The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-18
TOSTUDYFARMINC.
Agricultural Course Will Be
Added to High School.
State Makes an Appropriation
to Sustain 1t.
LONG TERM FOR STARR
New Superintendent Hired for
Two Years.
Addition to High School Must
Wait.
LONG TERM FOR STARR

A number of important steps were ia
ken by the board of education in ses-
sion Tuesday night which include the
extension of the sphere of usefulness
of the high school by the addition of
one year course in agriculture; the es-
adjustment of summer school for the
benefit of pupils who have failed in one
or more studies, and others who need
to review certain branches; the erection
of an addition to the State street school
which will include four recitation rooms
and accommodations for manual train
ing to cost $4,000 or less; the build
ing of a two-story addition to the
Monroe street school; the employment
of c. c. Starr, the superintendent lect
for two years instead of one, and the
raising of the salary of the clerk to
$3.50 month.
1t was practically decided that it
would be impossible to add a $4,000
wing to the high school building this
year, although no definite action was
taken. At the same time it was voted
to extend the work of the institution,
which will mean if some action is not
taken by the board to increase the ac-
commodations, that the work will be
greatly handicapped 1t will become
necessary for some of the teachers to
work overtime, holding classes through
out the afternoon as well as in the
| morning.
The new agricultural course will in
| clude these studies: Elementary agri-
| culture which will run through the
| year. domestic science. physiology,
psychology. physics, methods and man
| agements, arithmetic, and a review of
geography, grammar, and reading-12
weeks each.
1.-THE adoption of the studies last
/ of $780, said superintendent L. D.
| Whittemore, land if we operate the
| classes in agriculture and domestic sci
/ ence this will mean another $3.50. Ag-
riculture, methods of management, and
! the review of the lower branches are
the only studies which we do not teach
at the present time, and this will mean
! that it will require the services of an
additional teacher for half time.
| No action was taken by the board rela-
| tive to the extension of the business
course, but it is taken for granted that
| the last two years of the course will
! be offered this year.
! AS to the vacation, school sessions
will be held in one, two or three build
! ings, according to the demand. The
| grades which will be covered Will be
| from the Fourth to the Eighth, and
length of the term will be six weeks,
: beginning June 5. From six to IL
| teachers will be employed at 81 a. day,
| the hours of service being from s
o'clock in the morning until noon. II
| is estimated that the total cost OF
| maintaining the school will be from $500
| to $1,000.
Starr Given Two Year Term.
| In the case of the extending of the
| term of service for superintendent
| elect c. C. Starr. and the increasing
/ of the salary of the clerk of the board,
| some of the bitterness between the So
/ called "insurgent'' and regular mem
| bers was exhibited, but the former had
| things all their own way and all the
| regular members present could do was
| to express in no uncertain terms thelI
| disapproval of the measures proposed
| Action in both instances was made
| possible by the recent action of the
| legislature.
| I'VE should engage Mr.. Starr for
| more than one year and thus assure
him. said A. V. Lindell, that he will
have a chance to see how his ideas
work out in the Topeka schools.'''
| Cuthbert: 1T seems to me we are
making provisions long distance
) ahead of time. 1 don't see why we
| should tie the board up for so long d
time
the board pledged themselves to IoyaIt,
to the new superintendent, so 1 think
the new board would not object
Nicholson: ct is only fair to tn:
people and to the incoming board tina
We allow them to have something t.
say about it. The new board will wan
to have something to say about tht
man to whom they will have to pay
salary of $2,700 a year. whom the!
might have had for $4,000
A contract for tearing down the ole
Branner street school was awarded t,
F. D. Morse for 1925. Work will com
mence at once, and it is the purpose o