Evening star., 1870-03-09
The Publtc schools.


the Annual Examination, dc.
A regular meeting OF the Board of Trustees
Public Schools was held last evening at their
rooms on 9Th street Mr.. W. X. Woodward in the
chair and the following members present
Nessrs. Brown. Nashon, Browne, Wilson, Nc
Lellan, Moore, Champhn, ana Lawrence, with
MIR. Il. Richards, Superintendent. Mr. A.
Browne. who succeeds MIR. "A. T.. Newton N.
appointed to Till the vacancies on cor Mas
occasioned by the resignation OF the I'm n.'Vees
Mr. a N. Browne read a letter huer.
f. Newton, late Trustee Of the rom MI; A.
taking leave OF the Board, o5 1 rmse District,
grateful appreciation OF nu ;t,APIesslng ms
which nc ha1 IA, 'eSgnoeu Er.e &c their hands.
Measures 1or whic n he has labbred Will -. 40"
GCmpHShed, ann ing them the establishment of I,
hlgh anu hcfmal or training school the uni-
iefh gra"-dation and classification OF the schoo, $
lhe lhoi fuil eniis tment OF the interest of pa
rents and the public in the schools the supnIy
oil adequate and at least respectable school
buildings. the furnishing on the part of the Ma
tiOhaI Government OF a proper share OF the eX-
Ithses OF tne schools, the setting apart OF the
schCOI fund a. sacred to its proper purIose the
enlargement OF the board, with provision against
frequent and sweeping changes. and. finally,
= the speedy removal of ali caste or race dis
unctons, by which our school system NAV b !.
placed in accord WITH the spirit OF the age, and
made worthy OF the capita! of a free Republic"
MI. Browne, IN presenting this letter, tooN
occasion TO speak OF the pleasure he felt in bein
again III the board. and his regret that the board
had lost - efficient "a member a. Mr. Newton.
Mt Mcclellan, FROM The special committee on
annual examination, submitted the followIn :
rel Ort; which was adopted:
fiTet. That the examination for the Kendall
tr.ct Female Grammar school. on SATURDAY, jan,
% n; at . a m, subject g. the following rules
il alton e. nductei h% MS.-rs, q. q. " Wght. q 4
Young aAd Otis Mason. should either OF them ,
unabie 70 attend, the others may appoint sd5sti-
2 The candidates; not more than four fl om each
sut-Ustrict, shall be- selected by the several sub
boards ard they shall D. examined in the follow ing
bo,k VIZ ;-Da'Is Practical Arithmetic, through
Lossing Common school History, including the
ConsIiiui-on OF the l tied states: Warren Culn
and Comprehensive Spelling Book zone hundra1
words To be s-lected.i Hhiard's Skin Reader in
3. The marks shall he ON a scale of ono hundred
dnid.d a. follows: For arihm, tic and grammar
4. The candidates shall be designated by numb. RS
hy which alone they shall be known to the exam
lnerS. Each candidate shall write his name and
nun Der oil "a pa per and enclose il in an efyelop.
which he shall seal and give to the examiners
number oi tie csnidaie who shall reeete the he
.st aggregate marks and forward t. then all tn,
taed envelopes At the next meeting Of th, boar.I
the nv shall be opt ned, and the nam Of th.;
T',ididate announced and the scholarship rdei
,, o, he examination papers shall not be inspected
earidaies alone shall be present. at the .Samna Ss ma
ton.
Second. The committee recommend that the fol
lowing prizes be offered, and that they b. presented
va each school at the examination. OF II all IA .
schools Of district at the close of the term, a,
may be thought best by the several sub boards
l. eOid medal IN each grammar and int-rmedi
ale sCnO"i ana silver medal III each secondary and
primary school for punctuality, exemplary conduct
and nnpro'tment within the year
diste school fer IIr best written examinations
Ill Fix diplomas in each school for exemplary
conduct and Punctuality.
~ Three diplomas i'll each school for attention to
study and imprcv cement.
V. One diploma i'll each school for improvement in
pcbmsn-hiP.
