The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-10-13
Robinson Not Eligible.

ure in studies leaves big gap in
the lines.
AS if to counteract the gloom of
this report it was also announced
that Babe" Morrell, 200-pound cen.
ter of the 1910 team, has cleared
his records and is now eligible
From Thursdays Daily.
Because of the large number of
students in the high school who re-
gard themselves as too large to be
willing to study with the younger stu
dents and who are too old for the grade
they attend, it was decided last
night lat the meeting of the board
of education to refer the matter to
the school committee which will re-
port at the next meeting. The ques-
ton was brought up whether or not
it would be advisable to combine
the duties of probation officer and
truant officer, and then to furnish
a special room where all these I'm.
calmly boys could study under one
male teacher.
Round Up the Large Boys.
1t has been found difficult to get
these boys who are too old for their
proper grade to attend school, and
so to relieve this problem it was
thought a good plan to have a
special ungraded room for all such
cases. In case such action was
taken, manual training would be one
of the principal subjects taught
Part of this is the suggestion o.
Judge Comstock, who thinks that
this would be advisable, especially
under the new law which makes
the attendance of all children under
sixteen years of age pr those who
have not finished the eighth grade
compulsory. At present there are
about twenty-five of these boys who
would come under this class, and
would be put in the ungraded room
should this come to be, reality.
Standing Committees Named.
The names of the members of the
committees of the new school board
were read as follows: Committee of
finance, Davies, Scherer and Bills
senbach; property and expense, DR..
Beach. Blissenbach and Regain;
schools and textbooks, Mrs. Smith,
Scherer and Judge Hughes.
A number of communications were
then read, one of the important
ones being that Of DR.. J. S. Hol-
brook. who requested the use of
the East Mankato school to be used
as a quarantine hospital. This school
is vacant and on the outskirts of
the city, so that it would make a
good hospital of this kind. At first
it was considered advisable to make
the city proposition to buy the
school, but merely lease the grounds.
1t was finally decided to let the
expense committee handle the mat
ter. 1t was moved and carried that
this committee confer with the city
council.
A communication was then read
from the Minnesota Educational as
ISOLATION, in which it stated that up
on the payment of SO, delegates who
desired to attend the forty-ninth an
nual convention to be held October
26, q and %, would receive the full
rights and privileges. A motion was
made and carried that an order be
drawn for the payment of these
/ dues. 1t was also decided to allow
the teachers who desired to attend,
! leave of absence for that time.
Mrs. futile Elected Teacher.
The resignation of Miss May
Fletcher, teacher of history in the
eighth grade, was read and accept.
ed. Mrs. Ruth futile was elected
to fill her position at a salary of
$50 month. Mrs. futile has been
! teaching in the North Mankato
schools. 1t was also decided to al.
low Miss Iceberg full compensation
of regular teacher for the time
she did substitute work for Miss
Fletcher. Miss Iceberg taught
eleven days, but these eleven days
included some of the hardest periods
of the year, being the close and be-
ginning of the new year.
A communication was read from
State Auditor s. G. Iverson, in which
he stated that as conditions now
were, the local school board was
given the authority to make a tax
levy if they so desired, or if they
did not wish to do this, to notify
the state in the near future so that