The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-02-10

MgErlSo OF rHE ScHooL BoARD.-In con.
sequence Of the Indictment weather and the
condition Of the roads, the regular January
meeting Of the School Board was postponed
20 the quarterly meeting for the winter term,
which was held on Monday last, February 9th,
ut which all the members were present.
In addition 10 the payment Of the teachers
salaries for the winter term, which in the ag-
| gregate amounted TO a sum little more than
| $4,000, the business transacted possessed
| little public interest.
A plan for preparing form of certificates
| for promoting pupils from one grade to anoth'
or in school, was submitted and postponed.
On the applications Of Miss Anna i. Kin
ger and Mr.. Simon p. Weaver for an appro.
priation to which each is by law entitled ioI
| the purchase of school library, an order
was passed that the sum Of $40 be paid in each
case. This secures y the Freedom school a
| library worth $40, and to Morelocks school
one worth $40, all belonging TO the Board, in
the care of the teachers and trustees.
II having been shown that the number OF
pupils at Middleburg entities the teacher to
4 an assistant, Miss Carrie Harbaugh was APP
pointed to assist the teacher, Mrs. H. Lee
| England, whenever her average Rtieu dance
shall exceed fifty pupils,
DIR. Reindollar was requested to recon
mend . student, from the 10th election dis
trict, to I'LL State scholarship now vacant in
Western Maryland College.
| Applications from several teachers for al
increase Of their individual salaries were sub
mitted and urged; but the Board decided that
the requests could not now be granted,
A note was recorded that teachers be re-
minded that unqualified quarterly reports
cannot be received by the Board Quarterly
reports are always returned to the teacher
unless they be sworn to, before payment eau
| legally be made.
Several bills for repairs, &c. embracing one
to repair Pleasant Valley school house,
amounting to S74,66, were passed aud paid.
Messrs. 0ursler, Everhart, and DR.. Trump
appeared before the Board and presented an
urgent demand for new school house in
Manchester; whereupon the gentlemen named
were authorized to institute measures to Sc
cure u suitable lot, or to enlarge the lot on
which the old house stands, and report to the
School Board on Monday, March 9th, so that
action may be taken to provide for building
early thereafter.
On the application of a trustee of the Ore.
gon school, permission was given that neigh
borhood meetings for proper purposes, may
be held in said school house, provided the
| uusttts hliu NblitNNlNtil 'N hNtu
responsible for any and all damage that shall
result to the school property from such meet
ings
Mr.. James Kuhn, through DIR. Rendollar,
paid to the treasurer the sum Of $3.50 col
lected of the Taneytown ground rents.
The Examiner announced TO the Board
that, in pursuance of his professional duties
in visiting the schools, embracing occasions
to assemble the people together at night
meetings, he had addressed large and respect.
able collections of the friends of the public
schools at Carroll Academy, Taneytown,
Hampstead, Walnut Grove, Middeburg, and
other places, the most Of which meetings ap.
peared to give much satisfaction.
On Friday, the I'd Of February, very sue.
cessful public examination of the pupils of
Mrs. II. Lee Engand's school at Middleburg
took place in the presence of a very respecta,
BILE audience, composed of trustees, parents,
and admiriug friends of high intelligence, who
expressed the highest satisfaction; and at the
close of the interesting entertainment, the
Examiner, who was present, addressed the
meeting, directing his remarks as much to the
parents, trustees, aud teachers, as to the
pupils.