, 1876-01-01
EDUCATIONAL.

| Estntc -Itcssunntl0ns - nth Appoints
n,cnts-1ir. PicMnfd's Report.
Tho I,oard OF Education held tllcir regular
! seml-monthly noosng Inst evening, President
1tfchborg In tho chair. Tlcro woro also psesens
McssrB Charlie. Covert. 1ioyne, O!esou, 0lingcr,
Heed, Smith, Sullivan, asIi Welch.
Ihe Clerk road communications from tho City
| Conncl which directed tho Doard 10 advertise
for scbool slte near tho corucr Of Wallace and
.Tb,rts.l!fth streets; and lot anoiler III tho
netghborhood Of Oakley aud Indiana atreots.
1.ofo.rcd to tic Committee ON rubrc Grounds.
Migs Agnes ]. $. ferguson cent In cotnin.tni.
cation In which shc requested tie loafd to ad-
| vance hcr salary 10 SH0J per nnn,lm. OH nccounk
OF extra services. 1tufurEed TO Committee on
tl.aa Annie Patch Randall, head ass!s,ant Of
| tho Holden School, Bont IN lior reelEnation,
WHICH wau accepted, and Mrs Fannie L. Oliver
was unanimously elected TO ill thu yacaucy.
| 1.oTB foA BALE,
Charles fIouTotin sent In n communicating In
which lo offered to nell tic city 1oO or 200 feet
front OH the BouLll aido nf Walnut street, at tho
lato Of $35 per foot. for school purposes Rc-
,felrcd TO tho Cou,mittce on Bulldinga md
Grounds.
" j. Onahan acnt in communication. IN
which lie offered Lula TO G, inclusive III Block
II, fer,cn park Addition. having q frontage OF
1876 feet OIL Centre avenue by leu feet OH Arh-
ingl0n street, suitable fur A SCHOOL a!te. lot
sl2coo. Referred to the Committee on Public
Grounds.
| SCHOOL ACCOMMODATIONS,
THO Committee On Public Buildings. and
Grounds fepo'tcd that tho basement OF tue
CHURCH of tho Guod Shepherd, corner Of Jones'
| and TAlrsy-tuurth etseots, 10 by rs feet, carr.
Ils Of accommodating 129 pupils could
10 limo It may 10 occupied. They recommend
t!'ut the llaca be rented iron JAN. l, aud that
t!1e Supply Agent he Instructed to psosiuo evety-
thing lIreehsarY to fit MP Tho rlaeo.
tho report was adopted.
| THE uInfi SCHOOL.
The Committee OIL High School reported that
tho i1cens examination Of pupils tor admission
10 that institution. had given ninoty ty-four WHO
averaged over 10 por ccnf,-lho standard fixed
| by Tho Board.
,Ir. English thonght the standard hoo low Il
ought t1 bo raised to At least 1t por ccus.
Alr. Clarko waa ri tho BAlne opinion.
Mr.. Sullivan 4aid he thought tho standard for
1877 might ba raisch. but 1t would bo unfair to
raise the ssaudard on those cxsm,ncd for 1876.
Ito hoped tho standard would not bo changed
then.
The report was finally approved as mnlo.
1lr. Covert moved tl,at tho pupils passed upon
bc admitted 10 their several district ecliuots III
new class cg, OF to the Central High School, II
qualified. among tho new clasacs.
4 question WAS rlipod Whittier thero would
not he additional oapcnso III tic way Of toaclors,
soomH, and HupplteH.
be admitted without nddlt;oual expense.
Some little dobate followed. md bls. Coycra'a
motion prevailed.
APPOINTMENTS, ETC. .
Tho Committee on appointment Of Teachers
tcptrtod OIL followo Emily. Leo. 6catnnlon
school, Mary C. hlorse, Aiatlie A. Harvey, Ag-
neA Coesttell. Frnnktin School: Mary Il. AIauB-
MoesS seoo IL Wateps Foster 81 leoy ebo
Louise G. Winters, NowbeEry; Maggie J. Cassy,
llasen; .Eva II. Marsh, Cottage Grove: L,zzio
T. Hatch: Anna 4: Nsrgle, Fannie Z. Palmer,
Holden; Lizzie ]. Shoemaker Clarlsa Evn L.
