, 1873-06-11
THE SCHOOL BOARD:
Bids for Supplying tho Jones
School Furniture.
The Salary Question:. instructions IN
~. tho German Languago---At-
!. tendance.

. Fho Doarl Of Education mot ycstorday eyon-
Ing President King In tho chnir. Proaont, In
. speotors Hasng, Nichborg, stono, Wolls, Bon
fold, Goggin, Sheldon, Calkins, Runyan,
Bishop, aud prussing.
FURNITURE
-. Tho Committee on Apparatus and Furniture
reported thoy had advertised for bids for seating
tho Jones School, and had received tho follow
Ing: National School Furniture Company,
&5,8t0.8O; Michigan School Furniture Company,
:. 4.717.CB; A. II. Andrews L Co., s5,802.80;
Sherwood i Co., a., ,0sG.0G; Sterling Manurao-
turing Company, e5,25a.5o. On tho reoom-
incubation Of tho Committoe tho bid Of tho
Michigan Company was accepted.
........,.. BALAR1Es.
Tho Committee on Saarioa submitted report,
which wns lail ovor and printed. Tho report
calls attention to the fact that whi1o tho nbors Of
tho utffcors Of tho Doard had groaty Increased,
shelr snlary had not been rasod during tho last
five years. Groat loss had boon suffered in con-
sequence Of tho low BalnrieB paid tcaohers, and
It Ind boon found very hnrd to fiji yacanclos. It
Ia recommended that intormotiato sollools bo
adopted botwoon tho district and primary
schools, which can 10 so carried out as to seorro
creator economy In tho management Of tho
Schools. fow primary sohoola in thinly-
Bettlod localities may bo transferred into intor-
mediate schools. A schedule Of salaries Is then Y.
Board woro raised. The femalo assistants got
wlat thoy lad boforo tho fro. Tho salary Of tho
Principal Of tho High School 10 also raiHed. Tho
total inoroaso is $40, 600, Of which about $4,000
ia on toaohors. Tno report waa laid ovor till next
weok.
GERMAN.
: Tho subject Of dor1nau instruction In tho pub
lio schools was talon up, tho question being on
Committee. that tho beginning the study Of Ger
%ea sea It's % sRSaa 0e on6e
compulsory except for ; A., tho 1ast
recommended that pupils who began the study
Of German and thon abandoned 1t should not
DO allowed to resrmo it without tho consent Of
tho Superintendent. -
Mr. Runyan moved, as an anendment, that
tho study OF German DO nonfned to tho hrst,
Bocond and third g1aao Of tho grammar schools,
snd that it bo compulsory On all the pupils.
Mr.. Riohborg offered substitute TINT tho
study Of Gcrman embrace course from tho
hfth grade In tho grammar schools upwards,
and study German from two years In tho High
School. Whom pupils aro examined for promotion
from grade to grade they arc to b examined 70 i n
district schools must continue It till tho close OF
the school year, and con commence only at tho
beginning Of tho yoar. On tho written permis.
o Of o thy be s0wea ID
German is also provided for.
Theao various propositions we're discussed for
come time. tho majority Of those who spoke,
poluE 0pFOHeu 70 IlnNluR HERMAN compulsory
md in fayor Of leaving thinga about a. they
woro.
The Superintendent stated TINT the progress
mado In Gctman sinco its introduction haH not
been what it ought to have been in viow Of tho
monoy spent md instruction given. No pupil
lad devoted five minutoa to it while not actually
. In clasa. The only way to better matters WAS to
grade tho German, md to have examinations In
It As in other studios. Then only would tho
pupils pay my attention to tho study. This
graduation ahonld he independent OF that for tho
Nj. Wells concurred with the vseua of tho
Superintendent.
hlr. Goggin reiteratcd hia wish 10 have Cor
man utterly baniahod from tho schools. Aoenrd-
Ing to him, It was m utter and admitted failure,
yeto. 1t cost money which oould DO better used
elsetlore, and spoilt tho child's English oduca-
ton. Expenditure for German was unlawful,
and could bo stopped BY the courts. ...
Mr.. Richbergs substitute WAS lost; yeas, g.
Robberg, prusying, and Hoaiug: Nays, 2.
ing, Prussing, md Runyan. Nays, o..
yeas, 2-nesiug and nchberg: Nays, 10.
The substance Of all this is German is loft
about where it was.
The Finance Committee recommended tho
payment of n number Of bi!la amounting to
80, l07.G7, and 1t waB 30 ordered.
Tho Committee on Medals was ordered to pro-
yido the number neGeBsarY for tho prize Hchol-
arB.
Tho Superintendent reported thnt during last
month 33,823 poraona wore enrolled, 10, LAS IN
West Division, {, ,283 in tho South, and 6,770 In
tho North. The average daily attendance WAS
28,06f. Tho attendance ut Bomo Of tho larger
eclloola was as follows; Nowborry 1,408; Hol-
d%Sn %a.aS 1soy oa9 FraR1n Md5, 11gs pown 955SS
Carpenter, l097; Skinner, 1,0s0.
Tho Board ad jOurned till Tuesday.