New Britain herald., 1924-07-12

many others regarding the subjecting of the girls to an examination by a male doctor, it was decided to employ girls of the schools.
 The new appointee is graduate of Cincinnati University in the class of 1923, and will receive salary of $2,- 500. She is 2S years old and mar ried, her husband being a recent grad uate of a medical school who has ap- piled for an interneship at the New Britain General hospital.
 She was an instructor in the Cin- cinnati playgrounds for eight years and taught school for several years before taking lip the study of medi- cine. During the world war, she served for the Cincinnati Chapter of the Red Cross in the capacity of so- cial investigator, also serving for the Cincinnati General hospital fin the same capacity for over year. She was for two years in charge of physi- cal education and swimming instruc- tor in the Cincinnati schools and for time was swimming instructor at Camp Songo, Me.
 The board also appointed nine teachers. They were, art teachers, Miss Lillian Swan, Senior high; Miss Lillian Hulburt, Junior high Miss Margaret Knowlton, elementary grades; English teachers, Miss Mary McCafferty, grade 9, Junior high, and Miss Marion Hunter, grade 8, Jun for high; physical education, John c. Morressy, Junior high; arithmetic, Miss Helen Whitmire. grade 8, Junior high; woodwork, Henry C. Dumont, Junior high school shops; elementary grades, Miss Beatrice Koplowitz.
 The meeting yesterday afternoon was the first held in the new huar- ters fin the old normal school build ing and was presided over by Chair man P. F. King. There was not @ quorum present at the meeting, but it was decided to proceed with business and apprise the absent members of the board of the actions taken. Pres ent at the meeting were Joseph M. Halloran, c. w. Traut, w. J. Kerin, U Holmes.
 Vote For School Repairs
 Chairman Traut of the finance com mitte of the board presented the re- port of the committee regarding ex- penditures and recommendations of the committee. There was a Giscus- sion over the usual work that is done about the schools every summer, and that cannot be done at any other time because it would interfere with class es if they were in session when the work was being done. Chairman Traut asked that the finance commit tee be given power to enter into con- tracts with the lowest bidders for necessary work. The bids have not been received as yet but will be in Monday. It was pointed out that if the committee had to come before the board again after the bids were received, a special meeting would have to be called as waiting until the next regular meeting would not leave the necessary time to complete the work.
 lHe iltInS TOT Wnicn bids nave been asked and for. which the finance committee were empowered to enter into contracts include repairing, paint ing and vanishing in many of the buildings, removing the metal ven- tilating outlets at the Central Junior high school and possibly replacing them, and many minor repair jobs. Contracts for supplying the depart ment with 45 desks and 120 chairs, two teachers desks with chairs, five foot table and 16 six-foot tables, and four-foot filing cabinet for the old Burritt school. Similar equip ment is needed for several other schools and the committee was grant cd to enter into contracts for it's pur- chase.
 Award Contracts
 Authority was granted to the com mittee to cXpcnd sS40 for typewriters for use at the Senior high school, the amount covering the price of five new typewriters and the cost of exchang- ing 10 old ones for new ones. An ex- penditure of S400 was approved for thepurchase of books and magazine subscriptions for the Senior high school library. C. !. Leroux. the lowest bidder for the contract 10 in-