+ IIt"n Lincoln; Mary T.. Mnns1ahou, Carpel-
ter; Joanna Al. {. W.let, Durr; Ida II. briggs.
Clarke; Katlo ~. Heron. Wicker Park; Alice
II. Sullivan. WalsL street; ,Anuio n. Mnruhy,
p.cka5d ciar. E. Eddy cslumot sse.,uo; Mag
eie +. Fortune, wasI; Mary, E. IhonI eon,
Mary Fitzgerald, NicEDIeonyille; dctlio Fan
tsrkock, C!envor street; Nary A. spooncr. West
HARRISON etreet.
lilo following wcro recommended for full cor.
ti:lcatcH: L!xzso i. Gibbons. Saugauon Street
School Matte =. Ay1es, Scon'mon School Net
tic Basi'nel. caEpouter sshos!; Al,co Il. Cur
sallo Street School Ilolen N. Ilatln" ny. Frank
llu School; Hattie L. Lynn, Sewbcrry School +;
Annette Sherman, Wells Street School,
Iho following we're .:gn reeomme,,ied to reeove
G. Crane, Carrie l., Edwards, 1eanno l..
Fox. Maggie l.. Gosgin, Annie L. Gibbons,
Luela llcnroth. siiua y. JopsoM Eliza A.: John
Mills, Mary Moionoy. ,Eva i. Moore, Cora s.
,, t Powers. MaggIn B. lasIin. Julia E.eSargout,
! Cialra l.. Stumble. II. Emma Sempso., Juntasa
Stafford Lizzie Thomas, Gertrude 4: English,
!, Ellen Gibbons. Gruco L. Mcfarland, FlanceB IL.
Vance, Mary A. Wto, Fannie II. Whiting.
Tie rorotts wero ndurted.
!. Tho following toudered their reHisna.iops.
: : which, Nera nccupted:
u Aunle kayala.igl,, 1Iaven Scllool; Kato +.
: ! Walker, BUR-; Lily born, brown; Mary 1enl-
! peton, Brown; Autocnette splchasz Washing
ton Sclool.
:. SCHOOL ATTENDANCE.
The following figures nr8 from the report of
y Superintendent plckntd: lllgboat enrolment
: during tho yoar, in November, 4l.63S; lowesi
cnrolllncut III September. .4o,324; nyorugo Gu
November. sot33; iowopt attenianco, scp.oul'
bcrt III. ia; mott frequent tardinesa. Decem1or.
+ ll,l3l; least froquen., soptembor, 4,3A2.
|, y Tho report wont on to Aay that tho attendance
!. at The eyonInE schools was cxceeut. wlllo tht
. . season 1aatca. Thcre had beeu few cuses oI
= suspension Tor misconduct. Tho project Of hay'
ing an utRraded-claRs room In every sct,oul, hav
:, Ing I'LL nyelngs utterdnuco ot 700 or 900 pupils
- - MaH suggested, THIS would do away with tlt
: feeling OF degradation Which some pupils fce
y Nien behind In tleis classics, owing to unaroida
. bla circumstances.
> Tue report waR acccpted.
BCllUoL-fuNn PROPERTY.
Tho Committee on school-Fund Property. f
!. . whom wls referred tho proposition Of }. II. Lis
= sell agout OF Thouaas scanlan ui!d SYLVESTER
ss H. goFis'fs z ss and i T. Il q aerss .ss
y L. i5 offs. E. 4, all in Hoe u. Tom u. norts
II II Of llungo II, i. Of Sd prlrcpat meridian u
:. Cook Coun1Y md recommend .thlt tue salt
:, property DO snil at tho lricc proposed
70 to-wlt s49,Gl1.lo, upon tho iaynaen
=, Of e10,oUO at tho tsmo Of th
!. execution and delivery OF decd thcEeoi by tn
% years, at i ). and 10 per cent lnle1cst, 70
= ciired on different parcels OF the above propcrt
% (aa described in tho sclcdule accompanying re
)" polt). Tho adoption OF Tho following resolution
il recommended:
Nfsulpra, That tho Cannon Council. Of the City
CLIcag0 bu requested D in tIp aalo VI tho proi
ertY nboyo describe 10 tho said Thomas 6canan nj
T. Rylsoytct Hand.
=, 10th report and resolution we1e adopted, an
" the Beard ad l0urucd.
= = TlI1N.'REc.oUs, METALS.
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