The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-07-31
Teachers Must Pay
Damage By Pupils
From thursdays Daily.

From Thursdays Daily.
Mankato school teachers hence
forth will have to pay for the dam
age that their pupils do to the desks
Such is the substance OF a motion
proposed by DR.. w. A. Beach at last
nights meeting OF the school board
and passed without dissenting vote
DIR. Beach brought this subject up
Just after Secretary e. F. Soaring
had read the bills, In which one
for $50 for repairs to the pupils desks
was included. The doctor said he
had been looking over some new desks
in the high school and was very
much disguised TO see how the big
boys had marked and mutilated them
He said some teachers kept the pu'
pills from damaging the desks and
he did not see why all the teachers
could not do the same. He did not
see why desks should be mutilated
right under the teachers eyes.
Mrs. B. ID. Smith said It should be
understood that when the teacher
caught the pupil mutilating a desk,
the teacher would have the right TO
make the pupil pay for II. DR.. Beach
assented to that understanding.
A written notice Is to be sent by
the superintendent to every teacher
In the public schools of the city, no.
tifying each teacher Of his or her
responsibility for the condition OF
the desks In his or her room.
Accepted q Resignation.
The secretary presented the resig.
nation Of Miss Gertrude Erickson as
teacher OF domestic science in the
high school. Miss Erickson said she
had accepted position at Deer
Lodge. Mont. The resignation was ac-
cepted. This position was not filled last
night, as Superintendent Sperry had
requested that II be left open until
he got back to the city and had a
chance to look around and get a
suitable candidate.
Miss Helen Meyer, daughter OF
Mayor A. O.. Meyer, was elected TO
teach the sixth grade OF the Franklin
school at s62.50 per month. This &C
ton was taken unanimously Mrs.
Smith, chairman OF the committee on
schools, stated that Miss Meyer had
taught in the Pleasant Grove school
up to two years ago and had done
excellent work. Since that time she
had taught in the west, and there, too
her work was OF a high order.
A communication was received
from George Gilmore, chief engineer
Of the Travellers Indemnity company
Of Hartford, Conn, which has In.
sured the boilers in the Mankato
schools, stating that these boilers had
been inspected by r. ]. Barringer on
behalf OF the company and found
in good condition and well
cared for. II was stated, however,
that the boiler in the Franklin school
showed some signs OF leakage and
should be calked. He said the con-
iition of pitting in the boilers OF the
Union and high schools was about
the same as II was last year and II
showed no signs of extending. All the
boilers could safely stand q pressure
Of twenty-five pounds to the square
inch.
Letter Contained Amendment.
Another letter from the same COM
pr ny contained an amendment, which
the company wanted attached to the
policy insuring the boilers. II had
been ascertained by the company that
the stop valves OF the boiler at the
Union school were thirty feet from
the boiler. Therefore the company
did not wish to be held responsible
for the explosion Of the pipe between
the boiler and the stop valves. The
provided that the CON-
pany should be freed from that re.
sponsibility. H..
L. A. Radcliffe, janitor of the Pleas
ant Grove school, who has general
oversight over the care of all the
boilers, remarked that that pipe ran
under two rooms. At length on the
motion OF Trustee L. T. Jefferson Il
was decided to accept the amend
ment and attach 1t to the policy. Pres.
ident w. b. Davies remarked that
there was not much pressure on the
pipe anyhow and the danger was
small.
The secretary read the returns Of
the election Of school trustees OF the
district, held last Saturday, and the
following were declared duly elected:
First precinct, L. T. jefferson; second.
w. B. Davies; third, w. d. willard;
fourth, Judge Evan Hughes.
DR.. Beach, chairman of the com.
mittee on property and expense,
brought up the matter OF the wash.
ing away OF the ground from the ward
OF the Pleasant Grove school He said
some way should be devised of stop.
ping this. I'.. -
Mr.. Davies suggested a curb and a
tubular iron fence. . 80 4
Alexander Bashaw was in favor of
a curb and a gas pipe fence. Such
a curb and fence, he said, would
cost, In the estimation OF Mr.. Rad.
cline, about $3.50. Clay should be
hauled into the yard to- ali up the
suliies that have been dug out by the
ram. This should be topped on with