Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1919-08-29
MORRIS SCHOOLS BEGIN YEAR
WITH SURPLUS IN TREASURY
Expenditures
Appropriation Made by Legislature State Aid Deficit
O. the Teaching Corps

L uS MOI 10 puUl1C SCuOOlS Will open
on Tuesday of next week with a bal
ance of $12,O07.2O according to the
financial report submitted by Theo-
dOre Utne, superintendent of schools
to the Morris school board on August
/. $1,384.95 has been added to the
surplus during the year in spite of
the fact that the school year was ex-
tended one month last fall on account
of the influenza epidemic and that
S1,929.77 was paid out for extra sal
aries during the month of June.
The receipts for the year amount
to $44,795 or $1,412.96 above the
amount made in the budget. This
was due to $1,O7O.193 appropriated
at a recent session of the legislature
to pay the state aid deficit which net
ted Morris $3.50. The expenditures
were estimated at S32,382.5O, but
exceeded the amount by $4O5.51 be-
cause of the extra months salaries
paid on account of the influenza epid-
emic Had it not been for this fact
the total expenditures would have
been $500 below the amount est
imated.
The receipts for next year will
probably be about the same as last
year in the opinion of Superintend-
ent Utne except that there will be
no $3.50 back state aid. With the
exception of the $1,411.75 increase
in the teachers salaries the expendi-
lures will be approximately the same
as last year according to the budget
of this year, which means that that
at the end of the scohol year there
will be about $4,000 less, in the trea-
sury than at present.
The school tax rate of Norris is
$50 mills A comparison with the
tax rates of other high and graded
schools in the villages of the county
shows that Alberta has $50 mills,
Chokio 32O mills, Donnelly $50 mills
and Hancock 24.6 mills.
According to the budget for the
year ending July 81, 1920 the Nor
ris schools will have the following
expenditures: SIS for school board
salaries, $27OO.OO expenses for the
superintendent's office; 1895 general
administration; S17,331.25 salaries;
$4,000 text books; $4,000 library
books; $1,000 supplies; $4,640 opera
ton, fuel water, light, etc.; 100000
maintenance; S965.0O for auXiliaries,
transportation and special exercises; !;
$1,000 for outlays, improving
grounds, and new equipment; bonds
and interest $6,96O.OO; totalling
S46,572.2O with the estimated bal
ance of $9,155.95.
The receipts for the year ending
July 1, 1920 are estimated as fol
lows: $12,OO7.2O balance on hand
$34,315.OO from county treasurer
miscellaneous receipts for cafeteria
manual training $35O.OO with a
total estimated at $46,572.2O.
Most of the teachers Of last year
will return to Morris this fall. The
high school faculty will include the
following teachers: Miss Agnes
Benson, commercial teacher; Miss
Hazel Olson in home economics, Miss
Carrie L. Slindee normal training
Miss J. Isabella Dodds, principal OF
the high school, Miss Ethel M. Bull
loch English teacher, Miss Elsa o
Klippstein history and Latin teacher
and Miss Julia M. Seipel mathe'
matics and science teacher.
In the grade school Mrs. Julia
O'Connell and Miss Margaret Ryar
will teach the 7th and 9Th grades
Miss Beatrice Hughes the 5th and 6tE
grades; Miss Agnes Johnson the 4tE
and 5th grades; Miss Cora Palm the
End and 3rd grades; Miss Florence
M. Johnson will be the 1st grade
teacher; Miss Agnes B. Foley will
have charge of the 9Th and 9Th
grades in the Longfellow school;
Miss Jennie O1ander the 3rd and 4tt
grades in the Longfellow school
Miss Olga A. Kneter the End and 3rC
grade and Miss Muriel e. Davnie the
1st grade.
S. E. Blondheim and J. G.. Berg
quist will act as janitors, Mrs. Mar
tin Anderson as the bus driver, Mis-!
Agnes Torpey as librarian and DR.
Amos Leuty as clerk. The superin
tendent's office will have someone
acting as assistant in addition
Counting Superintendent Utne there
will be 26 employees in the public
schools This YEAR