Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-02-12
The Public schools.


MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUsrEHs.
Ns,0 Assignments If TsdcAers- Vaceisctioas-
Caution against Ertraraodnce, DC
meeting of the board Of public school trus-
tees was held last evening, Mr.. woodward pre-
The resignation Of Mrs. Coriew, teacher of
| secondary school, No. 2, first district, was &C
/ cepted, and the application of Emma Everett,
| OF Falls Church, Va, for leadership was re-
! ferred.
Mr.. Wilson presented an abstract of the
REPORTS OF TEACHERS,
showing: Number OF pupils on the rolls the last
day of the month s ,ei7; decrease for the month,
~; whole number Of pupils enrolled. 6 952; aver
age daily attendance, 6 2O1; vacant seats I'D;
cases Of corporal punishment, 81; number dis
missed, 16; number suspended, 81; number of in
digent pupils furnished with books, 80.
| svACCINATIoN.
Mr.. Wilson also presented a communication
from the board Of health enclosing letter from
DR.. j. III. Bushnell, physician to the poor.
teachers of the public schools that there are
| children therein who have never been vaccin-
| ated, and others whose vaccinations were I'M
successful. Also, a resolution of the board of
health, that it is their opinion that a large per
| centage Of the pupils attending the public
schools are not protected by vaccination, and
be allowed to examine said pupils with view
| TO enforce vaccination as far as possible.
Mr.. Hart moved that the board Of health be
| requested to give the name of the teacher, and
that the communication Law on the table; which
motion was adopted after some debate, in which
IL was stated that the teacher had violated the
cinated. Some Of the fourth district let nSsboard
spoke in not very complimentary terms OF a
cent visit by one of the board of health officers
to the jefferson building.
EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS.
Mr.. Randolph, from the committee on teach
ers, submitted report Of the examination.
stating that the following were successful can
didates for primary cerhfcates:-Mary E. Car
rier, Emma j. Thomas, Florence j. Hopkins,
Clara A. HOllingsworth, Flora b. wiggin, Annie
NJ. whitemore, Catharine F. Maxwell, Eliza
Secondary certificatesLSue j. Hickey. Vic
toria V: Trook, Ida VI. Humphrey, Mary Nor
gan, Mary J.. Strobel, Clara j. Lesh, Kate T..
EaInes, Marion j. Malone, Ella Dunn, Annie
y s;.S Morgan; ANA Mary r. Van DoEan. Louisa NJ
Intermediate certificates-Mary A. Scott, f.
Fl. Thompson, Metella King, Jennie b. Haila-
ran, N. Alice Croft.
The committee unanimously recommend that
the following successful candidates, who have
not yet attained the age required by q rule Of
the board, be furnished with the grade of GER
tifeate which they have secured, when they
shall reach the requisite age, without further
examination:-ClaraI l.. Wilson for a secondary
certificate, and Alice f. Cooksey and Mary E.
Forbes for primary certificates.
the report which recommended the issuing of
cernhcafes TO those under the requisite age
having passed successful examination; agreed
to.
ADVANCED SALARIES.
Mr.. Randolph, from the committee on teach
ers, submitted report on the communication
Frances +. Julian, Miss Maggie Walsh, Miss
Martha +. Armistead and Miss Ellen f. Hall
day be placed on the list of the teachers receiv-
ing the advanced salary; adopted.
CHANGES IN TEACHERS.
Mr.. Hart, in behalf of the sub-board of the
first district, submitted the following: Appoint
mary No 3, vice Miss Gore, resigned; Miss e.
len Frances Reed, acting teacher of Secondary
No. ., vice Miss Hawkins, resigned. Transfer
No. H pIace Of ss NS TO
signed. Transfer Mrs. Jennie c. Cook from
Male intermediate No. to Secondary No. Z, in
Miss Mary Alice Croft from Primary No. to
Male Intermediate No. 3, vice Mrs. Cook trans
ferred. Transfer from the acting to the perma-
nent list Miss Susie G.. Hickey, Miss Jennie b.
phemia MacFarlene.
Mr.. Randolph, of the second district, made
the following nominations Of acting Primary
Mary b. Bartlett; No. 4, MAY l.. johnson; Fee
male Primary No. %, Clara A. Hollingsworth:
No 10, Elizabeth l.. Prather; No. II, 1nez NJ.
Mr.. French, of the third district, nominated
the following acting teachers for the permanent
list: Mary Morgan and Marion o. Pyles
MIR. Crook, Of the fourth district, submitted
the following for permanent teachers: Mr.. f.
III. Thompson, Misses Susie A. Langley, VictO-
ria +. TrOok, Harriet L. Davis, Ellie Dunn, and
Adele b. Gray.
All OF the above nominations were confirmed
PLEA FOR ECONOMY.
Mr.. Hart, from the committee ON accounts
reported a number OF bills-those of Crandell &
Riley and J.W. Boteler & Brother unfavorably
He did not claim that the parties had not fur
nished the articles named in the bills, but that
some districts had shown recklessness in their
orders. He called attention to the number OF
sponge cups, pen-knives and pencils furnished
the 81 district, and large feather busters the
18th district. He cautioned the members to be
careful in their orders, and that they should
have an eye to economy. He stated that in the
1st district they had . balance of SIPS in the
contingent fund; the I'd, S22i4; the Sd, s2f5o
and the ith had Overdrawn s2is. The teachers
had not been paid for January, and he did not
know when they would be paid.
MIR. Dulin said that the Sd district sub board,
on ascertaining that a number of articles or
dered were out of proportion, had ordered a
number to be returned, and he believed they
Messrs. Champlin, Wilson and Cook defended
the action Of their respective boards.
These bills were ordered to be paid, after a
deduction of si5 on Boteler's bill, for feather
busters returned.
Mr. Hunt, from the same committee, submit
ted a report fixing the salaries of ianitors and
sweeps; which was adopted.
Mr.. Rhees moved that the schools be closed
on the ith of March: adopted. Adjourned
~
RENEWED EFFORTS TO SAVE O'BRIEN PROM
THE GALLOws-0CharlesW w. O'Brien, convicted
of the murder of Samuel Cunningham, near
Georgetown, in July last, and sentenced to be
executed on the hast Friday in this month, re-
eeives the visits of Rev. Father wiget almost
daily, and also Of his mother, wife and brother.
He seems to be quite well in health, but his fea-
lures have nov more serious cast than previ-
work of preparing himself for death. His friends
and relatives, as well as himself, have some