, 1875-02-10

Nc,v Course Of 11i3ll-Scllool 1tl-
structiOn.
School Sites.

A meeting Of the Doatd Of Education WAS held
last night, President lllchborE in tic chair.
4 proposition waB received from Henry Kors,or
to lcnse for twenty yoars tho south 72l3 feot Of
Elock ST, School Section Addition, At 81 40
year for the fist iyo Years. lloicrred to tho
Committee on School Fund Property.
THE SCHOOL AGENTS nEronr
for the rnontll OF January showed casE on hand
Jan. j, II, ,lG7,aD; reccip.s from rents. ~
intcyest, $l2G.l5; a, G. Lane, s22lS 22,-total.
El2. 2.SS7.l1. observation-disclosures pay.rolls
s2lG.ss; Arnaely fnni, ?23.Oo.-~totAl, s23u.7s.
Cash OH hand. 912,G!7.3l, of which ss,1G5 G5.A9 In
for payment OF tenchors. :2,sas35 for inyeat-
n,cnt, and al,533.50 for tho payment Of aundly
bAancsA.
EcHoo1 BITE.
Proposals to eo!l site l,oar tue corner Of Cen
tro avenue aud Twelfth street were received, as
follows: D. ". 11iscllcI1, corner Ut Looms mid
AtIerton stroctu, 20ox134 feot. $12000; D. ".
Mitchell, east side Of Ccntre avenue, between
Taylor and Twpliti streets, 115xlG0 feet. f1l,-
S5D; Iotwin Il Covby, Ioomis alroot. 1D4 tect
youth Ut FOLK streut, 1JHx125 feet, $4,000;
potwiu Il Corby, southeast corner Loonla mud
Polk Btreots, l6ix125 fcet, a11,042 Iotwii Il
Corby, southeast corner Polk AMI Tompkins
streets. 154xi35 feet IT. 5.407.5o;:, totwi''
'lompiilns street, 2CcxlJe feot, s1s,6i0, a. ].
klnHtcy. Twelfth street. north front, corner OF
Throop, 14txl24 foet, I'll, 500; G. L. Schumacher
Il Co., Twelfth etrnet ninth front, between C.i-
tre nyouus mud Ihroop Htross, liax12l foot,
$l8,72o.
The Committee OH Buildings and Grounds ro-
ported recommending tho purchase If Tic eita
corner ot Looms ami Athvrlon streets, mud tho
report WAS ootlcuti Ell in.
The sasne Committee reported recommending
the purchase OF schoul site cornor of Waaco
und Ihitly.lifth stroets for 5S,50v, anl tue re-
port WIS concnrred il.
- DEAF NfUTEs.
Inspector Covert, OF tlIa Committee to whom
.llnt subject waB referred, presented tho draft
Of a memorial to the Illinois Legislature for AL
appropriation for school IN Chicago tor the III
Atruetson Of deaf mites. The memorial suts
forth the necessity for such school, and tho
fact that not moro than two or tAroo teacllcrs
would be required tLut, in the event Of iH es-
th1iisnoHt, pupils now i'll the Jacksonville ill.,
elitutlon Whoso paronts. reside III tho vi
thus bringing them within Tho Influences
Of homo; that nh appropriation Of
5000 would bo sufficient, anl that the saw
ing to tho State wonld reuch that suln. Tho
memorial was approved, md copies sont to the
senate and House Of Representatives at Spring.
1ield.
n1ortscnooL INSTRUCTION.
The Special Committee to whom Mis- referred
the Butjcct OF q modification Of tho cnuree Of
study at thu liigh-school reported III follows:
1t appears that more than 80 per cent Of lnho who
cntrr ti'u High hc,o ltasse the school betnle Tho
yo.r Cvmmittca Tint the wants Of tIcro p,l,1s may
be Eccr ,nct ly co1so Of study nrralstu With rci.
crenee 10 the limited ti,ne they re,nnn III school
!. ~ hot thn lrpoae u tho COMMITTEES s1 nbrfo tho
or ~. y wo my asslFe ~ ~ M
iiun. t],ry ,ake hrrsw1i, wj i,,r,1aso n" nt,nnt
turcs fur 1lrt. School nu1nonps unrns t,cy sHn1,lI
result In M incresy Of nu,nbcra applying fur atiui.
sion. Tic following resolution umLod!ca tia riews ot
sonr cninnt!tiec
y,tet, Ilat tue lliGlsshooI clarses tn tue differ.
ill., rMa rs.a ~ UT cy Il" a. s sd Of
ion bo o for H ~. sorra IN ea or ua ay af III