The Mankato free press., 1922-06-09
brief BUT BUSY
| MEET OF BOARD
SCHOOL DIRECTORS PUT
PEP" INTO SESSION
PLANS FOR ELECTION
Four Members of Body Must Be
Selected By Mankato Peo-
pie This Year.

pie ImS 1ear.
Another brief session was held
by the Mankato board of education
last evening in the Union school
building, but for the time that body
was together there was consider
able amount of business transacted.
There was prepared and accepted a
list of all teachers for the summer
school sessions in the high school
and the grades, bids were received
and a contract awarded for the
walks at the Union school, two
janitors were employed, officers OF
the board were instructed to pre-
pare for the regular school election
and other miscellaneous business
was handled, including allowing Of
bills.
At the meeting last evening there
was but quorum present, w. D. viii
lard, Adolph Mueller and Judge
Evan hughes being absent. 1t was
necessary for the Rev. r. A. Jensen
to leave on account of press OF
other business and for that reason
the business went along at a rapid
pace after the meeting opened.
e. A. Engwalson presented to the
board three bids for the cement
walks and driveways around the new
Lincoln school. The lowest bidder,
Lundeen Brothers, was awarded the
contract on a bid of twelve cents
per square foot for the sidewalks
and eighteen cents per square foot
for the drives. Other bidders were
Eric A. Caristrom and Sam K. Fow-
ler.
Election To Be In July.
AS required by the school char
ter, there will be an election for
four places on the Mankato board
of education this year and accord
ing to the same charter the date
for the election is fixed at July Is.
Four members of the board Will see
the expiration Of their terms at this
time. They are L. T. Jefferson OF
the first ward, e. A. Engwalson OF
the second, w. ID. Willard of the
third and Judge Evan Hughes OF
the fourth Those members who
will hold over will be Adolph Muei-
ler, General Gustaf Widen, Rev.
Ralph A. Jensen and President Mrs.
B. D. Smith.
On motion of General widell the
president of the board with the
assistance of the secretary, +. f.
Soaring, was instructed to make ar.
rangements for the, election next
month and the motion was carried.
u. j. Neal, formerly of Delavan
and now of Mankato, was elected
anitor by the board and his salary
fixed at 500 per month. Il. A.
Muelhauser was elected as an as
sistant janitor with salary OF $50
per month.
Committee Is Appointed.
A communication from the secre-
tary of the teachers association re-
ported that the teachers have COM
piled with the request Of the board
and appointed a committee from
their numbers whose duty 1t shall
be to meet with Superintendent Of
Schools A. S. Selle for the purpose
of devising some arrangement for a
merit system of grading as basis
for salary adjustment. The com
mittee named by the teachers Is
composed of Miss Marie Lange,
Mrs G. H. Trafton, Mrs. Ethel
webster, Mrs. Eunice Jones and
Miss Katherine Kelly.
Superintendent Selle reported the
following teachers for duty in the
summer school and the subjects
which each will teach. All teach
ers are paid on a basis Of three
fourths of the regular schedule ex-
cept Miss Emma G. O'Donnell who
will receive full pay for acting as
principal and carrying teaching
teachers In Roosevelt and Lincoln
For fourth, and fifth grade OF
Roosevelt and Lincoln, Beatrice
Mark; fifth and sixth grades in Lin
coin and Union, Mrs. Daisy L
Bratsch; fourth and fifth Union and
Franklin, Miss Isabelle Chesser;
fifth and sixth Union and Franklin,
Miss Minnie Bangerter; English IA
and sB, Miss Ems, English 9B and
ga. Miss Clara Robinson; English
/. Mrs. w. c. FULLER; Algebra l and
English II, Miss Carrie Bachtle;
English III, w and vi, Mrs. G. H.
Trafton; Geometry l and ii, Miss
O'Donnell; Biology and General
Science, Miss Marie Lange; Junior
History II and Modern History l.
Miss Allen; Senior Woodw ork /
and Junior Mathematics II, Henry
J. Olson: United States History II
and Civics, W. c. Fuller; Cooking,
Sewing and Club work, Miss Jen-
ME Sasse.
No Playground Work. .
The superintendent reporter that
on account of the fact that G. P.
Blakeslee of the physical education
department will not be in Mankato
during the summer, there will be
no playground work in the schools
this year.
Miss Sophia J. hammers of the
public library had prepared a com
prehensiye report of the joint school
and library work which she was
prepared to give at the meeting
last evening but on account of the
press of time the report was not
finished but was deferred until the
special meeting which is scheduled
for next Wednesday evening. 1t is
probabl that at that meeting there
viii be bought some additional fur
niture for the new Lincoln building.