Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-07-07
CHANGES IN BOOKS
ORDERED BY HEADS
Of SCHOOL SYSTEM
NEW ARITHMETIC AND ENGLISH
WILL SUPPLANT THOSE IN USE
The PAST YEAR-TEACHER Sc
lECTED TO FILL VACANCY.

A change in two of the books used
throughout the city's public school
system was ordered last night by the
beard of education when il devCidel to
install Hamilton STANDARD Arith.
metic ms, cad of Stone q Miller's and
Potter, Iesckle 4 Gillet's Oral and
Written ENGLISH TO suppalt Steps IL
English which were in use the past
two years.
The changes, which were made after
some debate, folloWe ed recommends
tions made by County Superintendent
w. X. Foster and a majority OF the
principals of thc various schools Ol
the city The change ordered IN
arithmetics is intended to work mt
hardships on the parents, as he raj
ing permits use Of the Stone & Miller
publication during the coming year il
all eases where, purchase OF the old
book was made for the l9l9-l92O SEES
siOns during the coming year.
Succeeds Miss Gerding.
Miss Eleanor Parks. NJ West Nor
ris street. was chosen last night Dy
the members of the board of erucatiol
to fill the vacancy in the teaching
force OF the public schools recent!
created By the resignation Of Mis-
Otillia Gerding. Miss Gcrding ten
dcrcd her resignation TO Supcrntcnd
ent c. J. Byrne several weeks ago, bur
it was not formally presented to the
board until the July meeting After
acting upon Miss Gerding's announced
determination to quit, Miss Parks wa,
chosen to I'LL the vacancy.
Miss Parks is Il graduate Of the OF
taWa High school and for the pas
four years has been teaching in thr
Sheridan schools. She was appointed
IA teacher in the Narseillcs schools fO'
the coming year, but upon her bcin,
able to secure 4 school at home the
Marseies board released her
Miss Gerding is to become the bride
of Herman Mischkc of Culver, Ind, Z
former Ottawa man.
Costs More to Operate.
Increases in teaCprs' salaries, grant
ed in May by the board Of education
have made it necessary to raise the
appropriation for operating the
StItti0 ulil NE tIl'' N'sli VI Jaw
$H,015 over .he past year. Last nigh
at the regular meeting of the board o
education levy Of $t1.700 was mad'
for paying the expense Of operating
the schools during the coming year
Last year SG3.G9J was set aside Tor th'
same purpose.
The appropriation for the educa
ttional fund was set at S59,o00, Will
in 19l9-1920 S43.7S0 was appropriate,
for the educational department, Thu
buildings and grounds fund WAS dc
creased for lY4G-2l. only SIS. ldb brin,
asked for the next year while $l3,S2o
or 81 ,725 more than was levied Tor tn
preceding year
The report OF the financial secrotar.
showed that the total receipts. inciud
ing balance of N.3Ir.5-I which was
in the treasury July !. 1919. amounted
to $ll9@lG.l3. The expenditures 70
the year were $GI,39t59, leaving a bal
ance in ;he treasury OF 5f,452.59 OF
July /, 1920.
The recapitulation Of expenses dur
ing the past year Is as follows
Teachers salaries .....,... $39. 900 s.
JanitorS' salaries ........... 1,SN3,u
Buildings and grounds ..... G,222 T.
supplies ..-, ..,.............. h,UfF,9
lnCiupUtalS ... ............ ,U6 -