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1899-10 WWU Board of Trustees meeting minutes for October 1899WWU Board of Trustees meeting minutes for October 1899 Volume 01 - Page 104 1899-10-02 (adjourned regular) The board met in the school building at 3:30PM; present trustees Neterer and Teck. The clerk was instructed to subscribe for at one - half (?) usually given educational institutions - the Blade (2 copies), the Reveille (2 Copies), the Seattle Times, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the Fairhaven Times, the Fairhaven World-Herald, the Tacoma Ledger, the State Magazine of Tacoma. Principal Mathes reported having received $2210, being the $10 deposit required from each student on bein admitted to the school, one-half of which is to be refunded to them at the close of the term, providing the books provided for them are returned in good condition. The other one - half going into the library fund. He further reported, having under the instructions of the board previously given, employed on sept 17th Ida A. Baker as asst in English at $50 per month; Rob B Vaile on Sept 25th as asst in Mathematics and science at $50 per month and Catherine Montgomery on Oct 2nd as asst training teacher at 70 per month. Action approved. The action of chairman Neterer and Principal Mathes in remodeling the model school rooms approved. The janitor was authorized to construct and additional cloak room. The following vouchers were passed by the board and ordered certified to the state auditor that warrants might issue. WWU Board of Trustees meeting minutes for October 1899 Volume 01 - Page 105 1899-10-02 Voucher No. 100 - favor E.T. Mathes $166.60 for salary as principal school month ending Sept 30th. Maintenance. Voucher No. 101 - favor F.W. Eply $100 Salary as proffessor of science. Month ending Sept 30th. Maintenance. Voucher No. 102 - favor J.T. Forrest $100. Salary as teacher of mathematics, month ending Sept 30th. Maintenance. Voucher No. 103 - favor Sadie Rogers $100 salary as Supt Model School. Month ending Sept 3PM. Maintenance. Voucher No. 104 - favor Avadana Millett $90. Salary as instructress in elocution and drawing. Month ending Sept 30. Maintenance. Voucher No. 105 - favor Jane Connell $ 90. Salary as teacher of literature month ending Sept 30th. Maintenance. Voucher No. 106 - favor J.A. McBride $41.66 salary as janitor building month ending Sept. 30th. Maintenance. Voucher No. 107 - favor Hattie Thompson $30 salary as librarian school from Sept 5 to Oct 5th. Maintenance. Voucher No. 108 - favor Sadie Rogers $6.25 expenses month ending Sept 30th. Maintenance. Voucher No. 109 - Favor Western Union Te. Co. $4.51 for messages transmitted for school bill Spet. 27th. Maintenance. Voucher No. 110 - favor Postal Tel-Cable Co. $7.62 for messages transmitted for school bill Sept. 26th. Maintenance. Voucher No. 111 - favor L.H. Darwin $9.05 expense account month ending Sept 30th. Maintenance. Voucher No. 112 - favor J.N. Nygren $162.50 final payment on woods contract - 50 cords at $3.25 per cord. Maintenance. Voucher No. 113 - favor E.R. Croft $33.50 prepaid freight charges and (?), bill Oct 1st Maintenance. Voucher No. 114 - Favor R.C. Higginson $11.50. WWU Board of Trustees meeting minutes for October 1899 Volume 01 - Page 106 1899-10-02 sundry supplies furnished school per attached bill. Books and stationery fund. Voucher No. 115 - favor C.M. Sherman 118.38 text books and school supplies furnished school bill Sept. 22nd. Books and Stationery fund. Voucher No. 116 - favor Thul and Welter $12.70 furniture for school bill Sept. 21st. Furniture fund. Voucher No. 117 - favor Munro, Blake and Haskell $3.25 for hardware supplies furnished school bill Spet 30th. Furniture fund. Voucher No. 118 - favor N.N. Hinsdale $12.75 for plumbing done for school bill Sept. 5th. Furniture fund. Voucher No. 119 - favor Whatcom Falls Mill Co $14.53 lumber furnished school bill Sept 4th. Furniture. Voucher no. 120 - favor Juteliffe and Hill $4.65 glass and labor furnished school bill Aug 25th. Furniture fund. Voucher No. 121 - favor D.H. Evans 9.05 hardware supplies furnished school bill Sept. 27th furniture fund. Voucher No. 122 - favor W.M. Fizzell Hdw. Co $12.05 for HDW supplies furnished school, bills