The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-11-11
LOCAL DEPARTM ENT

Board OF TnusTEEs on PUBLIC SCHOOLS
The regular monthly meeting OF the Trustees
q ne pSS s SsnSS eel, w I'M nes last
Mason, BSiin, West, Lawrenes, 4. K. Bfowns,
Wilson Gh.nglip, j.: S: Brown, and 'hesec-
The minutes OF the last meeting were read
and approved. i -
teachers were presented and referfedi
BY the Chair: Uorthe Mayor) Mortimer A.
BY Mr.. west. Victoria V. Scott.
By Mr.. Wilson. Susan A. Tinncy, of ver-
ByA. X, browne; L. Z. scanion, of Port
the last. named as a teacher OF drawing.
BY MT: Mcclellan; Emma Prentice and Mary
Messrs. Wilson, Of the First distinct; Nc.
Lellan, of the Second district, and Lawrence,
OF the Fourth district, presented abstracts OF
their school report, for the month OF October,
issue. They were adopted.
Mr: A. X. Browne. presented the report on
The Teachers destitute, winch shows that
they have held two regular and interesting
Mr.. Browne urged that teachers aud trus-
tees should attend these meetings more fire.
to be accomplished there by the free discus.
sion Of matters pertaining to the teaching and
governing Of schools.
The report was adopted. ..
Mr.. Duiin. from the special committee APP
pointed Tor the purpose, reported the follow
ing, w Meq,, Wa Ms.n ~ me Wood
J. ). Brown, and Wilson, and then laid over
for consideration at the next regular meet
Be Il enacted blythe board Of Aldermen and Com
mon Council Of tie CRY of Washington, That
whenever any scholar belonging to any Of the
Of school during the regular hours, Without a
permit from the teacher, parent, or guardian,
any one Of the Metropolitan police on duty IL
such truant scholar and deliver him to the
custody Of the teacher of the school to which
he belongs, and also report the case at once to
the police ststion.house, at the discretion OF
the police magistrate.
MI; woodwaId presented the resignation
public schools; which was accepted. " ''''
MT. Judson >. Brown, chairman OF the Com
mittee on Accounts, reported, fayorably, q
number Of biilsi which were passed, and or
MT. Judscn s; Brown, from a special com.
mitise, reported that there remained pnex.
ending June 30, 1865, about $4,000.
Mr.. Wilson, from the Committee on Text
sssSs n the
ordered to have 800 copies Of the report printed
for the teachers.
the committee on rules and regulations. as the
rules now In use were defective In many par
ticulars, because Of changes having been
made.
Mr.. Wilson submitted the following, which
WAS adopted;
Resolved, /. That the gold medals for spelling
Grammar Se H scSoois one for The iatermedlate
schools No. !, one for the intermediate schools
No, 2, four for the Secondary schools, tone In
:. The medal. for the Secondary schools
shall be awarded BY the respective sub. boards
of trustees in each district.
ali mil
members Of this Board. one from each dis
trict, shall be appointed by the president to
conduct the examinations ana make the
awards In the Grammar and intermediate
schools.
/. The contest for the medal in the Grammar
manner : Six representatives shall be selected
from each Grammar school BY the teacher and
sent at the appointed time to the place desig.
words shall be selected by the committee from
"Worcester's Comprehensive Spelling Book"
and these words shall be written down BY the
the Grammar school the representatives OF
which, as body, have made less number OF
failures than any other pupil from the same
no decision can DO made between two or more
schools, Or two or more pupils 81 the same same
school the contest MY be son1,Gaea WIN
s. The contest for the medal In the uterine
diate schools, No. !, shall be conducted In the
same manner as the contest In the Grammar
schools, with the following exception: The
hrst two hundred words shall be selected OK.
ciuslyeiy from "worcester's Comprehensive
Spelling Book"
!. The contest for the medal In the Interme.
diate schools, No. 2, shall be conducted In the
same manner /" that in the Intermediate
I. No pupil who has received similar prize
for spelling IN the same school shall be al
lowed to contest for these medals.
8. The examinations shall take place as fol
lows; For the Grammar schools, IN the female
Grammar schoolroom, Second district, on the
lst Saturday In May, 1899, commencing AZ
No, ], in the female intermediate school
room, Second district. on the second Saturday
In May. lso0, commencing At S,elock A. III
same place, on the thiFd Saturday ~ play,
1890, commencing at o'clock a. " 4 I9r the
Secondary schools, on the fourth Saturday 10
designated by tho sub.bosrli
o, THE committees shall be required to re'
port TO this Board the results OF the examine
MT. Wilson presented resolution requiring
all acting teachers TO- appear before me noh,u
Of Examipation Of Teachers at their session
Mi. woodward offered q resolution requiring
teachers, hereafter, to add to the!r Fepoisi he
number Of scholars who are tatay ,o hIoop,ea
Rs,olprd, That the Board of Metropolitan
tain and report, within thirty days, the mum:
Der OF children between the ages OF g. and II
years, residing In the city OF Washington
Who do not attend schools twelve weeks an
nually, as required by section 20 OF act OF Con-
Eress, approved January 20, 1894,
RsIolped, That q committee OF one member
of this board from each district be appointed
to cooperate with the police commissioners,
Resolved, That his Honor, the Mayor, be re.
auested to present these resolutions to the
board OF Police Commissiohers, and request
their favorable action thereon,
Mr.. Woodward, OF the sub-board OF the Sec
opd district, reported that male intermediate
school had bseh established In that district,
and also reported several changes ip teacher
1hips. The report was adopted.
Mr. Mcclellan submitted RESOLUTION ie'
auiTing the Committee on Rules to 'oonsldeC
What changes shall be made In the rules, and
to report In print at the next meeting.
Also, presented the report OF the Committee
on the Examination OF Teachers, and reported
that Miss Maria Y, Davis was entitled to 1850
per annum from the hrst OF the present month.
Adopted.
Adjourned.