The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-09-15
|. I. jefferson Made Presi-
dent Of Education Body
GEO. SCHERER TREASURER
Additional Instructor of English
And Mathematics For High
School
From Mondays Daily.

for the purpose of organizing tn
board, as reconstructed by the re
cent district election, wherein Georg
w. Scherer was elected to succeed
w. B. Davies. W. ID. Willard was chic
sen vice president. E. f. Searin
was unanimously reelected secre
tary, his salary being the same q.
before. S25 a month as secretary
plus $40 month for auditing work
81 Mr.. Scherer was chosen treasurer
and the salary of that office wa:
fixed at the old figure of $500 a year
The treasurer is to furnish a $10,-
q 900 bond, the premium to be paid b!
the board. The treasurer was in
structed to deposit the monies of the
district only in such banks as fur
nish surety bonds.
The old board rules were adopted
but the president was instructed tt
draft a revision of the rules anC
regulations and report at the mex
meeting of the board. He appoint
ed on this committee Mrs. B. ID
Smith, w. D. Willard and DR.. w. A
Beach.
Additional Teacher Granted.
superintendent OpCily plCSChlOu G
request that the school committee
and himself be authorized to appoint
an additional teacher of English and
mathematics for the high school
This was granted, the matter being
referred to them with power to act
In the employment of such teachers
it is usual to pay SIS month if one
is selected with one years expert
ence only, and $50 month, if the
teacher has had more than one year
Mr.. Sperry'S report embodylng his
request, was as follows:
I'm a communication dated July
% last, l asked for an additional
teacher in the high school for work
in English and history, basing that
request on an estimated increase OF
stead of that estimated increase, we
have today in the four upper grades,
a gain over the enrolment of last
year of about 100 students, as fol-
lows:
This year, 513 students; last year,
Ala students; gain, 80 students. This
enrolment is distributed about as
follows: Ninth grade, 1876; tenth
grade, 116; eleventh, 90; twelfth,
81; specials, 4; total, 513.
1.-THE seventh and eighth grades
total about the same as at this time
last year the seventh being a little
larger and the eighth a little small
er. The enrolment in all these
especially the two upper, will in
crease somewhat in the next week or
two.
LAS the board will see, this makes
necessary still more help in the
teaching force. Our average en-
rollment per academic teacher is now
between thirty-four and thirty-fi five,
as against the state requirement OF
not to exceed thirty, while our class
enrolment in the required work in
which the heaviest load occurs, may
be tabulated thus:
English Glasses enrolling under
20 students, 2; between 20 and 25
students, 5; 25 to 80 students, q;
over 80 students, 4.
"Mathematics-4Unde 20 students,
8; between 20 and % students, g.;
25 to 80, 5; over 80, 6.
''Biology-Under 20, none; between
20 and 25, 3; 25 to 80, 2; over
80, 6. ID
History and civics-Under 20, 4;
20 to %, 1; 25 to 80, 2; over 80, 2.
1.-THE history and civics can be re-
lieved by adjustment from large to
small classes, as can the biology, if
we take away from one teacher some
of the English she is now carrying
The mathematics and English can
not to be relieved, unless we employ
another teacher for those two sub
jects. Transfers to other depart
ments would simply result in over
loading them.
81 recommend and request that
the school committee and myself be
authorized to employ another teach
er. If the board is not satisfied as
to the existence of the need, l sug-
gest that the school committee make
investigation by actual inspection OF
conditions, but action should not be
delayed long, as adjustments must
be made, whatever action takes
place."
Request For Night School.
Mr.. Sperry said he had received
quite a number of requests that a
night school be opened again for the
benefit of the foreign-s speaking peo-
pie as was done last year. He said
he considered last years experiment
as very successful. The attendance
ran up as high as eighteen. There
were Belgians, Danes, Austrians
Greeks and Germans. All were thor
oughly in earnest. 1t was the rule
that the night school should be dis
continued when it fell below twelve
in attendance. 1t was held three
nights week.
On Erick Ingwalson's motion, the
matter was left with the school COM
mittee with power to act
President Jefferson announced the
following committees: Finance
Mr.. Willard, DR.. Beach and Mr.. En-
watson; property and expense-Mr
Scherer, DR.. Beach and o. G. Olson
schools and text books-Mrs. Smith
Mr.. Willard and Judge Evan Hughes
Mr.. Jefferson said there were
many children who had graduated
from the eighth grade and were not
coming back to school. He knew
quite a number of such, who did not
really know why they wished to stay
outset school. He suggested that the
c,,nar;nfopIonk xvrffo 10 tho poroufS