Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-08-19
Board of Education

cation August 3rd, 1910.
ALI members present except Com.
Vaughan; President Moore in the chair.
Minutes OF previous meeting read and
approved. General accounts were pre-
sented and referred to the Finance Com
mlttee. On recommendation of the FL
nance Committee the following accounts
were allowed and ordered paid:
McGOlrick Fuel Co., for 189 tons
OF coal at 5000 5........... $1053 80
VIM. Welk, for washing towels
and extra work k.... 5.67
Wisconsin Telephone Co., for
services ................ 5. 80
The Bobbs- Merrill Co., for text
DOCKS .......... 3. 80
W. P. Roseman, for money ad-
vanced for ribbons, telegram,
etc. ............ ........... z. 80
Schempf Bros. Co., 20 yards of
ribbon Observation-Disclosures. lao
D. & f. Kusel Co., for supplies. rs
j. W. Martindill, for Monarch
typewriter. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 81 0O
Watertown Weekly Leader, for
publishing proceedings. etc.. $50
Watertown Novelty Works, for /
turning pole. e............... 100
Kading & Kading, for rent of
aFiYOli island. d............ $500
WatertOwn Imperial Band, for
music at picnic. ic............. 5000
Carl r. Field, for money ad-
vanced for gas, electric bills,
exchange on drafts, etc.. 49, 46 80
WatertoWn Gas & Electric Co.,
for gas and electric bills, dated
Aug. 1..... ............... SOB
Watert0Wn Lumber q Coal Co., ~
for coal 1112. .92
KOhlhOff Bros. 4 Knispel, for
ice at picnic c....... rs
Charles NoffZ, for work. $50
The Finance Committee submitted
their annual inventory and account
which was adopted and placed on file.
The committee On Text Books sub
mitted report Of text books on hand,
marked Exhibit A, which was adopted
and placed on file.
By resolution marked Exh. B, the COM
mittee on Text Books was authorized
! and directed to purchase all the text
books necessary for the ensuing year, all
voting in the affirmative.
On motion the committee on Build
ings and Grounds was authorized and
directed to make all necessary minor re-
pairs in the school houses, all voting in
the affirmative. ~
The committee on Supplies submitted
a report on the various school supplies
for the ensuing year, marked EXh. Z,
which was adopted and placed on file.
By resolution the committee on Sup
plies was authorized and directed to
purchase all such necessary supplies, es-
timated at about S231.OO, no single pur-
chase to exceed $1,000, all voting in the
affirmative. t4o~
AirepOrt by the committee on Teach
ers and Instruction, marked Exh. ID, fix
ing the school terms for the ensuing year
as follows, was adopted: Fall term to
begin Tuesday, Sept. 6, 1910, and ends
Friday, Dec. %, 1910; the winter term to
begin Tuesday, January 8, 1911, and ends
Friday, March "a, 1911; the spring term
to begin Monday, April 3, 1911, and end
Friday, June 23 1911.
The following report of the committee
on Teachers and instruction, marked
Exh. E, was adopted, all voting in the
affirmative: E5 iH'Et li7"v
From data and figures submitted to
your committee the first years cost
would be approximately $4,000 for a
class of 32 pupils. - p - 5''"
For kitchen furniture such as tables,
cupbOards, stools, ice chest, etc., $1,000
outside of what the Board has on hand,
for iron, tin, enameled and wooden ware
$4,000; for all other miscellaneous
kitchen and table ware. $4,000; gas for
fuel, $4,000; domestic science teacher,
800. 90. ~ f@ft~ "'{ 1f.f r .
For the second year practically all ex
pense would fall away except salary and
fuel gas. ti - H }tt
Having now manual training course
and with domestic science also installed
we would receive an appropriation Of
$4,000 per year from the state in aid OF
these two courses.
Material that is used up in conducting
the school, such as -four, meats, vege-
tables, ETC., is paid for by the pupils,
ranging in price in the different cities
which have established the course from
so to Is cents per pupil for the year, this
priced can be fixed more definitely here
after if the course is established by the
Board. 31t' - ~
In view Of the foregoing data, your
committee recommends the installation
of a domestic science course in the Lin
coin school Of this city, attendance to be
optional and to commence with pupils
| from the sixth grade.
/ Aug. 3rd, 1910.
By resolution the committee on Teach
| ers and instruction was authorized ana
directed to look for and recommend
competent teacher for the domestic
| science course.
By resolution the committee on Sup
plies was authorized and directed to pur-
chase all necessary supplies for estab-
| fishing the domestic science course, all
voting in the affirmative.
The clerk submitted the following re-
port of the annual school census for the
annual school year: Total number OF
children between the ages Of and 20
years, 3,618, of which 1,778 are males,
and 1910 are females. Number OF chill
dren between the ages of and IA years,
1,73O, of which 1852 attended public
schools 32 weeks or more, and 648 at
tended private schools 32 weeks or more.
| Increase over the year before, 40.
By resolution the sum Of $4,000 was
apprOpriated for taking the annual