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September 5, 1927.
My dear Miss Addams:
I have very much appreciated your letters and the telegram which I received early in the week. We are very happy that it seems possible to you for us to continue with the school. Miss Kenagy and I had a long conference this morning and it seems best to me to put before you our suggestions rather than to wait until the conference when you return October first.
Mr. Hunter told me that you had received the copy of our expense account for the year September 1, 1926 to August 21, 1927; but I am enclosing another copy to make sure you have one.
I told Mr. Hunter that the College would contribute $6000 toward the technically educational equipment and service, including the salaries of the teachers, which amount I am sure, will cover this part of the work for a thirty six weeks' term beginning about September 19 and closing June 1. Unfortunately this year we had to pay our teachers' salaries from September 1 in order to hold them through this uncertainty. The total of the teachers' salaries for the nine months, September 1 to June 1 will be $4995; the total for Miss [Molinaro] for nine months will be $225. We will then have a balance of $880 which will cover the educational equipment, supplies, stationary, and our telephone. We should prefer to be entirely responsible for these items, doing all ordering for same, and paying monthly by our checks. We would render an itemized account of all our payments including salaries at the end of the period, June 1, and if there were any balance in our fund of $6000, we should give it to you toward the other expenses.
This would leave the following items to be provided for: rent, wages for cook and cleaning women, food, laundry, gas, light and ice. If the Hull House Association could allow the rent, it seems to us that $2500 should cover the rest, and that if these items could be considered in connection with the Hull House equipment and service that considerable might be saved in labor and expense and that the [quantity] ordering of supplies would make for a larger discount. We should like therefore to have the following funds which Mr. Hunter listed paid directly to Hull House:
Crane Fund $600.00
Gift of Miss Smith 600.00
Tuition & lunches 400.00 to 500.00
Other gifts 325.00 (1926-27)
Hull House or the staff for the Mary Crane Building representing Hull House would then be responsible for the items of this paragraph representing physical upkeep and would handle the ordering and payments in connection with the same with whatever [cooperation] in the way of supervision of servants and food lists that you would wish from Miss Kenagy and Mrs. Dean of the Infant Welfare.
Miss Kenagy has taken up the cleaning and decorating with Mrs. Hicks. They are leaving the ceilings which were redecorated last spring, washing the walls, refinishing the floors as Mr. [Keyser] advised, and redecorating the bathroom, and the furniture.
Last year Miss Kenagy used a cook and two part time women for cleaning, as she found the work too heavy for all day service for any woman she has employed. She thinks that it is necessary because of toilet needs in the bathroom, the soiling of garments and floors through accidents and the heavy lifting to have the two women so alternate [page 2] their time that one is always on the floor during the time when the children are there.
Hoping that this seems to you a practicable arrangement and awaiting word from you as to how these matters may be handled, before opening the Nursery School, I am,
With very kindest regards,
Sincerely yours,
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