, 1863-06-10
MEETING OF THE B0ARD OF
EDUCATION,
IMPORTANT DISCUSSION on TEXT
BOOKS.


Ihe New Colored School Established
Appointment and Transfers OF
Teachers-Condition Of
the school.
meeting of the Boa1d of Education Was
sce..oo, prosant 1r..s.r
oelo 5es1efuag "telAoot- AeA'' Nlces'a'
Darpcnter, Foster. Beentano, Moseley, New
berry, RYDER, Steele, Taft, Wahl, Ward, Vent
wv ~ n N- N1s ~A~s1'4aa =,
In the temporary absence OF the chairman,
upon motion Of Mr.. Wentworth, Mr. Moeeley
toot the chair. and The gecratar ,o.a tha
"anutess WINCH were approved.
ELECTION OF rREs1pEsT.
The Chairman, Mr.. Hnyen. having arrived,
took his seat, and announced that the usnal
time Of organization had arrived. At the re-.
900 o,..t;s, = = .-,,,.oes,, et,.,1,toa 49,.
.e~oA ~ - .0o-y s-p@.N]o 'u-'1 ~
saonla act as ffes1aent only 10 tals 12me. de
would therefore respectfully resign, and ask
The Board to elect President.
I- .goso1.r ,,,or.a ~ ,,-,oaas ~ .h
49, r|Aoss' 1.4o' ~ to ~ ,ne s4es'
ton o1 PRESIDENT and nominated W. l.
Ne"oef1y. 1ne eiecuon resulted In his
unanimous choice.
Mr. Newbe1ry, upon taking the chair. said:
Gentlemen. I SINCERELY 1bsnk you for the
compliment ron have conferred upon 1ne. and
The yerv handsome yote by which yon have
elected me, Under ordinary circumstances.
should feel highly gratited at this kind
mark o. your regard. ny health, however, Is
suen taa1 y may oe neeessary io5 me 70 ieafe
the city before long: Should It be SO, shall
@ fetn5n l1e qlaee 70 yon: NO Posltaon 10
which mtgnt DC cievatco cou1d give me
greater easlsine'lon. ilook upon thc system
o. eoucauon IN 1Ms Cliy as one OF tmmense
importance, upon RMcn mnges not alone tne
Teiare s o. t1s ety nut as9 "5e o. N tne con9s5y:
Esely 1hirg that IL can - 90 snal ee eheer1any
oone 70 promote tae Aatetests OF enese 1ns1l-
1anons: -.,=.
tce as caninnn oreI mi, ha ans esSms eo
A!etee, e"ne ne1uuG Gsu on'h too o1" opPo11Iincnts
NEW ROOMS.
Mr.. Ward Of the Committee on Buildings
and Grounds reported that they had ndded'a q
new room In District II, in the same building
where two rooms are now occupied, the
whole being obtained at IN annual rent Of
800.
A new room in the Skinner school, for
merly intended for furnace room. Ind been
fitted up at cost Of $2o55, not estimating fur.
niture.
TIE DEARBORN SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT.
At the Dearborn school $o7B65 Ind been
expended for ], ,72o yards Of filling, $26ss for
grading, SIS. 90 for raising workshop, SO for
repairs on root, $6S for taking up hydrants.
At the Ogden school, $a8 were expended Tor
introducing "ate1'
TIE NEW co1oHEp SCHOOL.
Ind procured The Mission School, corner Of
Fourth Ayenue and TAYLOR street, for the col
ored school. which would accommodate 800
pupiis. I'M, s, b, Ward was in change Of the
huildinp and would let the use Of il at 800
ner ann7m. There were 1T present 1e3 color.
I'd child1en in the schools. a. follows: Dear
born. IS: Jones. 10: Scammon.4: Kiozie. o:
FTani15n. @: Washington. s: Moseley. i:
Frown' ). Foster. s: Ocden. 9: Newbetry'
o: Skinucr. +; Haven, S: SO that the buildi1s
was amplF large to accommodate these
NEW srArs.
"''
me cem%itee q @ 1a1tneI = sspor1ea a. tn1I .ni5;y
ne" eeats 1ao eee4 p1acc4 ~ tas flan6in
School, twelve In the Washington, twelve In
the M Foster, sixteen IN inc hlnzle' at q cost OF
St6a5. .....-.,
Upon mouon the fePort WIS acceplea, ana
also the RECOMMENDATION lot inc colofed
se4Eo, Mnan mo+,on of AR TAFT +ha sacret,rv w,e
ordered to open school there Immediately:
| PARTITIONS.
| ~, :, T., 80. .e ,,-su.,
| MI. Wa1u 1ePo9,eo u iaSpr % nasIng pa1ti-
|
ton. hnzle ana . flanknn SCHOOLS ana thas the
~ofk oe cone auiang Facauon.
1EAI Noohs.
Mr. Steele spoke in the matter Of text
books, advocating uniformity, and that If any
changeis to be made, now Is the proper time,
city arc fully Organized, SO that they may avail
themselves Of new books in use in other
schools. He strongly advocated sargent's
Renders, and moved that his primer aud
series be introduced into the schools, to tako
school year. he stated that during the space
Of two months, for the purpose OF introduc~
| ton. the prices would be as follows: Primer
Sc. list Reader 7c, ed do 10c, Sd do 15c, 4th do
ooc; after Introduction, the scale Of prices
:oc, "a do 35c, Sd do Soc, 4th do &c.
Mr. Holden made long speech in favor Of
Parker andWateon's Readers, ana depreciattng
criticism Of them which appeared In the
TRWUKE.
OF change in Readers and Spoilers, be post.
poned until the first meeting In January. The
ayes and noes were called upon the motion,
the vote resulting as follows:
ArEsMces,s. ". Il. RYDER, j. n. Sbeahau, L,
B. Taft, j. Wentworth.
.SosEs-Mesars. I. Carpenter, J. z Foster, 1.
Haven. President, Z, Breataro, G n Holden, F.
Aosele5, II. 7: steele, 9. VAIL, ". Ward
,, 1ts gGeeuon anen lSGullsu Sa on .ue Ispo.e u
"5. o1Gg!9s Mi3 1eeom4enong - ea'gen!s hsaoGss.
~. Mam mosea 10 amena' ~ introducing
fa!heI q na1sons lsaaels. s.,-
Meeeis eaea1an 2 ano eteese Teao commomca-
Gons l19m .. y. 1ngss g 20, Iemnse %
sardets. renders ana their superiority IN
point q literary merit, economy aud finish.
hsts o. puoncanons: scaies oa pIlces, Ac-s
we're also read, showing dlaetence IN pflee
1oE the whole series oi SANDERS. and fafkcr q q
Nats readers, OF eighty cents IN 1asor Of
6ande!s.- ,