The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-22
SCHOOL BOARD REJECTS
GARDEN-A|O PROPOSAL
Suggestion to Employ Agri-
culturist Not Adopted
by Trustees.
PAY RISE RESClNDED
Increase in Teachers Sal
aries, Voted Tuesday, Are
Taken Back.
PAY RISE MSClNDED

Efforts to interest the board Of
school trustees in the proposition to
aid the chamber of commerce in it's
school garden work failed before the
question was brought to vote at the
meeting of the board last night. Mrs.
f. S. I-usk and Chairman J. NJ. Brown
led the opposition to the measure The
discussion was brought on by the
reading OF communication from the
chamber of commerce urging the sup
port Of the board in the project.
Professor j. p. Rowe suggested that
the board follow the action of several
public spirited citizeps by appropriate
ing $500 toward engaging Il man from
the state Agricultural College at
Bozeman to aid in ana supcrntcnd the
work of the school garden contest Mr.
Brown objected on the ground that
the boys of the city could not be in
terested in the garden proposition
and that efforts to interest them would
fail, leaving the appropriation practi-
cal1y a waste. Mrs. L,,sk based her
'ff'''''ol' as ltiAplN CT OH Inp lnau-
Visibility of the board assuming such
an obligation at the present time Mr..
Rowe pointed out that the work was
going on now in all OF the cities of
consequence in the east and used SUI
peror, WISCONSIN. as an example. He
said that Superior was engaging from
six to eight men annually to carry on
the work and that statistics showed
that thousands of dollars were saved
annually to the people of that city by
the work of the children in the gar
dens. City Superintendent j. u Will
Jams stated that the schools were
obliged by state law to begin instruc-
ton in agriculture nsxt year and sug-
gested that the generalization of the
home work with the school instruc-
ton under a competent adviser from
the college would prove invaluable.
NJ. Il. G. Smith and J.O. Marks, men,
hers of the board, joined the opposi-
ton and the proposition was lost in
discussion before motion was made.
The accommodating of the commit
tee on teachers SALARIES passed at the
last meeting with regard to the en-
gagcmcnt of the present force of
teachers at salaries In excess of the
rise granted automatically by the slid
ing scale was rescinded upon motion
made by Mr.. Smith. 1t was moved
and passed that the teachers be en-
gagged without the proposed increase in
pay. The IrcOmJnc n la ton nrnyi6pd
for an increase in the payroll of $1.l7O
in addition to the rise made by the
sliding scale, based on term of scrv-
ice, of $3.50. The objection to the
increase was that the appropriation for
repairs would have to be curtailcd to
meet the increase in payroll. The su-
pcrvsors were re- elected under the
old rule with the natural increase in
salary. Separate action was taken
with regard to the re- engagement of
the principals and the motion to en-
gage them at an increase in salary of
SIS Il month was passed. The increase
in the principals salaries was favored
for the reason that no increase in that
department had been made for the
past three years, while several priv
ilcGcs had been granted the teachers.
The matter of engaging the principals
on thrcc-ycar instead of one year con-
tracts was held in allegiance until con-
Sultation could be had with the coun-
ty attorney as to the legality of the
act
At the close of the meeting a re-or-