The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-06-13
Debate Quoted
With Adjourn Motion
From Thursdays Daily.

up again last night at the meeting
of the board of education the matter
of arranging with some auditing
company for a more elaborate set
of books SO that a more accurate &C
count could be kept of the money
which is expended each year for the
running expenses of the different
schools. Mr.. Regain thinks that not
close enough account is kept of the
money which is spent by the school
board, and he has suggested several
times that a better system of keep
ing books be ~inaugnrated.
w. B. Davies seemed to think that
Mr.. Regain was insinuating that the
business of the board was not being
properly handled, and he told Mr..
Regain that if he would study into
the matter a little more carefully
he would find that the present meth
cd was perfectly satisfactory.
At this juncture, when Mr.. Davies
and Mr.. Regain were just upon the
point of engaging in a heated de-
bate on the question, George Scherer.
as he did once before, while Mr..
Regain was speaking, cried out, Il
move we adjourn!" This brought a
laugh all round, and the participants
in the war of words joined in and
all was peace and good will once
more. However, Mr.. Regain then
made a motion that a committee be
appointed to look into the matter,
but as his motion did not receive a
second, the matter was dropped.
Tuition Received for Year.
Superintendent F. j. Sperry re-
ported that for the school year which
Ehas just ended, $139 has been re-
ceived for tuition from the rural
scholars. DR.. w. A. Beach proposed
that the board inspect the school
buildings to ascertain what repairs
should be made for the coming year
but, it was decided to leave this in
~spection to the property and ex-
pense committee with power to act.
DR.. Beach also asked why the
~janitor of the West Mankato school
did not have the flag up on Decora-
ton day, and Superintendent Sperry
was authorized to ask this gentle
man, Nieolai Hendrickson, about it.
Mrs. Alice Ayres Smith said that a
bill of Fred B. Hill of Mortified for
making the commencement address
was $25 and railroad expenses, and
after it was decided ito allow the bill,
President Evan Hughes said hat he
appreciated the address very much,
but that he would rather have had
the commencement exercises con-
An Experimental Farm.
Mr.. Sperry reported that the plot
of land had been leased from Jesse
r. Keene for the agricultural depart
ment of the school, and that Pro-
~fessor c. r. Shumway was prepar-
ing to start some experimental crops.
Mr.. Sperry also said that he had
discovered another condition which
must be fulfilled in order to get the
$4,000 appropriation from the state
under the Putnam act. This condi-
ton is that the city school must
make arrangements to cooperate
with at least two other rural schools.
The matter OF making these ar
Fcommittee. 1t is also necessary in
order to receive this appropriation,
to take a census of the students of
the schools, and this also was left
to the school committee.
The polling places for the election
! of a new board of education were
fixed the same as last year, the first
precinct at the Franklin school, the
second precinct at the Union school,
the third precinct at the high school
and the fourth precinct at the Pleas
ant Grove school. Arrangements
for the election such as the publish.
ing of the notices and preparing the
ballots were left to the president and
! secretary. The following were elect
ed judges of the election: First pre-
cinct, H. f. Leonard, John Duane and
Alexander Bashaw; second precinct,
A. II. Allen, Ferdinand Hoerr and
Robert Jache; third precinct, S. II.
Grannis, j. H. Ashworth and s. w.
Burgess; fourth precinct, Rev. Nels
Nordgaard, w. e. Polzin and p. I'll.
Jordan.
The superintendent report for at
; tendance for the month of May was
as follows:
Schools NE. NIB. Ala. PA. T.
High School ...4S0 AIS 400 81. 35 Al
Pleasant Grove. 1856 3O5 2S7 95.5 4
Franklin .......295 252 237 95 2
West Mankata. .164 LA 142 97.4 4
Grand total. 1881 1866 1872 96.2 Sc
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