The Morning herald., 1878-12-10
THE, BOARD or lDUCATIoN., !.

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The Board 81 Education . nstfn regular
seedon last evening, With President Eeeksl
ii the chair. 20 -"
2 Nr. Kent Is chairman II the nook com,
mittee asked Tor informstfcn on s matter OF
some obscurity IL relation to Brooks union
srithnetic, concerning which, thste was
Some misunderstanding, Us to whether It was
still in use in the schools. .....@-...-.- '',"
Mr.: Bald presented the telling resolution
whidh covered thc matter and II was apop>>
RrsoLvsp, That TIE Brooks union arith
metic No. 2lsistill upon the list or che text
books for use in the public schools s5uy9s
/. On motion Of Mr.. Palmer, the rules were
suspended and Mr.. Alfred b: Poole, the
new member from the First Ward was
avCrn IN ik Ht4uS sa EgFtI, bfEts ~ GOfja1
The committee on finance reported $50
In the Tressurer's hands, as, school taxes
collected for 1877, and also S2S6. .G for 1878
The former soon was made payable to the
city council and an order was directed to be
drawn on the Treasurer for the second sum
payable to the board. ,.,.t.,,,, al Il, ,.,t
The President stated that there was .
vaeancy ID the committee on the sale OF
otd school house, No. Island also on the
committees of No. II and 10 schools, caused
by the resignation Of Thomas, johnson, Mr.,
Poole was opposed to fill those vacancies
and Mr.. Morrow will hereafter act % chair
man of the COMMITTEES ON the sale of old
Dr.. Grimshaws resolution to strike out
aw No. yIfI, section 81, taken up and
adopted. The was'as follows: IN YiiHgna'
/ "Whenever any member of q the Board
shall not give du eattentlon to the duties Of,
his office either by neglecting to, attend
three consecutive stated meetings Of the
Board, without reasonable excuse for his
absence or by falling for two consecutive
months todischarge his duty as q, member
Of the visiting committees, without like ex-
cuse for such q failure, It shall be the duty
Of the Board to declare his scat vacant, and
procure to All It as increase fothsr yacanne
Pcies." IN .,-'..r,.t-',.,.., ,..-,
| The matter Of the committee to revise
the charter was then spoken Of by the Presi
dent and he appointed The following COM
mittee: Messrs. Baird, > speaknans Kent,
Pyle and Morrow. AZ A1A oA dGiA
| On motion OF Mr., Baird, President Eckel
I was added to the committee. " )" @''
| President iEekel said that something
wonld have TO be done in the Howard school
No 16, owing to the feet that pupils were
advancing 20 rapidly that new grades were
pecessary. He proposed the building Of On
addition to the house. The weather Wal
referred to to committee on that school.
A Communication from the Chicago
school board, asking the cooperation OF, the
various boards OF education throughout the
country looking to reform IN English
Il spelling was not by the Presiden4. 1t wat
reserred to special COMMITTEES consisting
of Messrs. Speakmsp, Grimshaw and Pyle.
Il ID relation to the recent visit Of the
board in the Chester schools. President
Eckel made an address In which he dwelt
very pleasantly upon the occa sion, and
pointed, out the! difference bet ween, the
ahools eff that place and those of Whining
ston, as shown by comparison!l IL ''A..
i On motion of Mr.. Belts the Secretary OF
the Board was INSTRUCTED to netifyf the
present occupants of the old sch0ol. build
li,g at Second and Washington streets tp
v cate the building by the 25th OF March
next. :YI9Ri-~h ~ sIIutriN aQi
Mr. Davipsen stated that the committe'
Of No. IA, had appointed Mrs. Lizzie Brow
los Janitor, and on his motion che was alst
made of No. IS, or of district No. 7, &C
cording to the late action ip relation u
Ijanitors. His motion was adopted. III {
Mr.. Belts presented resolution to tn
effect that all business papers be locked u
! III the fire proof safe, In charge OF th
Treasurer. The resolution was accepted.
Owing to the fact that the protracted Ill
ness of the Treasurer, prevented him from
! signing the checks of the Board, Howart
Simpson, Esq, was empowered TO oct =
.. that capacity until Mr.. Coward was sbl
to resume his duties, with the consent
: him and his sureties. .-+d !.
Mr.F A. TAYLOR was authorized to Al
} | mn and sign all checks until further notics.
The committee of No. Ii was authorize
to have clock repaired. ,T.-F n
The Committee Of No, IA was allowed d
l buy q clock and to have the heater 70
! paired. ,"ni- y - 5sIH., -,
The Committee of No. 10 was granite
per mission to have the stairs repaired .
The Superintendent's report Of the absenc
0f. teachers for the past month showed p
absence from sickness Of 4S days, and fEon
other causes Of 81; uifq4y3N a,.u.
Mr.. Lslly said that the insurance polieie
Of schools Nos. 4 and IA were about TO ex
4 pire, and an order Of $21 25 WAS directe
! TO be drawn In his favor to renew them.
my Lally, chsirman Of the Conamitte
I on Insurancei. movsd that the committee b
authorized to divide equally the amount Q
/ Insurance among the Delaware, Farmer
and New Castle compauies.d 1t was post
ponsd until the next meeting. ,le,s,.La d
The COMMITTEES Of No. school wer
{. authorized to procure Q sufficient number
|. Wsbster's High School Dictionaries. Ii
: Daring the evening the following bill
) lwere ordered to be paid ,'
! VIM. 81. Foulk, $15S.22; Henry Greb'
ts64.54; ". f. Robinson, sl7.a; Syringe