Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-06-20
City School Board.

chairman, the Superintendent of SrhnrIs, and
MessrS. Addison, Hopkins, Wheat, Whiting
ton, Whittesey, and Wilmer.
The chair stated that he had caHe The meet
iUg u arrange tur the rXamlnall"n>, and 10
transact such general business as might be
brought before it. and lie requested the Super
iuteDdent TO give his views coucrrDlag the best
method OF examining. -...-"..
The Superintendent said that he had been
decidedly Ia favor Of assembling all the white
schools in the Peabody Building and ,xaun-
ing them there, but that the teachers had CIV
en- him good reasons for examining III their re-
spr Give rooms. which plan ic therefore recon-
mcndrd
Mr. Wheat, from the Committee on Lee
School, reported that it had becu arranged by
that committee to exau,inc Nos. | and 3 10 the
morning aud Nos. , and t in the AFTERNOON.
The chairman suggested that the medals,
&C., for the white schools ne distributed al the
assembly room of the Praboiy Sch1ul Build.
ing, at u p. Ill on the 20 II, and these Tor the
colored schools AT Lee School Building. on the
Goth, at the SANE hour, which suggestion was,
on motion of Mr.. Wilmer, adopted.
The chairDau stated thar he had reason tn
believe that 50 mauy trustees would De out Ut
town, or so occupied. &C., at the time ct the
next regular meeting, as to T.. nd'r the procure
meet of quorum uucerralu As the teachers
to whose re-elcctiou there were no objections
ought TO have their minds set at rest on ,ltat
point before they went away to er joy thelr'hol-
iday, the Board had better take action on the
subj ct at once.
Mr.. Addison moved that all the teachers be
reelected TO the positions they uOw hold, but
modified his morton, at the request OF Superln-
tendcut Carne, by providing hat Miss Mary j.
Walsh be ell clcd TO Lee School, No. +, and
as teacher of Washington School, No. 5. eav
ing The existing vacancy in Washington, No. 8,
instead of Lee No. 4 The motion, thus mod
flied, was unanimously adopted.
The Chairman laid before the Board COM
uuucation from William n. McFcigh, esq,
claiming the rent from the l>t of January for
the property on Prince street, near Lee routed
| by the Board from Theodore Teed, esq which
rent had been attached by the City Sergeant
and Tax Collector for State and city taxes.
| On MOTION of MIR. Wilmington, the comwu
| nicatiup was referred to the Committee on
Finance and Accounts.
The Superintendent offered the following
| resolutions. viz:
Resolred, That the sum Of one hundred dol
lars be paid Miss Fannie A. Wilson in consid
eration of her services in teaching part Of the
! first grade, 10 addition to the whole of the
third grade in Washington School during the
past year, and of having supervised the schools
10 the Peabody School Building since the 18th
Of May.
Resolved, That the sum of five dollars be
paid Miss Julia Eveeth for her services in
making up the register Of Lee School, No. 4,
which Was left undone by tue teacher of that
school on her resi- gna,lon.
After some discussion, the first resolution
was amended by substituting "ninely" for
lone hundred aud the second by substituting
ten for five" and both resolutions, as
amended, were unanimously adopted.
| The chairman laid before the Board the fol-
lowing communication, viz:
| To the City School Board Of Alerandria :.
| GeI tcncn: willing ~ transfer to the
| Board, for Lee School, u library belonging to
| the school taught many years ago BY Mrs & V.
| Curne upon tie cul.GiLiuns mentioned below.
! The library, catal CUES Of which l enclose WIS
! selected especially or school girls. Iii, re have
| been u number of books ded since the cats-
| luguc was printed, and some OF those cata rgued
| have been lost y book case accompanies the
library. Very RS. ecttuily,
CoSDlT1oSs-The City Soho i Board of AicA-
andria IN coiIsidcrat on Of library transferred
to The Beard by w III. r. ChFne, aSrcts Wien Lhe
said Carne that il will cause to be mad" and de-
livered every year, herca ter, at the closing ex-
crcses OF the highest grade OF Lee school, 10 the
girl who shall, 0y the vote of her lie schcr& and
| fellow pupils Che tenchcrs to have votes equal
to one half the number OF pun Is ard plurality
to determined be declared to have been the most
| flthfui TO duty during the year preceding, "
silver medal, not less in cost than three dollars,
| inscribed rs follows:
Mrs. 4. V. Clrne's medal t. tho girl most
faithful to duty. Name OF recipient, scaooL
and year."D
1t was stated that the value Of this library
was from two TO three hundred dollars.
On motion of Mr.. Hopkins, it was res lived,
unanimously, that this Board accepts the hand
some donation made by Wm. t. Caruc, esq
with the conditions annexed, and that the
clerk return our sincere thanks to MIR. Caroe
for his generosity
On motion of Mr. Wheat, the Committee
on School houses and Furniiurr was dlrcc.cd to
provide suitable place for the library 10 The
Peabody School Building.
The Board then adj ,urncd.
To the e,ltor Of the .4lc,ranclrin Gn=ette:
The British Association Of Alexandria hav,
ing issue its call for a Convention of the set
T ~. IA i,unl.,