Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-10-27

.,OO
The report spoke encouragngly of the in-
creased punctuality of the scholars and the COM
mendable cheerfulness and disposition to study,
the schools never before being in better CON
dition than at present.
As compared with the corresponding month of
last year, there is an increase of 277 in the mum
Der of scholars, and an increase in the average
attendance of SO. There ia also an increase in
perfect attendance of 246, and decrease of
cases of hardness of 1923.
The following is the number of pupils and the
schools to which they belong of those who have
not paid the quarterly fee for the use of books
No. l, boys department, none girls department.
LIST grade, none ID grade, Q No. Q, Is No. 8,
q No. 4, boys department, none girls depart
ment, No. 8, No. 6, II : No. 7, 2G No 8,
Al No. IA, Is No. Is, Is No. 10, no report.
Total. 291. The latter part of the report was re-
ferred to the respective scholl committees.
Mr.. Heisler, from the committee on music, re-
ported in favor of employing Professor Becker
to teach music in the I'd grade Of the Primary
department from the LIST Of November to the LIST
of June next, at salary of 5000 provided the IL
nancial condition of the Board will Justify it,
MIR. Pierce opposed the adoption of tho report,
on account of the increased expense which
would be entaled upon the Board and on az
count of the time which he said must be deduc-
ted from other studies and applied to music
Mr.. Heiser and Mr.. Woolley favored the re.
port, and Messrs. johnson aud Frock opposed
u
postponed for two weeks.
The special committee to whom had been re-
ferred the petition of citizens in East Wilmington
9th ward, for the establishment of ~ school in
that vicinity there being about 60 children who
on account OF the distance and bad streets could
not attend school, reported in favor of renting
building from Edward Forrest suitable for the
purpose, from the LIST of November to the 25th
of March, 1876 for $40 per month, and instruct
ing the committee on Teachers to employ
teacher for the school.
1t being evident that the school WAS much
needed the report was unanimously adopted
MIR. fraim called attention to the rapid in
crease Of pupils in the Howard school, No l6,
and asked that the committee on Teachers be
authorized to appoint an additional teacher for
three months which instruction was granted.
MIR. Heisler offered d resolution authorizing
the teachers and pupils of retrospective schools
to visit the Exposition, at any time during the
week, agreed upon by the Committees OF the
respective schools. The resolution, after some
debate, was unanimously adopted
MIR. Heisler offered resolution to allow tile
teachers of No. school to attend the Chester
county Teachers Institute to be held in West
Chester next Friday.
The resolution was 80 samended as to include
the teachers of all the public schools in the city
by and with the consent of the respective school
Committees, and as amended was adopted.
The Committees of No. and II were author
lied to have the heaters repaired
The following orders were drawn during the
evening L. +. Adair, s3ls 60 A. I. Alder
dice, 81 cents Adams 4 Bro. s2S.O2 Croas-
dale " Cameron, ~. 80 Finn Il Jackson, $l20.-
6S w. II. Foulk, 1923 Nathan Gheen, IS .G5;
D. W. Harlan, s26.55; W. NJ. kennard, S73.15 ;
/: G. Kent s2449 ; Mills & Comb, $3.50 ;
0'Byrne y Bro, $50 Lewis Provost, 50 II. F.
Pickles, $40 Y. Pickles, $500; W. G.. Pierce,
ia. II Springer, Morley Cause, $3.50 ;
Charles Stewart, 9707 David W. Stafford,
500 Speakman 4 Bro. $629.10 J. II. ID.
Seeds 5000 George W, Vernon, $1,000.