Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-09-15
LOCAL NEWs,
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Meeting Of the New Beard of Trus


Mr.. J. Il. Brooks. secretary, and the following
members p. l.. Brooke. . S. G. Brown. Champ
lin,S Curtis, Dyer, Ferguson French, Hart
Hovey,s johnson, Monatt, Lloyd, Packard, -
Smith and Woodward. L. New memhers)
FROM THR DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS.
communication vss received from the Com
missioners OF the District, asking that q roster
Of the teachers, with names and salaries, be
furnished them; placed on hle.
Also, communication from the Commits
ings, Sc, shall be under the dir.cti,n 81 tha
engineer Of the District; ordered 70 be nled.
TKACHERsmPs.
A communication was received from Mr.
Edward Lindsey, calling the attention of the
beard 20 the Law prohibiting the employ ment OF
married women Ss teachers, and dem Anding, AZ
property holder and tax-payer, that the rdnpl
ter be Investigated; referred.
The resignstions OF Miss Anna Morgan,
teacher Of secondary No. s, and Annie L. SAr-
gent, primary No. I, nrst district were accepted.
The following applications for places As
teachers were read and referred: Misses Ada
A. wally, Kate r. Settle, Constance r.. BOyne,
George 3. Dyson, W. II. Stewart, Sarah NJ
Robinson, Anna Bumey, N. r.. King, Hattie
NJ. Brown, Carrie A. Browne, }. Blanche wil-
ard, for assistant music teacher Nrs. j. n.
voorhees, and Mary A. Clark.
A Communication was read from Annie ~.
Straker, VITO was appointed sn assistant teach
er, complaining that she was not permitted %
enter her school by Mr.. J. :. Brown, who hai
placed another teacher In charge, and refused
70 recognize her appointment Tor school No. 3,
tbird county district; referred to the county
sub-bosTd.
MIR. johnson, from the colored school hoard.
nominated the fOllOsing teachers % dn va
cancles, who were confirmed: Barbara r. Pope,
Mary Nalle, Ida O.. Nutter, Anna Ross, Adeline
II. Bowen, Ruth Murray, Ada A. Bozeman,
Eunice p. Shadd, Martha E. Pryor, GeOrgtE
&. jackson, Anna 4. Lee, Maria l.. Jordan,
Leila r. Bruce, Susan Brown, Fannie =.
McCoo, Anna Lucas, Mile G.. Hurns, Anna
Waters, Sarah y. Dulaney, Octsvla Parker,
Margaret Logan, Cecilia Anderson, Addie v.
Shewslter, and John Esputs.
MIR. Hart recommended changes OF teachers,
as follows: For lst Washington district, Miss
Louisa nj. Bishop, transferred from primary
No. 70 primary No. Z; Miss Efie Rodier, from
Marsh, from secondary No. ~ TO primary No.
s; also, the appointment of Misses Alice Simp-
son, Anna NJ. Clark, Alice T.. CoOnsey, aud
Mr.. X. III. Harkness as teachers. Confirmed.
Mr.. Curtis nominated Miss Lizzie Dsdmun as
teacher OF primary No. Z, GeOrgetOwn; Miss
Alice Craig, transferred 20 primary No. 1, and
Mlss Adells Rose, transferred from primary
No. 20 male secondary. Confirmed.
Mr.. Woodward, for % Washington district,
nominated Miss Ella Ralph, teacher primary
No. Z, and Miss Mary Egans primary No. IS.
COUNTY PUPILS IN CITY SCHOOLS.
Mr; Packard, from the county sub-board,
guardians reside in the county OF Washington
shall not be received into the public schools Of
the cities OF Washington and Georgetown with
sion Of st least three county members OF this
board, one OF whom shall be the trustee in
charge Of the county district in which the
parents or guardian OF the applicant may re-
side.
Mr.. Packard explained that because there
were tner school buildings in the cities chill
dren in the equity lett the neighbOrhOOd OF
schools suitable TO them and came 20 the cIty
DE would have no objections IL the pupils we're
advanced beyond the grade Of county schools,
but he did not think IL proper that their schools
A. "a IN Fnrtfla
Mr. Solomon G.. Brown said that he hai been
trying 10 ind TO what schools some Of the pupils
from over the English branch are being sent.
