The Mankato free press., 1915-03-19
Single Sessions in kato High Are Not
Favored BY Directors; No Report
On Bible Reading
Prom thursdays uaiis


Mankato board OF education TO run
The public school system. AT the
present time the tax levy Is limited
TO nine mills. Secretary T.. r. Soaring
remarked at the meeting last night
that even ten mills wsuld not be
enough. The general fund was run
ming down under present conditions.
President w. d. Davies remarked
that the board was not getting what
it needed. w. ID. Willard suggested
that Representative J. q. Gerlich be
asked TO introduce bill To raise
the tax levy limit. The suggestion
was made that II the limit was placed
too high or removed some school
board might become extravagant.
but Mr.. Davies said the Mankato
school board for the last thirty years
had had very good record. Mr..
Davies observed that there was bill
before the legislature now TO wipe
out the special school districts alto
gether This would leave the Man
kato district an independent one. with
10 tax levy limit whatever. At length
Il was agreed that fifteen mills would
be about the proper limit. \ motion
was plassed authorizing Mr.. Davies
TO draft such a bill and send II TO
the representatives OF this county.
Single Session Turned Down.
Although the high school pupils are
practically unanimous in favor OF
the single session plan they cannot
have IT, The school board turned
the proposition down last evening by
vote OF four 10 two. the proposition
being laid on the table. The two
in favor OF granting the petition o.
the pupils we're L. T. Jefferson and
W. u. Davies and those opposed were
Dr. ". 4. Beach. Epick Engwalson.
Judge Evan Hughes and W. ID. WI.
lard. The proposed plan would mean
that the pupils would come TO school
about eight o'clock In the morning
and would stay until about one, and
would then have the rest OF the day
for what they saw 1T. as far as any
supervision on the part of the teach
ers was concerned.
DIR. Beach spoke emphatically
against the proposed change. He said
it' was a well recognized fact that
pupils could not do the quality OF
work they should with such sue
cession OF recltations as would be
necessary under the single-session
plan. II would be too hard on them.
lie said a girl came to his Office and
asked him to support the single ses-
sion. She said her father was against
IT, She said she had been In another
high school where Il was tried and
she was sick most of the time, but
nevertheless she would like to have
It at Mankato.
No Report On Bible.
". ID. willard, chairman OF the
special committee appointed to take
up the matter OF the reading of the
Bible IN the high school with the
state high school board. had no re-
port 10 make last night as to any
action taken by the committee, but
he remarked that a bill had been
introduced IN the state Legislature
which left % the school board the
matter OF reading the Bible In the
public schools, the provision also
being included that any child whose
parents objected 10 him being pres
ent could be excused.
Drs. VI. X. Coulter anu c. r. Pet.
erson appeared before the school
board on behalf OF the Mankato Den.
tai society and stated that the So
elety bad decided TO do work on the
teeth Of the school children free Of
charge In cases where parents are un-
able TO pay for two balf-days Of each
week. The idea was TO do this work
for children OF nine years of age or
less. They called attention to the fact
that many parents did not realize the
Importance OF taking care Of a childs
set Of teeth. merely thinking that
the teeth would have TO come out
anyhow. What the society wanted
vas the cooperation OF the visiting
nurse, who would pick out such
children as needed that care. The
idea OF the dentists was TO educate
the people up to an appreciation OF
the need OF taking care of a chlld's
teeth. The toard decided to leave the
whole matter. with the superintendent
Of schools and the listing nurse.
Wants Six Days OF School.
Mr.. Jefferson suggested that Il
would be well to have six days of
school per week, instead of making
a play day out OF Saturday. Judge
Hughes remarked that the Seventh
Day Adventists would object to that.
and Mr.. Jefferson said: 1--WE do not
care for that However. the idea re-
ceired no support and no action was
taken.
A communication was received by
the board from a special committee
representing twenty-five rural school
districts In the neighborhood OF Sauk
Center, and asking the support OF the
Mankato board In pushing through
the legislature bill to have the
state pay the tuition charge of coun-
try pupils attending city high schools.
This movement has grown out of
dispute between various country
school districts and the Sauk Center
school board over the matter of tut
tlon being paid for the attendance OF
country pupils at the Sauk Center
high school.
W. ID. Willard spoke OF the much
larger levy that the city and village
people had TO pay compared with
what was paid by the country peo-
pie. II was the unanimous opinion of
those present that the committee
should be notified that the Mankato
school board was opposed to the pro-
posed measure. A motion was passed
instructing the secretary to act ac-
cordingly. Superintendent Sperry re-
mn vI AL that x.,.u xft.. l.-l