National Republican., 1878-05-15
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Business Transacted by tho Trustees Las
Night,

samuel Lynch, making charges against MISS
Esther Gill Of secondary No. s. first district, which
was referred to the committee oil teachers without
reading.
superintendent j. o. wilson, IN reply TO a rcso-
luton OF the board nquring into violations Of
r'la 90 reported that he had received mforma-
tion from the principals Of all the divisions that
man named tirunt, agent for Applcton's American
EnCyclo. rrlIahNl canyasScd their buildings with
precndcdauth from the board Mr.. WILSON, cx
pRined that lie had expressly informed that agent
that II was contrary tn the rules Ia canvass the
school. without special permission Of the board,
but It seemed that he had deliberately violated the
rule
The matter was laid over temporarily
MO srELLING-NATCH.
Superintendent Wilson also made report Of the
examination in spcllnr,which was made in accord
anCe with the programme In all the grades OF tho
city white srhuuls abUvc the second between April
90 and 10 inclusive. Finy words were solicited for
each Of the six grades examined and ~ no wOr
was duplicated the entire list contained 3pO word.
There were llU3i pupils Cmrilici In all
the schools ut tho time Of the examination
of which number 6.I27 were In the grades exam
ined The following Is u SUMMARY of the results:
Her cent. examined of the whole numhcr of pu
cmt Of the numhcr enrolled in the grndesc cxamimcd
vi; number of pupils examined, 6.t'i number of
pupils absent from the examination lH5: number
OF CLASSES examined Ia. number OF Glasses hnv
ing no pupils absent NJ Average pcr cent.
nf prrrCt spelling Third grn le 80; fourth G9s;
nnh, 80; sixth. ST.; seventh. 7aj; eighth, Ggi
the county Srhu"ls was made at the same time.
the list "f words prepared for the city with the Gx
Ccptun Of th0s" for the third and fourth grades,
being uScl. There were fF' irilN cninicl III ali
the schools and "a. or lG.s per cent Of this mum.
Der were examined The average per cent VI cor
rect spelling was 1I.N full tabular statement III
detail. showing the result, of the examination in
| each class, nCcnmTanirl Ih" report.
Superintendent q. +. T. 'onk muin report Of
the examination IN spelling in the cJlorci schools
which showed A. follows: Number .! pupils exam
ined. 2.l3l number Of words lp",sr; number Of
words mi>slVyi .upl Irr cent. # correct spell
| ing, GGl: number Of pupils rrricvtd,.
The abstract Of reports for the mouth Of April was
presented Us follows: Whole lulhl,r ui rn.iiN cii'
r'llel-Whitr. l2,39: Cp!"rel. G'iI; 'o:'l, 1850
Number of teuchcr>-Whiil schools, -, cJlbrci
schools, III total. so.
Appli,atirl., for positions rs teachers were re
W \. +. Campbell. walter l.. Scu !lCr, Miss Ella
NJ. Jpliy, T. c, >tc.lI,ou. Isaac r. Paul. Philip "
| Shippvn. VI - Augusta \. Gray, Miss Mary n Pol
| ley. aud ". y. BTrEncr.
William \. W!lkcr applied f't jGn!;ors position.
At the request Of th" smD-bgnid, Of thn'e dlNi-
| ions RuSsrl Stcpiur ami Mr., lyIphy Strrrrit were
| appointed jantor, Of tho ThnlnI'',n building and
| tile GOul-llOpc Hi SchrI respectively.
| The committee on supplies and accounts re-
| por,rd ia,uraU!y Oh bill, Amounting T. sl,i1iGy
| Mr.. IuhEsun offered an amendment T. the rules
| that Good Friday and Easter Monday hc Included
| in the annual holidays Referred to committee Oh
Mr. Holland offered resolution that the com.
| mittee on textbooks b- directed u Culisder the
| psupricty OF ADOPTING IN The pubic sIhuOI' tht
graded series Il Whites Arithmetic. aud report ut
| The annual meeting ur the huurd in June nlSn
that II change Of arithmetic be considered belurc
any other textbook
Mr. smith Deprecated any attempt to make a
change in textbooks At this time, which he CON
| sidcrrd an uuwise aud injudciOus thing 10 do.
ON motion Of Mr. DAVIS, the resolutions were lald
| on the table.
