The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-04
Site for New School
Bought on South Side
Board Education Has Purchased Block on Thirteenth Street
South-DiscusS Matter Of Getting Assistant for
Prof. Hoover--Want Office in City Hall

/ The Fargo board of education has
bought a site for a new school house
which will likely be constructed next
year. 1t is located between Eighth and
Ninth avenues south, on Thirteenth
street. The lot occupies an entire block
and is S00x30O feet. in what is known
as the Darling addition to Fargo.
This was the most important bust
ness that was transacted by the board
of education last night at the regular
session which was presided over by
President Holt and attended by Mem
bers Young, McArdle, Moen, Carpenter,
Lane and Adams, and Superintendent
| Hoover. BE-.
The annual and monthly report Of
the treasurer Of the school board, c.
| Fl. Mitchell, and the report of the
librarian, which appeared in The
Forum of last evening were read and
placed on file.
Letter From the Mayor.
A letter was received ana read from
Mayor Lowell, asking the board to
change the water pipe leading from the
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two-inch pipe to one of four inches,
as the latter would increase the pres
sure Of the water into the school build
ing. Mayor Lowell recited the fact that
the intake pipe at the water works
was only sixteen inches below the sur
face Of the water and that the greatest
care must be used in the use or rather
the waste Of the water, and he said
that he hoped IL would not be necessary
for the city to use drastic methods to
induce the school board to make the
change in the water pipe. The letter
was referred TO the building committee
with power to act.
Board Orders Lot Bought.
Judge Young of the building commit
tee which was ordered to secure site
for a new school house, which will
likely be erected next year, reported
| that he had secured a proposition to
buy the tract Of land mentioned above
at $340O, this being a reduction Of
! $3.50 from the original price asked, and
that following the instructions Of the
board he had closed the deal and had
already secured one of the deeds to
! the property. The property comprises
about twelve lots and is located in
rapidly increasing population part of
the city. His report was received and
adopted, and warrants were ordered
drawn for the payment of the land.
Improvements Progressing.
The committee on buildings and
| Superintendent Hoover reported that
the repairs in all of the school houses
were going along nicely and that the
contractor for the new cement walk
at the Longfellow school would attend
| to his work in the near future. In
some Of the buildings there was quite
an amount Of repair work, but this will
all be finished in time for the opening
of school during the first week Of Sep
TENDER.
New Teachers Elected.
Three new teachers were elected and
there was one resignation brought to
the attention Of the board last night.
The new teachers chosen were Hilda
Feiring, Goldie Anderson and Claire
Krough who will be assigned to their
places by Mr.. Hoover. The resigna-
ton of Miss Nellie L. Drew was read
and accepted by the board and a
teacher will be named at the next
meeting of the board TO take her place.
New Books Ordered.
The text book committee recon-
mended that ten sets Of the Teachers
and Students Encyclopedia be bought
for the Fargo school, each at SIS a set,
and that Hunts Progressive Speller
and Adams Physics be adopted by the
board for the schools, and this recon-
mendation was adopted and the pur-
chasing committee ordered to do the
buying.
Discussing New System.
Professor McArdle, Judge Young and
Mr.. Smith and other members of the
board brought up the question of an
assistant to Superintendent Hoover.
1t was stated that considerable of the
work done by Mr.. Hoover was work
that a much cheaper man could do,
and that his time was too valuable to
be spent in this way, for he could be
much better employed in supervision
of the schools. 1t was suggested that
man who would be competent to do
stenographic work, make up the re-