" One diploma in each school for peatness
vi one IPlulni. III each school Tor Improvement
only one prize shall Be Civ en- to the same pupil
but when pupil shall be entitled to "a second award
= cha be made 10 the pupil standing next in order
shall hot te exceeded in any case but it may be re
uuctl When the sub board and teachers shall no.
consider the full number of scholars entitled to
prizes.
III. cub board of Trustees, with the advice and
hsshtahce "i the teachers shall make the awards in
Ihtr respective districts; and the teacher of each
school shall make out the list of prizes with the
haines ard ages Of the pupils entitled to them, and
IN the day Ui examination hand it To a trustee
who shall approve il and forward it to the Secre-
=, The con mittee also recommend that they be an
G!ciZtu 10 procure az an expense not exceeding
mas ~
They also suggest that Friday June q, be con.
sldered the ast hool Cay of the and that the
reports Ter June Close with that day, although the
school session be continued till June a. and tina:
teachers be reqsired to hand in their r port forms
L, :; and -; On or before The 18th Of thai month
To the examinations, recommending that tn:
month OF June be devoted to the examinatious
winch are TO commence at 81 O'Clock a. IN. and
close AT T. m; five or six schools to be examined
per day, from one to two hours each; referred
to Special Committee on Examinations
MI. Moore submitted report amending the
rules so as to provide that the schools shall be
opened at and close al O'Clock; which was
adopted unanimously.
Mr.. a. h. Browne, from the Committee on
Congress and the Councils, submitted a draft OF
It4 Ef fls1 IL in.
answer to resolution, stating the reasons here
toioIe gwen, why reports had not been made
during the past two years; report adopted.
MI. Lawrence moved that the subject OF in
Producing charts in the schools be referred to
the Committee on Text Books; carried.
MI. D. y Brown moved that the Committee
on Text Books consider the subject OF changing
the song books now used; carried
Mr.. Mcclellan called attention to the fact thai
no no one had been appointed on the part of the
Beard on the committee on school house for the
Second District, and MessTs. Mcclellan Brown,
Moore, and Champlin were appointed. Mr.
MeLeilan declined, and Mr.. woodward was ap-
pointed in his place.
Mr Lawrence dthat the teachers be en-
powered, with the consent of the respective sub
boards; to discontinue drawing. Mr.. l.. said that
IN his district drawing was to a great extent a
Iallrre, and il inte erfered with other studies
Messrs. j. s. Brown and Richard, smoke of
the Importance OF drawing; referring to the
nect ssity OF the pupils being educated to become
artists, and take the places now almost entirely
nlled by fore'g 'gners. 1t was urged that there was
no conIpulslon 10 teach drawing, and Mr.. l..
withdrew his resolution.
Mr. Richards spoke of having found that num-
bers OF children had been suspended from the
schools, and also referred to the fact of some of
The teachers closing the door on tardy pupils
lie had made inquiry into the cause of suspen-
SION IN some cases, and thought that they were
lnsumcient, and referred to a case where chill
dren not having mothers care were freauent-
ly kept out of school by this custom. Ur sng-
gtsted that some reform might be made in this
particular.
MIR. Mcclellan referred to the rule as to tardv
pupils, and spoke of the experience of teachers
IN the Second District, where there was very
little tardiness now, owing to a strict enforce-
ment OF the rule. The Board adjourned
~
" NJ. c: A delightful entertainment was
gwen py the directors of the Young Mems Chris
uan M association IN their new building, corner
vi sth ahd ID streets The rooms were tastefully
Gecorateu. The Marine Band gave some of
.her eLolcest music, led by Prof. Scala Sup
PCT was served about ten o'clock by Wormlev
AT the conclusion, Gen. Howard gave An A..
count OF the workings of the association and the
purpose of the building N ''A0
MT. H. ID. Cooke stated that the total cost had
exceeded the amount for which the compapv
was authorized to issue stock by about So5 Ooj
IL was proposed to appeal to the citizens of
washington FOR that amount, all OF which would
De direetly applied to the transfer of stock 10
une association. After several encouraging adj
uitnses' number of gentlemen present sub-
s'arpeu over 81 coo toward the amount
o.. nc ionIo"ihg committee of six was appointed
~ ~ Iatse the remaining S2O, 900 Col PhiIin A
~ cnePneIu, w IN. >. Huntingdon Hallet XIII