DR.. Rcyhum gave note that the annual examina
tiun IN drawing would take place at the Franklin
and sumner buildings ON Friday May ~ al ont
O'Clock y. III. -
q. hat
District Commissioners the sale of vacant scnvu
lot near Trrallytnwn, ut price n"i less than INA
| originally paid for it,
Mr johnson. irnIn the committee on examina
tiOn, rrtunmendcl thai the teaches OF The eight
grade shall designate the IuHs cons delei l.ihll
lied for promotion 10 the ninth grade, and pfyl4r
all necessary nirrs for the supervision Oi Tia
principal Of the ninth grade. Spord,rcd.
The report Of the committee Oh rules, dpfnn
the power Of the PRECEDENT of the h.a51 TO max
: changes In TIE standing committee AMI Urpuit
chairman ioE the 'ane, came W n untn~hC
? husiLvsS. and after II short discussion wa. u
. mot:"n Of Mr. Brooks, laid over till the hex
: meeting.
PROFESSOR HENRY's DEATH
Mr.. Brpwnc Offered the following. which Wa
: unanimously adopted;
Whrrcr. the d,lni." Of Professor Joseph Henry h.
been nn ~" d 10 TIC 10 T, Of rru,,,rs Of + nj
?. ~r",'s ut III" D.SIr'r mr columbia: Th"re'r'. 10
ME an alnrs: Irr"pa ahc loss In the Caue ~ -ri",
a, cong"iri VITA porM.ar ,1inrnl'o9 "rd We -
,. constant friend ui the public 'chOo Of this District.
{ Mcssrs Brook, and Rryhutn testified to the syn
d lnlhy and Interest manifested In Tie schools Of III
| District by Pr, ft'Ss0r Henry.
Mr.. Ford offered II rc>nutiOn that the publ
= | schpUls lc closed on May ~ Dcrurntuu bay au
will not be closed ON the following Friday Agree
1 Mr.. lloyd offered resolution instructng III
j. committee on teachers 10 TAKE into cnnsdcri
!. the pruprirty OF granting certificates 0f grnduAln
to the pupils Of the eighth grade and, II grantcd,
report form Of certificate. - ordered
= GOING FOR BOOK AGENT
q Mr.. Huvcy offered tie following:
Where's !, Gpprars BY n" reports Of me SnpST
ingv violated a rile OF this h ard by Offering for "a
h,rPp and 6 H' "nHoSa % e %%fs % by %'S mpSrrun
Lh;n, 70 buy their ,yG%p's,a and m som% a,Sf3
= said tycl"pe.lia. although they DID not want I.
. Ls"irrd That the superintendents be hereby d
o rected to noify all teachers Of thG public schools
the name Uf tn" person who attempts 10 violate sue
Mr. Reyburn said he understood that the nger
n In question had used his nano rs authority f
4 canvassing the schools He had received no sue
authority from him he had simply given Il
/ Ggcnt a note recommending the work.
: Mr.. browne questioned tho proprety of usiI
O names in the resolution.
y Mr.. Hovey defended the wording Of the resol
; ton. The agent had deliberately and knowing
!. violated the rules, and imposed upon The tcache
d with pretended permit from the board.
% Mr.. Holland offered a substitute that the exec
n | tive officers OF the board be authorized 10 tai
e measures to prevent IN the future all vlOlatiOrs
u RUE " lie lllG ItSOlNllOl VI
. ground that h. was not in favor Of stGbblng ii
70 publishing house for the act Of an oiiiCious agent.
II After further discussion Mr.. Hovey stated tn
as his purpose had already been accomplished,
would withdraw the resolution. So the qucstiC
settled itself.
a MISS MASN's OFFERING.
l. communication was read from Miss N.
r Mann Withdrawing her original proposition
/, have certain books Ot reference go to Paris wi
~ the public school exhibit, and donating them
the public schools for the free OF all the pupi
A books
70 accepted with thanks.
"A This matter was discussed at some length al
is with great feeling In the course Of which n
nj | HSvcy took occasion 10 arrHign Appleton d {
10 for their sO.CAed insidiOus attempts " use 4
~ | board Hs an advertising medium.
~ | Finally. seeing no hope OF reaching scttlGmel
Mr. smith withdrew his resolution, and ut qui
tor past eleven O'Clock the board adjourned.
I.uUSEMENTS.