The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-05
ITyVORREs HEN
Financial Bugaboo Faces City
Board of Education.
Only by Cutting Down Ex-
penses Can 1t Avoid q Deficit.
HIST! DRINKING IN in ALLEY
Board Hears That Boys Con-
sumo Liquor Near School.
DR.. Van Horn Points Out Lack
of Library for the sHighs."
HIST! DRINKING IN iN ALLEY


the members of the board of education.
If the expenditures are cut down to a
minimum this year the board will be
able to finish the fiscal year without a
deficit in the general fund. At every
meeting, however. calls are made for
additional supplies and equipment, and
in the last two regular sessions dis
cussions have been held relative to the
possibility OF seriously Overdrawing.
At the meeting of the board Monday
night DR.. c. B. Van Horn proposed that
one-tenth Of the $3,00O-mOre. or less
received each year at the high school
through tuition be devoted to the pur-
brary.
We have no library in the high
school," said DIR. Van Horn. There is
now a room available that is suitable
for a library; the next thing we have
to look to is its equipment. I believe
cent of the tuition received in the high
school for the purchase OF books"
L. M. Jones: How are you going to
take care of the deficit? We are levy
ing the limit now allowed by law"
DR.. Van Horn: IF a deficit arises
that emergency will have to be met.
The tax will be raised as the city de-
velops''
L. M. Penwe1l: 'They say the city
is saving in all departments and we are
spending more"
DIR. Van Horn: That's all right"
Mrs. c. J. Evans: I'VE have some
thing to show for the money"
I'VE would be given serious black
eye,'" said H. B. Wilson, superintend-
emit of schools. Were an investigation
we have not the A, B. c Of a library.
1t is a serious omission not to have the
students supplement their study Of the
text books by the use OF reference
works"
The question was referred to the
teachers and judiciary committees.
Light Up an Alley.
Reports Of misconduct at night in
the alley north Of the high school
building have reached the board. The
building committee was instructed, to
look into the question of placing a
light outside of the high school build
ing. 1t was limited that there has
been beer drinking in the alley.
The use of the rest room of the
Quincy school as a branch of the city
library was favored by the board.
The clerk of the board was author
lied to advertise for bids on seats or
pews for the assembly room or the
high school; building. L. M. PenweM
expressed some doubt as to whether
be fully completed by the beginning
of the second semester, the first of
February.
A night school for the Washington
building in the second semester was
approved by the board.
The board approved the adoption of
Modern Business English as a text
book in the business course. at the
high school
The cost of running the schools in
December was $751; in round num-
bers. This was $4,000 less than the
previous month. The bill presented
by the Edison company for light and
heat for the manual training and
academic school buildings was for
$1,437.81.
The board authorized the purchase
| of additional tables for the high school
cafeteria, which will materially en-
nance the seating capacity.
The terms of L. M. Penwell, Mrs.
c. ]. Evans and w. e. Atchison as
board members will expire next Au-
| gust. Three board members will be
elected next spring. Neither Mr.. PEN
we'll nor Mrs. Evans. who were present
at the meeting Monday, would say
definitely whether or not they would
be candidates for reelection.