The daily gazette., 1877-06-26
The School Board.
REGULAR MEETING--FINANC
TEACHERS EXAMINATIoN--TH
INSURANCE QUESTION, &c.

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lar session, last evening, President Buck
in the chair.
The Finance Committee reported
school taxes for 1876 in the hands of the
City Treasurer, amounting to S7SS. .33,
which were ordered to be drawn. 80
Mr.. Price, from this committee, stated
that the City Treasurer had also in hand
Sll,2OO, received from the sale of school
bonds, but that the money could not be
paid over to the Board until the ordi-
nance authorizing the sale of these bonds
was passed BY Council. He also said
, that note for $4,000 would soon fall due
and moved that an order for this amount
with accrued interest, be drawn and
made ready, so that the note could be
lifted when the money was received by
the Board. Adopted.
Mr.. Price also presented the opinion of
Council as to the power of the Board, ,un-
der its new charter, to borrow money for
current expenses. 1t is published else
where. L--,
The Committee on Teachers reported
that an examination of persons desiring
to become teachers will be held in school
No. l, on the 5th and 9th of July; and
that they deemed it advisable to exclude
from this examination all persons less
than 17a years of age. The examination
will be in spelling, definition, reading,
grammar, arithmetic, geometry and his
tory.
Prof Reynolds thought the examina-
ton should include composition, which
was one Of the most important branches
and strongest tests. He moved that it be
added to the list of branches of examina-
tion.
Mr.. Baird thought the suggestion a
good one for the future, but not for the
present, as the applicants had not under
stood that composition was to be included
in this examination.
Mr.. Eckel favored the insertion of COM
position, with the understanding that at
this examination failure in composition
| should not work against the success of
any applicant who passed successful
examination IN all the other branches.
With this understanding Prof. Rev
nolds modified his motion and moved
that the report be recommitted with in
structions to include composition in the
branches of examination, Adopted.
Afterwards the report, as amended was
presented and adopted.
Mr.. Furry stated that the new colored
school in South Wilmington, recently re-
now held in a building capable of accom-
modating so pupils. He moved that the
Board take charge of this school. Adop-
ted.
Mr.. Eckel presented request from ].
W. Ware, for permission to tap the drain
of school No. 10, for the purpose of drain
ing the cellars of some houses he was
building, and moved that he be allowed
the privilege, provided he left the drain
in good order. He thought this privilege
would simply be an acknowledgment of
the earnest efforts of Mr.. Ware for the
benefit of the Board, during the last ses,
sion of the Legislature.
DIR. Shortledge was in favor ofacknowl-
edging the kindness of Mr.. Ware, but
thought it bad policy to allow the drain
to be tapped free of charge, as other per-
sons would desire the same privilege.
The motion of Mr. Eckel was modified
at the request Of Col. Heisler, so as to
charge Mr.. Ware the nominal sum of SIS,
and then adopted.
Mr.. Lally brought up the question of
making census of the school children of
the city of Wilmington, in accordance
with the request of State Superintendent
Groves which was discussed at last meet
ing, and said that the project was mex
pedient, as the expense would not be less
than 500 and might reach $500.
Mr.. Eckel thought the census might be
taken cheaply by printing slips to BIZ fill
ed up with the desired information and
employing men to leave them at all the
houses in the city, and then collect them
giving the people time to fill up the
blanks.
The motion to appoint committee of
three to carry the project into effect which
was made at the last meeting, when the
subject was postponed, was then renewed
and adopted. The chair appointed as
the committee, Messrs, Lally, Eckel and
Belts.
Mr.. Belts moved that the Visiting
Committee of each school be directed to
report at the next meeting, the amount
of repairs to the buildings necessary and
estimates of the cost of the same. Adopt
ed.
A communication was read from the
Executive committee of the Delaware
Institute of Mechanic Arts, asking for
donation of 500 to the drawing school
with the Institute. Postponed
indefinitely.
Prof. Reynolds asked why it was that
a policy of $4,000 on one of the public
schools in home company which had
recently expired, was changed to foreign
company.
MIR. johnson, chairman of the Com
mittee on Insurance, being absent, Mr..
Furry replied that at the last meeting of
the committee the chairman stated that
two policies in Philadelphia companies
were about to expire, and suggested that
the insurance on all the schools be placed
in three or four New York companies,
which he named. The committed au-
thorized the chairman to change the
policies that were about to expire to one
OF the New York companies mentioned.
Prof. Reynolds said that to his posi-
tive knowledge a policy of $4,000 had
been taken from the Delaware Mutual
OF this city. and placed in foreign COM
pany. He thought home institutions
should be supported as the Board re
ceived its support from this city.
Mr.. Eckel offered the following reso-