Aug 11th, 12th, 15th, 21st, Sept 2nd, 13th, 19th, 23rd. Furniture. Voucher No. 123 - Favor J.A. McBride $21.00 for time sheet of carpenter work done on school building month ending Sept. 30th furniture. Voucher No. 124 - favor B.B. Furn. Co. $11.25. Furniture for school bill Sept. 9th Furniture. Voucher 125 - favor W.H. Ficklin $9.64 (?) for biological department bill Aug 23rd maintenance. Voucher No. 126 - favor Cunningham, Curtiss and Welch $4799 for text books furnished school bills Sept 4th, 5th, 12th less 10% discount. Books and stationery fund. Voucher No. 127 - favor Northwest Journal of Education $5.00 for inserting 1/2 page adv. July-August issue bill Sept 1st Maintenance. Voucher No. 128 - favor Northwestern Monthly $12.00 WWU Board of Trustees meeting minutes for October 1899 Volume 01 - Page 107 1899-10-02 for text books furnished school. Bill Sept. 4th. Books and stationery. Voucher No. 129 - favor Christopher Souer Co. $5.26 for text books furnished school bill Aug. 24th. Books and Stationery fund. Voucher No. 130 - favor Henry Holk and Co $153.12 for text books furnished school bills Aug. 24th - Sept 18th. Books and Stationery. Voucher No. 131 - favor A.C. McClung and Co. $60.92 for text books furnished school bills Sept 8th-18th-20th. Books and stationery fund. Voucher No. 132 - favor Ginn and Co. $71.55 for text books furnished school, bills Aug 28th Sept 8th-19th. Books and stationery fund. Voucher No. 133 - favor Chapman Bros. and Co. $58.78 for school supplies furnished school bills Sept 1st-13th-19th. Books and stationery fund. Voucher No. 134 - favor D.C. Heath and Co. $43.13 for text books furnished school bills Aug. 24th. Sept. 13th. Books and stationery fund. Voucher No. 135 - favor American Book Co. $348.53 for text books furnished school as per statement and attached bills following dates: Aug 21st 26th 30th Sept 8th 11th 12th 13th 15th 16th 21st Books and Stationery fund. Voucher No. 136 - favor L.H. Darwin $25.00 for salary as clerk board of trustees from Aug 15th to Sept 15th. Maintenance. Voucher No. 137 - favor Bellingham Bay Gas Co. $163.17 for making gas connections with the school building and labor thereon bill Sept 30th. Grading grounds fund. Voucher no 138 - favor L.H. Darwin $25.00 for salary as clerk board of trustees from Sept 15th to Oct 15th. Maintenance. Voucher No. 139 - Favor Ida Agnes Baker $25.00 for services as asst in English and teacher of Music from Sept 17th to Sept 30. Mainenance. Board adjourned. Record approved. L.H. Darwin, clerk. Jere Neterer, chairman. WWU Board of Trustees meeting minutes for October 1899 Volume 01 - Page 108 1899-10-24 Special. The board met in the school building at 3:40PM pursuant to the call of the chairman; present the chairman, Jere Neterer, and trustees J.J. Edens and Frank C. Teck. The faculty were all assembled and the plans for the public reception to be held Friday Oct. 27th, were discussed, Miss Rogers Supt. Of the Model School, laying the plans of the faculty before the board. After deliberation the refreshmentcommittee was allowed $40.00 with which to provide refreshments for the evening and the decoration committee was allowed $20.00 with which to decorate the building, both appropriations to be paid from money raised by popular subscription in the city. In the matter of the bill of Likins and Van Reypen for the construction of a sidewalk within the school grounds; the bill was allowed in the contract price of $25.00 and the matter of allowing them $30.00 extras (?) for was laid over until next meeting and the clerk was instructed to notify them to appear at that time and state their reasons for asking for extra compensation. No action was taken in the amtter of refunding the $5.00 due the library fund of the $10.00 entrance fee paid on entering school by Miss Scalt, Miss Davis of Ferndale and Miss Fuller of Seattle. These young ladies only attended a few days and withdrew. The thanks of the board were tendered Engineer A.R. Campbell for the donation of his services as engineer in charge of the construction of the sewer connection between the building and the streets. Also, their thanks to the following citizens who contributed to the fund for the purchase of the Collins Museums for the- WWU Board of Trustees