The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-10-28
school Committee,

The regular monthly meeting of the school
committee occurred last evening. In the alb
sence of the Secretary, Clarence Hale, Esq,
was chosen Secretary pro tenn.
A communication from j. H. Coffin, request
ing that his son incapactated by weakness of
eyes, from study be allowed TO sit in the school
roomIwithout studying, was referred to the COM
mittee in charge.
A communication was received from the
Mayor, announcing that the new school-house
on Vaughan street, was completed and ready to
be transferred to the committee. The commu-
nication was referred to the executive commit
tee.
The Committee on Fire Alarm reported an
arrangement for announcing omission of the
afternoon session on stormy days, on and after
November LIST.
On motion of Mr.. Pullen,
Ordered that the afternoon session of the
grammar and primary schools be suspended
during the continuance of the Teachers 1nsti-
tute TO be held in this city in November, and
that the teachers be notified that they are ex
pected to attend the afternoon session of the In.
stitute.
Miss Katie B. Clark was elected assistant in
Park street grammar school for boys.
The cases of Octaya Isabella Sargent Min
ME Milliken and Annie Buzzell, asking to be
excused from attendance during portion of
the daily session, on account of sickness, were
referred to the respective sub committees in
charge, with power.
Miss Laura S. Deering was elected assistant
in the Fourth grammar school for boys.
The action of the High School Committee in
temporarily employing Miss Carrie E. Gould
and Miss Alice Warren in the High School,
was approved.
Mr.. Hale for the Executive Committee, re-
ported contract with Godfrey Massey, and
Patrick Kirwan. Janitors of the High and
North Schools respectively, providing for full
care, washing, sweeping and busting of both
school buildings which was approved.
On motion of Mr.. Chapman, Rule was sus-
pended, and the following order received
passage under the suspension.
Ordered, That text book of English litera-
ture be adopted for use in the High School of
this city; also, that Shaw's Manual of English
Literature be the text sboo1 so adopted, unless
the High School Committee, upon farther in
vestigation, may find work which in their
Judgment may be better adapted for the wants
of the school, in which case the High School
Committee is hereby authorized to substitute
said work for Shaw's Manual, and the work
thus substituted shall be considered adopted as
.as a text book of the High School, without
further action npon the part OF this Board.
Bills to the amount of 50, 724.1 were present.
ed by the Executive Committee, and approved
by the Board.
On motion of Mr.. Pdlen,
Ordered, That the Executive Committee be
authorized to furnish copy of Webster's Die
tionary to each school not now provided; salso,
one copy for the Committee room.
On motion of Mr.. Blanchard.
Ordered, That the Executive Committee be,
and they are hereby instructed toEenquire and
procure estimates of the cost of so remodeing
the High School bnilding, as to give in the
basement story of the same, school hall fur
nished with settees, of sufficient capacity to ac-
commodate the whole number of pupils for
general exercises, the furnishing of rooms on
the same floor with chemical and philosophical
apparatus, and of dividing by glass partitions.
with movable slides, into four rooms each, the
two main rooms used by the High School, and
also that occupied by the Fonrth Grammar
School-and of putting the Centre street school
house into suitable condition for occupancy by
the Fonrth grammar school, including the fur
nishing of iron gates, by which the school yard
may be completely enclosed, and of paving the
yard with bricks or cement, and report in de-
taillto this Board at their earliest convenience.
THE SToRM-Early yesterday morning a
heavy northeast storm, accompanied with a
high wind, set in. Before noon the wind chang
ed to the south, and it rained in torrents. We
hear of 20 accidents to shipping in our imme-
diate vicinity, and it is quite probable that
noasting vessels had ample warning of the APP
.roacbino storm to seek harbor A large
arrived in the lower roads Sundsy and
nss.u The tide rose very high in our har-
1870 ~ o,moge resulted to the wharves
Outside OUr gde y very heavy sea was running. Nc
steamers left last night on Boston OF Ne"
York route. In the city the awnings were con,
siderably shattered by the wind, and umbrellas
turned inside-out The trains arrived on Time
> and up to last night no wsshout on any OF tne
railroads had been reported. The unusual
quantity of rain that has thus far fallen this
fall will eeplenlsh the reservoirs of the earth
with an abundant winters supply, and must be
very gratifying to the farmers.
AN EPIsoDE.-Last Sunday forenoon at one
of the city churches, the usual time for begin