Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-06-01
IOINTING OF
PUBLIC TUTORS
is UP JUNE 9
School Board Plans Special
Meeting - Resolution for
Bond Issue Passed,
O. K. NEW SALARIES

All teachers for the public schools of
the city for 1921-1922 will be appointed
at a special meeting of the board of
school commissioners to be held the
afternoon Of Thursday June y at 4
o'clock At the regular meeting Of the
board last night E. L. Graft, superin-
tendent OF schools, submitted a COM
plete list Of teachers recommended by
him and the entire matter viii be taken
mp at the special session.
On Recommendation Of the finance COM
mittee the board approved the new salary
schedule for grade school teachers. which
provides for n maximum salary of $1,000,
instead of $3.50 as is the case at present.
= ,ghe full efficiency maximum is $1,000
year but this amount viii not be paid
to teachers filling the requirements until
the school year of 1922-1g23. Contracts
for teachers selected at the special meet
ing OF the board on June g. will be
figured on the new salary schedule
An echo Of the wrangle last week when
the board went over the head of its own
finance committee and ordered the bust
ness director to prepare resolution for
advertising for bids for a bond issue of
S4S7. coo for repairs and additions at
Schools Nos GO. 16 SO and IS was heard
last night when the resolution was pre-
scented for adoption.
BARRY OBJECTS
TO PROCEDURE.
Il am in favor of the buildings and in
favor of financing their construction
properly" Charles L. Barry, member Of
the finance committee, said, but on &C
count OF the irregular ard Illegal pro-
cedure leading up to this and the manner
in which It was handled 1 do not care to
participate in any proceedings in regard
TO this resolution"
W. D. Allison, chairman of the finance
committee. expressed himself as not car
ing to take part in deciding the matter
and frankly said that he believed the
large delegation of citizens living in the
vicinity of School No e. that was on
hand last week was staged for the pur-
pose of forcing the finance committee to
take snap action in the matter"
FIVE DO NOT
CAST VOTES.
Mr. Allison did not charge any indi-
viduaI with having staged the demon
stration, but Immediately Bert S. Gadd
was on his feet 1T wasn't me, 1t wasn't
me-" he repeated several times, although
there had been no accusation made
against him.
Finally the resolution was passed with
Julia Belle Tutewiler, Mr.. Gadd and
Clarence E. Crippin. Mr.. Allison and
Mr. Barry not voting.
Inc pEOCeeus OF uNdW
: interest at the rate of 3 per cent an
nuaIIy, will be used for construction Of
new buildings and remodeling as fol-
lows: School No. CO, 100000; school
No. Is S2Oj. 900; school No. SO, 1912
school No. S. 5000 600. Bids viii be re-
ceived July at o'clock.
As the result Of a report made to the
Parent-Teacher Association Of Short
ridge High School recently by a special
committee appointed by that organiza-
ton. in which it was demanded that
no further improvements be made az
Arsenal Technical or Emmerich Manual
Training High SCHOOLS until something
is done toward b1ilding a new Short
ridge at Thirty Fourth and Pennsylvania
streets, a committee OF the board was
appointed to confer with the committee
OF the association. When the matter
came up Mr.. Barry, who is a graduate
Of shortridge, moved that the Shortridge
committee be invited to meet the board
in conference but this was opposed by
Mr. Ga6d and Mt. Crippin. Finally
motion was adopted authorizing the chair
to select a committee. Mrs Tutewiier
than named Mr. Crippin, Mr.. Gadd and
Ralph W. Douglass, business director.
None of the committee ever attended
ShOrtridge.
SCHOLARSHIP
TEACHERS APPOINTED.
The appointment of eight teachers Sc
lected for the Gregg and seigmiller
scholarships was announced by Superin-
tendent Graft These scholarships pro-
vide for summer courses for the teachers
selected. Winners Of the Gregg scholar
ships are: Anna HeidergOtt school No
%: Louise Wheeler, school No SO Anna
Wheeler, school No. 81; Mabel Asher,
No. 2; Lillian BOhnstadt, school No. .
and Helen O'Gara, school No. ). The
announcement carried with it the recon-
lnendation that if sufficient money re-
manned from the fund Of 81 600 that an
additional scholarship be awarded to
Cora Burris, school No. 81. The Seig-
miller scholarship was awarded to Miss
Mary Johnson, art teacher at school
No. 40
Mr.. Graf announced the following
changes in the teaching staff: Resigna-
tons, Julia Bretzman and Agnes Lustig
Appointments: Kate Morrison and Hope
Bedford, elementary; Ethel Ealy, part
time teacher; John Haines, assistant in
the chemistry department at Shortridge
High School; Elizabeth HoyIe, assistant
in the art department at Shortridge.
committee consisting Of Mr.. Gadd
Mr.. Douglas and L. a. Snider. building
adviser, was appointed to investigate the
need OF a deeper excavation for fOunda-
ton at School No. 8. Washington and
California streets. The architect had
reported that he peculiar condition Of
the soil made it advisable to excavate an
additional foot or more for the foundation
of the new building now under construc-
ton.
WILL CONTINUE USING
MERIDIAN HEIGHTS CHURCH.
1t was decided that next year the
board viii continue to use the Meridian
Heights Church at Central avenue and
Forty Sixth street for school purposes in
connection with school No. 20.
The advisability Of using old School
No. %, at Arizona and Chestnut streets.
as a shop for the department OF buildings
and grounds, was referred TO a committee
composed Of Mr.. Allison, Mr. Gadd Mr.
Douglas, Mr.. Snider and c. W. Eurton,
superintendent OF buildings and grounds
Beginning Sept. 1, the board will
take over the work of the School Lunch
Association and will operate the entire
system. This recommendation had been
made by the association.
Building Advisor Snider was directed
TO confer with Herbert FOltz, architect Of
the proposed Potter Fresh Air School, in
regard to a number of suggested changes
in the plans.
1T WILL TEACH
STUDENTS TEN COMMANDMENTS.