The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-12-08
.ONLY PART IS PAID
Legislature Failed To Make
The Appropriation
RADIO SET IS BOUGHT
New Device Will Be Installed :;
Matters Before Education
Board

Tue board of education Of the city
OF MsnkatO has received seventy
{ tour per cent OF its allotment for
, supplementary school aid, due from
the state of Minnesota because its
levy was raised in excess OF TWEEN
" mills, amounting to $l9,Se0, ac-
Cording TO a report Of Secretary e.
+. Soaring 10 the board at their reg
ular meGLng held last night at the
nigh school. A Letter from 4. NJ.
me manure Oh the last loSlSlatuI G
was READ al the meeting, III Wnlcn
he slated mat seventy hye per cent
oI the allotment nau Deen sent, but
.Jecretary Soaring told the board
that 1t was one per cent less.
1 he failure or the last legislature
20 app UpTlate sufficient money to
pay all vi the allotment accounted
IoI" the lacI tnaC onIy part OF II was
paid, asserted the secretary. Ac
.uruIng to a bill passed by the legls
azure year ago, the SCHOOLS are TO
- laid one half OF all money levied
oyeI' ne tn enLy nnIls mrk. Inc levy
vi the ManKato board of education
Tor this year amounted to twenty
six mills, so that the schools are ed
tlUied 10 and to the extent Of three
mills.
Hope for an Appropriation
A lengthy discussion OF the mat
ter was ned by the board members,
and 1t was the conlenSuS oil opinion
that the next session of the state
legislature would see an approprIa-
ton of sufficient funds to care for
the deficiency in the state aid fund.
The board members expressed the
hope that they would get the ball
ance OF the allotment, as the school
treasury needed the money badly.
The announcement was made at
the board meeIing, that the invita-
ton sent to Governor j. A. o. Preus
to attend the dedication ceremonies
'of tho new Lincoln school building
had been declined by the state exe-
cutive. Governor Preus in reply to
the invitation stated that under no
circumstances would he. leave the
state capitol while the next legisia
ture was in session.
The date for the dedication cere
monies was left to committee in
charge of the dedication prepare
tons, of which Judge Evan Hughes
is chairman The discussion of the
date for the ceremony last night re-
suited in Monday January IL, as the
probable date to be named.
Mcconnell Accepts Invitation
J. Nj. Mcconnell, commissioner of
education for the state of Minnesota
has accepted the invitation of the
board to be the. principal speaA~.
for the affair. Z. T. Critchett and
event, Mr. Critchett, now connected
with the state department of edu-
cation, was formerly principal of
the Pleasant Grove school, which
was replaced by the present Lincoln
school building. 49,
All members of the board were
present at the meeting, 1t being the
first time that the board had a full
attendance since last August when
Adolph Mueller injured his ankle
and was unable to attend the meet
ings thereafter
President C. H. Cooper. of the
Mankato Teachers college appeared
before the board and requested, the
use of the Mankato high school elias
SEES next year. He stated that it was
no probable that the college build
ings would be completed in time to
hold the summer courses. : The
board granted his request with the
pay the same amount for the use of
the building as they did last year
was, approximately $1,000.
The board voted to allow the Con-
tinental and Commercial Trust and
Savings Bank 80 Chicago to handle
the coupons on the second issue of
the Lincoln school bonds, when it
was reported that the bank had re-
duced their former bid by one half.
A report was read from the tTrav-
elers Insurance company in which
it stated that all off the boilers in
the Mankato schools were in good
condition. The matter of whether
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