The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-14
pa.rd Of Education Authorizes the Ex-
sreiss Of It's Option on Block of
Ground on Main
Street.
FIGHT ON VANDALISM
hoard Offers Reward for Arrest and
Conviction Of Any One Break
ing Into School Build
lngs.

The board of education at Its meet
ing last evening decided to exercise
its option for the purchase of ground
for the site of a new high school
building. The ground purchased is
the block from Fourteenth to Fiji
teenth streets and from Main TO
Rlondeau streets. The board secures
all OF the ground in this block with
the exception of the corner lot at
Fourteenth and Main streets which
is covered by contract with the
Coco-Cola company. The purchase
price of the property is to be s27.500
and the ground is bought from John
Nagel and Henry Pechstein.
In looking about for a site for the
new high school building the board
found that this was the logical place
10 locate the new structure. It Is
accessible from all points of the city,
with street car lines running in front
of it. and paved streets on three
sides. An agreement was made with
the owners and the option was
ordered taken up last night. The
board gets the ground, buildings and
all of the appurtenances.
The property was formerly the old
Puritas plant of the Pechstein and
Nagel brewery. With. the exception
of the property covered by the Coco
Cola company there are no buildings
now on the Main street side of the
property. The ground is well fitted
TO receive building the size the new
high school will be, and when the
houses on the Blondeau street side
are moved there will be ample space
for the building and grounds.
Reward for Vandais.
It was reported 10 the board that
vandals broke into the high school
building last Tuesday night, tearing
out screen and breaking glass IN
a window in the basement. From
here they went upstairs and into the
class rooms where they turned the
teachers desks over in some Of the
rooms, stole money out of the desk
drawers, and in one room threw a
bottle of red ink all over the wall of
the room.
The board considers the offense
serious enough to offer a standing
reward for the arrest and conviction
of anyone found entering, with feloni-
Gus intent, any of the Keokuk school
buildings.
The outlaws" as one board men,
Der termed them. were guilty of
breaking and entering and there was
no disposition on the part of the
board members to show any leniency
to the persons. if they can be appre-
hended. The board would be glad to
secure their conviction. and has
offered reward of twenty-five uol-
lars for the apprehension and con-
yiction Of any OF the vandals.
Contracts Reported.
The superintendent reported con-
tracts with Miss McAvoy as teacher
IN the Washington school, and with
Miss Helen Gallagher in the high
by the board. telephone will be
Installed in the Masonic building
basement now being used by the
school for a high school classroom.
Arrangements were reported for
taking care of the parochial school
classes in manual training work. The
manual training department is over
crowded now, but arran gements will
be made TO add additional classes
since there is a demand from the
parochial classes. and since the board
has been granting that privilege.
The board changed its meeting
night from Thursday to Monday
nights, and will meet on the second
Monday Of each month, hereafter.
Enrolment for Week
Enrolment figures for the first
week Of school were presented by