The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-09
Increase Of Population Indicated by
Large Increase In Number OF
Children Attending Schools
Here.
SALARIES OF TEACHERS
Board Of Education Has Long
Meeting With Careful Consid-
Grafton of the Roster and
Pay Roll

The board Of education meeting
committee OF the whole on teachers
not emerge into the board session un-
til a rather late hour.
Mrs. Abbie Moreau, formerly prim-
ery teacher. was made the assistant
kindergarten teacher at Wells school.
Miss Myra Covington was selected
az the new clerk to the superinten-
dent
The reports showed a decided in
crease in school attendance and pupils
attending, indicating a similar In
crease in the population of Keokuk.
This is the time of the annual ad-
tustment of teachers roster and pay
roll, and consideration of this In;lttssr
took up much time, as the discussion
was very thorough of all the elements
involved in the question
Teachers Salaries Raised.
In accordance with their formal TO
guest filed some time ago, all grade
teachers were given horizontal raise
OF $50 year over those fixed by the
committee of the whole at its last
meeting. This is an increase Of $40
q month over last year.
This action followed the frst actual
contest for many moons in the board
which generally acts unanimously and
with extraordinary unity.
Boyd and Dunlap led the fight
against it, with Lutz and Skirvin lead
ing the parliamentary program of the
INV
lap moved substitutes, amendments,
to table, and to postpone for tnves-
legations, but nobody else voted with
them, and only they voted against the
adoption of the original motion The
whole argument of the other FIVE mem
hers was summed up by ]. A Albert
Kiedaisch, who said:
"Just because we have these teach
crs here at home where they live and
feel they must stay, is no reason why
we should rub it into them. If business
houses had increased salaries in only
this proportion many would have lost
ali their good men.
The vote was as follows: Ayes
Wooley, Lutz, Skirvip, Hauill, Kie-
daisch; nays-Dunlap, Boyd
Children to Sing on Memorial Day.
The Jefferson school Is to have
Tictroia, half the cost to be paid by
dren, who raised the money by enter
tainments.
The request OF he Memorial day
committee that children's chorus be
furnished by the schools for the ex-
e-cises that day was granted.
When the census OF children be-
tween five and twenty-one years is
taken IN June, each parents viii have
70 sign card giving details OF each
child's age, sex, school attendance
and working place, according to
form adopted by the board.
A new form of teachers contract
was adopted with a clause designed
IT, prevent contract jumping, dis
ease epidemic among teachers IN the
west for many years All contracts
must be executed by May q. Slight
changes were made in the method Of
issuing salary checks.
School Population Increasing.
The superintnendent's report show
cd increased attendance and decreased
hank deposits, as compared with same
month last year.
This year 16s more children were
in school than IN April, 1913, and 167
more were enrolled.
The bank deposits from all the
schools were only $40 7, ~h1cl, Is
1857 less than year ago IN the same
month
Probably thrift stamps have re-
placed bank deposits, for 81 ITS worth
Of stamps were bought in April by