National Republican., 1873-09-10
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
THE LANGUAGE OF THE PATHERLAND


Small Resuits-The whole Subject Re.
ferred to n Special Commiitec-A Conn
plant Against Tom scotts Railroad
Routine Business.
The Board Of Trustees OF Publlc Schools held
their regular monthly meeting last night at the
Franklin school building present, Messrs. Hart,
Randolph, Rhees, Wilson, French, Faust, De-
trick, Champlin, Woodward, Stewart, Scott, Du-
lin, Allen, AtI,ee, Harris and Moore.
In the absence Of the president, Mr.. Wood.
ward was called 10 the chair, and DR.. A. T. Far.
don, secretary.
REsrGsArIoSs.
The designations Of Miss Ellen d. Hamlet,
Of Primary No. ., First district; Miss Mary A.
Scott, Of Secondary No. ., Third district and
Georgeanna Nicholson, Of Primary No. II, Third
district, were received and accepted.
RAILROAD BELL RIsoNG.
Mr.. Champln presented the following petition
from the teachers In the Jefferson school build
ing, Fourth district: 10
n,, wAsayseTes. Sept 8. 1873
GENTLEMEN; The undersig igned, teachers Of JEFF
| ferson schoobuildlng, respectfully call your at
tention to the continued bell.ringlng and steam
Of i he BslsimoIe % % and Potomsc railroad, whose
depot and turn-table are directly under the win
dows Of the schools placed by you IN our charge,
the whole Of last school term for some abate.
ment Of this nuisance, 90 thoroughly destructive
OF our labor, In the hope that when the trustees
tions, and were frequently obliged to suspend
| the exercises because neither pupils nor exam
liners could be heard. we would not again be
/ subjected to this deafsnlnR consultation OF
ringing bells, steam whistles and train rattling
| at the same time.
| The railroad company has housing for more
than dozen locomotives, which require cor.
| respondlnR number of tracks. aidlnRs and
| switches, and Q large portion being used during
school hours, the effect IL that We cannot hear
| the answers TO our questions given to the pupils,
and they do not hear, or they mlsunderstand
US, and thus fall In their recitatons the idle and
inattentive frequently pleading the noise and
enabling them to shirk recitations which silent
| school-room would elicit. The increased busi-
meas Of the railroad company since the compile
year q corresponding increase In the noise under
i our windows, so that II has at least doubled
since the close Of the last school term.
Wise, Annie Van Horn, Annie N. Adams, Mary
A. Bowen, Martha Barnes, Hattie L. Davis,
| Adele D. Gray, Bettie A. Robinson, II. II. Thomp-
v. frook, Lizzie j. Riley, Rllie Dunn Ellen Hall.
The eemmunlestion was referred to the At
torney for the District OF Columbia.
Superintendent Wilson presented the follow.
ing applications for teschers positions; which
= ID.
Jersey; Nellie L. KnoI, OF New YORK; Elsie q.
Justice, Of Warrington, and Theresa 5. Cush-
""' rHs DAILY RECORD ov RxcrrAross.
Superintendent Wilson presented the follow
| ing; which was adopted:
k,.oired,. That permission be given to the
| teachers Of the Grammar schools TO omit during
the present school year the daily record OF recl-
tstions now required BY the rules Of the board;
provided that, In lieu thereof, they shall hold
monthly written examinations on the several
studies pursued. examine and marx the value Of
the work done by the pupils, record the percent
age obtained BY each pupil in the record-book,
susrdians; and provided further, that . copy Of
the questions used each month shall be sent TO
the superintendent.
Female intermediate No. q franklin building,
In place Of Miss L. K Smith, transferred to the
| Normal school temporarily as acting teacher.
Kate 4. Rawlings, temporarily transferred to
Secondary No. 2, franklin building, In place OF
Nellie y. Reed, transferred to intermediate
No, 2.
Annie L. Sargent, acting teacher Primary No.
I, In place OF Hannah II. Hudson, VINO was una.
Ule TO assume her place.
in place Of Kate I. rawlings, temporarily trans!
ferred TO Secondary No. Q.
Annie NJ. Dalton, acting teacher Primary No.
IL, In place Of Ellen K. Hamlet, resigned.
| SCHOOL ACCOMMODATIONS.
