New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-10-09
90 @ s b. s a. NEE oRLRANs THURSDAY ocF6BER s. a


vAd cg s.dlasCHO0L BOARD.l bsias1zs
The adjourned meeting Of the Board Of
School Directors occurred last evening, Dr.
j. 8. Clark in the chair. 500 e1E s-e
Present-Messrs. Thompson, Clay. Rey,
Carey, Mcconnell, DeKlyne, Clark, Ingrs-
ham, Gaudet and Boothby. so- Ego5 ie5 I
Mr.. Thompson presented the credentials
Of Dr.. s. G. Russell, appointed a member Of
the board vice A.. w. Brodhead, resigned
The credentials were accepted. .,,s,- AZ,
The minutes Of the previous meeting were
read and adopted. '@vs % 'l'l' '''- ''-''-''
Mr.. DeKlyne presented the credentials of
w. +. Loan as director for the thirteenth
ward vice C. L. Sweet, resigned. 70 The ere
dentials were accepted. g l5c- rssi 9ao, |
no Mr.. Boothby, in submitting his report
said there we're 1000 more pupils in the
schools than ON October l., 1872. There was
better attendance of the teachers and an
increased activity among the, pupils. He
had an average of eight or ten applicants
daily for admission to the public schools
In the matter of consolidation the improve
ment was manifest. In the third ward the
c0nsolidation had remedied and evil which
had been q Disgrace. There was a great
Improvement in the high school. The dis
cipline was 90 improved that no 0more COM
plants would be heard on that subject. On
the matter Of reports he urged that direc-
tors and 'chairmen of committees would
follow the example of officers in other cities,
and report TO him, that the annual report
might be credit to the board. There was
| o decided Improvement in the corps of
teachers, in consequence of the operation
of competition. .,s,.rl T.r, v3sgsfrrsi,71 !
The report of the assistant secretary on
books was referred to the committee on
taxt hook.l s1" AeLASs LlF'' AA "'-- '$
Mr.. Thompson submitted report from
the finance committee approving certaip
bills amounting to $3275 IS. ga~ Lieo S4f
The report wss secepted. So .a.'ait' -
Mr.. DeKlyne, chairman Of the committee
on schoolhousss, submitted report stating
they had leased the premises on the corner
OF Dufossat and Dryades streets, for the
Cadiz school, at $40 per month, and asking
authority to make the necessary repairs. A
school is recommended to be established on
the GENTLY road, in the rear of the eighth
and ninth wards. Authority is asked to
make the necessary repairs in glazing the
schools. HsitsT T.ra~-h freaezg e. 20
Mr. Thompson submitted a partial report
on text books recommending the adoption
of Barnes and Menteith's Histories IN place
of Wilson's, to which objection has been
made, and Steers physiology for the high
schools. if Id fts4 --I -.-f,-.r --F 10 r1r~7f
Mr.. DeKlyae objected to Barnes history
as being too voluminous for q scholar, and
containing too much to be committed to
memory. He recommended Swinton's, and
read extracts from each, showing the su-
periority of the latter. saoa .-. .r OK. I.
Mr.. Gaudet supported Mr.. DeKlyne's
idea. A teacher had called on him and ex-
pressed preference for Swinton's as being
the best Of all histories. Mr.. Gaudet had
given his attention to these histories, and
considered Swinton's far superior to any.
He moved an amendment that the word
Barnes be stricken out and the word Swim
ton inserted. i3asta 20 t1E .l.a a-s 5r7 Z
Mr.. Bootbby stated that these books had
been under discussion many days two hours
at time. The points were that Swinton's
was too condensed and others too extended;
Barnes offered a medium Children could
not remember the dates as given in Swinton
without an incident to fix it on the mind.
These histories were recommended as the
best after much discussion. There was
too much matter in Scott's history. Pupils
in the High School had not time to study it
to advantage. Teachers will agree on the
point that the fine point containing the in.
cidents) in Barnes history was remembered
by the pupils and assisted in committing to
memory the rest.
Mr.. Mcconnell thought the cost Of the
books should be considered. Swinton's
history is already used in the schools and
costs sixty cents; the other about dollar.
Mr.. Thompson said that as member of
the committee on text books the represent
atives of some of the great publishing
houses had acted very sensibly. as he
thought in sending him copies of their
books. He had not feathers interest in
any Of them. He only wanted the best for
the schools. Now, he stated, without the
slightest hesitation, that Swinton's was too
condensed: Any one who had any knowl-
edge OF such things, who would examine
these books, would be convinced of this
fact. Steele's physiology costs 81. 3Ien-
teith's history fifty cents Barnes history
81 s-'' .lrE
Mr. DeK lyne wanted the best books, but
his experience was that incidents were dis. |
tracing instead of assisting. He could re-
mem ber several pleasant incidents in his |
tories he had studied, but the dates and
places had slipped away. 7oa
Mr.. Gaudet said he was not much more |
on history than Mr. DeKlyne, and did not |
pretend to know much about it; but, if |
Swinton's was easy to teach it was easy to |
learn. Barnes history contains a lot of
useless rigamarole, and the Lord knows
what. The children have to buy these
books, and forty cents is something to be
saved. They would learn more from Swim
toms at . less price. tI 0EHptrtt t"5"
Mr.. Thompson said the best was cheap
EST, no m after what it cost. Both of these
histories were good.
Mr.. Boothby thought a little courtesy
was due to the State board. He felt little
bride in the matter. If the books were
'qual, the State board ought to be consid-
sred. As Barnes history was superior, and
he State board recommended it, it ought
% be adopted. 1t required very nice dis