The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-08-10

The last school board meeting was
like a 5-reel, 2-serial screen drama
The old board discussed, differed and
acted, after which it went out OF
existence. The new members took
their seats and then there was
another session with rapidly reeled
action, replete with .close-ups and
cut-ins. "
Directors Brewer and Armand sang
their swan songs and stepped aside
for directors Crasswelfer and Schaib-
ly. 1t was off--with sthe old and on
with the new. =,
Secretary Bronson called the
board to order. On motion of
director McGiffert, director LeDuc
was made president pro TEN. Taking
the chair he declared that 1t was
in order to elect permanent pres
ident of the board and, ia. that end,
named directors Davis, Amundson
and CrassWeller as tellers.
:; Director Colman, pinch hitter for
the winning team, nominated J. R.
McGiffert for president: Mr.. Gift
fert smiled; coyly.s> =,
Director Firoved. nominated direc-
tor Foster. The object of Mr..
Firoved's advances backed up quickly
and refused the proposed honor with
marked dignity.
On motion of director Amundson,
the unanimous ballot of the board
was cast for Mr.. McGiffert.
Not to be outdone in poSiteness,
director McGiffert, in turn, not yet
having taken the chair, nominated
director COlman' for treasurer.
Director LeDuc seconded the mo-
ton and added a proviso that the
treasurer's salary be increased from
$500 to $1,000 year. Mr.. Colman
felt that he could remain true to his
crowd without additional monetary
consideration, therefore spurned the
increase. The directors neglected, to
press the matter, therefore Mr.. Col
man was declared to be his own Sue
cessor at the same old salary.
Charles A. Bronson was reelected
clerk and his salary increased from
$4,000 to $4,000 year.
BY reclamation, director LeDuc
was elected vice-president of the
board for the ensuing year.
The matter of rules and regula-
lions for the guidance and control of
the new board was brought up. Mr..
McGiffert told how the old ones are
more or less obsolete. He might also
have added that many OF the rules
actually are not known to the
directors and, in the past, have been
honored in the breach, rather than
by the observance. ,
Director LeDuc spouted out a mo-
ton to She effect that, until new
rules could be formulated and
adopted, that the board do business
under the constitution of the United
States, the laws of the state of Min.
nesota and in keeping with good bust
ness practice.
That motion proved rather a big
wad for the members to chew and II
finally was agreed that each commit
tee study up on the matter of rules
and that special meeting be held al
7:45 p. M, August 80, to compile
and adopt new rules.
Secretary Bronson was authorized
to hire an invoice clerk at a. salary
not to exceed $3.50 a year. Raises IN
salary were given to Miss Knutson
Miss Walker and other members OF
the clerical force. =
President McGiffert having form.
ally taken the chair, looked at his
pre-digested list and then announced
committee memberships as follows
viz: +
Administration and finance-Col.
man, Firoved and Amundson.
Maintenance of grounds and build.
ings-LeDuc, Foster and Schaibly.
>schools-Davis, McGiffert and
Crassweller.
Director LeDuc wanted to know
hat to do with Mr.. Bush, superin'
tendent of construction, now that the
board has official architects.
Some Of the directors thought that
such an employee now was superflu'
QUIZ Others thought it good idea
to have an inspector to inspect the
architects and their inspectors.
Mr.. Colman, presumably as a re-
suit of frequent absences last year
and an original objection to Messrs
Croft & Boerner, showed an undue
ignorance of the boards contract
with the architects, The director
from Woodland was shown that
under the contract, the architects
must hire qualified engineers for in.
spectors and that such inspectors
must be entirely satisfactory to the
board; also that the Inspectors arg
responsible to the. architects and the
architects to the. board. 40
At the Suggestion Of director
Crassweller, Mr.. Busl1's fate was put
over until the September meeting.
On the recommendation of busi.
ness superintendent .HarWood, w. G.
Williams was hired as foreman of en-
gineers and janitors at q salary OF
$50 a month. Director Firoved