Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-10-14
EVENING STAR.
LOCAL n E W 8.
Board of Trustees of PuIIie Schools.

Board of Trustees of Public Schools
The Board held regular monthly session
last evening, IN the.T rooms. At the Civ Hail
tie President, w. J. Muraugh, Esq, in he
char and ar. "A. r Pardon, secretary. All
the me mbsTs present
Mr.. A. h. Browne presented a communic,
ton from Profess Hehry Mason teudarinv
his services TO teach a class of public school,
taeheIs IN the French languaye Also ono
from Professor Alexander A a. Kl,urka =.
ferlng 10 teach the German language TO The
TEACHERS OF public schools. Mr. Mel
my, y ~ secept me propositions of these gan
Ihe following applications for teacherships
IN me public schools were present d and re-
nII r by Mr. West-LizZie Brown. BY NJ.
uson-Miss A Z. Piper, Of Chester, Pa BY
MT bowsa-MIss Mary nj. Walker BY Mr..
mOore-Ms1es Mary Wilkerson and Mary A.
G Hsyhoids. BY Mr.. McLellan.Mrss j. Emma
Stokes.
Mr.. Wilson presented n notice from Mr.. Jas.
'" Barker 10 yacate the sehool-house on II, be-
tween 18th and 18Th streets. Ordered 10 be
placid on file.
Mr.. Dulin offered a resolution requesting the
Committee before the CI5y Councils - urge the
Councils TO PISS a law puuisning and prevent
ing uuency of pupils of the public schools
He re marked that frequently, bee luse of tru-
ency. paren's punt he'd their children So
yeTely ~ home, aud at school they We're again
punished. End be thought IL produced a oId
ct. Mr.. A. X. Browne stat d that the plan
worked well, and he thought the eff Z would
fe good here. Mr.. West said the sumo syst I'M
proved success in Bo ton, and when N was
begun there We're 1850 truanls, and by a recent
report II was :scsr'1ined that the truants num-
ber' only 80 in all. Mr.. Mason moved that
the resolution be 50 amended as to req uire the
committee 10 wnom the bill is committed, to
report at the reXt meeting of this Bo.rd. Ac-
cspted, and the resolution was adopted
Mr.. Wilson, fem the committee on text
BOOKS, made a report to add TO the list for
"HolbIook's Forms for Object Teacher Will
sons Charts Of COlors, Nos. Is and H. To tue
list Tor secondary schools. {" ID, as No. :,
"SpelliBg Exercise Book" The list for inter.
ID date schools, add. a No 5, "SpeIling Ex-
sreIse Boos," and take of .'Shurtlef's Govern
mental and Instructor" To the list for gram
mar schools, add as No. 8. Spelling Exercise
BOOK, aud sub5utute for ''tIovermen, Il In
structOr," "Sheppard's First Book of the Con-
stItutIon; also, substitute for "Comstock's
Natural Philosophy" s.Natural Philosophy
Pecks Cannot"
Mr.. :. J. Brown offered 4 resolution reciting
the taet5 ''that only 1,4CJ csite children out of
the 6,tCO residing in the First School District
can now be accommodated In all the public
schools IN sild district most of which are To-
cat q in rooms entirely unfit for the purpose
and for winch the corporation pays a heavy
rent, I'd incrrs still gre .ter expense for re-
psirs; and the building know as the Frank
hu School Building" located in the very best
pes-sIon for the accommodation of LOCO of the
scholars OF this District, was commenced more
than four y ars ago, and Is now SO far ad-
ysnSed that il may be completed and put i'm
pCssf scion of the schools in few months AT
The Ia lest; therefore expressing the opinion
OF The Board that the necessities and best inter-
esis OF the public schools urgently demand
that the Franklin School Building shall be
complet d and turn d over 70 the schools at the
earliest possible moment; and recommending
and urging upon the Mayor and City Councils
To iaAe suCn IILmeGlai action as may be neccs-
sary 10 insure the spC dy completion OF the
Franklin School Building"
The Ts-oluUons Were advocated by M--srs
J. = Brow n, Mcclellan, " God ward, Nurtagh
and wilson, and opposed by Messrs. DulIn and
Bowen and adopted.
Mr.. Murtayh gave notice that. at the mex.
meeting he would offer 4 bill recommending
Tie Grating Of the office of Superintendent of
Pnbhc Schools. Adjourn 4