Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-08-10

Public Schools was held last evening at the
Franklin School Building-Mr Murtagh in the
chair, Messrs. Harris and Hart, First District;
Mcclellan, Woodward, and Hall, Second; Dulin,
French, and Clarke, Third: Murtash, Cbamplin
anu Stepher son, Fourth; Superint sndent
W,,.on. and Dr. Pardon, Secretary, present.
Mr.. Champlin presented application OF ,Johu
Esp uta, as teacher OF music; referred. Also,
resignation of Lizzie Henning; accepted.
MI woodward presented rCsigna ion of Mis-
Also, application Of Ebert Turner for teacher
ship; referred.
MIR. Dulin presented the applications Of Miss
Nellie Jones, Miss Cynthia b. Rockwell, and
Miss McCutchen for teachers positions; which
were referred.
Mr.. Mcclellan made a report from the COM
mitfee on text books, which lies over under the
rules. The report Is as follows:
''Iour committee, after a careful examination
OF the extended list of books authorized in the
schools, have concluded that an Improvement
can be effected bv q iudiciors reduction of the
number. The multiplication Of books in a SERIES
while necessary TO q certain extent, if carried
beyond the proper limit, binders the prOgressof
a scholar, and needsssly adds to the cost of his
Is obliged TO buy a book ON entering a school of
one grade to 60 half, or even but az quarter
through it and then. on being promoted, to lay
IL aside for higher work of the same ser eS,
which, IN its turn, is partly learned and then
discrrded. This is true % general rule with
all the graded books except the speller and
The brief time spent by most of the scholars
in acquiring an education and the limited M ans
of their parents make it the duty OF this board
10 consult economy of time and money in ar
ranging the plan of studies. With this view
your committee recommend that Dawes Fie-
mems OF Arithmetic be dropped from the Isl
Tor econdary schools and that Day es' Practical
ArIhmet1c be substituted for it. The recon-
mendaton g made with the greater confidence
DC cause the experiment has been tried in a
number OF schools and proved succ full. The
vol
schools. and it is believed can be Completed
there, it this plan be adopted, inst ,ad of being
carried INTO The grammar schools.
The Third Reader and Primary Spelling Book
should be, and generally, if not always, are
completed in tue primary schools. The COM
mittee recommend that they be stricken from
the list for the secondaries.
The histories now in use are very nnsatisfac-
torv. The Primary History is so difidse that il
Is difficult for either scholar or teacher to ex-
tract the leading idea from the ms IS OF words.
The Common School History is too long. and
does not gain in int -est by its prolixity. These
BOOKS, too, are open to the object on before re-
ffTred tO-the first seldom or never is finished
when IL gives way to the second. Why two
works on this subject should be used in schools
20 nearly alike as our grammar and inferno
date schools it would be difficult to say. With
me works now on our list the study extends
through course of four years, and but a small
part 81 the scholars finish the Revolution In
place OF the series now used the committee re-
commends the substitution OF Campbell's His
tory on the United States. The following are
soEie OF lts advantages:
First. Accurdcy-OriginaIly written by Chas
A. Goodrich, and subjected to the ordeal of
use by some generations of schola-s and teach
eIs- "A lew years ago 1t was revised by the late
w M d. Sears, the successful principal of the
Girls High and Normal School, OF Boston, a
pfactical teacher, accomplished schOlsr, and
conscientious student; and now il has been thor
GU ghly revised, renovated and condensed by l..
d, campbell, careful editor OF school be 1ks.
second; Corciseness.-About the size of the
q clear and full statement of the history of our
country from the earliest discovery to the pres
ent time, emitting no important facts. Clear
ne and ease OF style have not been sacrificed
Third. Aeihodical Arrangement-The topics
and snb-toPics are systematically arranged un-
der displayed headings, well sdapted to attract
the attention. Besides this the important words
which give the key to each section are printed
I'D bold-faced type, suggesting at a glarice to
teacher and scholar the leading thoughts and
facts.
Fourth. accurate aud Abundant Mlps-As in
diSpersable III hist Dry as in a geography.
Fifth Reriers-Giying in a ,ew paragraphs
a summing up o. the events Of long period,
SIKH. EcOHcB,y.-The retail price OF the two
books now in use is three dollars; OF this one
dollar and quarter. 1t will be introduced for
halt that sum.
