The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-03-29

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teach Kindergarten. returned the con-
tract declining to sign it, having
other plans in view. Miss Gladys V.
Hobbs, elected to teach English his
tory at the high school, did not accept
as she would like to attend Columbia
university. She would stay, however,
for s95. Miss Erickson said she
could not accept the position of
teacher of biology in the high school
on Tie terms offered She asked the
board to consider higher salary.
! Declined to Teach Sioioay
Miss Hannah Anderson declined to
teach biology and general science at
the high school ut $S5 a month. Miss
Ethel NJ. Thomas would not teach the
second grade at the Union school at
the salary offered Miss Daisy l..
Footner, chosen to teach the second
and third grades at the Pleasant
Grove school at $50 a month, was will
ing to accept at $40 month. Miss
Esther Daniels, elected to teach Lat
Iii at the high schoo' asked for more
time to think over the question OF &C
cepting. Miss Helmina Olson desir-
ed to be transferred to the third
grade at the Franklin.
The board raised Miss Scribner's
salary to SIS month.
| Mr.. Sperry spoke on behalf of the
two biology teachers, Miss Erickson
and Miss Anderson. Each had been
elected to teach at $S5 month. A
motion by Judge Evan Hughes was
passed, Increasing the salary of each
to 500 month. =
Judge Hughes also presented the
claim of Miss Una Hodson, supervis-
or of penmans1ip, for a higher sal
airy. The board voted her an extra
allowance of SIS for the year on &C
count of the large amount of car-fare
she had to spend going from place
! to place. ''.''
J Miss Clara Willard, daughter of NJ.
G. Willard, was elected to teach his
tory in the high school. Miss Will
lard's salary was fixed at $S5 month.
She is now teacher of normal train
ing at Cambridge, MINI.
4 Miss Webster Reelected
| Miss Ethel H.. Webster was re-
elected as teacher of arithmetic,
business and bookkeeping. Her sal
airy was fixed at $50 a month Her
present salary is SIS.
Miss Berenice Morrow of Tracy
was elected to teach the kindergar-
fen and first grade at the Pleasant
Grove. Her salary was fixed at $50
month.
Miss Agnes Janda, now at Sher-
burne, Mimi, was chosen to teach
the second grade at the Union, at $50
month.
Miss Agnes Anderson, teaching at
st. Peter, was elected to the third
grade of the Union school at $50 a
month
Miss Olive Plantikow of Mankato
was elected to teach the kindergar-
on at the Union school, her salary
being fixed at $57 so a month.
German Is Ousted.
A motion was passed eliminating
German altogether from the school
curriculum. Latin was eliminated for
all but two years.
The committee on property and ex-
Dense was authorized to advertise for
bids on the coal supply of the schools
for the coming school year
Letters were read by Secretary E .
of the United States School Garden
army for the central, western states.
and from p. P ClaXton, commissioner
of education, urging that the work of
teaching agriculture and encouraging
~ardcning be taken up sin the public
schools. Enclosed was a copy of a
letter by President Wilson with the
following statement: Join the School
Garden Army and you are fighting in
France" "6>
Federal Aid For Schools.
Superintendent of School Sperry
stated that last week George f. How
ard, representing the extension de-
partment of the state university,
came here and brought with him a
proposition of federal aid for the
practice of school gardening and
canning during the summer months.
The share that Mankato was to re-
ceive of what was set aside for the
state OF Minnesota was 1925. but the
citizens of Mankato must raise an
equal sum for the same purpose.
Mr.. Sperry went on to say that G. A.
Strobel the high school instructor in
! agriculture had been boosting this
matter pretty hard that $50 of the
pupils Of the normal school were
ready to take up the school garden
ing and 500 to 600 in the city public
schools would also do so.
Mr.. Sperry spoke of a conference
that had been held recently between
prominent men of the Mankato Com
mercial club, the Mankato Retail
Merchants association and the Fair
association, to back up the project.
Citizens belOneing to these organiza-
tons were willing to guarantee any
part of the 1925 to be raised locally.
The Retail association had already
promised $25, the Commercial club,
$50, and the normal schoo, $50.
4 After some further discussion, the
/ board agreed to appropriate $50 more.
This will leave just $50 to be raised
to make I'D the full 1925
| CompIimented Mr.. StrobeI.
In this connection, Mr. Sperry took
occasion to compliment the work of
! Instructor Strobel of the agriculture
al department He said Mr.. Strobel
had been doing outside. work with
(, the rural schools and farmers clubs,
and had taken particular interest in
the work of the boys and girls clubs
in the rural schools Mr. Sperry re-
/ ported on the travelling expenses of
Mr.. Strobel, which were not nearly
so great aS tho hoard had boor, o.