Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-10-09
Board of Schsel Trustees.

The regular monthly meeting OF the Board OF
Trustees of Public Schools was held last eve.
ming, in their room at the City Hall-Dr. w aIsh
in the chair. Present-Messrs. Wilson, Brown.
Tustin. Woodward, and johnson.
Mr.Wflson presented the application of Miss
J. l.. Mute for position rs teacher; Mr.. John
son those OF Miss Amanda Crane, Mas Jennie
Jew, Sarah A. Dyer, Mrs. G. T.. Stratton, and
Miss Gray; ali OF which were referred to the
Committee on the Examination of OandId ates
MI. Johnson presented the following com.
munication:
WASHINGTON, D. O., Sept 2, ls67.-W. T.
This letter is to give you OF cisl notice of my
resignation, to take effect on the last school day
OF the present inst
Yours, truly, CHASE RoYs, MD,
Teacher M. intermediate.
On motion, the resignation was accepte1
Mr.. Woodward, Chairman OF the Committee
on Accounts and Expenses, submitted the &C.
counts OF the Treasurer for the quarters end
ing June Goth and July LIST, 1867, and for the
fiscal year ending ] une Goth, 1907. The amount
expended for the support Of the schools durin G
the year was as follows: For salaries Of teach
ers $50, 439. ID; music teacher ,166 "a; care of
school rooms, S3,S94.09 rent OF school rooms,
&c, OIL fuel and stove fixtures, $4053 40; con
tingent expenses, S12, 7O3.45; contingent ex-
tary, $1,000; salary of Treasurer, S54 l.66.
Total $S5, g3s. Received from the Register of
the city, &s5,93S 11-showing a balance to the
credit OF the Treasurer Of II cents.
".
}Uth, 1867, show balance to the credit of the
Treasurer OF Sl1062.
On motion, the accounts were approved and
The Treasurer presented a number Of bills,
which were approved and passed.
Mr.. Wilson presented a resolution request
Trustees to establish one additional secondary
and two additional primary schools in the
First School District; adopted.
Mr.. Wilson presented the following, which
Resolred, That the gold medals for spelling
shall be awarded as follows: u
LIST. A select committee, consisting Of four
members Of this Board-one from each dis.
trict-shall be appointed by the President to
conduct the examinations and make the
awards.
I'd. The contest for the "Ballantyne Medal"
IN the Grammar Schools, shall be conducted
In the following manner Six representatives
shall be selected from each Grammar School
by the teacher, and sent at the appointed time
Two hundred words shall be selected by the
COMMITTEES from s'Worcester's Comprehensive
Spelling Book" and Worcester's "Pronouncing
Spelling BOOK" and these words shall be
written down by the contestants. The medal
shall then be awarded to the Grammar School
the representatives OF which, as body, have
made the least number of failures, and to the
pupil from the same school having made less
number OF failures than any other pupil from
the same school. In case of equality OF merit
so that no decision can be made between two
VI uOic sCuOpiS, VI TWO or more puplIS OF the
same school, tie contest may be continued
with words selected from Worcester's Bic.
tionary.
Sd. The contest for the sRheese medal" in
the Intermediate schools shall be conducted
in the same manner as the contest in the Gram.
mar schools, with the following exceptions:
The first two hundred words shall be selected
exclusively from "Worcester's Comprehen.
stve Spelling Book" Only five representa-.
tives shall be selected and sent up from each
school.
All. No pupil who has received similar
prize Tor spelling shall be allowed to contest
for these medals.
5ih. The examinations shall take place as
follows: For the Grammar schools. in the Fe-
male Grammar School room, Second District
on the first Saturday in May, 1868. commenc.
lug at nine O'Clock a. m. For the intermediate
schools, in the Female intermediate School
room. Second District on the second Satur.
day In May. 1865. commencing at nine O'Clock
a. m.
9th. The Committee shall be required to re-
port to this Board the results of the examina.
tons, which report shall embrace full list OF
the words given out.
An application was received from the mes.
senger for an increase OF pay, and the Board
adjourned.