, 1873-11-12
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.


Tho Ilo1lfuE-H1il1 school Ready for
Use .. Introduction of Resolutions
Providing for tho Abolition Of Cet-
pOrnl ,017 Pupils El1-
rolled In tho Evening School9--1Iis-
ccllnncOns business.
Tho Board of Education hold regular moet-
ing yesterday evening, President King In tho
chair. AL tho membors wore present but
MosBre. Runyan, Caikins, md Reynolds.
st1soELLANEous.
An offer to loase tho school-lands in tho N. Z.
Il Of the s. ". X Soc. 80, DO, IA, for $3.50 an
ncro, WAS roforrod to tho Committee On School
Fund Lands.
An ordcr authorizing tho School Agent to in
vest any funds ho mny havo III bonlR OF tho City
Of Chicago for Investment; was roferred to the
Finance Committee. That officer haa now on
hand Gil 900, being damages for widening tho
river in front Of the Bridowol lot. It is believ-
cd that city bonds can DO bought for 95 cents,
with accrued interost.
RESERVATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.
Tho resignation Of Mr. Burbank, Principal Of
tho Doug1as School, was presented aud accepted,
and 0. r. Bright elected to tho plnce.
Miss L. 3. Little was elected temporary Prin-
cipal Of tho Foster School, she to receive tile
samo salary rs hor male predecessor, and Miss
Smith temporary Hend Assistant of the Bamo
school
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT.
Afr. Richberg offered the following, In order
that there might be no doubt upon tho subject
OF corporal punishment. The sense Of tic board
was against it, and tho tcachers had been ad-
vised not to resort to It,, but now teachers wero
coming in, aud they might llavo other cases sim
Which so much had boon laid Mt tho timc.
Tho resolutions arc as follows:
1'eso,rtd That corporal punishment in tho public
seools Of ohieago 30, aud the Same is hereby, nbol
Kesolpea That tho foregoing resolution DO aided to,
aud mado ono Of. tho rules Of this board.
Mr. stono moved to refer 1t to tho Committee
on Rules and Regulations. 1t was an important
on quietly without any rule.
Mr.. Rlchberg snd tho Superintendent lad
worked to TINT end, but still other cases might
come up lilo that at the Cottage Grove School,
Tho Committee on Rules md Regulations
favored the resolution.
AIr. Blutllnrdt wautcd tho subject thofough1y
investigated, md tho resolution was reforred.
FINANCIAL.
ported that tho Rollng-Mi1l School would bo
ready in . few days, mad the Harrison Street md
Western Avenue Schools In four weeks. The
alterations in tho Scarnmon School had boon
Grove School improvement Ind been ccmp1otcd
for S7,62201, or g. 600 loss than the appropria-
ton. The Improvement OF tho nasdmont OF tho
High School building, for laboratory had been
done for s276.9o... :-:
Mr.. Wells explained that an admirable and
capaoious laboratory had heen secured for n low
sum. Prof. Dolafontaino gave LESSONS from to
5 o'clock, and the study would be ono Of groat
value to the school,
The bid Of Bryant, Wa!lser l. Co. to print and
bind 5000 copies Of tho Manual WAS acooptad,
thoy to do tho printing nad binding for 84.4
contst and the pross-worlk for 40centB por tokon.
On the Recommendation Of tho Finance Com
n,itteo. bills to. tho amount of s5,505.49
Tho School Agent reported that during tho lust
quarter ho had received from routs, s32, 0l5.o !;
from intore8t,s $15G.G8; from the State divi-
dond, $4,000; from tho City Treasurer, sAG.-
This, with tho cash on hand July |, nlnde up
9192, ,465.35; Of thia, s40,768 waa dihbursed on
teachers payroll aud so8, Ut deposited with
EVENING SCHOOLS. =
The Committee gu Eyening Schoola reported
that for tho first weck tho enrolment was !:
Males, 100; folnales, 150; total, 949; attend
anco Of maloa. $50; OF fonalcs, 1896; tho total
being G58.6, For tho seventh week, tic number
enrooa at% was 1,o47, whilo the attendance ran up
An amendment to the rulos was offorol, to 30
modify them as to provide for u forenoon instead
Of IN afternoon reaosa, school to bogin in tho
afternoon at O'Clock instead Of half-past i.
GbHlH u ku9 uGuu1E6 MHIS Ill 1ufpE VI bu
lessening tho hours as To lot the children out ut
half-past 8, and Mr. Buthardt moved to 80
amend tho report as to mike the hours from
hnf-past to hulf-paBt 8.
The mattor was laid over. . ..
The Superintendent reported TINT tho Chicago
toachors Lad contributed 2GG6 for tho relief Of
the tcRclora i'll Memphis, who were In great
need. Tic gavo his views Of the schools IN
Detroit and Cleveland, which Ao had recently
visited,
The Boarl:thon adjourned.