National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-05-30
PUBLIC EDUCATION.
Location and Cost of the New School
Buildings.
Questions which Agitnted the School Board
Last Night-The "Acadcmic" Plan Not
Adopted-The Former Action OF
tho Hoard Regarding Build
Ing Sitos Sustained.



The School Board held an adjourned meet.
ing last night. The committee on teachers re-
ported the following nomination, which was
confirmed Miss Florence Virginia Cooke, to
be sub.assistant in school No. ., grade z, sec.
ond division, from May I, 1870 vice Miss l..
uedrick, deceased. Mr.. White, from the com.
mittcc eli buildings and repairs, made report
upon the cost of erecting buildings according
to Mr.. 1.1urizens plan, but modified so as to
have a common study hall Tho committee
reported that to erect building according to
the modified plan would cost $4,000, orr t3. 900
more than tho original plan. The cost of max.
ing the necessary alterations in the large hall
in Franklin building, so that it could be util.
lied for study hall, would be from $1,000 to
$1,000.
Mr.. Loyoioy ollclcd tho following:
Rero'rad, That while the board may he disposed
TO luyor q trial of the academic plan under uNOfN
bic circumstances the report oi eG2mmittee con
vnCcs 1t that Il would not be feasible ut present
and therefore rccQmiscnl poStponcmcnt OF tho
| further consideration Of the subject.
A long debate followed the offering of the
resolution. Mr.. Farley spoke earnestly in
| favor of trying the academic plan at once. Mr.
Davis read letters from school officers of ln-
dianapois, Chicago, Maine. New Haven, New
York and Wilmington, all of whom, except
the superintendent of New York, were opposed
to the plan, Tho resolution OF Mr.. Lovcioy
was finally adopted.
| The board then took MP for consideration the
resolution offered by Mr. Loveoy to reconsider
the vote by which tho third district was select,
| ed ms the site Of one of the new school build.
| ings and substitute for II the second district
| Mr. Loveioy amended the resolution so as To
reconsider the subject of the location of both
| the new buildings. He offered statement OF
figures to sustain his assertion that the second
| division had much greater need of a new build
ing than either tho first or third.
Mr. Davis, of the third division. strongly
defended the action of the board in selecting
his district as the sito for one OF the schools.
| After u long discussion vote was taken
upon the question of rcconsidcrng the rcsolu-
lion locating the buildings, and the board re-
fused to reconsider it.
Ayes-NIcSsrs. Loycoy, Baldwin, Lambert, 1lol
! land, thristic, and Curtis-B,
/ NOcs--Mc sampson Davis Middleton, Lloyd
White Farley, ihees, Smith, Pope, and Brooks-i0
SSMr. Smith offered n resolution, which wa,
adopted, requesting the presidents and director
of the various railroad companies TO furnisl
car tickets to teachers at reduced rates.
The committee on building and repairs mad
a report, which was adopted. recommending
the lease of the building corner of Seventi
and Pomcroy streets, and also the buildinl
near the Howard University.
Mr.. Sampson offered the following, whicl
was adopted:
RcSolrCd That this board recommend to the hon
orablc Commissioners of the District of Coumbi
that the two new school buildings to be erected b
built upon different plans.
Rcsoirgd, That one Of the buildings be built upol
the plans and specifications submitted by Mr.. Lau
ritzcn and the other upon the plans and spcCifcu
tons agreeable to the models sent to the Paris EN
hibitiom, subject 10 certain notifications to b
made by the building committee of the board, PR
videi the cost of the Henry plan does not eXcce
| the estimate.
| The board then adjourned,