The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-10
Board OF EDUCATION Moves Toward
Making One at Playground,
Other Bodies Show viii
ling Spirit
ENDORSE g BILL.
Sells Old Historic First Ward School
House to be Raced to Ground
and Lot Left Clear
and Clean.

The keokuk board or euucaIron
an hour and a half last evening en-
dorsed the teachers annuity Dill pro.
posed to the present 1egisiature' SOU
the old, historic first ward scnooi
house, moved toward making a sRatlng
rink at the public Fairgrounds, put
things on a pre-influenza basis, ana az
tended to various routine matters.
Members Woolley, Lutz, Skirvin, Ham
ill and Boyd were present al the q
lar monthly meeting.
The letter of Will G. Blood, hgges
ing q skating rink on the pubic !
ground, published in The Gate City re-
Gently, was read to the pouru. together
with one from the Civic league pproV
ing it
A full discussion Of the proposition
followed, chiefly about slopes and
dams OF snow, and depth OF ice ana
water supply and methods OF con
:structiOn.
It was unanimously agreed that b
water should be furnished free, and
the whole matter was referred to the
Fairgrounds committee with power to
act before the skating season ends.
The committee will call on the city
council, the city engineer and the wat
cI WI h5 SOA1xPohy
solving the problems connected with
the building Of a skating rink.
Pensions For Old Teachers.
The teachers pension matter, now
a state matter, came up informally and
conYersationally.
Hardin is right in his main conten-
ton that the correct solution Of prob
lens and righting Of wrongs lies In
higher teachers salaries-but what Is
he going to do about all our teachers
OF today who have spent SO many
years at the present low salaries? z
said Superintendent Aldrich, when
some board members joked him about
the opposition OF the governor to the
teachers pension bill proposed to tbs
legislature by the Iowa State Teachers
association.
The board members agreed to this
idea, and granted Superintendent Al
drich permission to go to Cedar Rap
ids today to attend a meeting OF the
legislative committee of the state as
ISOLATION to confer on it's work in try
ing to get the bill passed.
The board formally endorsed the
teachers bill and ordered a resolution
to that effect to be sent to Senator
Frailey and Representative Oertel. ].
O.. Boyd and T.. A. Hamill will draft the
resolution and lend it to the members
of the legislature from Lee county.
Razina an Old Landmark.
4 The old first ward school house is
to be RACED to the ground after honor
able history Of forty years.
Bids were reported for the old Gar
field school building at Fifth and Full
ton streets, which is of no us as it
stands to the district. The lots will
sell better without the building ON
them, it was said, the windows are be-
ing broken continually, and the fur
mace, b~lackboards, radiators and other
fixtures have been taken out.
The highest bidder was Osca Swan
son who offered $500. The wreckage
is to be removed from the premises
and the lot left bare and clean, and
the rubbish is to be thrown into the
cellar.
4 The bid of Swanson was accepted
and ]. o. Boyd was designated to act
for the board in executing q contract
with him
Back to the Old Status.
While the truant officer has been
acting in merely a sort of friendly adj
,visory capacity since the influenza be.
gan, the board decided that from this
date he shall resume his legal powers
and compel children to go to school,
whom the law requires to attend reg
ularly.
The motion picture programs In the
schools stopped in September, will be
resumed now and be given regularly
hereafter.
Miss Emily R. Cole will teach the
last six months at Hilton school on a
contract approved by tie board.
The public Fairgrounds COMMITTEES
will consider the plans and advertise