The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-05-26
Meeting Was Held For That
Purpose Late Yesterday
BUSINESS ON THE DOCKET
Number Of Matters Disposed of
BY the Mankato Board of
Education
from Wednesdays Daily.


At a special meeting of the board
of education held at the high school
last evening at five o'clock number
of important matters were considered
and disposed of. There was full at
tendance of members, and the meet
ing was called to order by President
Davies and business matters were
taken up at once. -
| Superintendent F. j. Sperry report
ed the resignation of Miss Mary M.
Howatt, teacher in the fourth grade
of the West MankatO school, which
was accepted by the board. He re-
ported that the commencement pro-
gram was to be given in Mankato
theatre on Friday night, June e. The
annual class sermon is to be given next
Sunday night by Rev. Ross Paden in
! the Presbyterian church. Mr.. Sperry
also reported a number of vacancies
! in the schools, and made recommen-
datiOns of the most desirable appli-
cants, which were elected by the
board as follows:
Election of Teachers.
Miss Effie Conkling, city, for fourth
grade West Mankato school, salary
1856. Miss Conkling is q graduate of
the advanced course of the normal
school and has had three years eX-
Eerience in the schools of Jackson,
coming highly recommended.
Miss Elizabeth Talbot, to fill the
seventh grade geography position, sal
airy sos. Miss Talbot is graduate of
the normal school of Superior, adj
vanced course, and has had five years
experience, most of which was OBJ
itained at Cumberland Wis, where is
teaching at present. She has excel
lent recommendations.
| Miss Margaret Darlington, to fill
the position vacant in the biology de-
partment at high school, salary So
Miss Darlington has been teaching at
Medford, MINI. She is a graduate of
the University of Missouri, with some
work at the University of Wisconsin,
Madison. She is strongly endorsed as
an excellent teacher.
f. NJ. Billiard, Jacksonville college,
: Jacksonville, Florida, as an addition
al teacher Of English, and a public
speaking teacher, salary $780, Mr..
BuIlard has excellent recommended
lions.
Miss Nellie Cray, city, high school
office clerk, reelected, salary $3.50
! Miss Peters acceptance of duties of
school nurse reported.
! Mr.. Sperry stated that Dr. J. S.
! Holbrook, former member of the
board of education, had presented to
the school the X-ray machine,
ich no hoI IN, l.;
; The board gave a vote of thanks to
DR.. Holbrook for his generous act.
Study at Noon Hour.
! In regard to the two hundred and
fifty students who remain in the
school during the noon hour, Mr..
Sperry said that the faculty was con-
sidering running study periods at that
time, and allowing those students to
so home earlier. The board decided
to leave this matter to the faculty
1t was also decided to have the draw
, ing paper which is used by students
purchased in large quantities by the
school board, and sold out at retail to
the students, instead of requiring each
student to purchase his own and bring
it to school as heretofore.
DR.. Beach, as chairman of the prop
crty and expense committee, report
led that architect Gerlach had COM
pleted the plans for changing the up
per assembly room into four good
rooms, and presented the plans for
the approval of the board The esti-
mated cost was $1,700. The matter
was referred to the property and ex-
pense committee to confer for bids
and report at the next meeting of the
board. DR.. Beach also reported that
five dollars had bee paid by the in
suranca company for the flag staff at
the Union school which had been blown
down by the wind recently. He stated
that a galvanized pole would cost
about $24. The roof on the Pleasant
Grove school was also in poor condi-
ton, and he advised the purchase of
quantity of Goodyear liquid roofing.
The matter was left with the prop
erty and expense committee.
Ask For Tennis Court.
w. d. Willard reported the request
lOf number of ladies that they be
allowed to have a tennis court made
on the Union school grounds, which
was allowed by the board. Mr.. Olson
OF Dukes Addition in behalf of the
FRANKLIN school asks the same privil-
edge for that school, the request be-
ing granted by the board.
Il During the board meeting the
young ladies of the domestic science
department served delicious straw
berry ice and waters, which were
greatly appreciated by the board, a
vote OF thanks being rendered to the
young ladies for their courtesy. The
list of those who will graduate will
be found elsewhere in this issue.
twenty-five OF the graduates are stu
dents from out of the city. The entire
list numbers seventy eight.