The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-06-11
SCHOOL BOARD LABORS
WORK IN PLENTY IS PER1
FORMED LAST EVE
Plans Made For Summer In
struction; Teachers Send in
designations

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Plans were adopted for the holding
of summer school, the report OF the
property and expense committee call
ing for several repairs to the city
school buildings. was adopted, and
number of designations were accept
ed, and teachers elected to NIL the
vacancies made up the work at last
nights school board meeting.
David N. Ling, .eacher of manual
training at the high school, has &C.
STANDARD Oil company, and last night
sent in his resignation, which was
accepted. A communication was re-
ceived from Miss Ethelynn Hopkins
asking to be relieved from her con-
tract with the local high school to
teach sciences. She is now assistant
teacher of sciences at Manchester
college. The release was granted:
On motion of Director Widell,
the erection of the Union school, and
drew the plans and specifications for
the same was allowed his final esu-
mate of $949
Minor Details to Complete.
Director Widell said that there
were some minor details of the gen.
eral contract for the equipment of the
Union school to be completed. ALL,
this would be looked after. Delay in
shipment of material was the reason
every thing was not completed now.
At the suggestion of Mr.. Widell it
was voted to erect bleachers in the
galleries of the auditorium Of the
Union school. These seats are to be
built on an elevated scale.
Director Beach Of the property and
expense committee, reported on the
the several school buildings of the
city. Principal among the repairs to
be made at the high school is the
repair Of the gymnasium floor and the
placing of drain tile beneath it, so as
to eliminate the seepage of water
from beneath. This repair alone. 1t
was estimated would cost in the
neighborhood of $1,000.
Minor repairs to the other school
buildings were suggested, and passed
upon by the board.
Director Palmer called attention to
the dirty condition of the boilers Of
the heating plant of the high school.
which he said are now being clean
ed. He suggested that in the future
more closely. A brick wall under one
of the boilers will have to be re-
placed.
Pay Of the Firemen.
1t was voted to pay all firemen
tending heating plants for the district
500 per month for the time they
actually put in. This was the scale
of wages set for the assistant jani
tor at the high school.
Mrs. Biggerstaff. the lady janitoress
is to be employed an extra month
during the summer session. Her sal
airy was placed at $85 per month for
the tine she works.
Miss Clara Kelley was appointed to
take the annual school census during
the month of July.
Preparations for the coming school
election to be held on Saturday, July
IT, was left with President Jefferson
and Secretary Soaring with power to-
act The Free Press and the Mankato
Ledger were designated as the Off
cial papers in which to advertise the
annual school election.
The board last night decided to re-
model and furnish the residence
the purpose of housing number of
the high school teachers, who have
agreed to rent the building. which had
been renting for S35, but when equip
ped by the board will bring in a rem
tai of nearly 500 per month
Superintendent T. S. Selle in his
report stated that all plans for hold
ing the summer school had been
made. There are enough scholars in
the high school alone signed up to
warrant the employment of eight
teachers. Mr.. Selle estimated that
there would be an attendance at sum-
mer school of between 120 and 200
students.
The Playground Work
In the playground work this sum
mer, CO operation has been promised
Hubb Of the Franklin school has been
appointed assistant play ground dir
ector. This work will be continued
for at least a month and half.
Owing to the resignation of Mr.
Ling, who had charge of the High
School Garden clubs, Miss Clara KEEL
ley has been placed in charge of the
work under the direction Of NJ H.
Coe, local Boys and Girls Garden
club leader.
Salary of the janitor at the Lincoln
school was placed at $1,000 per year,
and the tuition for outside pupils at
the summer school session was plac-
ed at 81 so per week.
Miss, Nellie Cray, stenographer in
Superintendent Selle's Office, was
granted SIS increase in salary per
month.
w. B. Mathews has been transfer
red to the manual training depart
ment of the school, to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Mr.. Ling.
His salary was placed at $1,790 per
year.
Miss Mary Belle Worth, now teach
ing at Thief River Falls, was elect
ed teacher of Commercial branches at
salary Of $3.50 per year to succeed
George H. Seamore, resigned.
Miss Genevieve Clare Kelley of
Fargo, N. D., now teaching mathe-l
matics at FraZee, was elected to fill
that chair ~at the high school at a
salary of $50 per month.
AS teacher of French in the high
school Miss Lorine Watson was
elected at salary of $3.50 per month.
Miss Blanch Anderson of Mankato
was elected to fill the third grade
position at salary of $3.50 per
month. She has had four years ex-.
perience.
Miss Frances Jones, head of the do
nestle science department, on the
conditions that she take charge of the
cafeteria In that department was
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