The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-12-08

! students enrolled in the school. he
said. All of the night school classes
are filed 10 the required quote
Titn the exception OF. the AL
branches" class. Twelve instructors
are required to handle the classes
of the school he stated and their
pay is s1.l219 PEE hour. Fourteen
people are in the class In citizen
ship, according to Superintendent
Selles. Some of the students are
recent arrivals in this country and
only part Of them have made pc
ttious for their papers. He stated
that the Sandon and Grand theatres
had ran slides advertising the night
school free OF charge. In the school
nurses report. Superintendent Seller
said that LAG children had been
inspected since the opening OF the
schoolNerm.
Regarding Radio Purchase.
Considerable discussion was held
over the purchase of a radio set by
the board for use at the high
school and at the Lincoln school.
Gustaf Widell. Judge Hughes and
E. A. Engwalsen argued against
buying the set at this time due to
the fact that the school budget
would be over drawn. Rev. Jensen,
Mueller. and Jefferson argued in
favor of purchasing the radio set.
They took the stand that other
equipment to be purchased for the
science department could be delay
/ was OF more importance to the stu
dents OF today than! any uther sub
ject.
Commissioner jefferson presented
motion that the radio set be
bought for a sum not TO exceed 5000
| and the motion was seconded by
Rev. Jensen. General WiHell pre-
sented an amendment to the motion
| TO the affect that the budget OF
$4,000 was not to be over. drawn il
d radio set was purchased. The
amendment and motion were passed
| by a unanimous vote Of the board
| members. Rev. Jensen was named
as 4 committee of one with the
science department to purchase the
| radio set. -
The Bills Allowed.
The following bills were allowed
by the board, which had been ap-
proved by respective committees:
Charles Jones, $3.50: Edwin
Jones. SS90; City; of vMankato,
S4465; Johnson Service company
$1,000: A. A. Zimmerman. 1910:
Botsford Lumber Co., s2;2ss.76;
Free Press state csai 5a e9 sfsSe4
prise Machinery Co, $500; H. Knofr
Mfg. CO., 1885. Standard Oil Co,
! $3.50; 9. Patterson Mercantile Co,
S29.49: Northern State Coal Co,
| $3.50: Mankato Citizens Telephone
Co. $3.50; Lampert Lumber Co,
S3S0.50; Draper and Peterson,
1852; CHM and Co. 372.14; Beck
ley Cardy Co.. $685.; The John
Winston CO., 1919; Hopghton Milf
min Co. 1912; Lyons and Carnahan,
500; Charles Scribner and Sons,
$500; The Gregg Publishing Co.
1886: The Manual Arts Press. $2.S1;
c. c. Birchard and Co., $1,000:
Henry Holt and Co., $500; Office
Specialties Co., 1915; Ekerholm Co.
$8l6.40: Fred Swan $500; Theodore
Williams $1,000; Zastrow and
Smith, S3S.75; Joseph Blissenbach
$500; Current Events, $21; W. NJ
WEIGH Mfg., $16.46; Herman Gold
berger, $685.; Lindholm Laundry,
$57.17; W: r. Hammett. $123.77: I'm
derwood Typewriter Co, $4,000;
Pausch and Lorub Optical Co.,
$153.S7; c. SwaEson and Sons, $40;
Scientific Instrument Co.. SOTO;
r. l.. Lamm, $3.50; Conner Fl. Jones
SS6S.69; Library Bureau, $500; Ii.
brary of Congress. $17.93; Gaylord
Brothers. $3.50; Baker Paper Co.
| $3.50: Home Electrical Shoppe
$42.50 Time Systems Co., $500: Ed
ucational Music Bureau, S37.11:
Minnesota Historical Society, $500;
The Little Giant Co.. 1925; The
Democrat Printing Co.. $500: The
Mankato Ledger. $3.50; Twin City
Electric Co, 100000: Charles r.
Taylor, $1.S6e.93; Cuddy Plumbing
and Heating Co, 100000; George
Pass Jr, S235.4I.