The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-04-21
PETITION THE
BOARD FOR TEACHERS
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times week until the building is
occupied in the fall. Mr., Chandler
said that he believed that the plas-
tering is as good job as he ever
saw.
The matter Of furnishing heat was
left to the building committee with
power to act. Some members thought
that leaving The windows, open the
next three or four weeks would dry
the building.
Parents Petition the Board.
The following petition was re,
ceived: I'VE, the undersigned par
ents of children attending the kin
dergarten and third and fourth
grades of the West Mankato school,
take this method of expressing our
fullest appreciation of the work that
has been done in said rooms of Miss
BrOnO and Mrs. Fairweather, know
ing as we do that the same has been
done in a faithful and painstaking
way and that the best of results has
been accomplished to our entire sat
isfaction, and we hereby, each and
every one of us, pray that you will
see fit to reappOint them to the next
school term in our school, The pc
titiOn had fifty signers.
The petition was accompanied by
the statement that the parents felt
that it was the boards business to
do what was best for the schools,
but that teachers that were to be
let out should first be given an op-
portunity to resign. The petition was
received and placed on file.
The building committee reported
that several of the stones on the
south side of the new high school
building had cracked, but that it had
not been determined whether the
fault lay with the contractor or with
the building plan.
= Vacancies Are Filled. , +
After an executive session to con
slider the matter of filling vacancies
in the teaching corps, the board
took up the election of teachers, and
proceeded to ballot upon each va
cancy.
Miss Mary V. Murphy, at present
principal of the West MankatO
school, was elected principal of the
Union school for the next year, at
salary of $3.50 month
Miss Estella Bragdon was elected
| teacher of the fourth grade of the
Union school to fill the position at
present filled by Miss Under, and
her salary, was placed at $50 u
month. She is a graduate of the
elementary course of the normal
school, with two years experience in
teaching i'm rural schools i'm Jackson
county, where she was successful.
She is at present teaching at Jack
! son.
Miss Beatty Reelected.
Miss Isabel S. beatty was reflect
ed teacher of the third grade in the
Union school, at salary of $3.50
month, and was then transferred
to the third aud fourth grades of
the West Mapkato school, now
taught by Miss, Bropo.
Miss Georgia j, Cluxton was elected
teacher Of, the, third grade in the
Union school, at a. salary of $50 a
month. She, has been teaching at
Blue Earth. for the past two years,
and is recommended by Superintend-
ent Tibbetts of that city. She has
been reelected there, and has signed
ia contract, but with the understand
ing that she might be released if
elected here. She is graduate of
the elementary course of the nor
NAL.
Miss Rose Staley was elected prin-
cipal of the West Mankato school
to succeed Miss Murphy, transferred
to the Union, and her salary was
placed at, $50 month. She is at
present TEACHING at New Ulm, where
she has had seven years very sue
cessful experience, the last two of
which she has been acting as princi-
pal of an eight room building She
| ~ q" hoi duu 10 VIGIL
recommended by Superintendent
Critchett and Hess of the New Ulm
schools. All three of the new teach
ers are MankatO young ladies.
Mrs. Hannah Fairweather was re-
elected teacher of the kindergarten
primary grade of the West Mankato
school, and her salary placed at
$3.50 a month
The board voted to reconsider the
motion fixing Miss Mabel E. Swift
Zers salary, fixed at the last meeting
at SIS, and it was then raised to
$50. Miss Switzer had not accepted
her recent election to the high school
faculty, because of an understand
ing last year that she was to have
the Increase for the coming year.
1t is now believed that she will ac-
icept.
The board also voted to reconsider
the motion fixing Miss Emma c.
O'Donnelrs salary at $50, passed al
the last meeting, and it was decided
to raise her salary to 500 month
She is assistant principal of the high
school, and had not accepted her
reelection on account Of the saia rp