Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-01-03

FIRST Meeting AND ORGANIZATION OF THE
New SCHooL BoARD.-The school board for
1872 met and organized last evening, Mayor
Very, president of the beard ex-officio, in the
chair. The first business, as usual, was the
reading Of the superintendent report. 1t ex-
tended a greeting to the reelected members and
cordial welcome to the newly elected ones, and
in the first few pages Mr. Marble gave some
idea to the board Of the importance of the trust
in lis hands. The amount of property in the
city over which the school board exercises CON
troll is one Million and the number of persons
whose welfare must be looked to at the same
time is no less than ten thousand. One hun
dred and fifty teachers are employed in $40
schools, and to look after 50 many would be
found no small duty
The report also discussed the condition of the
schools, mentioned few changes since the De-
cember meeting Of the board of 1871; alluded
to the visit of Professor Smith to this city in the
interests of industrial drawing, noted the sue
cess of the evening Schools and touched briefly
upon the newlhigh school house, its dedication,
and occupation by the 1926 pupils OF our high
school
The following resolution was unanimously
adopted:
Whereas, the high school house, by the recent
dedtcatOry services. having been transferred to this
board by the city council, and
Whereas, the house, the grounds around it, and
the approaches to it, not having been fully COM
pleted; therefore
Resolved, that the city government be respect-
fully requested to complete the same, according to
the plans and designs upon winch the work has
been up to this time prosecuted.
An order, declaring the existence of vacan.
cies in the board by the resignation of George
Thrall of ward three and d. S. Goddard of ward
six, and asking the board of mayor and alder
men to meet the school board in joint conven-
ton the 18th inst, for the purpose of eecting
members to fill said vacancies, was adopted.
A petition for school house in the easterly
part of the city, on what is known as Oak Hill,
signed by James Draper AMI some seventy others
was referred to the committee on school houses
The following committees were appointed for
the year:
On School Houses-The mayor, Stone, Wood
ward, Gale, WhItcomb and Chaplin.
On Books and Apparatus-Wo Odward, Stod-
dard, Williams, Jacques and Hall.
On Examination of leacheIs-Ise superin-
tendent, Warner, Jaques, Hall, Metcalf and Gar
rgan.
On Finance-'Ghe mayor aud superintendent,
Metcall, Aldrch, Warner Goulding and Har-
rngtOn.
On Assigning Visitols-The superintendent,
Griffin, Ballard, Gale, McNulty and Ann B.
Earle.
The remonstrance from the residents of Burn.
coat Plain district, against the dIScontinuance
of the school in that district, was referred 10 fine
special committee with whom the same subject
was leftby the last board.
A petition from the Junto debating society.
asking leave to use room in the old high school
house for weekly meetings Of the society, was
referred to the committee on school houses.
A petition from W. A. Watson, agent for the
state temperance society," for leave to continue
his temperance work in the schools, was referred
to the mayor, superintendent and secretary of
the board.
A petition from residents in the "Pond Dis
trict," asking that that the name OF the district
be changed from Ponl to Bloomingdale was
granted 50 far as TO call the house the Gloom
ingdale school house." but not to call it the
BloJmingdae district.
A petition for a new school house in ward two
was referred 70 the committee on school houses.
A petition from the teachers of the Woodland
street house for the Introduction of water into
each sink in the house, was referred TO the com
mittee on school houses.
The resignation Of Carrie E. Putnam, as
teacher in the East Worcester primary school,
was accepted.
Messrs. Aldrich, Hall and Metcaf were ap-
pointed committee to revise the rules of the
board.
The committee on music was authorized to
purchase cover and stool for the new piano at
the high school.
Adjourned.