The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-08-14
$1,000 STATE AID
FOR LOCAL SCHOOL
Mayor McGoven Names Mem
bers of Library Board to
Succeed Themselves.
SUPT. AYGARN ALSO SELECTED
State School Board Requirements
Made His Appointment
a Necessity.
SUPT, AYGARN ALSO Selected

The Sank Centre high school has
been placed in Glass A by the Depart
ment of Public Instruction of the
State of Minnesota. In order to at
tain this high standard several things
were required o. local authorities.
The following excerpt of letter re-
ceived from the state department eX-
plains itself:
'It seems best at this time to re-
mind YOU of requirements under the
Holmberg Act, as to equipment and
management of your school in order
that YOU may continue to receive aid.
AT least one bubbling drinking
fountain on each floor. Separate room
for library, or, in case present rela-
lions are continued with public school
library, then superintendent of city
schools must be made a member OF
the library board"
The Herald understands that all
the requirements of the state board
have been carried out except the in
stallation Of the drinking fountains,
but the state will not require that
this year The installation of prop
er school library would mean an out
lay in excess of 81, 900 and Mayor Nc
Gibbon has met this by the appoint
ment of Supt. Aygarn as ex-otticio
member Of the board. At the same
time MesSrs Dubois and Kells and
Mrs. Barto were named to succeed
themselves as members of the library
board for the full 3-year term. In
appointing Mr. Aygarn he submitted
the following communication: i.
To the Honorable Council of the
City of Sank Centre: =.
Gentlemen: The school board of
the public school of this city have
been notified by the Department of
Education of the State of Minnesota,
that in order to obtain the large sum
of money provided by the State as
yearly aid of "a" Class schools it will
either be necessary to make the super
intendent of our public school a men,
Der of the Library Board of this city
or else provide separate school H.
brary.
The cost of establishing such a Ii
brary would be considerably more
than 1000 and it would have to be
maintained in the future at a large
expense. AL this expense would have
to be paid, principally, by the tax
payers of this city.
The Public Library which we have
at the present time is ample for the
needs of the school, and with the su-
perintendent of schools as one of it's
directors will be considered by the
State Department of Education as
one of the best in the State operated
in connection with school.
The cost of maintaining our public
library is paid by our tax payers and l
do not wish to burden them further,
nor am l willing to drop any of the
present members of the library board
in order to make place for the Sup
erintendent of schools.
Believing that it is for the best in
terests of the City ofSauk Ceutre and
for our Public Library and schools, /
take the following action in the mat
ter, which l am advised by ATTORNEYS
L. L. Kells and NJ. c. Kelsey l have a
right to do, to wit:
l here By appoint NJ. d. Aygarn as
member Of the Library Board of the
City of Sank Centre. to fill the next
vacancy which may hereafter occur in
the membership of it's board of Direc-
1ors: and until auch vacancy may &C.
cur, to serve as director of said
board, ex-officio, with all the powers,
rights and duties possessed by or i'm
posed upon such director.
Further | ask your approval of this
appointment.
Yours respectfully,
lOHN NJ MnGI RRON Mayor