The committee also recommend that the fol-
lowing hooks, which are used but little or not
AZ ali. be stricken from the list :-Sheppard's
Text Book OF the Constitution, Quackenbos'
Fist Lessons in Composition, Davies Elemen-
tary Geometry ard Practical Mathematics, Los
sing History Of the United States for Schools
ara FAMILIES, Cpham's Mental Philosophy,
Burnetts Geography Of the Heavens; and for
grammar schools, Kerl's Frs: Lessons in Eng
iish Grammar.
As the German classes soon will need dction-
aIles, the committee recommend the adoption
Of that standard work, Adler's German Die
tiCnsry.
For book of reference for the teachers. they
recommend the adoption of MOnroe's Vocal
Mir. French, from the committee on rules.
report amending the rules he.eto-
lore OF served, which was laid over for future
Mr.. ChsmpIin, from the committee on ac
eoun'S, Trcsented The account of the treasurer
l. also several bl's which were approved and
ordered TO be raid.
Mr. Harris offered resolution that a. the cor
iitiCn OF the finances demands tho exercise OF the
most rigid economy, that assistant teachers in
ne male grammar schools should be dispensed
Mr.. Harris urged that the adoption of this
resolution would save 500. There were no
a 'istaBts employed in the second and fourth
district, and Mr.. Thompson states that he
would have no such a. 'istants.
Mr.. Duln urged that at the Wallach Building
such an ass's'1nt was absolutely necessary.
The resolution was adopted, yeas; NAYS
Messrs. Dulin and HAIL..
Mr.. Harris, from the sub-board of the first
district, submitted the following named ap-
-
Mckee; emale grammar, Mrs. Mary l.. X. Ne
witt; Male intermediate No. !, Mr.. A. r. Stew
art, acting; No. 2, Miss Miss Kate A. McMahon;
I emaie intermediate No. ], Miss Fannie f.
Hoover No. 2, Miss NJ. Augusta Evans; Secon-
dairy No Miss Oceana A. Walker; No 2, Miss
Susie l.. Hawkin; No. 3, Miss 5. T.. Gibbs; No.
!, Miss Lizzie Csmpbell; No. 5, Mrs NJ. E. Ro-
der; No. 6, Miss Addie Fuller; No. !, Miss Ellen
Gibbs; No. 8, Miss Lotte Dexter; Primary No.
], Miss NJ. /. Marsh; No. ., Miss Jennie l.. Hal
aran; No. 3, Miss Fannie Julien: No. 4, Miss
Dora y. Brown; No. 5, Miss Fannie Brown: No
6, Miss NJ. r. Stabler; Ne. Z, Miss Mary L. Will
son; No. s, Miss Mary McGlll; No. 9, Mrs. Mary
j. Sampson; No. 10, Miss Ella McMahori; No.
IL, Mis- Ellen T.. Hamlet; No. II, Miss Katie
Snyder; No. -, Miss Lucy A. NOyes; No. IA, Miss
Jennie Dounard; No. 10, Miss Kate Rawlings:
No. l6, Miss Mary ii. Ware; sub-assistant Miss
Belle Wilson. They were elected.
Ir. A. Il. Stewart is a new teacher here; Miss
annie julien was sub-assistant last year; Miss
Mary +. Wilson served in the second district
last year; Miss Kate Rawlings and Miss Belle
Wilson are new teachers.
Mr.. Woodward, from the sub-board of the
second district, submitted the following an
polntments: Male grammar, y. p. Gage acting
Female grammar, Georgia Lane. Male inter-
mediate No. I, Julia A. Brown; No. 2, Adele
TAFT. Female intermediate No. 1, Emily ".
Billing; No. 2, Emily Myers. Secondary No. /.
Mary T.. Rowe; No. z, Jane Thomas: No 3
Maria y. Davis; No. A, Alice l.. Kern; No. s.
Mary NJ. ChaplD; No. 6, Susie T.. Tilley; MOI.
Eliza Cation; No. 9, II. Jennie Free; No 9. DC,
t2via Israel; NO. 10, Emily Robinson Primary