The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-09-21

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, husbands in war work and that the
| third is widow.
Mr.. Proved had no objections after
receiving that explanation.
The committee on schools reported
| in favor of permitting J. R. Bachelor
to use the Central high school as
sembly room twice month for the
reorganization and training of the
Duluth Liberty chorus.
This chorus is the one that took
| part in the Billy Sunday meetings in
May and June. Director Firoved
! wanted to know if night use of the
building was desired and, If so, be-
lieved that the matter of fuel and
heat very important one to be con-
sidered. 1t was the sense of the meet
ing that the Bachelor request be
granted but that the fuel side of the
matter be closely watched and care
| fully considered.
Favors for Regular Patrons.
] The committee on schools reported
in favor of granting the Cathedral
high school the privilege of sending
| two classes of home training and one
! class in manual training to the Gen.
trail high school.
Director Firoved declared that he
was against granting favors to stu
dents not regular patrons of the pub
lie schools. He was against the pub
lie schools playing second fiddle to
private schools of any kind or class.
If the public schools are not good
enough for any students for their
regular training, they are not good
enough to use in part or as special
favor. The director wanted all pu-
pills of school age to have every pos
sible educational facility but he be-
lieved that those facilities and ad-
vantages should be secured and used
in the public schools exclusively.
The playground budget called for
$1O,O84 for playground purposes the
ensuing year. Director Firoved
thought that too heavy sum to pay
in these tight and strenuous times.
He pointed out that the board Of
education is paying $500 a year to-
wards a stenographer for recrea-
tional director Bachelor. He also
, declared that the budget appropria-
ton did not fully cover the cost OF
playground supervision. He pointed
! out the heavy damage to school
, buildings and the heavy cost of re-
pairs. He declared that those repair
| costs should be added to the budget.
Firoved Calls for Comparisons.
Director Firoved asked the board
! to make comparisons between repair
costs at the Munger and Franklin
schools, the former having a play
! ground adjoining the building and
| the other not.
81 favor play for children" de-
F! clared director Firoved, but 7 am
against Fairgrounds in connection
| with school buildings. Fairgrounds
should be where no damage can re-
suit to the school buildings. At
present, ~chool Fairgrounds are lott
ering places for foodlums who dam
age school property after teachers,
janitors and recreational teachers
have gone home"
Mr.. Firoved called attention to
how hoodlums tore out an entire
brick corner in the Franklin school
engine room and how, some time
ago, the school building was en-
tered, the piano heavily damaged and
the floors treated in the filthy way
that the vandal Huns treated the
best homes in Belgium. He declared
that similar conditions obtained at
the Stowe school. In the Washing
ton school he said that he counted
! % broken panes of glass on the side
adjoining the playground. Some re-
creational instructors, instead of do
ing their best to see that pupils pay
for damage, excuse and shield them
j by the conventional argument, 1T
was an accident. SIX
The New Board Rooms.
| The last meeting of the board Of
education, the first one of the new
school year, was held in the new
board room on the third floor of the
Glencoe building, Friday evening,
Sept. 6. Director Foster was con-
| spicuous by his absence.
In response to the representation
! of committee of citizens from the
Bayview Heights neighborhood that
| a building of eight rooms be built
! up there for the accommodation OF
100 pupils of school age, many Of
whom now are going to Proctor, the
committee on maintenance Of build
ings and grounds reported favorably.
At an early date suitable site some
where between Bayview Heights and
Proctor will be. selected and efforts
be made to have a school ready there
for occupancy by Sept. 1, 1919.
1t was decided to dispense with
the services of ]. C. Bush as SUPER
intendent of construction after Oc-
tober /.
Numerous changes among the jani-
tors and engineers, reported by bust
ness superintendent Harwood were
concurred in as follows:
Thomas Vaillancourt has been
transferred from 1.-The Central high.
school to Morgan Park at a salary Of