meeting minutes for October 1899 Volume 01 - Page 109 1899-10-24 School. Fairhaven Land Company $50.00; Fairhaven Water Company $25.00; W.M. Timson $25.00; E.S. McCord $10.00; M. Earles $25.00; Cynes Gates $10.00; J.B. McMillan $10.00; H.W. Kinney $5.00; J.L. Easton $5.00; R.H. Diezman $5.00; Morse Hardware Co. $15.00; B.B. Furniture Co. $10.00; Band of Whatcom $10.00; Hugh Eldridge $10.00; Edward T. Mathes $10.00; Munro, Blake and Haskell $10.00; Mason and Co. $10.00; Northern Ry. And Dup. Co. $10.00; Graves, Backins and Purdy $10.00; W.M. Fuzzrell Hardware Co. $5.00; Chas E. Lind $5.00; Ed E. Hardin $5.00; B.B. Grocery Co. $5.00; Collins and Co. $5.00; E.Y. Grassett and Co $5.00; Dr. Mathes was ordered to purchase a desk for himself at a cost not to exceed $65.00. The chairman and clerk were ordered to accept the water (?) bills. The following vouchers were allowed and ordered passed to the auditor: Voucher No. 140 - favor J.N. Selby $14.25 for text books furnished school bill Oct 5th book and stationery fund. Voucher No. 141 - favor (?) Tel and Tel Co. $16.35 for telephone service rendered, regular rental for months Oct-Sept $8.00 long distance charges $8.35. Maintenance. Voucher No. 142 - favor Edson and Irish $1.75 for stationery furnished school bill Oct 2nd WWU Board of Trustees meeting minutes for October 1899 Volume 01 - Page 110 1899-10-24 Book and stationery fund. Voucher No. 143 - favor Caldwell and Calvert $46.01 for stationery funding furnished school, bills Sept 30-Oct 6th-Oct 6th. Book and stationery fund. Voucher No. 144 - favor C.M. Sherman $11.95 for stationery and sundry school supplies furnished, bill Oct 23rd, book and stationery fund. Voucher No. 145 - favor E.T.Mathes $15.80 for expense account for month ending Oct. 31st as Principal of the school. Maintenance. Voucher No. 146 - favor Whatcom Falls Mill Co. $28.35 for lumber furnished the school bills Sept 23rd-Oct 6th. Furniture fund. Voucher No. 147 - favor E.R. Croft $3.20 for cartage and prepaid freight charges bill Oct 22 maintenance. Voucher No. 148 - Favor Modern Brush Co. $11.75 for floor sweeping bushes for the school bill Oct 12th. Maintenance. Voucher No. 149 - favor B.B. Imp Co. $60.00 for 30 cords of wood furnished school @ 2.00 per cord, bill Oct 23rd. Mainenance. Voucher No. 150 - favor Likins and Van Reypen $25.00 for the construction of sidewalk from school building to High Street as per contract. Grading grounds fund. Voucher No. 151 - favor L.H. Darwin $11.65 for expense bill as clerk of the board of trustees for month ending Oct 31st. Maintenance. Voucher No. 152 - favor J.A. McBride $30.60 for time sheet for work done on school building month ending Oct 31st. Furniture fund. Voucher No. 153 - favor D.H. Evans $1.75 for hardware supplies furnished school bill Oct 24th furniture fund. Voucher No. 154 - favor J.M. Taylor $32.40 for text books furnished school bill Oct 17th. Maintenance. Voucher No. 155 - favor American Book Co. $98 for text books furnished school bills Sept. 29th-30th-Oct 2nd-4th-20th. Book and stationery fund. Voucher No. 156 - favor Cunningham,- WWU Board of Trustees meeting minutes for October 1899 Volume 01 - Page 111 1899-10-20 Curtiss and Welch $8.40 for text books furnished school bill Oct 3rd. Book and stationery fund. Voucher No. 157 - favor Northwestern Monthly $12.00 for text books furnished school bill Oct 10th, Book and stationery fund. Voucher No. 158 - favor Henry Holl and Co. $13.34 for text books furnished school bill Oct. 7th. Maintenance. The October payroll was as follows: E.T. Mathes salary as principal $166.66; J.T. Forresh salary as Prof. of Mathematics $100.00; F.W. Eply salary as Prof. of Science $100.00; Sadie Rogers salary as Supt Model School $100.00; Avadana Millett salary as Art Instructor $90.00; Jane Connell salary as Instructress in English $90.00; Ida Agnes Bakin salary as Instructress in Music $50.00; Catherine Montgomery salary as asst training teacher $70.00; Robb B. Vaile salary as asst teacher mathematics from Sept 24th to Oct 31st $62.50; J.A. McBride salary as Janitor $41.66; Hattie Thompson salary as Librarian $30.00; Maintenance fund. Total amount of payment $900.82; Board adjourned. Record approved. L.H. Darwin, clerk. Jere Neterer, chairman. ##