The New York herald., 1874-12-17
OUR SCHOOL FATHERS.

An Interesting Meeting OF the Board OF
Education sterday-Dispensing with
ssFancy" Teachers-An Effort to EN-
large, mt the Same Timc, the Scope OF
German Instruction..
The Board OF Education held regular meeting
yesterday afternoon, Mr.. william FL. Nelson in the
chair. great number OF miscellaneous commu-
nicatons, petitions, &c., were referred to the ap-
propriate committees.
The special order OF the day was the report OF
the Committee on Compulsory Education. Mr..
Townsend rose to propose an amendment 10 the
seventh section or the rules and regulations which
had been previously presented The section re-
ferred defines the duties OF the "truant agents.,
and the amendment declares that these officers
shall be subject to the control Of the Board and
removable at their pleasure. The amendment was
carried
SPLITTING HAIRS
Mr.. Klamroth suggested that instead OF "truant
agent" the term employed In this section should
be superintendent OF truancy." He hoped that
their agents should not be truant. Laughter.)
Mr. D0wd said the word "truant" was not
proper In any case. The children IN question were
not those who had run away but who had never
been to school at all.
Mr.. Townsend tborgnt as the term "truantn
had done very well in Massachusetts, where the
same law was In force, 1t would do well enough
here.
Mr.. Farr hinted that the word compulsory"
might do better.
Mr.. Halsted was OF the opinion that the word
was perfectly appropriate, as every child who
violated the law in not going to school was,
properly speaking 'truant."
After some further discussion the objections to
the alteration were Withdrawn, and Mr.. Klam.
roth's suggestion was adopted. TIE report Of the
com m toe m ord inca puh mad in tbo
HERALD, was then finally adopted.
Mr.. Farr moved that when The Board adjourn It
ing shall, be held. Adopted,
the Auditing Committee reported in favor OF
l. Taylor amounting TO sill 65, for draping the
HAN, &c, OF the Board OF Education In memory OF
APPOINTMENTS OF TEACHERS
MISS Sarah ~ :. Iooker was appointed vice prtnci-
pal Of ?; D. G e .;s :: No. q Mss Albertne Cooley
cipa OF F. D. G: s., No. and Miss Caroline a. Ap-
pleton principal and MISS Mary A. Tremper vice
The Trustees for the Nineteenth ward were
N !, to m organize an new primary 70 be
aHd Hds Sf sgs' s4esss sysnus be-
aELMAN IN THE SCHOOLS.
spo o. % ne on %
proposes the extension OF the instruction In Ger.
1sa man saI9ush al saass en35n e
thereto, and prescribes that there shall be
at least iour fecltatlons per week OF not less
ti,s than thirty minutes each IN every ade. This
rule, tue COMMITTEES say, was proposed In order
70 establish greater uniformity in the course OF
German instruction, the time given to it Ia some
The necessity OF eniarging the scope OF this branch
is dwelt upon at length In the report, and it is
pointed out that many OF the Ii, 900 German pupils
VINO now attended the Catholic Parochal. Luth-
eran and German private schools would be sent to
The public schools II German were only more en-
Tne contracs for printing blanks. &C., for 1878,
was awarded to William 9. Bryant d Co., as the
de-, to Cushing d Bardua.
A report OF he Committee on Supplies was read,
wood was twice as great as by coal The matter
was referred to the Committee on Warming and
THE EVENING HIGH SCHOOL.
A report recommending the printing Of an old
report on the evening nigh school was read, and
Mr. Patterson objected violently to it's adoption.
neglected IN the matter OF printing their reports
and only this one was so vastly favored.
Mr.. jenkins said this school was one OF the most
important In the city, numbering. as n did, s0me
10 this report wnat return was made by him FOR the
outlay and whether the results were adequate to
Mr.. Patterson remarked, with mucn emphasis.
that the superintendent should 60 to this institu.
tion ,,n as he did 70 any other evening school Was
ceIn as to require special treatment OF this kindS
Mr.. Jenkins retortea that the superintendent
would, undoubtedly, exercise his powers In the
future II he had not done so In the past. lie
could not conceive why such aspersions were cast
The report was finally adopted.
C0L0RED SCHOOLS.
The Committee on Coored Schools reported
that the condition OF Male Colored school No. 1
was not IN q SATISFACTORY condition owing to the
tnemclency OF the Principal, and recommen nded
reduction OF MS salary to ST. 500 and transfer of
the primary class 70 the Female Department OF the
same school. Adopted.
The Executive Committee OF the Nautical School
reported the arrival OF the Nautical Schoolship
st. Mary's, and gave a description OF her which
has already appeared In this journal The ship
had been thoroughly overhauled, and was well
adapted TO It's purpose The conditions upder
which the government gave the use OF this ship to
the Board-namely, that IL be kept In q thoroughly
la an Mt