The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-12-03
Board of Education Took
Action Last Night
PETITION BY TEACHERS
Instructors Ask Some Conces-
sion Relative To the Holt
day Vacation

tential asset 10 children and the
chief factor In the development
Of the youth 10 schools, the men,
bers of the Mankate Civic and
Commerce association have de-
eided to hold forum meeting at
the Union school auditorium on
Tuesday evening, December at
1850 =. M, when the necessity OF
more and better school buildings
for this city will be MADE rhe
special order of business. super
intendent z. S. Selle and r. c.
Pickett, a principal OF the hian
school, will open the discussions.
Members of the school board and
members OF the newly organized
parent and teacher associations
have been invited to attend, and
will undoubtedly take part in the
discussions. All those interested
in the mental development OF the
future citizens should attend the
meeting.
Members of the board Of education
at their meeting last night voted to
continue the junior senior, or the SIX,
three. three plan In the schools OF
this city, and further went on rec
ord as Iavoring q plan of building
which will include q combination
junior senior high school and grade
school in the Lincoln school district,
and in the very near future 2 unit
in the Roosevelt district and second
junior senior high school and grade
building in the Franklin district. 1t
was voted last night to employ
George Pass, Jr., the architect who
did such splendid work on the new
Union school, to draw up tentative
plans for the proposed new Lincoln
school.
In response to petition signed by
ever forty teachers OF the city
schools, it was decided to have the
Christmas vacation this year com.
mence on December II, and end
January f. Il was also voted TO pay
the teachers their full months sal
airy on December IT. .-r
Plans For New Buildings.
In recommending q new junior
senior school building in the Lincoln
district. the toard of education rec
commended that the new building ac-
comlnooate about 500 children which
would make IL great deal larger
than the present new Union scho0i;
The proposed Lincoln school would
contain nine class rooms, three labo-
ratories, two commercial rooms, six
industrial rooms, one music room,
one gymnasium, two study halls with
a CAPACITY OF fifty each, one library,
capacity forty, one science lecture
room, one auditorium, capacity 500
one double office with yaNult space.
one nurses room, cle teachers ROOM
one physical training room, one Den
tai room, and in the elementary de-
partnent of that school, one double
kindergarten room, II grade rooms,
one office and one play room. The
tentative plans now call for three
full stories and q basement, and II
was estimated last night that the
city would have to be bonded for at
least 100000 to meet the expense Oh
building the Lincoln school alone.
IL q like building Is decided upon at
the Franklin school right away the
bonds will have to be at least double
that figure. w. D. Willard was ap-
pointed last night as committee OF
one to lock after the negotiations
Cor additional ground space for the
proposed new Lincoln school. A
aid Architect George Pass to draw
up plans for the building. It was
also decided that 1t would be well to
have Superintendent Selle accompany
Architect Pass on several trips about
the state to get ideas Of what the
proposed new building should be from
other cities which have erected
buildings Of the kind. The board
memkers may also make trips TO
view school buildings like they did
when planning for the erection OF the
new Union school. Ill.,
Junior ssnIorS Plan.
Some discuss sion arose among the
school board directors as to the ad-
visibility of going on record as fay.
oring the junior senior plan. All
of the board members with the ex-
oeptious of Director Beach and d.
rector Jefferson was unanimously IN
favor Of The plan, owing to the fact
that under II, more boys and girls
keep M on interest In school ana
eysrltnaily complete the high school.
When n came to q vote on the ques-
Non. Director Beach votsd against
fra question, on the grounds OF not
heiieying that the benefits TO be de.
rived Nader the new plan warranted
fhe great additional expense OF run
ming TIE schools under that method.
An other members voted In the ar.
nEns e .I e. :, question T.soEd as t MRaGn
ne tie sian. When 1t came to yot-
ing Tor a plan looking toward the
building Of number OF additional
new school buildings, Director Beach
votes yes with the other members OF
the keerd. Later In the evening Su-
perfntenHeut Ssfle stated mat thS
Cvic and Commerce association had
sstsd for the use Of the Union
school sE1totium. on next Tuesday
evening fer a forum meeting, when
the spscdaI order Of business VIII be
the question OF added schools Tor
this city The request was granted.
invited to Conference.
A standardization was received from
gtate Gommisstonsr OF Education Nc
Gonnaii inviting tho board members
10 take part In Q meeting In st. Paul
on December is, for the discussion
of certain school legislation, No ac-
tiori was taken on the matter.
Another communication was 70.
cslyed from %. N, Phillips state high
school 5nspsctor, stating that the fol.
lowing state aid TO the high school
would soon be svailabie: Regulation
high school aid, s1,So0; agricultural
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