, 1862-04-02
Regular Meeting Of tho Board OF Ed
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The Board Of Education met at their rooms
yesterday afternoon, all the members present,
and President Foster in the chair,
Mr. Steele, from the Committee on Exanai-
nation Of Teachers, recommended that ccrtia-
Gates be granted to the following persons: 7.
shockley, Julia B. Dunhan, Martha Lynde.
Hannah P. Gay, Julia a. Davis, Ann E. Dick
inson, Mary T. Davis, Belle 8. Webster. Helen
a. Woodbury., Eliza Landagan, Eliza Ann
Prentice, and Maria L. Kelley,
The following we're also recommended to
the Normal School: Mary Davis, Hannah NJ,
TWomey. Communications In respect to fur
n1shlng the Board with school books, to be
FURNISHED to pupils at cost, were received
from (. L. Sherlock, 8. C. Griggs & Co.,
George Sherwood, and ". B. Keen, all Of
Chicago; Swan, Brewer & Ti11ottson, Of Bos-
ton; Harper Brothers and 4. 8. Barnes d Burr
OF New York, and J. B. Cowperthwaite ct
Philadelphia. Their communications were
referred to the special committee having the
subject in charge, with instructions to report
to the Board the bid or bids for adoption,
c. n. Holden, Esq, was added to this COM
n1ittee.
The Committee On Buildings and Grounds.
and the President Of the Board, were author
lied to make arrangements for suitable rooms
IN which to hold the meetings Of the Board,
The resignation Of Miss Dorr Of the Jones
School, and Miss Sullivan Of the Kinzie
school, were received and accepted.
Ihe subject Of class books being brought
up, the report Of the Committee made at I.
previous meeting on the matter, was ordered
up by Mr.. Dore. There was no motion for
acceptance, and MI. Wentworth was in fayor
| OF using due care and not hurrying the affair.
Mr.. Holden offered an order, as follows;
"WheneVcr any new text book is adopted
| by the Board, to the exclusion of another al
| ready in use, it shall be obligatory On the pub
Usher OF lis agent to exchange the former for
the period Of two months, without cost to
latter, and it shall be the duty Of principals to
! see that this condition is followed; provided,
that this order may be varied in special cases,
bF vote OF majority Of all the members OF
the Board in favor Of such variation, the yeas
/ and nays of such Tote to be recorded on the
minutes Of the Board-''
4 vote vas taken, and the order adopted,
with the following result; Ayes-AIessrs. Car
pcnter, Dore, Holden, Hgginson, sturteyant,
4a1s3 HSALholtHs hluI-G- A0tS-AeSSfS.
Foster, Koisely, Newbcrry, sheahan, Steele,
Ward--6.
Mr. Wentworth, when the subject Of spell
1ers came up, said that he had heard in New
York that publishing houses in the East
| could afford 10 give $4,000 commission or
| bonus for the adoption OF their works in the
city Of Chicago. He wanted to know to
whom these commissions were to go. He was
| in favor Of little delay.
Mr.. Higginson was favorable to Worcester.
| He thought it . good speller; but was in favor
| Of Webster, which was fast becoming the
standard in the country. Should think it in
advisable to compel poor parents to purchase
new spoilers, when the one now in use is
equelly as coed as the new one proposed.
Mr. Wentworth said he could see no imperi-
ous necessity for the proposed change.
Mr. sheahan proposed taking 4 vote on each
one Of the yarious spoilers now in use. His
proposition was ruled out Of order, and conse-
quently not insisted upon.
MI. Steele had aword to say upon the subject.
He thought the Committee had canvassed the
subject well Saunders's work did not answer
the purpose as spcl1er-as book Of synony-
| ems, filed with column upon column Of words
and their definitions it was all right. The
| chief object Of speller was not to define.
| Spelling was one Of the first and one Of the
hardest arts to learn in the English language,
and it was in gaining that knowledge correct
i that the proper foundation Of the future
was laid. It WIS an art Of memorizing. H.
| pointed out what he considered several glaring
| defects in the work under consideration.
| Mr. Wentworth inquired if a change in spell
lers would not ncccssitate others.
Mr. Dore made few remarks, looking for
ward to still better spelIer than was now in
print. He reviewed the history Of dictionaries,
from that Of Johnson's to Worcester's. He
thought to be satisfied with the good we have,
and seeking for no Improvement meant moth.
ing more nor less than rctrogression.
Mr. Carpenter moved to Lay the whole sub.
| upon the table.
Mr. Wentworth wanted it put over until
September, only. THIS was finally amended
to.a laying Of the subject Oh the table until the
July meeting.
Mr. Shcahan then proposed to substitute
Wilson's series of spoilers for those now il
use. Mr. Carpenter proposed Pa1kcr Il Wat
cons. Both proposition lay over under TIL
rules, until the May meeting.
Mr.. Holden offered thc following:
Ordered, That Webster's and Worcester
quarto dictionaries shall be used as authority
IN definitions, and Webstcr's dictionary as al
thority in orthography and pronunciation
To lay over, also, one month. under thu
rules.
The Board then adjourned.
The First of APRIL
The First Of April has come and gone, ant
with it came and have passed the usual amount
Of tricherJ and sport by the knowing ones, tt
the no small discontinue and disgust Of ths
vertant Ingenious, unsophisticatcd and un,
knowing ones. We conld FILL column will
accounts Of the different tssel1s'' pcrpetratet
Oh this great occasion, but hare space for bu
two.
Some Of our most wide awake speculatort
on Change we're gulled by several fine speci
mcds Of sugar, "just from the South," which
wageish individual had prepared for the pur
pose. The sugar purportcd to be Of three o.
four different varieties, varying from " crushed
loaf" TO "coffee" grade, having all tht
marked characteristics, color, grim, etc. Til
"spec5mcns" were conspicuous1y exhibited il
the usual small boxes. One anxious sroce
after another stepped up to the stand, took
pinch, placed it in his mouth, ant
Immediately commenced making WY face
at the adjacent dealers in Bourbon whisky
it was more natural that they should look i,
that peculiar manner at the dealers in tia
peculiar brand Of whisky than at the trafick
eIs in rye. We do not know why, but SO i
was- And one wholesale sugar dealer afte
another passed on, saying nothing, and in
ward}y hoping that his rival would COM
along and get equally and rs chcaply sssold, >
In this manner several were taken in and don
for, to the extreme delight of the unknowg
sugar specu1ator. The deceptive compourha
was made up Of saltpetre and common dair
salt. The joke was too good to keep, and th
sugar dealers were laughed at considerable
.. during the day about that new importation Q
! sweets from the land Of Dixie.
During tho afternoon large and excite
crowd gathered on Clark street near its juno
ton with another important thoroughfare
Gradually the crowd swclled to multitud
and the multitude obstructcd the streets, IN,
the police were called. They soon cleare
the sidewalks and bore away as trophy tn
following flaming bulletin, which some un
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