The sub-board Of the First district reported
that on the ist Of September last there were
tcte,ss u admission had since BEEN Ssr issueS q
Under the law, the First dlstrict will be entitled
to nve additional schools. Not being able to
permsslou 10 open one additional Secondary
school, and purchase . set OF furniture. Re-
ferred to the committee on schools.
Mr.. Woodward, from the sub-board OF the
Second district, asked permission to rent room
In the Congregational church for Secondary
school, at rent Of $500 per annum; also. to pur.
chase set o. furniture for the same. Referred
| tla committee aC0Olls.
He also made the following nominations: Miss
N. King. transferred 10 Secondary No. u; Miss
10; Miss Emms Bond, transferred 10 Prinsry u
No. 4: Miss Ida Rhees, TO Primary No. .; Miss h
Porter, to Primary No. 10.
The report was rec0mmtted to the sub-board
Of the Second district for further consideration
NOMINATIONS.
Mr.. Dulln. OF the Third district, reported the
, Sls.n Sses n me-
transferred TO Secondary No. .; Miss NJ. E. Arm
stead, transferred from Secondary No. to Sec
PTSsy %sy, Ne Ms Ms5y PSSSss
Crosby, appointed teacher OF Primary No. 10.
Mr.. Hart, from the committee on accounts, re.
ported number Of bills, that were approved
The sub-board OF the Fourth district were au
thorixed TO have wire screens placed In front o
the lower windows OF the Jefferson schoo
Mr. Scott. from the committee on schools. sub
mitted . report, which was adopted, authorizing
the sub-bosrd q the FIRST district % open an I'D
ditionsl Secondary school, to be known a. Sec
ondary No. IL, and 70 purchase set OF school
furniture. Also, the sub-board OF the Third dis
trict to open an additional Primary school, to bt
known As Primary No. IS.
The MORN Al SCHOOL.
superintendent Wilson, from the special com
mittee on Normal school, presented the follow
Ing report; which was accepted:
I. That no pupils shall be admitted to the Nor.
NAL school except those who are now or who have
been pupils in one Of the Female Grammar school
| nf ha a,i,t arh nf wa
Q. That said pupils shall not be less than seven
tee nyears OF age. They must pass an eNami
nation equivalent to that upon which primary
! certificate Ia issued-the sald examination to bt
| conducted by the committee on teachers.
.. That the committee be authorized to secure
teacher for said school, subject to the approval
An adjourned meeting OF the committee wai
held on Saturday evening. and the following va,
agreed upon 70 DC submitted to the school boart
on Tuesday next for approvaE
l. The number Of pupils In tho Normal schoo
shall be limited TO twenty.
} .. Each candidate. before she Is admitted Il
setting forth her Intention to complete the pre-
scribed course OF atudy and to devote herself u
the work Of teaching IN the public schools Of
0. All text books, books Of reference, charts
apparatus, &c., used by the school, shall be pro
. 8. T6s following subjects shall be taught IL
the schools, viz: Reading, spelling, penmanship
: drawing, vocal music, theory and art Of teach
Ing, practice In teaching, phonetica, object les
= sons, physical and vocal culture, botany, zoolo
gy, English grammar, knglish literature, compO
I sition, map drawing and geography, history
mental philosophy. Ali those studies are to b,
pursued with special reference 10 the bes
methods OF teaching the same.
o. Miss Luclla X. Smith, teacher OF Femal
intermediate school No. 2, FIRST district, shal
: : be transferred 10 this school as acting teache
: temporarily.
GERMAN IN TIE SCHOOLS.
II The resolution to dispense with the teachn
OF German In the public schools was then take
up for consideration.
MT. Dulln offered the following as q substitut
for the above Action;
Resolved, That the amount Appropriated 70
0 two German teachers, and the amount which
under the law approved January "a, 1870, allow
n $500 to each Of two assistant teachers In tn
First and Third district Grammar schools, be el
. pended by appointing one assistant teacher ~
}, each Male Grammar school In the city, allowin
them 900 each; and that said assistant teache
!, must be able 10 teach the German language, an
4 shall teach the same In the Grammar schools {
4 the city.
!, Mr.. Stuart thought the German teachers r,
!. ceiyed too much pay for the work perf0rme
n and the scholars too little instruction. Unles
:. this could be remedled he would favor the abol
= ton Of the study. II teachers could be secure
4 who would faithfully perform their duty h
" | would favor the continuance OF the study, II
\ thought It should be referred to committee fo
fair and square report on the subject.
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