The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-09-18

/. the books and other supplies that the
pupils would have to buy during the
coming year In the various grades.
the total expenses being as follows:
Kindergarten year. s1.o2; b First
grade, sI.10; A First grade. sl.53;
b Second, s1.15; A Second, SLIGO; b
Third. $1.51; A Third, s1.9s; b
Fourth, sass; A Fourth, s252; b
Fifth, 2.01; A Fifth. s2.93; b. Sixth.
s1.40; A Sixth, s2.30; b Seventh.
s1.s2; A Seventh 1927; Eighth grade,
"a cents.
II was reported by Superintendent
Sperry that three school districts,
which positively ignored the demands
made by the Mankato district, for
tuition, had been reported TO an at
torney, who had undertaken TO collect
the debts. The attorney was Benja-
min Taylor. One of the districts paid
its bill when urged by the attorney to
do so.
Chance to Go TO the Fair.
During the meeting telephone
message was received from the state
fair board. requesting that the school
children be granted half holiday on
Friday. so they might visit the fair.
The school board was about to place
itself again on record against this
proposal, and to reiterate its advice
to the children to go to the fair on
Saturday. when Superintendent Sper-
ry remarked that on the Friday OF
next week, nearly all of the chill
dren would be entitled to a half holi-
day for good attendance under the
rules, and he thought 1t might be
we'll to give the children their half
holiday next Friday i'm place of Fri
day after next. This recommendation
was adopted.
Mrs. Smith on behalf of the COM
mittee on schools and text books re-
ported that this committee and ST.
perintendent Sperry recommended
that Kline & Cooley's Household
Administration and Funds" be adopt
ed as the text book of the domestic
science department. Mrs. Smith said
the domestic science instructor had
urgently recommended that some text
books be selected for the use of that
department. The board voted to adopt
the text book named.
More Help For Janitors.
President Davies said he had been
informed that +. II. Agnew,, the jani-
tnr Iai hnt hn
sistance in the high school work. Mr..
Davies said that since the commercial
department had been added to the
high school. the janitor work must be
much heavier. This matter was refer
red to the committee on property and
expense.
Mr.. Davies reminded the board
that all the insurance policies OF the
school board expired in October and
November. He had been looking over
some of the bills for renewals, and he
noticed that premiums had been rails
ed. He believed that since the cleo
trio wiring had been installed and the
risk of fire diminished, the amounts of
the insurance policies might safely
be decreased. The question was re-
ferred TO the. finance committee.
Speaking OF the small number of
teachers for the number of pupils in
the West Mankato school, Superinten-
dent Sperry said he had concluded
that the only satisfactory solution of
the problem was to add q teacher to
the corps. increasing the number of
teachers in that school to six. Mr..
Sperry was told that at the last meet
ing of the board he had been given
full power to act In that matter.
The superintendent stated that the
pupils in high school now numbered
1888. There were already four more
pupils than there were seats. After
the Christmas holidays he expected
twenty-five to thirty more. He recon-
mended the purchase of thirty-fve
new desks, and that the desks in the
upper assembly hall be moved SO
as to make room there for an addi-
tional row. The matter was referred
to the property and expense commit
tee.