The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-01-25

The last regular meeting of the
board of education, held Friday eve
ming, January 10, was devoid of real
friction or much sensationalism, al
though director Firoved's eagle eye
caused him to see enough to jolt the
directors bit.
The committee on schools recon-
mended the purchase of reading
tests to the value of $4.20 for the
Stowe school.
Director Firoved then pulled out of
his pocket copies of five different
forms of the Thorndyke reading tests
and wanted to know why the board
was spending money for them when
there were already about 100000 OF
them in the storeroom.
Director Davis, long a member Of
the committee on schools, said that
was the first she ever knew of any
such supply of printed matter. Supt.
Hoke was at loss to account for 1t
until he finally remembered that such
a big batch had been turned out by
the print shop in the Washington
junior high school. That work was
done about Is months ago and Supt.
Hoke was under the impression that
the blanks had been distributed to
the various schools. The keeper Of
the storeroom informed him, how
ever, that the only copies ever dis
tributed were those taken long ago
by director Firoved, who waited the
logical time for calling attention to
the large quantity of idle and unused
printing.
Among the communications that
were presented to the directors at the
beginning of the session was one
from the Federated Trades assembly
calling attention to the alleged fact
that the American Book Company is
on the unfair list with union printers.
The Bayview Heights people also
complained of the bus service where
by the children of that locality are
transported to and from school. AS
surances were given that any defects
in that service would be remedied.
designations of teachers were &C
cepted as follows: Clara Halgrim-
son, Denfeld high school,; Kathleen
Edgar, Morgan Park; Mildred Nolte,
Adams school; Gladys Pattee, Cen
trail high school; Laura Prime, Lin
coin Junior high; Mabel Rossman,
Emerson school; William Scott, Gen.
trail high; Catherine Shearer, Adams
school; Mrs. Laura Veiley, Jackson
opportunity school.
New teachers were elected as fol-
lows: Dorothy Buckley, art, in Gen.
trail high: Donald Dent, Central high
foundry; Karl Jenkins, physical edu-
cation, Morgan Park and Stowe; Paul
Knoop, manual training, Salter
school; Sarah Manlove, opportunity
school, Emerson building; Bertha
Dorland, storeroom clerk.
The salary of Carl Shroer was
raised from $40 a month to $3.50 a
month. An additional teacher was
hired to relieve crowded conditions
at the Radisson school. An offer Of
a piano for the lower hall of the
Jackson school, made by Mrs. Flor
ence Cook, first grade teacher, was
accepted under agreed conditions.
Petitions were granted whereby
afternoon sessions will begin at
p. M. and close at $3.50 p. m. at the
Lowell, Cobb and Emerson schools.
Some time ago attention was called
to a sign at Morgan Park to the
effect that the grounds were private
and that the public keep out. The
committee on maintenance of build
ings and grounds was instructed to
investigate and report to the end that
a safe and proper ingress and egress
Of these grounds be assured. That
committee reported as follows:
Respecting "the matter of the en-
trance to the Morgan Park school,"
which was referred to this COM
mittee at our regular meeting No
Vember 8 last. for investigation as
to the safety of the ingress and
egress afforded by the Morgan Park
company to the Morgan Park school
building, your committee reports it
has carefully examined the highways
and walks provided by that company
Tor the use of the public in going to
and coming from said building, that
they are built of concrete and are Of
standard and approved type and per-
fectly safe in every respect. None
. better or safer is afforded to any of
our other school buildings in this
city.
Referring to the signs erected by
the Morgan Park company alongside
the road, paralleling the street car
tracks extending from Zimmerly ave-
nue. into Morgan Park and which are
situate about mile distant from the
Morgan Park school building, the sign
which was considered Objectionable
by some has been removed and the
new signs which have been erected
are reasonably necessary to direct
troffic under the circumstances, and
the wording objected to has been
eliminated.
Under the conditions of our deed
to the Morgan Park school grounds
we hold title to said grounds to use
same for purposes only as are incl
dental or related to the use of said
premises for public school, recreation