Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-09-12

The school board met last night,
President Mitchell in the chair.
The minutes Of the last meeting were
read and adopted.
TIE sUPERINTEEDEET's REPORT
Wae next pTsEeuTc,r, assl L. a- foIIoxrz.
MExPHIs, TENN, September II, 1876
To the Honorable Board OF Education:
GEETLEMEN-I beg leave to submit
the following report Hs to the opening
and ureseut condition Of the schools. Al
the high school ejghty-eigb were ia
attendance; at the Market street build.
ing two hundred and fifty-nine in the
graded schools; at the Alabama street
building, two hundred and ninety eight
at the Court street building, two
hundred and one; at the Peabody school,
two hundred and thirty; at the Linden
street building, two hundred and
seventy; at the Chelses school building
about one hundred aud fifty, and at the
Clay street school building nearly two
hundred, making in all one thousand
three hundred and eighty-eight white
and two hundred colOred pupils. Nc
report has been received from the Sec
ond street coloTed school. Respectfully
submitted. ). L. LEATH,
The report was received and adopted.
The auditing committe reported as
allowed bills to the amount OF S632 IS.
The report was adopted and the accounts
ordered 10 be psid.
The finance committee reported q
balance o. hand amounting to Sc ,069 20.
Report received.
The report Of the secretary for August
and September, to date, was read and
oydered To he filed,
The committee on text books recon-
nended thkt HOlnaes's History OF the
LTaited States be substituted for Gooa-
TtcHs as a text book. The recommended
tion was adopted.
The committee on rules and Iegula-
tions suggested the adoption Of the ts o
amendments making 1t the duty Of the
secretary tto keep a full accOuD
OF ali funds and securities be-
longing to the board Of education" etc I,
and making section 81 correspond with
this amended section IL. The sugges-
ton of the committee was adopt
ed. Mr.. Anderson, chairman OF
the committee, gave notice OF
other changes that he would ask TO
have made. He will propose to strike
ont he committee on teachers, that on
apnesIs. snd section S, providing for the
snscific tim,S Of meetings; also section
m the TnIes. ,~~ction 10, defining the
power Of the presiu,~ ,~uts vote; to change
section IL and othe.-s. One OF the
amendments will be to lin Z tpe numDer
Of schools to forty, and to maze tne su-
perintendent's term Of Office four Years
70 prevent teachers presenting Luy
member of the school board or the su-
perintendent with money valuabies,
Jewels, or anything. The total number
OF amendments that Mr. Anderson will
introduce amounts to twenty-five.
The of superintendenps report for 1875
was presented, but its reading dispensed
with, which, with that Of the president,
was referred to The committee on publi-
cation.
On motion, Superintendent Leath
was invited 10 explain the views con-
.tained in his report submitted at the last
M Getting.
Superintendent Lesth set forth an ex-
uIap, ton Of these views, and his reasons
Tor III. ying the adoption thereof He
thouRhI that each school should have 8
principal of its own; but as they did not
have sufficient money TO do this, he
thought the next best thing was to have
a head teacher in each school, and that
the said head teacher be the priucipAl OF
the school.
Mr.. Goodman moved to adopt the
majority report Of the committee nom
concurring ia the suggestion to abolish
the high school, but agreeing upon the
views relative to prln-
cipaIs. The motion prevailed by a vote
OF eleven 70 eight, and the rules were
ordered to be changed so as to CONFORM
To the provisions of this report.
Messrs. J. P. Carey, J. J. Murphy ana
w. C. Folkes, q special committee, re-
ported that they had examined the
hooks and accounts Of Mr.. M. b. Ireze-
want. late secretary pro tenn, and found
the same correct.
M. Goodman presented . RESOLUTION
uaIIinR The atteation Of the superiDteI d.
ent 60 sections six and eight OF the rules
and regulations of the city schools snd
him to have the same STRICT
ly enforced. Adopted.
Mr.. Goodman also presented 8 Ie,olu-
tion to have the rules and regulations
indexed. Adopted.
Adjourned.