Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-03
Council Bluffs
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Miss officer Greatly Encouraged Over
Reception Of School Board.
SEVERAL SALARIES ARE FIXED
vocal Music introduced as Optional
study in High schoOl-Credit
for Debating work in
Literary Societies.

The chief interest az the monthly meet
ing Of the Board OF Education last night
was the presentation by Miss julia OFFICER
Of her proposition for the conversion Of
the old high school grounds into an ath-
letic park for the use Of the high school
pupils and a public playground accessible
20 other children The members Of the
board listened TO Miss Officers proposition
and carefully examined her plans for
stadium, grandstand tennis ground etc,
and manifested much interest in the whole
proposition. No action could be taken,
however and it was referred to the com
mittee on buildings and grounds and the
finance committee Miss officer was
greatly encouraged and will redouble her
efforts to secure favorable consideration Of
her plans.
Manual Training Tools.
Bids were opened for supplying tools and
benches for the manual training depart
ment Of the new addition to the Twentieth
Avenue school and the contract was
awarded to George W. Richey Of this city
for s27s. other bidders and the amount
OF their quotations were: The Nieman
Hardware company 1915, with a supple
mental bid of 1895; the De Vol Hardware
/ company, $3.50; Peterson & Schoening COM
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Of benches, SsOs.25 and SS62.25.
Ruth Templeton was elected a grade
! teacher in the sixth and seventh grades Of
| the Washington Avenue school, where she
Is now supplying, and her salary fixed at
SEQ.
The salary Of Miss Grace Barr, super
visor of music, was raised from $50 to sos
to date back to the beginning of the school
year.
The salary of Mrs. Burgess, instructor
in the business department of the higf
school. was raised from S75 to SIS, to date
back to the beginning of the school year
The salary Of the janitor at the TWEEN
tieth avenue building was fixed at 81
until the manual training department Il
in readiness, after which it will be $50.
On recommendation Of the finance com
mlttee. the salaries CT the following prin
cipals were established: Miss Prouty
Pierce street school, from $50 to SOS; Mis-
Byers Twentieth avenue school, from 50
to 500; Miss Hardin, Bloomer school, from
t95 to 500.
Extra Credits Given.
The following propositions suggested b!
Principal Reed and Superintendent Bev
eridge were adopted by the board:
That vocal music be introduced as al
to DO given one period of 10 minutes pc
week, same being from to 9:6 a. m. OF
Monday mornings, under the supervision
o. the supervisor OF music, and that credi
be given for the same at the rate of one
eighth point per semester, or one poin
in four years, to such pupils as do salts
factory work therein
@ That the same credit OF one-eight
point per semester, or one point in fou
, years, Cor literary work done in the liter
airy societies, under the supervision OF tn
director OF debating. THIS credit woul
be given only to those pupils who do ex
cepdonally faithful work In this branch
The report OF truAnt officer Herner 70
. October was received. II embodied tn
following: Truants brought 70 my nc
tice. Is; entered school as direct result
the effort Of the department. g. called o
absent children. 70; called on schools 8
phones to superintendent 81.
5 Statement of F'unds.
e The statement OF balances OF the fund
of the school district, as shown BY II
I books Of the secretary November l. was 8
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