The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-06-16
Directors Held Meeting Last
Night at the High
JUDGES ARE APPOINTED
Report Is Received From S. A.
ChaIIman, State inspector;
Other Matters
from Thursdays Daily,

Ilch WCtC lolulIldICu IOl dppOllIt-
ment during the meeting of the board
of education last night as follows:
First Precinct, Franklin School:
Ed Grogan, ]. d. Duane, Charles Vo-
gel.
Second Precinct, Union School: A.
H. Allen, Robert Jache, Clark Key
sor
Third Precinct, High School: Fred
Burgess, S. H. Grannis, A. T. Wal
lace.
Fourth Precinct, Pleasant Grove
School: Rev. Nels Nordgaard, Will
liam Polzin, P. H. Jordan.
1t was decided to have the polling
places at the schools in the precincts,
the same as last year.
President Davies called the meet
ing to order shortly after eight
O'Clock, members present being
Messrs. Davies, Beach, Engwalson,
Olson, Willard and Jefferson. The
minutes of the previous meetings
were read and approved, after which
Secretary Soaring read couple Of
letters, the first being from S. A.
chatham, commissioner of school
buildings. Mr.. Challman stated that
in trip here on May to confer
with the board and their architect
as to partially remodeling the old part
of the high school and make an in
spection of the Union school he had
found the lighting arrangement N the
Union school very bad, and contrary
to the rules of the department of
education in several respects, as light
oh Io
avoided in school, He considered re-
modelling the Union school inadvis-
able as proper lighting for certain
rooms was impossible The building
was also considered fire hazard by
the state fire marshal, and Mr. Chall-
man, as commissioner of school
buildings, trusted that the board
would take such action as would re-
suit in better and safer conditions
for the children attending the ele-
mentary grades in this school.
A letter was read from p. P. CIaX-
ton, commissioner of the department
of the interior, bureau of education.
Mr. ClaXton called attention to the
meeting of the national education as
ISOLATION to be held in New YORK
City July to s, at which time there
was to be special meeting of the
school department, and urged that
the board be represented by one or
more members.
No definite action was taken on
either of these letters.
Miss Minnie Bangerter was re-
elected to take the school census,
having performed the same duty last
year.
Summary of Supplies.
Superintendent F. J. Sperry gave
summary of the supplies and needs
of the school for the next school year,
the total being $3,S72. Last year the
total expense was 5000, the eX-
penses last year having been made
about $1,000 heavier by the addition
of new kitchen, typewriters, and
other equipment, which it was now
not necessary to purchase. The bud
get as given was adopted and the
school committee was authorized to
purchase the necessary supplies.
Dr. Beach, chairman of the prop
erty and expense committee report
ed the visit of his committee to the
schools, and suggested number of
repairs, as IOllOWS:
High School: Remodeling upper
floor, which is now being done; vari-
Gus improvements in the new part,
improving the ventilation, an addi-
tional room for biology work, three
fume closets in the laboratory for
the purpose of better ventilation,
and other improvements A door
from Principal Bates room to the
library was also suggested.
Pleasant Grove: Tinting walls,
adding cement floors to certain
rooms, putting in curb and boule-
varding the Fairgrounds to stop the
washing away of the earth onto the
sidewalk during rains, new curtains,
repairs on fence, etc.
Franklin: New metal shingle roof
and other improvements. =
Union School, Boiler repaired,
walls tinted, plastering done, fence
and other repairs.
West Mankato: Brick wall and
other improvements to coal bin, paint
tin roof, etc.
The property and expense COM
mittee was authorized to make the
improvements.
In his report to the board for the
month of June Superintendent Sper-
ry brought up the matter of increas-
ing the salary of Miss Nellie Cray,
his office clerk, who was a very eff
fcient clerk but felt that she should
have an increase in her salary which
at present is $55 per month for nine
months in the year. Considerable
discussion arose over the vast
amount of clerical work being done
in the school at the present time in
comparison with four or five years
ago. 1t was thought that the care
full records now being kept were
quite handy for school to have, and
that the principal was carefully sandy
ing the school in order to make it
more efficient No action was taken
in regard to the clerks salary. Judg-
es for the coming school election
were then nominated.
Secretary Soaring reported that on
July / a school bond for $4,000 fell
due, and the board authorized him
to pay the same. The committee on
property and expense was authorized
to ask for bids on the supply of coal
for the schools, and number of bills
were read and allowed before the
board adjourned.
Shortly before the opening of the