The daily gazette., 1876-02-29
E!RSI' EDITION
THE SCHOOL BOARD.

REGULAR MEETING COMMITTEE REPORTS
"A LESSON IN GRodRAPHY-PREPARIN
FOR THE APRIL ELECTION, ETC.
A regular meeting of the Board of Ed
ucation was held last evening, President
Shortledge in the chair.
The Committee on Teachers reported
that owing to the declination OF Miss
Emma Pringle to accept the position to
which she was promoted at the last meet
ing of the Board, the following changes
were made:
Miss Endora + Hay to take the place
TO which Miss Pringle had been promot-
ed Miss Fannie J Butler to take Miss
Hays place, Miss Annie Il Finn to take
Miss Buffers place, Miss Dennison to
take Miss Films place; all the other
teachers in No 10 to be promoted one
place, and Miss Sidney A Wells to take
the vacancy in No 10. The Committee
also promoted Miss Louisa Schmidt Of
No 6 to the new school in the Taylor
Academy; the teachers below Miss
Schmidt was promoted one place, and
Miss Annie II Jefferis was appointed to
the vacancy in No 6. The foregoing re-
port was adopted.
Messrs Ferris, Heisler and Eckle, q
majority of the Book Committee recon-
mended the dropping of Mitchell S
First Lesson" and the substitution of
Harper School Geography" and "War-
ren's Primary for Mitchell s Intermedi-
ate" and Primary"
Messrs Buck and johnson presented q
minority report dissenting from the rec =
ommendation of the majority, on account
of the cost of the change, and the inter-
ference with the study of Geography; al
SO that they considered Nitchelps the
best, Harpel's being crude and untried
publication, containing many inaccura-
| cies and calculated to teach only smat-
tering Of the science it processes to
| teach.
Mr. Buck moved tho adoption Of the
minority report, which Mr. Eckel moved
to lay on the table. The motion to lay
on the table was lost by vote of ) yeas
to 18 nays.
Messrs Fraim, johnson, Buck, Frock
and Zebley opposed any change, while
Messrs Heisler, Eckel and Ferris advo.
Gated the change. The yeas and nays
being called, the minority report was
adopted by 18 yeas to 6 nays.
| Approved bills amounting to 1927 /,
were offered by Mr. Woolley, and ordered
to be paid.
Mr. Ruth reported that the upper stor J
of old No l3 has been leased for private
school at IS per month.
| Ou iuOblOu VI MI TCkcl LDe COMMITTED
on building new school No 5, was in
structed to advertise for proposals t.
heat the building by steam.
Mr. Frock presented the lease by the
City Council of the second story Of tn,
old No 5, to the Board for q nominal rem
of $40 per annum which was accepted
and the Committee was farther instruct
ed to purchase q carpet and stove for tn
new room.
Mr. Frock also stated that the schoo
T in the Taylor Academy would open o.
: Wednesday.
On motion of Mr. Eckel the followin
/, Committee Of one from each ward wa
appointed to proc1re places and arrang
; for holding the election for members {
the Board: 1st w II Pierce. I'd z U. Fun
; ry, Sd A Price, 4th w Morrow, St
w H Curry, 9th Henry Eckel, 9TH l
! Chandler, 9Th Lewis Zebley, 9th Joh
/ Palmer, 10th Taylor
M. Woolley presented u balance sheC
{ showing the working of the new systel
? of keeping accounts, he commenced tn
. efficiency of the Secretary and Treasur.
/ and that he would offer amendment
j. concerning the financial management
!, the Board to conform to the new systel
i adopted. The subject was referred to
; Committee consisting of Messrs Woolle
r jenkins and w. j. Morrow.
Messrs Buck, Fraim and Chandl,
y were appointed comnittee to inquil
! into the legality of placing the names
: taxables in old school district No l
i upon the assessment list of the city an
n report at the next meeting of the Boar