to $50 per
month.
In the application of the salary sched-
ule for elementary schools the COM
mittee recommends that credit be
given as follows:
For two years of study in addition
to a high school course, one years
credit; for three years study, two
years credit; for four years study in
an approved school, three years credit.
In case a teacher who has been en-
ployed by the board is reelected after
spending year or more in study in an
approved institution, the committee
recommends that a years credit on the
salary schedule be given for each year
of study so spent.
In case of absence of teachers on ac-
count of sickness. the committee rec
commended that the payment of salary
with deduction for the supply teacher
be not made for more than one month
without special action of the board.
The employment of a supply teacher
on half time be authorized for the
State street school.
The committee recommended the dis
missaI of schools October 20 and 81 on
account of the meeting of the State
Teachers association on those dates
with the understanding that all teach
ers become members of the association.
The committee reported the following
appointments from the available list to
fill vacancies at the opening of school
September 20: Mabel Pond Hattie
Tomson, Ethel A. Chapman Ethelyn
Wright, Marie Fowler Edith Monroe,
Julia F. Davis Edna Avery
These recommendations of the COM
mittee on supplies were adopted:
1. The purchase of 20 sets of Rand
McNally wall maps of maps each, ut
S12 per set. Estate contract price. maps
approved by the state commission).
2. That authority be given to pur-
chase supplementary readers for first
| and second grades at an estimated cost
for the year of $3.50, bids for which
We're received as follows:
| Silver. Burdett & Company. f. o. b.
Chicago. Primer. 90 cents: first read
err 80 cents; second reader, 81 cents:
| third reader. 40 cents.
! Kansas Book Company delivered
Primer, 50 cents: first reader. 50 cents:
second reader, SO cents; third reader. 42
! cents.
| The committee recommends that the
/ books be purchased through the kan
| sas Book Company at prices submitted
3. The committee recommends the
making of 81 drawers for supply case
| in freehaQd drawing room