New Ulm review., 1920-09-08
SCHOOL BOARD
TABUS DANCING
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"FEET EXERCISE" PROHIBITED
IN ALL PUBLIC SCHOOL,
BUILDINGS HERE. &
STUDY OF GERMAN SELECTIV
IN SIXTH, SEVENTH AND
EIGHTH GRADES.

The local board of educati took a
great deal of the Joy out of school life
for the budding society debutantes
and embryo beau Brummels among
i the high school students, when it de-
cided, at special Injecting held Satur-
day evening, to eliminate dancing from
all of the local public school buildings.
Numerous complaints by parents of
high school students as we'll as teachers
Hast year to the effect that the young
folks were evidently paying more at
tention to the excerise of their feet than
of their grey matter, formed the basis
for this action, as certain board mem
bers were determined to abate the
terpsichorean extravaganza in the hope
that the students will apply them
selves more thoroughly to the develop
ment of their mental faculties.
German Study Selective.
One Of the most important matters
taken up by the board at its meeting
Saturday evening. was the question of
lre-instating instruction in German in
the sixth, seventh and eighth grades
of the local public schools, and the dis
cussion pro and con continued for over
an hour. Two paragraphs forming the
preamble of a resolution introduced
by John Henle and seconded by DR..
]. H. Vogel, dealing with this matter,
brought on verbal battle, Which, at
times, grew rather heated. It was all
occasioned by a difference of opinion
relative to the statement in one of the
prrambulary paragraphs to the effect
that instruction in the German lang
uage had formed part of the schools
curriculum of this district in all grades
ever since the organization of the dis
trict.
Attorney Mueller Objects.
| Attorney Alfred W. Mueller OBJ
ject,d to the introduction of this
paragraph in the resolution reias<at-
| ing the study of Geman in the sixth,
seventh and eighth grades Of our
pubic schools, stating that a former
member of the board of education
claimed that German instruction did
not form part of the school curricu-
lum in all the grades when he assumed
office some % years ago. This claim
is not based upon facts, however, as
all those who attended the local public
schools in bygone years can testify.
President W. T.. Eckstein took issue
with Mr. Mueller's statements, as die
other members of the board who well
remember that instruction of German
did form part of the curriculum of the
local public schools until set aside by
the then board of education some
three years ago.
| Text of Resolution.
| The text of the resolution, which was
finally adopted by unanimous vote,
of the board, after few minor changes
Whereas, it is the wish of a large
majority of the inhabitants of the
City of New Ulm that instruction in
the German language be re-instated
in the sixth, seventh and eighth grades
of the public schools of this city: and
Whereas, instruction ia the German
language has formed a part of the
school curriculum of this district in all
the grades ever since the creation,
| organization and existence of the said
school district, except for brief period;
now, therefore,
"Be it. resolved, by the Board of
Education of the Independent School
District of the City of New Ulm afore-
said, that instruction in the German
language be re-instated in the school
curriculum of this district and that in
struction in the German language be,
| for the present, re-instated in the
sixth, seventh and eighth grades of
said school and that said instruction
in the German language be elective
and that non-election of instruction
in the German language must be made
] by the parents or the legal guardians
of the children attending said classes;
said non-election so made to be in
writing and submitted to the Super
/ intendent of our city schools"
1 A Miniature Sensation.
A miniature sensation was caused in
the session chamber when Superintsn-
dent Arnold Gloor, who broached the
subject of German instruction at this
meeting of the board, started to read
the correspondence he had had with
the attorney general S Office relative