A personal dislike or objection to the te acher Is
often made an excuse Tor sending pupils from
the county TO the city.
Mr.. Woodward called attention TO the difficuI-
ties in the way, instancing a child living Just
over the boundary within \ few hundred Yards
OF school being compelled (if the city and
county are 70 be separate and no children
allowed 10 90 from one 70 the Other) % walk two
or three miles 60 n county school. He suggested
that the resolution be amended SO as 90 make
the county trustee instead Of three necessary.
The resolution was amended in accOrdancs
with the suggestion of Mr.. Woodward and
adopted.
MUSIC ArD DRAWING.
Mr.. Lloyd called up the resolution appointing
JOSEPH ii. Daniel music teacher, and Mrs King
and Miss Bette Havenner assistants.
MIR. Woodward moved 20 add the name Of Mrs.
Sarah T. Fuller as teacher Of drawing, which
was agreed to, and the resolution adopted.
DIVISION OF DUTIES.
Mr.. Brooks presented a preamble and res
oluttous reciting that a. the Commissioners
Of the District in their order of August
&, 1854, consolidating the late four boards
OF trustees OF public schools IN the District OF
Columbia, intended no change Of existing laws
relstive TO the public schools in force at the
time Of consolidation, except in so far as they
were empowered by act OF Congress to abolish
said board; and as the present bosrd OF trus-
tees Of the public schools is the legal sueces>sr
TO the late board Of trustees OF the publtu
schools Of Washington, Georgetown aud tha
county of Washington and the schools for COL
ored children OF the cities OF Washington and
Georgetown and as all laws pertaining respec-
lively TO the late boards Of trustees OF public
schools, with the exception before mentioned,
are still in full force; and ss IL is the duty of
the board 70 execute faithfully all laws relating
to the public schools; therefore, that for the
more efficient and harmonious administration
OF the important trust confded TO this board, as
four sub-boards, composed Of the members of
this board, viz: sub-bOard of trustees of pablkE
schools of Washington city, sub board of trus-
tees OF public schools for cOlOred children of the
cities of Washington and Georgetown, sub
board for the county, sub-bosrd OF trustees for
Mr.. Ho,eY offered the following substitute ser
ResoIred, That the District Of Columbia shan
be divided into six school districts; the first,
econd, third and fourth. comprising the city OF
Washington, shall be and remain as at present
constituted by law. The city OF GEORGETOWN
shall constitute the hfth, and the county the
slNtn.
gesoIued, That the trustees of public schools
IN and for the District Of Columbia shall be di-
vided, and do hereby divide themselves, into
seven sub-bOsrds. for the exercise Of practical
supervision over said schools severslly, subject
at all times to the control of the general board,
and said trustees do here by appoint Messrs. Hart
and Dyer as sub-board for the let school dis
trict; Messrs. Woodward and Mcclellan for the
%; Messrs French and Hovey for the 81; Messrs.
Champlin and Lloyd for the 4th; Messrs. Curtis
and MUfat for the 5th; Messrs. j. S. and Sol q.
Brown, q. b. Smith, B. +. Packard and p. l..
Brooke for the 9th; and Messrs. Henry johnson,
John II. Brooks, W. p. Rider, and j. III. Fer
guson for the 7th.
ResolUed, That until otherwise ordered, the
sub-bosrds for the 1st, I'd, Sd, 4th, and 5th dis
uicts shall govern themselves, 80 far as practi-
cable, by the rules and regulations heretofore
In force In the government OF the white schools
Of Washington. The sub-board for the 9th dis
trict schools TO conform, 30 far az practicable,
70 the rules and regulations heretofore existing
for the government Of the schools In the county
outside the cities Of Washington and George
town; and the 9TH sub board shall administer
the affairs Of the colored schools in accordance
with the laws Of Congress and the rules and
regulations heretofore in force for the govern
ment Of said schools.
A long debate ensued as TO the powers Of the
board, and MT. Hovey having accepted a verbal
meDdment the insertion Of the word an0w" I'm