The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-12-05
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symbols; that the teachers did not
receive individual salaries, but at
the end of the month check or
warrant was issued for the full
amount of their contract services,
and made payable to the Sister
Superior
Report to School Board.
Inspector Challman's report as to
each of these schools had been sub
mitted to the various school boards
in the school districts named, for
verification. The report was in
eac case varified by the respect
| i've school boards, with certain
changes and corrections, except in
the case of Pierz. It's school board
made an oral statement through it's
representative at the meeting of
the high school board on November
&c. At the same meeting repre-
sentatives of the other schools were
! pitSeHI anu WE'RE given d HcdiihB ny
the board
After considering the reports sub
mittad and the oral statements made
by the representatives of these sew
eral schools, the high school board
directed the secretary to refer to
the attorney general for an opinion
OF the question as to whether schools
of this character were legally en-
titled to receive the state aid which
| the law directs the high school
board to apportion to high and grad
ed schools which meet the require
ments of the law and comply with
the rules of the board for such
schools. At special meeting on
September 80, 1913, the high school
board, in its administrative capacity,
reviewed the facts and unanimously
voted:
Action Is Taken.
| One. Whereas, it appears from
the report of the graded school in
spector, verified by the oral and
written statements of representa-
tives of the boards in certain graded
schools, that the organization and
management of these schools may
properly be questioned, and
Two. Whereas, the law, judicial
decisions, and the opinion of the at
torney general together with the
facts ascertained with reference to
these schools, raise serious doubts as
to the authority of the high school
board to continue the granting of
state aid to these or similar schools,
and
Three. Whereas, the final deter
mination of the merits of these and
similar cases should properly be set
tied by judicial rendering of the
state supreme court, the following
regulations are hereby adopted, to
take effect August l, 1914, respect
ing the granting of aid by this board
to high and graded schools A COM
plete observance of these rules will
be required of all schools under the
supervision of this board, for the
earning of annual aid:
One. The school board must have
exclusive control over buildings used
permanently for public school,
Two. In buildings used during
emergencies the school board must
have exclusive control over rooms
used for school purposes during
hours of school,
What Is Prohibited.
Three. The use of any school
room for religious instruction dur
ing the usual hours public school
IS in session, or the hours immedi-
ately preceding or following, either
by public school teachers or by any
other person, is prohibited.
I Four. No public school teacher.
while employed as such, shall give
instruction from any book of a sec.
tartan character or in any subject
not ordinarily embraced in a public
school curriculum, during the usual
school hours of any day when the
public school is in session, or durine
the hours Immediately preceding or
following the same
FIVE The public schools, itspu-
pills, teachers, propert} or organiza-
ton, shall not be used in the inter.
est OF any church or religious order.
Six. No emblem, symbol of de-
vice which has a purely religious
Significance shall be permitted in anv
building used as public school.
Seven. The employment of per-
sons who have taken some ecclesias.
tlcal vow or obligation which pre-
vents them from personally receiv.
ing and using funds. paid for their
services as teachers, and causes them
IN fact to turn over such funds to
some church or ecclesiastical super
ior is deemed to be a conversion of