, 1873-07-30

OUR SCHOOLS.
RIootlnR OF tho Igonrd OF Educntion-~
Tho Superintendent Recommends
the Establishment or nm ungrnlsd
School -- Contracts, Appointments,
and MisCcllnncouB BUSINESS
Tho Doard OF Education hold regular soui-
monthly meeting last evening, President King
in tho chair. There woro present Iuspoctors
Bluthardt, Bontlald, CalkinB, aoggin, Hamble-
ton. DlHon, Reynolds, Richborg, Wells. and
Wilco.
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
Tho School Agent reported TINT tho receipts
and expenditures for account Of tho school fund
from May to July l, 1873, we're as follows:
Cash on hand May l, 1878, e7,518.99; receipts,
s168, 8,oGo.77; expenditures, $170, ,209.0o; balance
90,28o.10. OF tho cash on hand, $3,844.81 was
for Investment, 81, ,G83.30 for payment OF balance
Of Bundry accounts. and a771.99 for payment OF
toachera.
A communication was received from Henry
Wisnor offering $225 All aero for tho 101 acres OF
school land near sharpshooterB' Park. II was
referred to tho Committee on School Fund
Property. ...... ...-
Tho Superintendent Of Schools submitted tho
following:
70 the Board Of Educatfon: --..
G6NrLEMEN: In presenting the recommendation
70 s H.
Of corporal punishment. 1t hsa succeeded beyond
IL ss Seoa e.
Of ofrensea against good order In tho schoolroo nd
which lead to suspension. IN tho classification
IL 9ssrls ssa!'aasa thsgeht5s.suss: " e., v
up tho 1 pupips vii sssla.t the Wi q the toaeher
about o6 per cont afo tho result Of unres1aned pas
from % por cent Il those suapended tho minority of
whom como under the lat head, do not seek sestora-
@ to m e % s
md romain ordinarily obcdent. The remaining per
cent nro soon Of nseossity snpendod again What TO
tmo NODDED for thcir rofornaon or even restraint,
structon: Tho mems asel IN fhoir discipline cannot
DO even indirectly beneficial to other pupils. Further
an t1s ss huasaes sinoe 4es than s p S
Thoy are vory often quite irreguar IN sna
Do not pass along with their caases y rsonotlon
making them better, The schoo stlorltiea should
form thc so that the used do not conflict with
hu good Of others After careful study q tle whole
Education establish somewhere in tho central part ot
tho city an ungra9od school that tcacher best cal
custed for ho ecne Of refractory M pupil; DO peea so
principals to suspond pupils DO limited to causos
enumerated under tho yst and second heads aa nbovo
for malicious scts obscene conduit, and such
clasaed undor the third head above DO reforrsd to
Soth, viii poser 10 transfer each pupil
school that at tho close OF each tcr such pupi!R N
BE- retarned to their own schools tor future study.
Tho .oas0ns for making \ n ung5.ded sehonl sTe; ~
grader q Tho teacher In charge will bo able to adopt
nj M pupil, and thus h,ve IN inporsnt .Ia moan.
intertersnes Ga re ''a with u e1sssss. Ths ses.oas
CT facility for striet oducation l. 70 hold In school
many who now, by suspension, sevor their connection
ago @ 5 sf o tso %n1 sae q
tory, principals Of other schools will strive to keep
thor hnro Of representation in It as small AZ possible
forred vii secre more csFy control 1t tho schools
and will largely diminish tho necessity for transfer
Paronts and guardians will that tho Board Of Edu.
cation docs not purpose depriving children Of the
privileges Of school and st the sams time w much
een IL hs Schools
More efficient cooperation will thus bo secured.
| A CONTRACT AWARDED.
Tho Committee on Buildings aud Grounds sub
mitted resolutions roconadoring the vote BY
| which the contract for tho masonry work On tho
| Third Avenue Primary School building Waa
awarded to James Mc0raw DO raBofnded ho hay
| ing refused to perform tho work, and rccom-
menaing that the oontraot he awarded to 70.
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| $15,390. Tho resolutions we're adopted.
| TO DE DEDICATED.
Inspector Calkins moved TINT tho Jonos School
building be dedicated at $3.50 P. m. on Aug. 49,
Tho motion waB agreed to.
The Committee on Buildings aud Grounds
asked authority to advertise for lot in the ri
cinity OF Wabanseh and milwaukee, avenues fol
the Rolling Mill School. It was granted,
| TIE HoRTH-DnANou guYooL.
The Clerk was instructed to advertise for pro
posRla for constructing tho North Branch Prima-
n School building.
CONTRACTS FOB COAL,
Tho Committee Oh Janitors and Supplies REQ:
commended that tho following contracts for coal
DO awarded: Hard coal, to robert Law, at 80 .
ton; soft coal, to Z. l.. HedRtro1n, at $b.6o .
ton for all delivered before Oct, l, and $3.50 fo'
all afterwards. The report WAS concurred In.
SCHOOL PROPERTY BOLD.
The Committee on 8cAool-Fund Property, Hlt
wero authorized by tho Board, on May IS, 1873
to nogotsate salo Of tho 101 acres Of land ad
t%hey % lid received bid Of $500 IN aero from !. II
1sees Co., Il cash, tho balance In one, two
and throe yoarB, with lntoroRt at 7 per cent
payable annually; and recommended TINT tn
bid bo accepted, and tho proceeds be invested
currod in.
The Committee on Examination Of Teaoher
Recommended that certi0cates aa Principals
na'ned persons: Roaer 4. Chase, lIenry Z
Hammond, Miner Z. soymore that partial oer
thcates bo issuod to Mary II. Smith, Dinnio
McDole, Anna G; Cary, Lizzie 4. Gibbons
and Alice II. noylan. Tho report was adopted
The Board then adjourned.
Bloody ARRAY.
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