The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-04-12
THREE NEW TEACHERS
CHOSEN BY THE BOARD
Miss Esther Daniels, Miss Mand.
erfeId and Miss Coughlan.
From Thursdays Daily.


Three new teachers were elected
at the meeting of the school board
last night, and the action of the SUI
perintendent in suspending one young
student for disobedience and non
attendance, was approved.
Miss Helen Cooper declined re-
| election at a salary of $50, although
this had been increased from SIS a
month. Later Oh in the meeting
when the matter of electing new
,, teachers to fill the vacancies made
by others, a motion to reconsider
her salary was made and carried
1t was found that her increase was
an oversight and that she should
have been increased to $S5 instead
She was offered this salary and tele.
phoned to see whether she would
accept, so that the board would
know whether to vote on another
teacher in case she still refused.
Miss Daniels Elected.
She stood by her declination, and
Miss Esther Daniels, upon the sug.
gestion of Judge Evan Hughes, was
unanimously elected to fill her place
at salary of SIS a month, this
being considered the startling figure
after years experience. Miss
Daniels is now teaching at Grand
Meadow and has been doing SO for
a year. She is a graduate of the
Mankato high school and Hamline
college and has made a speciality
of Latin and English. She will
teach in the Latin department.
Miss comstock Resigned.
Miss Grace E. Comstock stated in
a letter that for year she has
been doing assistant principal work
and hence could not accept the po-
sition again for a less salary than
$95 a month She had been raised
from $S5 to $50 a month at the
last special meeting. DR.. Beach
thought that the board ought to
raise the standard or limit of sal
aries throughout the school il it was
done in this case. Mr.. Scherer, who
presided in the absence of DR.. HOl-
brook, likened it to the Mexican
army where there were seven lieu
tenants to four privates, and could
see no reason why there should be
so many assistant principals. After
the matter had been threshed out it
was decided to place her declination
on file.
Teacher in the kindergarten.
The election of a teacher to fill
the vacancy in the kindergarten de.
partment of the Franklin school was
then in order to take the place of
Miss Wiecking, who declined re.
election. Miss Josie Manderfeld was
elected at salary to start with of
$780, She is graduate of the nor
NAL school here and has taught five
years, four of which were spent at
Albert Lea, thus assuring the board
that she is a strong teacher and
we'll fitted for the position. The
board places $50 as the limit SAL
airy in this department for the first
year of teaching in the schools al
Mankato.
Selected Miss Coughlan.
Miss Lillian Coughlan, who is now
teaching at Redwing, was elected
to fill the vacancy made by Miss
Rinaldo in the second grade of the
Union school. She also is to get a
salary of $50 to start. Miss Cough
Ian is graduate of the normal
school at Mankato and the board
feels gratified in securing SO able
teacher for this position. 80
The filling of the other vacancies
was deferred until later meeting
in order to give the superintendent
more time in which to secure in
formation about candidates.
East Mankato Building Sold.
DR.. Beach Of the property and
expense committee reported that the
East Mankato school building had
been sold for $3.50 to Herman C..
Leiferman. This does not include
the lot. The action of the com.
mittee was approved.
Mrs. Smith Of the schools and
textbook committee reported that
piano has been selected for the
West Mankato school, through the
Bach agency here, the deal having
been made with Mr.. Jones, the local
agent.
Some discussion arose concerning
the attempt to put additional pre-
miums on the insurance on the high
school building. Mr.. Davies of the
finance committee reported that one
local agent has tackled on some ad-
ditional premiums on the high
school insurance. Mr.. Scherer
thought that this was queer way
to do business. 1t was finally de-
cided to refer the matter to the
finance committee with power to act