Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-05-27
Educational


BUILDING At SAD AND HARRlsoS-vHE COMMIT.
IKE INSTRUCTED 70 BEJIS rHE woRK-YISAScE
-yACANCIEs, dC-
The Board of EiacAtion held a stated meeting,
in the Board OF Trade RSous, last evening Pres
ident Hilles in the chair
The Committee on Finance reported that it
had ssti led with the State Auditor.
Mr.. Baird, chairman of the committee, then
asked for information relative to the amount Of
money raissd by tax in District No. 10 oAe-hAif
u which Ess to be pad over % the eity. saving
thai su9h payment had not been made for two
years Ilg Ccnmii-ee was cuutn4Eed il this
matter.
Thesasle COMMITTED was instructed to have
note for Sl7, coo renewed, tut as 3 large number
Of bills were presented la-t evening. il was sub
sequently ordered that the note be increased to
$1,000.
The Committee on Insurance, through Mr..
Child. reported that there was an insurance upon
all the property OF the Board in the city Of
sSs. loo distributed as follows $4,000 on No.
81 000 on Nos !, g. 4; <6. 800 on No. 6; SC, 900
on Nos. Z, s, 10, Ii and II $1,000 on No. l3
and &, 500 on No. II. Policies Of insurance are
held in the Royal, New Castle and Delaware
Companies The report vss accepted.
The Committee on New Lot. Mr.. Lynch chair
man. reported that It had concluded the purchase
Of the lot at Sd and Harrison with John Aspen,
aud obtained from him deed, he accepting two
notes in payment The report was accepted and
the Committee discharged.
year was reported correct, and his bond cancel
ed
Ihe resolution accepting the plan for the new
school building which It is proposed to erect on
the new lot at 3Fd and Harrison streets.
and directing the building Committee to pro-
coed with the work was called up as
unfinished business from the last
meeting, when, on motion OF Mr.. Shortlidge.
Superintendent Harlan was invited to lay be-
lore the Board the superiority OF the plan Of
- isrrl AftrFf f.g4a ralf 9th fvf fban nfF-
Tie main advantage which Mr.. Harlan claim
ed for It was that each teacher had under her
mmedia te control all the children which she was
expected to teach. and thus had oversight of
their department well as their instruction it
| did away with the confusion incident to changes
| from room to room, and relieved the teacher
| who had charge OF the main room from the re-
| sponslbIlIty Of watching over the department Of
| 100 pupils while she at the same time, was i'm
| parting instruction to her regular classes.
The resolution was adopted.
On motion OF Mr.. McIugire, the Committee on
Finance was instructed to ask Council to make
provision for the sale OF the bonds for the erec-
| tion Of this new building.
The visiting Committee OF No. ! school. hAY-
| ing been appointed at previous meeting to
make survey between it and the club STAB les
/ adjoining, reported that the stables projected
| i've inches In their widest part on the land Of
/ the Board.
| Mr. Roberts moved that tine Committee pro-
coed in the matter as il deemed best.
Mr. Shorthdge moved to amend the motion by
| in=tructing the Committee to erect close board
| fence as high as the stable.
| Considerable discussion here ensued as to
| what was best to be done, but it finally culmi.
mated in the adoption of substitute. offered by
| Mr. Smith, instructlng the Committee TO notify
| the owners of the stables OF the tresspass, re-
| quiTe them to remove their wall and make re.
/ port at next meeting.
| The proposed amendment to the bylaws by
which all repairs to the school building etc
| should be vested in a committee Of three instead
| OF in tue Visiting Committee Of the respective
schools as at present, was called up for final ac
tion
Mr.. Moore insisted that it would be injud
/ cious to place such authority ia the hands of any
three men, as it looks like the establishment Of
ring.
Mr.. Baird said that the change only contem
| plated vesting authority in the Committee tc
i make repairs for all amounts under SO; thai
| where repairs would exceed that amount. the
/ Board took charge OF the matter and ordered the
| work to be done, under the supervision Of the
| Committee.
Mr.. Shortlidge said that carpenters. bills we're
/ very eXorbitant at present, and in oRe instance
bill had been paid twice His plan would be
/ to give all repairs to one man, and this could bt
/ very we'll done under the proposed amend
ment.
Mr.. Zebley was opposed TO the amendment be-
| cause the performance of the duti.s required
under it would occupy the time Of the Commit
1
| it would be much improvement.
MIR. II. NJ. jenkins said that he had not long
been a member Of the Board, but he was con.
vinced that some Of the charges were toe
| high He was satisfied that carpenters
when called away from good job to make q sin,
| gle repair, made their charges out Of proportion
and thought that this class of work should all be
in charge Of a Committee on the subject
| DR., shortlidge then moved to defer the mat
| ter until next meeting.
Mr.. McIntire moved to indefinitely postpone,
which was carried.
An amendment to the bylaws, requiring the
| Secretary to copy reports of Committees upon
| the minutes, unless otherwise directed was lost
| and all other amendments to include all the
/ school IN the examinations was adopted, when
| the printing Of the bylaws was ordered to be
| proceeded with.
Superintendent Harlan then read Lis quarter
| y report for the three months ending May 10th,
from which 1t appears that the average registered
| number Of pupils was 37l9 the average attend.
ance ,452; the per cent. Of attendance, 80 D. The
/ total number Of vacant seats was stated at iI6
| and the applications for seats lj2 The whole
| number of seats in all the schools is 4 400.
motion by Mr.. Macallister requiring all bills
/ TO be approved by both OF the members Of the
Visiting Committee was lost.
The Committee of No. was empowered to re-
move the mating from the old Board room to
| the Boys Department Of No. l school,
Orders were drawn as follows: E. j. Elliott,
/ $50; I. S. G. Green, 81 50; p. Reilley. $500
Jenkins Atkinson, sl4 i5 Croasdale & Cam
eron, sA;t6 BoughmAD, Thomas Co,
| Sll3.23 Daniel Farra, 50; W. H. Foulk.
S27 50 j. W, Hawkins. 81; z. Pickels,
50c.i Wilson Wood q Co, s9s 50; S. b.
| Minor $lS5.45; L. F. Adair 81 l. ]. Jen.
kins 50 rs; BALTIC. Lighting Rod Works Sl4. 10;
| W. F. Gillespie, Soc; Geo W. Dorsey
| 1918; Harry Lape s34 70; Stephen Davis
s22. 40; Middleton Co. s33 40 ;
VIM. G. Pierce, sI9 80; c. Warner 4 Co, ,s66. .O5
Benz. Nields, s27 % A. +. Tenney, sl4O
EDWARD Brown, 1885, Wilmington Gas Co.,
$50.