Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-08-07
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Meeting OF the Board OF Truste


An adjourned meeting of the Board of Pub
lie School Trustees was held at the Franklin
building last night-Mr. b. P. Davis, presi
lent and j. H. Brooks, secretary. All the
ne mberS were present except Mr.. Curtis.
THE COMMITTEES.
The president announced the following com
Rnles-The President, Lambert, Middle
Ways and Means-Lloyd. Curtis ar
Annual Report-Loyejoy, Lar :. Brooks.
Buildings and Repairs
Holland, Curtis, MadisN White, Baldwin,
Brooks. - Davis, LOveiOy and
BT aesaa and + md saasses Madison Davis
dletOn 1~~Mattbaws, White, Nourse, Mid
j" Baldwin, L0vejOy and Brooks.
o .ottors-W. III Smith, White and Reybqrn.
Wis, Lloyd, Collins, c. B. Smith, Lamb bert, Mat
thewS and W. Ii. Smith.
Text Books and Course of Study-C. b.
Smith, Collins and Matthews
Examinations-Curtis, Farley and w. H.
Smith.
DISQUALIFICATION, Pope and Farley.
Drawing and Penmanship-Baldwin, Rey-
Printing-Brooks Nourse and Lloyd.
APPLICATIONS FOR TEACHERsHIPs
were received from the following and referred
10 the superintendents: Charlotte E. Ray, OF
New York City; Fannie A. Lacey, Sarah A.
Lucas, Miss L. Dunbar, Mary A. Fitzhugh,
Amy A. Nash, OF Jericho, VI; Virginia Charl-
Mary F. Harrington, Alice E. Linckin, OF Land
wick, Mass; James ii. Fleet and Henry
Hardy.
Applications were also received from James
Alexander, John III. Butler, and Augustus
PIummer for janitOIs position, and from VIM.
Tolson for plumbers position of A. Hail for
repairing the clocks; of j. II. Brown, to keep
coiored School rooms in repair. Also, the appli-
cation of James Smith to do the whitewasbing.
which, he says, he has had 1.-THE honor to do in
the past and the application of G, W; Boore
to do the same kind of work. stating Better
than all can clean my OWE dirt that l make
and not other peoples" These were all re-
ferTed.
THE MINER SCHOOL.
A communication was received from Caro-
line B. Winslow and w. w. johnson in refer
ence to the Miner school Building, suggesting
tablished; that the Normal school be made a
training school, and the pupils have OppOrtu-
nifty for practice, &c. The communication
was at the suggestion of Mr. Brooks. referred
to a special oinmittee-Messrs Madison, Da.
Wis, Reyburn, Middleton, Holland and Brooks.
A communication was received from the
amount expended on the Thomson building
9th street, near k) was s6,459.'5; placed ON
record.
THE ROBINSON MATHEMATICS CONTRACT.
Superintendent Wilson also presented the
draft oil contract of IvisOn, Brakeman 4 Co.,
relative to furnishing the schools with Robin
sons mathematics. Mr.. LOvejoy moved to
refer the subject to select committee, and it
was laid over. 1.-THE contract provides for an
exchange of Robinson's mathematics for
Davis, book for book, free OF cost during 80
days and that the wholesale rates subsequent
ly, whether the books are ordered for all the
the schedule, with a discount of Il per cent.
The rates given in the schedule are as follows:
Firs. book, % and %; complete arithmetic, 81
and IS; part /, complete, 81 and 30 part I'd,
complete. 81 and 50-the first figure being the
price in cloth, and second the price in paper.
Rep.I
NECESSITY FOR INCREASED SCHOOL ACCOM-
NOTATION.
Supe, intendent Wilson presented a cOmmlI-
nicatOn calling attention to the necessity for
immediate action in the matter OF school ac-
commOdat1On for the coming school year. He
says: The late board of trustees early in
June last carefully inspected the school build
IngS and prepared detailed statement of the
repairs required to preserve the buildings and
mated cost of $l0.iQ6.15. The vacation has
nearly passed, and the schools are to be re-
opened in little more than three weeks, aud
no part of this very important work has yet
been done. The increase in the average en-
Tolment OF pupils in the white schools of
Washington and Georgetown last year was
their accommodation. There is no reason for
expecting the increase of pupils to be less
at the opening in September of this year. Of
the white schools of Washington and George.
town. ~ schools are now occupying rented
rooms, and 1t viii be no easy task to find IA
addltlonal rooms that are suitable and can be
rented for school purposes. 1t will also be me-
cessafy 10 provide room or rooms for the
advanced grammar school for boys. There
are about 40 boys who are qualified and desire
TO enter this school, and the room i'll the
last year Will not accommodate more than 80
pupils The communication was referred to
the committee On building.
petition was presented asking for an ad-
ditiOnai school ON Good Hope Hill and re.
1erred. Also petition relating to the leasing
OF the chapel on Sd street, between l. street
ana New YORK avenue, for school purposes,
which was referred.
RESOLUTION TO UNDO THE WORK OF THE
LATE BOARD.
Mr. Lambert called attention to the fact that
mucn OF the work OF the board had been an
tlclpated by the former board, and, while he
had no objection to the teachers who had been
nominated by that board, he felt it his duty
under the circumstances to offer the following
resolution, which was laid over:
whereas IL is the sense of this board that
the appointment of teachers in the public
schools of the District of Columbia for the
ensuing year properly belongs to this board:
Therefore be Ii
Resolred, That the action of the late Board
OF Public Schools in making said appointments
last. be. and the same is hereby, resclnded and
the appointments annulled, and that the ap-
propriate agencies in the selection and ap-
pointment of teachers be, and they are here
by, directed to make Recommendations for
filling the various teacherships hereby made
vacant
Mr.. c. B. Smith offered a resolution direct
ing the committee OH buildings to put i'm order
room at HillSdale for an additional school:
referred.
THE PROPOSED CHANGE OF TEXT BOOKS.
he contract submitted by MeSsrS. IvisOn,
Brakeman 4 Co. relative to the change of Da-
Wis arithmetics for RObinsOn's, was taken up.
the pending motion being that of Mr.. LuvejOy
10 refer 10 select committee.
MI. BROOKS suggested that it 60 to the COM
mlttee on text books.
BIZ Lloyd defended the action of the late
ooard III making the change, saying that they
acted In compliance with the standing rules
The committee in reporting on the Subject
We're unanimous, and the board, by a more
ihan TWO thirds vote accepted the report He
urged that the contract be acted Oh at once
as Ii was important for the publishers to know
what is 10 be done, and there were but about
three weeks before the schools will reopen
MIR. ReyDurn explained that he was opposed
TO changing text books on principle: but in
this case there was necessity for this action,
and the book adopted is vastly SUPERIOR
Mr.. LOvejoy said he did not regard the ac-
ton OIL the late board as a fnality. The man
ner In which the subject now comes up would
ndicate that the Commissioners expect the
action OF this board. ANY change of text
books was expensive, and even if for sixty or
ninety days exchanges may be made, after
that date expense will be incurred. He thought
if the matter is closely examined THAI Davis
series will be found much the cheapest,
Mr. Lambert said that in this matter thew
should be extremely cautious and the subject
should Dp fhOrOuph1v Qyaminad no oil ;,noxl