Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-14
D@@M PRESIDENT LECTURE
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f. c. LLOYD CHOSEN
AS TRUSTEE ON THE
SCHOOL BOARD
FIVE OTHER NOMINATIONS MADE
FOR PERSONS TO FILL
THE OFFICE
BYRON F. BROWN MADE
ADDRESS AT Meeting
District Voted Budget OF Si6.OOO.OO
To Garry On school
Next Year

The annual school meeting was
held Monday night The attendance
was not so large as last year, but
considerable interest was shown in as
much as it was known that Byron f.
Brown, whose term as trustee expir-
ed would not accept the office again.
From the nominations made for
trustee 10 fill the place made vacant
by Mr.. Brown, +. c. Lloyd was elect
ed on the second ballot by q good
majority. His nearest rival was Frank
klock. The other persons to be
nominated were l.. NJ. Berry Fred
f. Ireland, +. Chapple and Earle
French.
A full report of the financial con-
dition of the school district was read
by Secretary Fred l.. Warner and
copy placed on all of the desks The
report in full is printed in another
part of the Banner this week. The
board estimated that a budget of $16,-
10000 should be raised to meet the
needs of the school next year This
amount was voted.
Preliminary To the election Of a
trustee, Byron f. Brown, the retiring
member asked for the floor and gave
an excellent talk on the work Of the
board in the past and what its future
activities should be. Mr.. Brown re-
ferred to the lack of harmony in the
school district in the past and express
ed himself as sorry that such a condi-
tion existed and urged that everyone
work for harmony in the future He
said that the more he looked over the
records left by Mr.. Osborne the more
he thought that ne should have been
-,
year Mr. Brown also spoke highly
of the qualifications of the new su-
perintendent. J. \. Langston, and as
sured the meeting that the schools
would continue to advance under his
direction. He spoke of him as a man
of good experience ana capable in
every way. a man who would push
the schools 10 the forefront in the
educational field Of the state. man
who is thoroughly progressive and
alive TO up-to-date school problems
Mr.. Brown also mentioned the fact
that the Belding board would have to
pay more for teachers. They are pay
ing more this year than last. Other
schools in the state, not so large as
Belding, are paying bettee salaries
and in his opinion a teacher who had
been trained here, was worth just as
much to Belding as to any other city
in the state and should be kept
Mention was also made of the
crowded condition of the schools He
said that this city would necessarily
have to make some further provision
in the way of additional room within
the next three years. The condition
of the central building, and also Of
the Ellis building was thought to be
ali right. but the old building at the
rear of the central building was con-
sidered unfit TO use for school pur-
poses In fact, Mr.. Brown said, that
one teacher had refused to sign a
contract TO teach in the old building
because she had taught there for two
years and the light OF the sun had
not been inside the room in that time.
The condition Of the whole building
is anything but satisfactory
Mr.. Browns talk was received by
the meeting with much interest and
the school patrons gave him hearty
applause for his vital interest in the
schools Mr. Brown left the board
with the whole body working in alb
solute harmony. Because Of the
change OF superintendent he would
have liked to remain on the board.
but said that it was entirely for per-
sonal reasons, which he did not care
TO state at this time, that he was re-
fusing to accept the Office again.
In choosing Mr.. Lloyd as a MEM
Der of the board we believe We be-
speak the sentiment of the entire
school district when we say that not
better man could have been chosen
for the place. Mr.. Lloyd is a broad :
minded. careful and capable business
man. He has the best interest OF the
city and school district at heart all
of the time and will be a strong work
er on thet board
At the time of Mr.. Lloyd's election
some question was raised IS to wheth-
er he would accept the office, since he
was not present at the meeting. The
writer called Mr.. Lloyd on the tele-
phone to inquire as TO whether he
would accept and he replied that
while he had not sought the place
and would much rather have been
left off the board he would accept
the office