The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-05-24
The SCHOOL BOARD MEETS

: Hoke and director schaibly went to
the educational conventions.
Director Davis heartily agreed
with directors Firoved's views in
the matter.
Director Schaibly rather sourly
stated that the board of education
had decided that the reports referred
to by director Firoved should be
made in the way they were.
mot when I was there" sharply
retorted Mr.. Firoved.
Director Crassweller added a con-
dition that a report of the meeting,
attended by Mr.. HARDWOOD, should be
made in writing and placed on file.
Treasurer Colman's monthly re-
port showed an overdraft of $780,
1856 in the general fund on May
1. The building fund, as result Of
sale of bonds in the sum of 100000
and the March apportionment from
St. Louis county, in the sum of $685.
222.55, showed a balance on May l
of $164,730.O9.
On May the sinking fund showed
balance of $202,507.73. On the
same date, there was an aggregate
balance in all banks of $238,042.46.
The board of education adopted a
report from a special committee as
follows, viz:
Pursuant to your instructions
your committee, Messrs. J. G.
Schaibly, C. G.. Firoved, G. Francis
! Colman and A. G. LeDuc, convened
! with Messrs. o. A. Andersen, E. N.
| Bradley, DR.. w. E. Judson, M. w.
Turner and C.. H. Schopmeyer, a
committee from the Agricultural de-
| partment of the Duluth Commercial
Club for the purpose Of discussing
the scope of the Victory Gardens
/ proposed by the Agricultural De-
partment of the Commercial Club and
| also to determine what recommen-
dation should be made to the Board
of Education for the purpose of pro-
viding proper instruction and super
vision in garden culture.
During the summer of 1918 there
were 1887 students in our schools
who enrolled in the work Of home
gardens and 179 in centralized gar
! den work conducted at our Morgan
Park, Denfeld High, Washington
Junior High and Jefferson schools.
OF those who took up the work about
SO per cent continued their efforts
| throughout the entire season. The
results were reasonably satisfactory,
but It was unanimously agreed by
( those present, Mr.. Schaibly being un-
avoidably absent, that much better
results can be attained by dividing
| the city into seven districts and the
work of garden culture in each dis
trict conducted under the direction
of competent supervision.
''This arrangement will necessitate
employing six supervisors to work
! with Mr.. Schopmeyer who, besides
! caring for one of the districts, will
have general charge of the entire
work. Besides these 1t will be ne
cessary to employ two supervisors,
affiliated with our domestic science
department., during the greater part
of August and the early part of Sep
TENDER, to give instruction in the
J canning of fruits and vegetables.
'This entire arrangement assures
proper training of our children u
! garden culture along approved and
more effective lines and in doing this
we believe they will be educated to
the importance of agricultural de-
velopment and made acquainted with
the value of garden and agricultural
products.
at was unanimously agreed that
instruction and training in this work,
under competent supervision, IS
bound to result in economic advan-
tage to the individual and to the COM
munity in general and that a good
gardener most invariably represents
good citizenship.
Gas an incentive to the greatest
attainment in garden culture, E. N.
Bradley, acting for certain members
of the Board of Trade of this city,
| offers prizes for efficiency in this
work and the Board Of Trade will
! give flag and banner to the school
/ which will achieve the best results.
"The supervision as above outlined
will entail an expense OF probably
eighteen hundred and in any event
not to succeed two thousand dollars.
eve recommend that the Board
[ of Education authorize the employ
| ment of the six additional super
| visors for the garden work and the
two supervisors for instruction in
| canning fruits and vegetables.
"In conclusion, your committee
advises that it is their opinion that
| garden and Horticulture should be
made a part of the required and &C
credited instruction in our public
schools and that plats of suitable
| ground should be acquired by the
| Board of Education for such exclu-
sive use."
| AMUNDSON QUITS BOARD;