Daily Republican., 1879-10-14
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

A Long Session hut Little business
The Committee ON Teachers
Propose More Changes-A Coal
shovel Given to School No. IA.
The Board of Education held long
meeting last evening in which the
mem bers relieved the peHt-up elOquence
of two weeks accumulation, in the
consideration of such lofty subjects as
dyspeptic heaters, coal and coal buckets
infantile recreations and the like.
From their sublime vaporings we
Cleaned the following record
The Committee on Teachers reported
the following:
WILMINGTON, Oct. Is, T9.
To THE BOARD OF PUBLIC EDUCATION
GENTLEMEN Your committee on Teachers
most respectfully recommend that section 20
of the rules be amended as follows: In the
first paragraph strike out 1.-TWO" of the fifth
line and insert "three" in its place, and strike
"eighty" out of the ninth line and insert
'seventy.five" In its place. In the second par
agraph strike "eighty" out OF the eighth line
and insert ''seventy five" In its place. and
insert 1.-TWO" between '.next" and s.annual''
adopted the average required In the eemen-
tary branches to get u permanent certificate
will be seventy-tive instead of eighty, as now,
and the time for the study Of higher branch
es will be three years instead OF two, as now.
The effect will be to make the examinations
somewhat less difficult than they have been
the last two years. These amendments do
not in any way change the examinations OF
persons applying for positions as teachers in
our schools.
Action was on motion deferred until
next meeting.
The committee on No. 8 to whom
was referred the extension of the facil-
tiles of the building reported the mat
ter unadvisable and were discharged.
The City Treasurer reported the fol.
lowing amounts received:
From ia axes. l,.:.,o.c !ols,.: ......... wy =
Total. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. s,0sS 03
The committee on printing reported
that the bids for printing Superinten-
dents report were as follows:
Glatts & Eckel print and bind
500 copies. .................$l:o go per page
Ferris & Bros, do.............. ! 33 "
The bid of Glatts 4 Eckel was ac,
cepted.
A resolution was adopted instructing
the appointment OF committee Of
three to open an evening school in No.
8.
Messrs. Baird. Heisler ani Lally
were appointed as the committee.
Ar. Conrad offered an amendment
to dispense with intermissions in the
different departments of No. l school.
After much discussion the m after was
laid over for two weeks.
The monthly report of the Superin-
tendent showed nineteen days absence
of teachers during the month, 81 of
which were for sickness. The number
of teachers absent was fifteen.
Col. Heisler offered the following
resolution.
Resolved, That the Committee of No. 8 is
requested to fill all vacanciestn said school
by promotions from the various grades, and
also that the committee transfer all scholars
that live near and belong to other schools.
This also caused considerable discus
sion which resulted in the resolution
being laid on the table.
DR.. George Troupe Maxwell of this
city, through Mr.. Conrad, presented a
paper on "halt time education" 1t
was referred to Messrs. Conrad, Brown
and Morrow with instructions to have it
printed if deemed advisable.
The seat of Dennis Mention being va
cant, Louis P. Lynch, on motion of Mr..
Ruth, was elected to the position. Vote,
for Louis Lynch, 5 for DR.. Mckay and
l blank.
The Committee of No. II school asked |
for new heater. This caused more
which resulted in the COM
mittees being instructed to purchase a
new one.
Mr.. Baird asked for permission to
open No. school 20 minutes before 2
,'clock, from the lst Of November to
The 1st of March. The cause was the
of the children to see. The
)ther members of the Board objected
unless it be made general.
The motion was postponed for two
weeks.
A resolution was offered by Mr..
Lally providing that hereafter Ill re-
luisitions for stationery be referred
% the superintendent for examination
Ind approval before approval by the
Visiting Committees. The resolution
vas laid over for two weeks.
Some repairs we're then ordered to
liiferent schools after which the Board
,ravely considered the proposition of
yranting coal shovel to school No. IA.
lore eloquence ensued after which the
Board, greatly relieved, adjourned.
The following bills were ordered to
,e paid:
W. NJ. Kennard & Co., $ls1s: Henry Grebc,
l7.44: W. H. Foulk, 1926; Glatts n Eckel,
Is: =. B. and ]. b. FOrman, $5.36; Geo. W.
Bush " Son, 81 ,25S.6 6s: Chas, d. Agnes, $2ls4; /
J. f. Rudolph, $2.25; G. W, Bliss, so CTS; q. i
Lringer, $685. q. p. johnson, Sl.5O: Robert ,
1cCaulley, $3.50; Jas. Bradford, rs cents:
+awthrop & Bro, So; Jas Bradford, 81. 81; W.
:. Robinson, $2S: James Jackson, $lO,25: J.
!. Beggs. $240; pay roll OF teachers. g. $40 80,
ay rOl, of officers. S320.46. Total. 81, POS S6. r
rders were also directed to be drawn in IA
Or of G. +. h0mas Il Co. to the amount of | +
.744.29: +. B. Forman, 500; Patrick Crumy, i
90.
Large Premiums. t