The daily gazette., 1878-02-14
y eTM~,'schoSr Board.
sPEcrAn MEETING LAST nIsHr--MucH
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The Board of Public Education held
special meeting last evening, President
Buck in the. chair. s.t,s, rae u
The Committee on Finance reported
that since the estimates Of expenses for
the different schools had been made, that
the Secretary had made his estimate Of
the expenses for the Board room and
that it made the total amount of estimat-
ed expenses $65, ,526.l2, leaving the sum
Of $2,036.88 for contingent expenses.
The committee also deemed it inexpe-
dent to have printed cards similar TO
those used by the City Council. The
, report was adopted.
The Committee on Normal School
made the following report:
| Since the opening Of the Normal
School In September, last there have
been seventy-four sessions Of it, each ses-
sion last one hour.
During this time thirty-eight teachers
have enrolled themselves as members of
this school. The largest attendance at
Y INV session has been lwonty-two,the last
tko; average per session, twelve. The
report was accepted and ordered to be
filed.
The Superintendent reported the abb
sence of teachers for the month ending
January 10Th as follows: Excused with
full pay, 81 days; sick on ON half pay ,33 /
days, without pay, 1SA days.
Average number vi pupils belonging
to all the schools during Jaduary, 1873,
1892, Increase of number over January
1877, 373, number Of teachers employed
In all the schools in January 1878, Ito,
increase from January 1877, 4.
In regard to the examination Of schools
he made the following report:
During the last Two weeks of the hall
year that closed with the late examina-
tions, examined as many classes as the
time, and my other duties would permit.
have distributed brief summaries of the
results of these examinations to the COM
mittees If the school in which the exami-
tions were made. As could not exa-
mine all the classes, / selected classes
that, as far as l could learn had commen-
ced In September with nearly equal at
tainments, and had been taught under
circumstances nearly equally favorably
Notw outstanding this near equality OF
conditions IL appears In the results Of the
examinations that some Of the classes
/, learned much more during the half year
! than did others. While these differences
, In results produced under different tea
: chers, are not greater than others tC
r which have referred in my two last
: annual reports, 1t seems to me, that they
4 are greater than should continue to oc
. cur.
= The report was accepted and referred
! to the Committee on Teachers.
ri On motion of Mr.. Ferris a committe,
; OF three were appointed to examine
: set of books that had been referred to b,
5 the superintendent. Messrs. Ferris, Eek
Y el and Shortledge were appointed.
: DIR. Shortledge stated that the commit
/ tee OF No. IL school had awarded thu
!, contract for repairing the roof Of tina
Q school, to w. r. Robinson, for S85. h
being the lowest bidder. The action O
( the committee was ratified by the Board
On motion of Mr.. Baird, the commit
; tee of No. 2 school were authorized u
3 have the fence repaired, that had .beel
D blown down.
Q On similar motion ofDr. Shortledg
: the committee of No. IL were authorl
3 zed to have the fence at that school re
Y paired.
0 Mr. Belts moved that the report of tn
Q Finance committee in regard TO printing
T cards be reconsidered, which motion wa
r agreed to, and the cards ordered to b
t printed.
t On motion Adjourned.
r ORDERS.
During the evening the following oil
= ders were directed to be drawn: Adam
n & Bro, S5,75; Charles ID. Agnes, S34l(
: James M. Bryan. S16.66; James Brad
S ford, Sl0.75; NJ. ID. Crossan, IS cents
n Capelle q Bro., S7.49; James Davis, $11
80; Ferris &c Bro, 1915; Gawthrop
f Bro, ,$a6.25; j. ii. q q. X. Greenman, S3t
o Robt. Haddock, S2S9S, E. NJ. Hopes
r %; J. Jeffsris & Son, $4O.95; II. p. Jone,
$l6.50; James & Bro, 25 cents; w. N
Kennard 81 Co., $6625; W. A. Macor
S54.5O j. q. Massey, $40. 80; y. Pickel'
$3.50; W, f: Robinson, $3.50; +: z, SimI
d, son, Sl2485; Thompson Bros, $2,25; Levi
: u ebley, 81, 80; teachers pay roll, 81 ,421 ]
: officers and janitors, SAB 65; Charles 4
t Thomas & Co., SS67.83; w. A. Macol
; S22 40; Every Evening Pub. Co., 1913. N
: Joyce. 81 80.