The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-04-04
Teachers Are Elected
Board Fixed Salaries
From Thursdays Daily.

meeting last night. when all men,
bers were present. All of the grade
teachers who desired reelection were
reelected. and all those in the high
school who desired reelection with
the usual conditions made by the
board, were also listed for next
year. Several, however, asked for
greater salaries than the board pays.
The teachers who were reelected
with their salaries of this year and
their salaries for next year are as
follows:
Fanny Pitcher, music and drawing,
$S5; Miss Carrie Brewster, assist.
ant in domestic science, $40 to SIS;
Vernon Cooper, manual training, ten
months work, sos to sos; G. R.
Shumway, agriculture, $1,000 to ST..
300; L. NJ. JOrgenson, principal and
teacher of civics and American his
tory, $1,000; Emma O'Donnell, assist
ant principal and mathematics, 81 900
to $l,050; Mary II. Kraft, German.
$50 to S85; Esther Daniels, Latin,
SIS to $50; Lillian Hughes, history.
$75 to $50; Raymond Palon, mathe-
MATES, $50 to $50.
Did Not Desire Reelection.
Miss Jennings, supervisor of do.
nestle science, did not desire re-
election, nor did Miss Adella Halves,
who has been in the English de-
partment. Miss Grace Sumner would
not accept reelection unless all her
work connected with the school pa
per and other similar activities was
illuminated. No action was taken in
the matter. Miss Grace e. Morris
would not accept her position for
next year unless an increase of $40
a month be made in salary. No ac,
/ ton was taken in her regard. p.
! VI. lIarmer, who taught physics and
chemistry, does not desire reelection.
| Miss Lewis, principal Of the eighth
grade and teacher of arithmetic, was
given an increase in salary from
! $3.50 to SIS. Mrs. Ethel Webster,
teacher Of eighth grade grammar,
was increased from $G2.50 to $G5
Mrs. Ruth D. futile, teacher of
eighth grade history, received an in,
crease III salary from $62.50 to SOS
Pleasant Grove Schedule.
! Pleasant Grove School: Miss Marie
Burmeister, the principal, asked to
be given another month to decide
whether or not she wanted the pc.
sition for next year. This was
granted. Miss Clara Kelly, sixth and
seventh grades, $50; Miss Ida Lewis
fifth and sixth grades, $50; Miss
Elvra Roust, fourth and fifth grades
$50 to $3.50; Miss Helmina Olson
third and fourth grades, $50 to
$3.50; Miss Matte Nelson. second
and third grades, $3.50 to $55; Mrs
Belle Williams, second grade, $575C
to $50; Miss Grace Holmes, first and
second grades, $50; Miss Laura
! Thomas, kindergarten and first
grade, $50; Miss Barbara Mansfield
kindergarten and primary, $50.
Franklin School: Miss Minnie Ban
gerter. principal and seventh grade
$40; Miss Jane Fletcher, sixth grade
$50; Miss Edith Anderson, fifth, $50;
Miss Isabel Chesser, fourth. $50;
Miss Helen Weed, third grade, S52 sc
to $55; Miss Julia Hub, second, $50;
Miss Minnie Parker, first grade, $50:
Miss Helen Hall, kindergarten and
primary, $3.50 to 500
In Union School.
Union School: Miss Mary Murphy
principal and teacher of seventh
grade, asked for a months time, and
this was granted. Miss Selma Heg
tlund, sixth grade, $55 to $3.50; Miss
Estella Bragdon, fourth grade, $3.50
to $55; Miss Lillian Coughlan, $50
to $3.50; Miss Bessie Aldrich, kin
dergarten and primary, $50 to $50 so
Three Union school teachers did not
wish to be reelected. They are Miss
Amy Page. Miss Mary Janda and
Miss Georgia Cluxton.
West Mankato: Miss Rose Staley
principal and sixth and seventh
grades, $62.50 to SOS; Miss Hattie
Meyer, fourth and fifth grades, $3.50
to $50; Miss Libby Williams, second
and third grades, $3.50 to $55; Miss
Jessie Irving, first grade, $50; Mrs
Hannah X. Fairweather, kindergar
ten and primary, $55 to $3.50. All
of the teachers who resigned would
have been reelected had they cared
to remain.
Applications For Vacancies.
Several applications for the va
cancies in the grades were read and
! Miss Blodwen Richards, who is a
|graduate of the Mankato high school
and normal school, and who is
iteaching in Pennington this year
was elected to the position of teach
er in the first grade of the Union
school at a salary of $50 month
Miss Richards has excellent recon-
mendations, including an unqualified
lrecommendatio from the 3uperintend
ent under whom she is now teach
ling.
During the meeting Mrs. B. d
Smith and Superintendent F. J.
Sperry produced refreshments which
had been prepared by the domestic
science classes as part of their reg
iular work Date pudding with whip
ped cream, peanut cookies, rocks and
spice drop cakes were served. The
!students showed themselves to be
doing very practical work in cook
ing by the food prepared, and the
members of the board decided that
it was at least as good as mother
used to make"
i DR.. J. S. Holbrook suggested that
another teacher be elected to dc
high school work, so that the pres
ent teachers could be relieved of a
large part of their outside work A;
the present time the teachers al
have full schedules of regular class