The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-02-17
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From Thursdays Daily.
The school board last night held
a session with George Pass, the
building superintendent on the new
made by members of the building
committee, which he answered, and
the upshot was that although his
authority was cut down so that he
could order no changes made in the
plans and specifications without the
consent of the building committee,
two members of that committee re-
signed because his services were
retained
The meeting was attended by all
of the members except Mr.. Blissen-
bach.
Ii was reported that Mrs. Catlin
has been secured as substitute for
Miss Cooper. Latin teacher, and the
board voted 10 pay her Miss COOper's
salary after the latter goes on her
leave of absence, March l.
The same action was taken in re-
gard to Miss Scherer, who will sub
stitute for a month or more for
Miss BraZier, who will be absent
taking treatment.
The superintendent was given
power to act in regard to allowing
upper grade pupils a half day off
on February 20 to attend the Min.
neapOlis Symphony orchestra matt
nee. He said that he thought that
the high class music that the stu
dents would hear would have educa-
tional value sufficient to warrant it,
President HolbroOk extended an in
vtatiOn to the school board TO at
tend the meeting Of the Social Sci
ence club February 81, when Rev.
c. B. Osgood will read paper on
Need of Recreation Centers i'm Man
kato."
President Holbrook said that at
the last meeting the building COM
mittee had reported that the plans
and specifications for the new high
school building were not being fol-
lowed and that the question had
come up of continuing the services
Of the building superintendent. In
order to give him an opportunity to
be heard, this special meeting had
been called. He hoped that all would
control their words, SO that there
would be no angry feelings. He call
ed upon Mr.. Pass to say anything
that he wished to say to the board
on the matter.
Mr.. Pass Defends Himself.
Mr.. Pass said that he did not
know what the charges were, as he
had only heard some rumors. He
had given no orders to build the
building different from what the
plans call for, and it was not being
built different from the plans. He
had tried his very best to see that
the spirit of the plans was carried
out. No building was ever built
but what some little things came
up. The only order that he had
given was where there had been
some question to be construed as to
the meaning of the plans. They were
splendid plans, and there was more
on the sheets than he had ever seen
before, which made it more difficult
to construe them, but there were no
details, and the superintendent was
consulted many times daily as to
how to do this and that. He had
worked tremendously with the men
on the job, and where a question
had come up he had decided i'm the
interests of the school board each
time. Some things had happened
and there was one that he was
ashamed of, but no harm had come
of it. The front windows to the
south of the main entrance were set
up foot higher on the plans than
those on the north side, to secure
more light, but he had not noticed
this in time. He had given no or
derS to set them on a level with