Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-11-07
civ school Board.

A called meeting was held last night. pres
eut Edgar Sowdcn. ir, csq., Chairman,
hIessrs. S. f. Beach W. +. Carne, kemper,
Trustees and r. l.. starnr, Supcrnlcn tent Of
Schools.
Joseph Hopkins, esq, elected by the City
Couucil Trustee of Public Schools Tor Sow
den district, IN place Of F.. L. Winner, csq
took the oath Of office before the Supcrlnteu-
dent and his seat as u mcmDcr OF the Board
The Chairman informed the Board that the
meeting had been called 10 attend to certain
n,atrers relating to finances, aud TO consider
the crowded cuLditlon vi he schools He pre-
scutcd notc for $1,000, to e. {. Bradley,
which had been paid, aud, on motion VI Mr.
Wheat it was ordered to be Cancelled and
flrd. He, also, Informed the Beard mat IN
col junctiou with the C. mnitee on FlDaucc aDd
Accnunts, he had borrowed $1,000, for Tour
ulon hS, from the CiIjztus National Bauk,
giving the note Of tic Beard under seal,
| therefor.
The Superintendent then read for the lDtnr-
| NATION of the Board statement OF the irnba-
| bic receipts and expenditures for il;c cnrrGnt
wear, showing that, with the aid OF the Pea
| body Fund there would be no difficulty III
meeting expenses if the schools were cconuml-
cally administered.
| He, also, gave a statemcn: Of the plumber If
children 10 each school from which it appeared
! that almost all The schools had more than the
| fifty allowed by the regulatiohs He thought,
| however that a new school could not be prof
| itably established, but that il would br we'll TO
authorize the Principal Of Hallnwc! School to
permit one Of her olde, ru pills, who was anxious
| TO do So TO assist Miss Lila Norris in tearhing,
as there we're over seventy chillreu il her Ill
vision. Il would r'qsire . ro1m and fuel in
addition to the present. arrangements.
Several trustees ebquircd whether any fur
Their arrangements had been made concerning
colorcd school houses, whereupnn, Mr.. KIN
per, from the Commit Oh School Houses
and Furniture reported that that committee
had lust mad an interview with Mcssrs George
L. Seaton and a. 5. Perpeuer, trustees Of col
ored school houses, by whom, they bad beco iu-
torlued, that they mad determined thar the
school houses should not be again rented fol
fairs or balls; that the school now using the as
sembly room of Lee building had been uotii i
to vacarc, aud that no boys would, hereafter,
be allowed in that building. and, finally, that
the houses and furniture would be repaired and
all the money received for rents applied to To-
surfing the buildings and improving them and
the furniture.
This report being perfectly satisfactory, was
accepted, and on motion Of Mr.. Hopkins, the
! Superintendent was authorized to allow pupil
from HalIowell School to assist Miss Morris,
and that another room he used for that purpose,
the chairman stating that there were not sea 5
for all the children in the room uow occupied.
| The Superintendent stated that the proprle-
tor of the StercopaniiScope whlc: was exhlbl;-
I :I,I.
for the purpose of furnishing the assembly
room of The PcaboGy building, if furniture Was
procured
Mr.. Mckenzie said he had about twenty
five benches in damaged condition, whlcn he
would present for the purpose, and they we're
accepted, a vote Of thanks beiUg,at his request,
withdrawn by the mover
o. motion of Mr. Wheat, the Supern; en-
dent was authorized to arrange for the prnpos.
ed exhibition. ard the Committee OF Sch 'ol.
| houses and Furniture to purchase the necessary
chairs and benches if it could be done cheaply.
Mr.. kcmper, from the Committee on School
| houses aud Furniture, reported Sundry expeD-
dtures on the Peabody Bulldog, which report
| was
Or motion Of the Superintendent, referred
to the Committee on Finance aud Accounts
Mr.. Wheat, from the last named committee,
reported bill of the Virginia Sentinel, for add
vcrtisng, Sc. 81, which was ordered to b. paid.
Mr.. Kcmper, from the Committee on School
houses and Furniture, reported that they were
| about to have ventilator placed upon the
water closets, and had contracted for iron steps
to the male department, at Peabody Building.
On motion of Mr.. w. +. Carne, the action
of the committee was approved.
The Board then, al $50, adjourned