The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-01-19

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} The Lutheran seminary is using most
of the second floor of the old high
school building. go
i Roller Towel Must Go.
. The roller towels must go! This
is the verdict handed down by the
state board of health and now stu
dents in the local schools will either
have to use individual towels OF pa
per towels. This report was made
by Superintendent Sperry. Nothing,
however, was done at this meeting.
w. b. Davies moved that the prop
erty and expense committee be a,l-
thorized to still reduce the speed
of the air fan in the Union school,
: and with power to act. This motion
was carried. 1t was also decided that
guards would have to be placed
around the belts and shafts in the
manual training rooms, and that the
other machinery would have to be
protected according to the state pro-
visions.
; Superintendent Sperry reported
; that he had been requested to get
out an inventory of the school stock,
| and to have copies printed. These
would prove valuable in case of fire,
or to the succeeding administration.
! A thin copy of this inventory would
be attached to each insurance policy,
so that in case of fire, the inventory
would be there complete without
any doubtful conclusions as to the
; amount of stock burned. All these
inventories would he alike, so that
no insurance agent could discredit
them. motion authorizing the Sec
rotary and superintendent to have
! these printed was carried.
Wants More Help in Schools.
; Superintendent Sperry made re-
: quest for additional help for the
, eighth grade and high school. He
said that he fully realized THE finan-
cial condition the school is in, and
he did not willingly make the re-
quest, but when the second semes-
ter begins, more help would be
needed. 1t was mot so much a case
, of the teachers being overworked
!, as lack of individual attention and
!, instruction. The teachers in. the high
school were well loaded with classes.
He thought that another teacher
would take care of both the eighth
!, grade and high school increase, and
thus save expenses. In order to pre-
vent the overcrowding of the high
school three more classes would be
needed. No action was taken on this
recommendation
,, Need Help for Janitor.
, DIR. w. A. Beach brought up the
matter of the extra 1anitor help. He
hot 1.,@ al, ~
} little, as the men had to work al
! most day and night to keep the
buildings warm. At present $40 a
! month is paid for the extra help to
take care of the Lutheran seminary
rooms, and $25 a month for the tru-
,, ant officer. AS the latter has moth
ing to do, it was believed that he
:, could be secured to do this work, but
on looking up the minutes, there was
, no provision for this, and so. the
board finally decided. to give the
present janitor $40 month for three
months as additional help. This
would make the total $40 month
for extra help, including that of the
Lutheran seminary. j5E
Check for Nielsen Company.
! A check for a little over SIT had
been received from thel,J. B., Nielsen
!, Construction companycin settlement
of certain accounts. Upon investiga-
:! ton it was thought that this was
just half what the company owed the
! school, but Acting President Scherer
explained the matter, saying that the
bill which was for some asbestos
paper used in the basement, was
first to be used for certain rooms
. only. Later more was, used, so that
the bill came down to Strand some
cents. ua 4fa ~.
! Mrs. B. d. Smiths report as chair
man of the school and text book
committee showed some interesting
. figures concerning the domestic sci.
ence work and sewing being done at
the local schools.
In the seventh grade sewing class,
there was one sixty-minute period
week, with an attendance of fifty
one girls. This included model
work, needle work, darning, especial
ly stockings, spoon case or the appli-
cation of Blasting, running and feath-
er stitching, which may have to be
explained to the men by their wives.
The eighth grade sewing classes
consisted of two eightyminute peri
DDS week, with an average attend
ance of twenty-five. Much of the
same work done by the seventh
grade was also done in these classes,
although more advanced.
The attendance of the eighth
grade cooking class was nearly twice
as large. A few of the subjects
!, taught were: Rules for measuring,
fire-making, carbohy proteids,
|, preparation of fruits for breakfast,
table setting and serving, etc.
Five eighty-minute advanced Pc
RODS are devoted to advanced do
mestic science in the high school.
These studies include the study Of
the sewing machine, drafting of cor
!. set covers, drafting and designing
of shirt waists, hemming of table
= linen, embroidery, etc.
The freshmen class of domestic
art includes study of fancy aprons
and hays studv of vari0uS cotton