Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-02-25
Raasa.lsual.
MrETINa on nm scHooL BoARD.

iass lses evening a. The zaaaAl place. EFe@lasnf
~ Tsiiss from iZs COMMITTEES, os, Tsachsss.te
whom ms referred sas resolution OF inquiry .
TO VAR Eziss Msry J. Lose having passed 8
sneeessful ezamiHasi1n, had nes been assigned
TO school, reported that Niss Lowe was not
ssssaszfal tssehaE shish sleas vss ne sAslae Of
HEf, ffcpk from the special committee on the
subject Of The suspension OF expulsion OF Ahsenr
tees, presented report aa substitute fur one
Of the Fufss. mo1erAting the command to dis
crstientEy matter With the prlneipzlHin relhtion
70 the snapansion Of the children. t-.A.al
ME. Ferris Thought thero was too much tantor
iugy IN ths report and that It would fe41 to
much trouble between the conmittea, the
parents ana the teaehars. He wished something
more pl5in and aznpie. LAS.
& AE. MooEs agreed with Mr.. Ferris, md ueuld
much prefer substituting the word May for
the word q Shall In the rule. -ad7
Mr. FFoCk defended the report and said it wac
what the members some time ago wanted, who
ve5s BOW SgPosslg ne ,II TspOTd, Z. ..o,, -
cspted, and on the motion Of Mr. Frook to adopt
Mr.. Hiliea gave hts reasons for opposing itb
adoption, and said he had not heard OF any ssaes
Of hardship arising from the enfosDensnf OF Ehs
Nj AtEinsoa defended the report, and said
the President Of the Board had frequently called
Attention 70 this arbitrary measure, and sugeee-
ted its modification. Ar. Hilles, was certainly
mistaken for many cases Of hardship had ariseb
and teaohesa had suspended and expelled with
them
The first article Of the report was then adopt
ed, but for the sseend article Mr. Moore moved
'6hsll" stricken out and the word .Msy inssr-
= hlr, Ehortlidgs moved further to amend BY
adding the following in the 4fh line OF the arti-
ole, s.and shall report Immediately to the yisits
desultory debate By Messrs- Shortlidge, Baird,
Moore and others in favor of the substitute,
and Mbssra. Atkinson and Frock in favor of the
report the substitute of Col Moore was adopt-
ed, and on motion Of Dr. Hhartlidge the rules,
as amended, were ordered to be printed, and
copies furnished to the teachers. si sa |
Mr.. Baird, from the Finance Committee re-
ported that the appropriation for the support Of
the Public Schools wAs sufficient to meet all jusl
claims, including the recent advance in the
Teachers salaries. He also reported that the
Uommittee had made application to the oity
Council for an additional appropriation of $780,
900 for the erection OF more school houses.
On motion Of Mr.. Child. the Finsnee Caasss.s
e tee ssrs instructed g pege ,o.s- h nla ,nast
70 az.sss1 e the Board and pay salaries, not
- : zJeed 81, 600. a4sM
1 On motion Of Mr.. Hillea the Finance Commit
/ tee were instructed to draw all money belonging
Mr.. Hillss, from the Committee on Teachers,
/ reported the following change Of teachers THAI
Miss Annie E. Magarity be removed from No.
TO No. 8, in place OF Miss Wier. she TO take Mist
Megarity'sl place in No. Z. Also, that Mst
Broomall now LIST assistant in No. IL, and His
SAllie Taylor, 2d assistant in same school, ex
change piaces. y ~. 4-t
4 He also offered o communication from A. II
Tenney, Principal Of Boys school No. l, in whicl
he objected to teaching two hours In the Norma
| school on Saturday, without additional compen
cation. Mr.. H. stated that teaching in the Nor
| NAL school, though not in the written agreement
was one OF the conditions upon which he wa
employed, and he therefore reported against an
increase in salary, which report was adopted.
Superintendent Harlan presented the follow
ing monthly report Average registered mum
bers Of pupils, 3,74l average attendance, s. 1866
per cent. of attendance, 90 number OF spp
csnts for admission to the schools, 129 nnmbe
of vacancies, 764. .r7-tg tne
fers, offered report, which is fully aumfna
rized elsewheie. % 0t3- sAss
On motion of Mr. Jenkins, the Committee o
School No. s were instructed to repaint tn
inside of the house. Tft F1trr
On motion OF Mr.. Curry, the Committee O
No. we're instructed TO carpet the platform.
Mr.. Shortlidge, from the special Committe
] to report on the practice of scholars leaving O
not leaving the school room during recess,
the detriment OF the health o. the pupils, II
ported in favor of notifying the teachers to us
/ more discretion. The report was adopted an
circulars ordered to be printed and sent to eac
/ teacher.
A communication from William J., Morrow
/ recommending his plastic rooIlpgi anu onerin ~
TO put it on for Ia cents per foot, was read an
i referred 10 the Rpprspriato Committee.
rs suan one-stoTy building, with no machiner.
The little shop gave way to 3 larger one eac
! succeeding year saw steady gain over the pr'
ceding. and when, ten years ago, Oliver Amt
died, his little nail and shovel shops had grow
to be,one Of the leading Industries Of the natol
and Ames' shovels were known and used througl
out the world. BE died ct an advanced ag
! having lived TO see fourishing town grow /
around him, which, in a large measure, owG
| TO him it's existence and prosperity. He WI
1 universally respected 9 keen, energetic man
! business. yet singulArly straightforward 81
: upright In his dealings -4l
al The Ames family have always been Interest,"
/ in the welfare OF North Easton, and eve
/ scheme for public Improvement meets the
: ready support and receives from them substa
i tial aid. They have always been firm advocat
4 The Committee on Teachers were instruct
A to appoint time and place for the examinatit
Of teachers in the month of March.
On motion Of Mr.. Atkinson, Committee
!, one from each Ward, was appointed to secure
= place and make arrangements for holding t
= annual school election. The President appoir
|, cd the following Committee VIM. H. PIER
2 John II. Moore, Benjamin Nields, VIM. r. Gun
l; Thomas M. Cnlbert, r. O. Fraim, M. NJ. Chill
}, VIM. J. Morrow, ZibA Ferris, Lewis p. Lynch.
D, On motion of DIR. Shortlidge, the Commit
70 on Teachers were instructed to take into cons
Grafton the salaries paid Misses Francis, Husa
9 and Lewis, and compare them with the salaf
: paid other teachers filling similar positions, a
> make report at the next meeting OF
i; Board.
Ii On motion OF Mr.. oulbert, the COMMITTEES
" No. IL were instructed to paint the inside wa
e OF the school house some bright color
10 This following orders were drawn during
v evening; Johnston Bogia, $21 so; 9.
ie Johnson, $44.57; Boughman, Thomas Il c
g. S9O5.94 McMullen d Seal, $1.50; George
5. Vernon, $500; jenkins d Atkinson, &6.l
es William Finn, $500; William H. PIERCE u
or so.