Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-09
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Thirty-Seven Teachers Added tc
High School Corps.
HUNTER OBJECTS TO ASSISTANT
COrOner's Jury States NOvak Came to
Death by Accident-SAya Was In
Performance of Usual
Duties.

The Board Of Education held a special
meeting last might at the South Omaha
High school building. at which thirty-seven
teachers were added to the force already
hired for the ensuing year. In addition the
board elected an assistant supervisor OF
music, choosing Miss Eileen McCrann,
whose election was a point of warm oppo-
sition on the part OF A. L. Hunter. He was
Of the opinion that there was no need for
an assistant and he also raised the ques-
ton of the qualifications of the candidate.
The city superintendent said he would
vouch for the qualifications OF the candi-
date, as the Board of Education had named
no qualifications in It's rules Miss Etheyn
Meyers was elected assistant In manual
training, and her electloa was also op-
posed by Mr.. Hunter on the ground that
an assistant was not needed. The census
enumerators were allowed their first in
staliment OF salary Inc following is the
! full list Of teachers elected last night:
Ethel r. Balance. Susan Beedle, Flor
/ ence Broker, Lillian Carlson, Eleanor Dick
man, Helen Dewey Marion Fitzgerald
y Haas. Esther d; Baugh, Vera
X Bennett Maude Brooks, Hannah Cusick
/ Mrs. Zaida Dimond. Vera M. Dubois, May
! Grace Lulu NJ. Hickey, Lydia S. Jones
Hesrl q. - La1 ne Lela c Lu1d, Ethelyn
/ Nancy Peterson, Kate Roberts, Anna Still
| mock. Hulda Tissell Vena KavanauRh
Monetha Lee, Ellen Mahoney, Anna c.
/ Nystrcm, Grace Nelson, Eileen Patterson
] Margaret Regan, Mrs. II. Stearns, Mar
garet sullivan. Leila Talbot, Bula Wester
Purchase of Lots for schools.
The purchase OF lots at Twenty-fourth
and streets to be added 70 the frontag
Of the high school grounds on Twenty
fourth street, which war practically agreed
upon in the Tuesday session Of the board
is the occasion OF much comment on both
SIDES at present. The purchase OF the lots
was openly opposed by delegations from
Corrigan addition, which advised that the
expenditure was much more needed in Cor
rigan addition. where there are so many
IN attendance that some grades are forceC
into the basement rooms.
The board in making the purchase toot
the ground that the money spent for IN,
site OF the manual training department o
the South Omaha High school would no
prevent the necessary Improvement In tn,
Corrigan school With the lots purchase,
the school Will have more than half IN,
lots IN that block fronting on Twenty
fourth street. There are still three lou
on the southwest corner OF the block which
may be purchased TO complete the hal
block
Residents Of the north and east sides OF
the city have been favorable to the pur.
chase and have lent support to the board
in its efforts 70 Increase the high schoo
grounds. Or. w. J. McCraun said las
night Il am convinced that whatever ma,
be added TO the high school grounds. a
, whatever price, will be money well spent
There Is nothing which eharacterizes Z
town or city as much as Its public schools
Our high school should front on Twenty.
fourth street and all the buildings IN from
| Of il at present should be removed Vist
tors TO south Omaha should see what splen
ala equipment We have for high schoo
education. An example can well be taker
OF the city OF Omaha and what has beer
q done there for its high school"
y The purchase price OF the two corner
lots was t1IrS00
Funeral of A. J. CauEhey.
A. J. Caushey, pioneer and veteran news
paper man. was buried yesterday viii