The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-01-20
STUDENTS CAN ENGAGE IN a
HEALTHFUL EXERCISE.

Come Up to the Requirements
Set BY State Health Body; Mat
ter of Ventilation Is Considered;
Teachers Ask for Pictures; Dou-
BILE Tax Levy.
From Thursdays Daily.
The board of education put in
busy meeting last night, with Presi-
dent Holbrook presiding, and all of
the members present except Dr.
Beach and Mr.. Bishman, who were
out of the city.
The company carrying the boiler
insurance presented a favorable re-
port on Il recent inspection made.
Mr.. Scherer, for the special build
ing committee, presented a contract
with the Water Arch Furnace com
pany Of Chicago, the company fur
nishing twin arch consumers, for in
stalling one under each of the three
boilers and also Twentieth century
CRATES, at q net cost Of $3.50 for
each boiler, after allowing $50 for
each Of the old CRATES. The boilers
are guaranteed not to send out
smoke under ordinary circumstances.
bond for SLABS, with the Illinois
Surety company as surety. The con,
tract had been properly signed.
On the recommendation of Mr..
Scherer, the board voted that the
specifications for the furnace be fol
lowed, the walls to rest Oh solid con
crete foundations.
Superintendent Sperry presented a
report of the enrolment for Decem-
| Der, showing the total number enrol
led to be 1,424, the number belong
ing 1,346, and the average attendance
1884, with GA cases of hardness.
Skating Kinks for Pupils.
= The board voted to grant re-
! quest from the Union school for per-
mission to make skating rink on
/ part of the play ground, the students
/ to bank the snow up, and the super
/ intendent to see the city officials
about getting water to food it, The
matter of forming Il similar skating
rink on the Franklin grounds was
/ referred to the superintendent with
power to act.
! The superintendent was authorized
/ to procure $50 blank diplomas, and
the president and secretary We're
authorized to sign them Oh behalf of
the board, when required. instead OF
the entire board signing them. The
! high school faculty will continue to
| sign them.
School Room Air Tested.
Superintendent Sperry reported
( that he had borrowed County Super
/ intendent Ulvins thermometer and
tested all of the rooms i'll four Of
/ the school buildings for the inflow
and outflow of air. No room was
quite up to the requirement of the
state board of health that there be
| 1,S00 cubic feet of fresh air admitted
per hour for adults. The Pleasant
Grove building made the best show
ing, the West Mankato was fairly
satisfactory. the Franklin was rather
low, and the high school assembly
room had the poorest ventilation of
all. This has since been improved
I
by installing an electric motor and
making Il forced ventilation with
| fans.
Architect Pass was asked as. to
his opinion of the ventilation of the
new high school building, and said
that the ventilation there would be
much better, as the plan in the
main was splendid.
The board selected a finish for
the woodwork of the new high
school 1t will be fairly light.
The bills were allowed
Teachers Want Pictures.
A request from the teachers of the
Franklin school for some pictures
for the Railways was referred TO Mr..
Blissenbach with power to act.
The matter of the double tax levy
to take up the $500 Of bonds falling
due July / was talked over, and meast
ures were taken to prevent its
occurring again. If it was to occur
when the first $25,G0O of the new
high school bonds fall due five years
from now, the state auditor would,
under the law, make a special levy
of about $4,000 on the district in
one year, or fifty per cent more than
the amount of the bonds and accum-
ulated interest combined.