The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-08-25
TEACHER FACULTY
FILLED BY BOARD
DIRECTORS BUY SETTING
FOR LINCOLN BUILDING
REPORT OF" TREASURER
Receipts and Expenditures For
Year Shown; Work Done
Saturday Evening

Several purchases of material
were made, two teachers were elect
=, ed for the current year and other
matters OF more or less importance
were handled by the board of edu
cation in special session Saturday
Ievening at the high school. Z
Annual reports of the secretary
treasurer were read and approved
and other matters of routine work
were disposed of All members of
1.-THE board were present except w. d.
willard.
1t was voted by the board to
transfer Miss Rose Staley from the
/ Roosevelt school 90 some other
building in the city but the school
and grade remain to be chosen by
the school committee Of the board.
There was some discussion before
/ the transfer was made by the board.
| Since the Chicago bank making
the interest payments on the Lin
! colin school bonds insists upon
charging the school district a fee
! of $3.50 for each payment of in
terest, 1t Is possible that the bank
:, designated for interest payments
will be changed to a Mankato bank
and all interest paymsnts will be
made here. There will be further
correspondence in the matter be-
/ fore any change is made. however.
The contract for wiring the man
tual training room Of the new Lin
coin building was awarded to G.
/ w. Eickstaedt Of this city for MS
bid of s245. The other bid that OF
J the Twin City Electric company
was nearly hundred dollars high
er. A stage set for the Lincoln
school to cost $500 was purchased
by the school committee and the
| purchase confirmed by the entire
board Saturday evening. The pur-
chase was made from the Twin
lCity Scenery company.
Other expenditures of money or
dered Saturday include the pur-
chase of science equipment for
the Lincoln building to cost s471;
/, the repair of fourteen typewriting
machines and the purchase OF elev-
len new L. c. Smith typewriters
from the local agent.
| TWO Teachers are Elected
Two teachers were elected Sat
iurday to ff1l vacancies in the local
staff. E. H. Metag of White Bear
was elected to succeed s. 4. Patch
lin as head of the history depart
imGQL III Tie OCLOOl IlC "no
school at White Bear. The other
was Milton F. Sturtevant Of Min
lneapolis who will teach biology and
Idered Saturday include the pur-
ito be filed but each OF these will
probably have an encumbent with
in a few DAYS.
Bills which were authorized at
the preceding meeting are as fol-
flows. Theodore WIfiiams, $19S.03;
indholm Laundry, 1871; A. Deike.
.ss5: james w Brine. 1894; Q. w
Schmidt. S425: Kuehne Wagon
company, $685.; Northern States.
S112.98: City of Mankato, $60.55;
! A. A. Zimmerman. $25.11: thinner
man and Bangerter, $14.39; Bots
lin and Kiffee, 1855; Jennie Sasse
Isl .63; George e. Brett company.
81 10; Catherine Kelly, 1852. IL;
ephone company, sci. so; Lundin
! brothers, $557.7S; George Pass,
fJr., 1894. 10; Ekerholm Brothers,
$754 .25; Twin City Electric com
pany, $216S; Cuddy Plumbing &
Heating company $3.50. so; E. A.
: Carlstrom, S106.74 and $19,762. so;
F. G. Thomas, $59.65; Henry Barr,
$40. rs; S. K. Fowler, $50; Knoff
Manufacturing company, 81. SO;
Lampert Lumber company, $93. 35;
Joseh Manderfeld company $21S.60.
Treasurers Annual Reports
| Only principal items from the re-
port of the treasurer Of the board
are found in this account Of the
proceedings as the complete record
of the reports will be published as
prescribed nv law Receipts to the
current fund for the fiscal year
ending July 81, 1922 amount to
soc, 1872. Expenditures for the
same period show to be 1856, 127 "a.
Receipts to the special fund run
much higher and include the funds
realized from the sale Of Lincoln
school bonds. The amount is 1884,
1872. 70. The two large amounts in
this total is the, fifth of a. million
Irealized from the second Of the
! Lincoln bonds and $135, 900 held on
hand before that time. Expendi-
lures from this fund are totalled at
In the IL reorganization, the total
resources of the Mankato school
district are given at 1878, 1903. 81
and this includes all buildings and
lother physical property. The liabili-
tiles of the district are $500, 62250,
an excess of assets over Liabilities
of 1919, 181.01. Ink.
| The reports Of the secretary and
treasurer show the district to be in
excellent financial condition con-
lsidering the great amount Of build
ing and improvement that has been
done.
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