The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-06-16

The report was signed by Plumer
w. Pitcher, foreman of the grand
jury.
From Thursdays Daily
The board of education held it's
regular monthly meeting last night
and transacted a good deal of bust
ness. An application was received
from w. E. Edwards for the posi-
ton of assistant janitor at the high
school, Applications for the vacant
janitorship at the Franklin were re-
ceived from E. F. X. Fenske, the
former janitor, and from Mr.. Graves,
in addition to previous applications.
James Sontag also applied for the
position of assistant janitor of the
high school.
Mr.. Fenske was unanimously re-
elected janitor of the Franklin, and
his salary was raised to $3.50 year.
1t was stated that he would accept
at this salary The teachers of the
school are DESTROYS of having Mr..
Fenske stay there He was recently
elected janitor of the Y. M. c. A.
building and has been there since
May !.
Hold Janitor Responsible.
Mr.. Scherer brought up a plan
that had been proposed by DR..
Beach and others, of allowing
Charles Vogel, the high school JAM
tor, to choose his own assistant and
hold him responsible for results, for
if the assistant did not get along
well with the jaintor and had pull
with the board, it would be hard to
get rid of him and the school would
suffer. On Mr.. Scherer's motion,
the board reconsidered its previous
action in regard to the janitorship
of the high school
NJ Scherer did not think that
making the assistant janitor also
truant officer would work out well
in practice, as in the fall and spring
about his whole time would be taken
up as truant officer. Mr. Bissen-
bach thought it worth while to try
the plan to see how it would work
out.
1t was decided to give Mr.. Vogel
salary of 1920 year and allow
him to hire what assistance he needs
and pay for it out of his salary.
This is on the basis of $50 a month
a month for ten months.
Miss Grace l.. Cain rendered her
resignation as teacher of the first
grade of the Franklin school, and it
was accepted.
Repairs and improvements.
DR.. Beach, chairman of the COM
mittee on property and expense, not
being able to be present at the meet
ing, sent his report of the repairs
and Improvements needed during the
summer vacation in the various
buildings. The Improvements needed
are as follows:
High school: Fixing of seats, kali
somining halls, painting floor of do
mestic science room, wainscoting re-
newed in boys closets, change one
sink in domestic science room A
request has been made for a soft
water tank and force pump for the
domestic science room.
Pleasant Grove: Paint and kali
somining whole school, fix desks, set
of new curtains.
West Mankato Fix desks and
seats, paint roof deck, repair valleys
on roof.
Union: Fix desks and seats, tight.
en- windows.
Franklin: Fix desks and seats.
CaIking of Window Frames.
DIR. Beach also recommended that
the board order the calking Of the
window frames in the old high school
and also the Union school, as the
district would be more than repaid
in the saving of fuel, to say moth
ing of keeping the walls clean about
the windows. DR.. Beach enclosed
bid from the Minnesota Weather
proof Calking and Glazing company
of Minneapolis, offering to calk all
of the window frames of the old
high school building for SIP, and
all of the frames of the new build
ing for $780,
The entire matter of making the
repairs and improvements was re-