The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-04-09

udtlSl w DIS lSlI " LAS SUPERINTENDENT
and the purchasing and supply COM
mittee with power to act.
Conflict Over Trachoma.
The superintendent reported con
fllct in the matter of quarantine of a
pupil said to have trachoma. At the
last meeting the board ordered the
pupils with trachoma excluded from
the schools. On February %, Ella
McAdams was examined by DR.. e. M.
Hansen, specialist, and her case
pronounced trachoma. The child has
been excluded from school as ira
choma Is contagious. The board last
Kinnaman attacking the diagnosis of
the specialist.
DR.. Kinnaman said the child did not
have trachoma, and that he saw no
reason why she should be excluded
from school. The board accepted t:.e
diagnosis of the specialist. although
no official action was taken, the
case will remain in its present status.
Henry M. Scheyers and two other
property owners on Exchange street,
to ask it to sign a petition to reduce
lAS "AuIl VI lI<ASAidAoC oIlCSS IL Jill
Seventeenth to Kilbourne Place from
thirty-six to thirty feet. The board
added its signature to the other prop
erty, owners. The petition will be
presented to the city council
Military Drill Suggested.
A communication Was received from
Major w. B. Collins. He said that
there was too little rescept shown
teachers and that the pupils did not
show proper respect at times for each
other. He suggested a form Of mill
tary drill which he thought would
help this matter. The pupils, direct
ed by taps of the bell. would march
in order to and from the school room.
Member Boyd reported on the
claim of j. w. Nichols. His bill for
repairing the roof of a barn was al
allowed. The board authorized the
member in charge of the Carey
school to have the trees close to the
property line cut down, if in his
judgment, it was necessary This, it
was thought, would obviate the diff
Guilty which resulted in damage to
Nichols barn.
1t was reported that the tenants OF
the Conroy house would move out
May 1. The committee in charge of
this property which was authorized to
make disposal Of it, will advertise 1t
for sale soon. The property Is to
be moved about July or August.
President Lutz reported on the
election held at Fort Madison. It
was substantially the same report as
carried by The Gate City, Tuesday.
Teachers Applications. "
The chairman Of the teachers COM
mittee will receive applications the
last of the month.
The board resolved to retire a
| time warrant for $1S,400 and pay the
! interest. An anti-tax warrant for 5000
was ordered drawn.
| A letter relating to the Eversmyer
iCochrane bill was received and filed,
I A letter announcing the accrediting
of. the Keokuk high school in the
North Central association Of schools
was received and read.
! Radcliffe is Leaving.
+ H. E. Radcliffe appeared before the
board and announced his departure
| from the city, and talked informally
concerning plans for the new buildings
and offered to give any services
which could be done by mail. The
/ board will confer with the supervisor
| as to the work yet to be done, and
! nav Mr.. Radcliffe the balance of his
money when they find it is due him.
| Superintendent Aldrich reported
| that the schools contributed S31.22 to
! the Belgian relief fund.
The use Of the music room was al
lowed P. G. Hayden, supervisor OF
music, for rehearsals. -.
I Warrants for incidental expenses
and the domestic science department
were drawn.