The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-07
School Board win Reduce Its
Bonded Indebtedness.
Annual Interest ON Bonds
Would Build School House.
GRANT SCHOOL CONTRACTS LET
F. NJ. Spencer and Son VIII Re-
model Building.
May Install Vacuum Cleaning
Plant in High School.

Plant in High School.
The flrst real step has been taken by
the board OF education towards wiping
on the bonded Indebtedness OF more
than half a million dollars. M. c. Hol-
man, clerk of the board. has reported
to the regular July meeting that a
bond Of 5000 had been paid. which re-
duced the bonded indebtedness to $685.
ia.
Aside from the bonded Indebtedness
the board Of education has shouidereo
money on outstanding warrants. Con-
OeQuently the aggregates expenoiture
ON interest would have been sufficient
to erect new school ,nuilotn4 eacn
summer. The payment OF $SoOO 10 ou!
. start: next year $50 600 IN bones VIII
fan due. and they will be paid by the
board The creation of a special fund
by the present board has made It pos
gible TO make q start In the right OIL
yection. It has been the custom OF the
board to pay a $500 bond each year.
Grant School Contracts.
r. M. Spencer & Son were awarded
the general contract for the remodelins
81 the Grant school. the contract price
being s., 235. Other bids were as 1oi-
| lows: A. p. Ahlstrom. $500; M: Coun-
/! cn. S4.750: Edward johnson, $500; w.
IF. Sheahan was awarded the CONTRACT
building. His bid was &3.os4. c. F.
custafson put in a bid Of $3.375 for the
same work.
The Robbins Electric company was
the low bidder for the wiring OF the
remodeled. The contract price was
a995. other bids: Topeka Electric
company, $1,122: e. p. Jordan, $1:177;
Machinists Electric company. $!,27o.
THE board will hold a special meet
4nr At o'clock Friday afternoon at
plumbing work in the high school will
Be awarded. ~
The following recommendation OF
the teachers committee OF the board
: under DR.. G. B. Van Horn was
The appointment Of o. B. Reimer at
. salary Of 1920 per year. to teacn
manual training ming III IN the eie nmes ~
Baldwin, Kansas, at salary Of $500
per year. to teach English in the high
school, succeeding Miss Passon; OF
Miss Aura Bradford OF storm Lake.
teacher of expression in the high
school.
That on account Of the large amount
of work preliminary to opening tins
double responsibility for the lunch
room and the domestic science depart-
ment next year, the salary Of Miss
Morton be fixed at $1,000 instead of
Tnat Edward Rooney be reappoint-
ed as truant officer for the ensuing
year.
That the request to the superintend-
emit by Archie Brier that the June
class Of 1914 be allowed to pay $50
out Of the surplus Of between $85 and
800 to those who insured the success
Of the Annual be denied, inasmuch as
the board had, before the opening of
the second semester. ordered that
hereafter no student enterprise should
result in remuneration to any student
Of the school.
That the board direct the superin-
tendent to attend the meeting Of the
National Education association at St.
Paul.
That the following names be added
20 the available list for upper grade
work, at salaries allowed under the
schedule: Winnie Dewhirst. Alice
That A. J. McAllister be appointed
to the vacancy now existing in the
: rrincipalships OF the elementary
schools at an initial salary Of $1,400.
Study Subnormal Children.
Mr.. McAllister Is making special
study at the State university this sum-
mer OF the subnormal child, and be-
cause he was recommended by the au-
thorities at the university as being the
best available man in the state to deal
with this subject he was employed by
the board. Next fall two schools will
be established in Topeka for defective
children-one in the Harrison building
and the other on the North side. One
Of the duties that Mr.. McAllister will
be asked to assume will be to determine
whether children are subnormal and
should be put in class with other sub
normal children.
Install Cleaning Plant? -.'
Members Of the board looked with
favor upon proposition made by d. C.
Mitchell. of Canton, Ohio. for installing
stationary vacuum cleaning plant in
the high school building at cost of
approximately 81 800 The building COM
1nittee was asked to investigate the sys-
tenn and report at the next meeting.
Mr.. Mitchell stated that five hundred
of these plants are in operation in
school buildings Of the country, p. w.
Griggs said: 1T Is a step in the right
direction" w. E. Atchison: IF it Is q
good thing. every school in the city will
want one. That will mean the ex-
penditure Of thousands Of dollars"
A report submitted by M. C. Holman,
clerk of the board. showed that at the
close of June there was SIS 1928 in the
various funds. and outstanding war
rants amounting to $52.146.14. The
money was distributed in the funds as
follows: General. $15.11060: sinking
32t, 1896; interest. $6,232.41: building
$1&z17.S3: retirement. $674.15: insurance
sinking fund.- $160.5O.
The Rev. A. Haynes. from the McKin.
ley school district. stated that the peo'
pie Of the district would like to have
two rooms in the building finished and
the school made sanitary.
At the present time there are no wa.
ter and sewer connections. The boart
suggested that the people in the dis
trict guarantee to use city water so tina,
the water main may be extended. 80