SCHOOL BULLETIN Bulletin of the Superintendent of Schools Minneapolis, Minnesota C. R. REED, SuPERINTENDENT Published every Thursday from the offices of the Board of Education, 805 City Hall, Main 4284 All copy for the School Bulletin must be in the Superintendent’s Office not later than noon on Monday preceding the date of publication. _Printed in the Miller Vocational High School Print Shop Teachers’ Retirement Fund Association The Board of Trustees of the Minne- apolis Teachers’ Retirement Fund Asso- ciation is experiencing increasing diffi- culty in making its investments, due to the Act of the 1935 Minnesota legislature in amending the law governing the in- vestment of the permanent school fund to provide that the fund must be invested in bonds “yielding not less than three per cent.” The investment of the funds of the association is affected by this measure. Since it is almost impossible to buy sound securities at a yield of three per cent, the Board is considering proposing, at the next annual meeting, an amend- ment to the Articles of Incorporation, which will permit them to purchase United States Government and all munic- ipal bonds at a less than three per cent basis. The exact text of the proposed amend- ment will be published in a subsequent issue of the Bulletin. A. M. BANK, Secretary. Easter Vacation The Minneapolis Public Schools will be closed for the Easter vacation from April 9 to 17, inclusive. Administrative offices will be closed on Good Friday, April 15. Men Teachers’ Federation To make plans for the Minnesota State Federation of Teachers’ con- vention at the Curtis hotel, Minne- apolis, April 18 and 14, the Minne- apolis Federation of Men Teachers will meet at the Citizens Aid building at 4 p. m. next Wednesday. “Nature Notes” Publication Attention of teachers is called to “Na- ture Notes,” a bi-monthly publication of the Minneapolis Public Library Nat- ural History Museum, which contains timely and interesting articles on various phases of natural history. Subscriptions are $1 a year or 10 cents a copy, and may be sent to the Museum. This magazine has the recommendation of the Library committee of the Minneapolis. Public Schools. : : OFFICIAL NOTICES English Teachers’ Assembly Dr. George P. Conger, University of Minnesota philosophy professor, will dis- cuss “Turns of Thought and Whims of Doctrine” at the Minneapolis English teachers’ dinner meeting at Benton hall, Y. W. C. A. main building, 1130 Nicollet, at 5:30 p. m. next Tuesday. Price of the dinner is: Members, 75 cents; guests, $1. Reservations are to go to Mrs. Vahlborg Nelson at South high school today, and may not be cancelled after Monday noon. Teachers of Special Education The Guide Book in Special Educa- - tion is printed and ready for distri- bution. Every teacher in special edu- cation may secure a copy by requisi- tion from the Supply House. Civil Service Examination For School Clerks The Civil Service Commission will hold an examination for school clerks on April 80, 1938. Applications will be received up to April 20. The applicant must be be- tween the ages of 17 and 21. For further information relative to this examination call the office of the Civil Service Com- mission. Grade Teachers’ Dinner Varying its usual meeting procedure this month, the Grade Teachers’ section of the Minneapolis Teachers’ League will have a dinner at the Y. W. C. A. main building, 1130 Nicollet avenue, at 6 p. m. Wednesday, April 20. Professor N. L. Huff, University of Minnesota botanist, will present an illustrated lecture on “Minnesota Plant Life” as the highlight of the evening’s program. Dinner reser- vations must be made with building rep- resentatives by next Wednesday. Cost of the dinner and lecture is 75 cents for members and guests and $1 for non- members. Students and non-members may. attend the lecture. Lecture tickets are 25 cents each. League members may attend the lecture on presentation of membership cards. DELAYED PUBLICATION Editor’s Note—Several articles are be- ing held over to next week to make room for material on physical education con- vention. Streamlined Train Ride Now on Excursion List A ride on one of the streamlined trains from Minneapolis to St. Paul is now available as an optional feature of the second grade trip to the postoffice and depot. The trip will arrive at the postoffice at 10:30 in the morning. After visiting the postoffice, the group will eat lunch in their bus before enter- ing the railroad station at approximately 11:40. After inspecting the station and trains they will ride on one of the streamlined trains to St. Paul. After in- specting the St. Paul station, they will return by bus to their school. The total charge, including bus and train transpor- tation cost, will be 32 cents. A minimum of not less than 45 pupils will be re- quired. Teachers who wish to take advan- tage of this feature, but whose class groups run under this number may find it possible to add a few representatives from other class groups in the school to bring the total up to or above the min- imum required. Cc. C. Minty, Field Workers. Dr. W. H. Kilpatrick to Address Luncheon Assembly Some time during the week of April 11, which is Sehool Men’s Week at the Uni- versity of Minnesota, Dr. William H. Kilpatrick, formerly of Teachers College, Columbia University, will give one or two addresses. The Minnesota alumni body of Teachers College, Columbia Uni- versity, of which Miss Bernice Newell is state director, is planning a luncheon for Tuesday, April 12, at which Dr. Kil- patrick will be the guest of honor. The place and hour for .this luncheon will be announced in next week’s School Bulletin. Former students and friends of Dr. Kilpatrick are invited by the Minne- sota Teachers College, Columbia Univer- sity Alumni Association to attend. ‘ School Nurses There will be a meeting of all school nurses on Thursday, April 7, at 3:30 p. m. in room 305, Boys’ Vocational high school building. Dr. E. S. Platou, physician in the hygiene and health education depart- ment, will speak. Senior High School Woodworking Instructors . There will be a meeting of the senior high school woodworking instructors on’ Thursday, April 7; at 3:30 p. m. at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.